Sharp County record., 1917-04-27
A Patriotic Duty To Raise Food Sup
ply For Family.


Southwest Arkansas.
Mr.. Farmer, it is your patriotic duty
in the present national crisis to raise
food supply sufficient to protect
your family and to produce maximum
crops on every tillable acre Of land.
Prices for all kinds Of food crops
will be high and the government Is
making plans to market your surplus
If maximum crops are to be had,
attention must be given to early cpl-
tivation and the proper implements
should be used,
Remember young plants in the field
must have the best Opportunity to
live and grow il the largest crops are
to be obtained.
Early Cultivation Means Big Crops
Most Of the Arkansas farms have
been titled in such manner as to rob
the soil Of its humus supply. In this
condition soils pack extremely hard
from our beating rains and crust heav-
lily after a rain followed by a couple
of days Of sunshine.
Don't Allow Soil To Pack.
II the young plants are permitted
to stand In hard, packed crusted
ground 1t cannot be expected that
they will make the rapid, sturdy
growth necessary to maximum crop
production, The importance Of early
cultivation must be so apparent to
the thinking farmer that discussion
at length Is unnecessary.
Use a Section Harrow.
The question then is--What is the
best implement farmer can use for
early and rapid cultivation? Our an
swer Is, A fifty or sixty tooth iron
section harrow II Is not an expensive
implement; II Ia one that Is needed
on every farm at all seasons. with
n good team fifteen acres per day can
be cultivated, The teeth are adjust
able 50 that the ground can be pull
verised with q minimum amount 9f
digging that would tear up the plants,
The section harrow can be used be-
fore and after the seeds arc up When
o beating rain follows the planting Of
q crop the harrow should be used Just
as soon as the ground will pulverlze,
This will prevent orusting, form q
mulch for the retention Of moisture,
warm up the ground, enable the young
plants to come up without difficulty
and promote their rapid growth. n
corn or cotton is not planted on
high bed-'a practice that should not
bo followed except on badly drained
londs-thc section harrow oGn be
safely used after the plants arc well
up II Is the best carly cultivation
that can be given such crops II breaks
and puverizes the whole surface IN
and out OF tho row, II kills all tho
early weed growth and gives the crop
every chance for the rapid growth 80
highly seairable,
cultivate Win Care,
In narrowing corn or cotton after
the plants are up the team should
not be driven with the rows nor dl.
rectly across them, n the rows Hre
followed harrow tooth Ia likely 10
plumb the center Of the row and tear
up oil the plants II the driving ID
done directly across the rows the
whole top Of the row may bo pulled
off n planted on n slight bed or roll
Ns II should be, Drive diagonally
across the rows each time, Always
cross harrow after the first operation,
Corn may be narrowed until Il In no
tall that II viii break and cotton until
II Ia chopped out,
Try the harrow Mr. Farmer II Ia
the speedHest, best early eultivator
YOU can use, II you are afraid It will
ruin your crop, try II on an acre or
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