Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-02-14
The Arkansas Live Stock Growers

| ing session was an address by Gov. Trough, who declared that he consid- cred the passage of the tick eradica- tion bill, appropriating S50,000 to rid the state of this pest, is one of the greatest legislative measures passed in years. He said that this would en- | able Arkansas farmers to seize the op- portunity to raise better live stock, which would mean much to the gen. eral prosperity of the state, that live stock raising could be made profitable in Arkansas as well as the raising of other foodstuffs, viewed in the light of the fact that prices had increased on an average of 39 per cent for all the foods placed upon the American table. Gov. Brough also urged the stock growers association as body to encourage the building of good roads throughout the state, since he considered this one of the handicaps now confronting the farmers in mar. keting his products to advantage and with profit.
 H. F. Auten, cattle man of Little Rock, said that the live stock industry of Arkansas was just in it's infancy and that with the eradication of the tick Arkansas farmers would find it to their advantage to raise more live stock, particularly beef He said he considered that beef production would be exceedingly profitable and he urg- ed the stock growers of the state to raise more pure bred cattle because they would have an opportunity to sell this class of live stock at good price since in his opinion there will be an opportunity to build up considerable export trade after the war because American farmers must supply Flu rope with the breeding stock which is being so rapidly depleted in feeding the armies. Dean Martin Nelson of the College of Agriculture and Exper- imen Station of the university opened the afternoon program with a talk on the production of forage crops in the South. Dean Nelson said that perma nent pastures and feedstuffs can be produced more cheaply in Arkansas than in the Northern States north O the Mason Dixon line and that with the introduction of better cattle and good management the Arkansas live stock growers would prosper Mrs. August Mayer of Shreveport, La, spoke on the success in shorthorn breeding in the South and Dr. Tait Butler of Memphis on the legislative m C1Jrn hot Ch ho I1, Arkansas Stock Growers Association
 St. Louis capitalists are conducting large mining operations in Montgom- cry county, some IA miles southwest of Womble, employing large force of men and improved machinery and have cut two large tunnels 400 to 600 feet deep. They began work in search for manganese, of which there were attractive surface indications However, when some 300 feet deep experiencing rock was found
 Organized effort is being made to have that part of the highway from Tillar to Trippe Junctiin left out of House Bill No. 323, which provides for highway from Grady to the Chicot county line. This trip of road has been surveyed is soon to be organ ized under the Alexander road law and road work will be started some time in March.
 Relatives of J. A. Swartz, of Keo killed in the cyclone several weeks ago, received from DesArc quantity of letters and papers, which were blown away when the Swartz home was destroyed. They had been car ried more than 60 miles by the wind
 After the people of New Hope neighborhood in Mississippi county had been warned by phone call to search for five-year-old Andy Bevell, who had disappeared from his par ents' home, and after the search had been continued for three hours the child was found asleep in buggy in his fathers barn.
 mule belonging to Ben N. Yates fell over 15-foot bluff at Williford. Sharp county, and then rolled another 15 feet after striking the ground. The mule was pulling two stone cars load ed with stone when he fell, and the cars fell with him. The cars were badly damaged, but the mule was un- hurt.
 Mrs. V. A. Beeson, of Morrilton, U. D. c. regent of the Arkansas room at the Confederate Museum at Richmond, Va. has received notice of her reap pointment to the office for another term.