The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-01-25

sweepstakes. Can't some of the
boys send good pig to this show?
You boys who brought your pigs
to the fair last fall had as fine
as anybody and I cannot see why
you would not have good chance
to win some prizes, if you have kept
your hogs up in as good shape as
they were then. All you will have
to do is to send them down and pay
THE express charges there and back.
Dr. Cow, the state veterinarian, and
his assistants will feed and take
care of the hogs while there. We
hope that some of the boys who
had good pigs at the fair in either
|1915 or 1916 would make up your
minds to send them to this show.
II have just had letter from Mr..
Sanders and also one from Mr.. Da
wilson saying that they would be
very glad to see some pigs from
Greene county at the show.
While we are on the subject of
Pig Clubs and pigs we want to say
word to the boys who were mem
bers last year, and especially to
those who stayed with it through
thick and thin to the end, and who
had purebred, registered gifts. The
| time will soon be here when you
ought to have a litter of pigs at
I, oil du
Now the boys who have good pigs
and take good care of them will
be given the preference over others
when we go to looking for pigs to
supply the demand for pigs this
spring in the club work. If your
SOW has pigs already you should
write me and tell me how many
gifts and males you had when they
were born, how many you want to
sell. etc.
If your SOW has not farrowed yet
you should take good care of her
and give her a good chance to find
for you a fine litter of pigs. TAX
| ing good care of the SOW means
something else than stuffing her
|up on corn and making her fat
enough for pork. They should
have some corn, of course, but in
addition to that they should have
some shorts, bran, tankage, peanuts,
cowpeas, or soy beans. Something
that will build up bone and muscle
for the SOW and also the litter of
pigs whether born or unborn, must
be fed if the pigs are any good, and
lif the SOW is kept in shape to do
her duty by htem.
| 1t is a big job to write instruc-
lions to all the boys in the club
| (unless l knew that they wanted
me to) and give detailed instruc-
lions as to the care of the SOW be-
fore and after narrowing, caring for
the pigs, giving samples of balanced
rations and other things; but if
any member is interested enough to
ask for them l will be glad to send
them. If you need some help along
this line just drop me card.
The Progressive Farmer says this
week: Terrace the rolling fields.
The southern farmer has no bigger
Job than that of soil-building and
soil-saving. The very first step in
making our lands rich and keeping
them so, is to prevent the waste of
plant food elements that nature
gave them, and also those that we
supply ourselvse.
1--WE speak advisedly when we
say that 80 per cent of the Guilt
waited farm land in the south Git is
not so per cent in Greene county,
is subject to serious erosion (wash-
ing) unless properly handled"
| The very first step in properly
handling the lands is to terrace
them. Without this protection it is
impossible to prevent the heavy
rains from taking more fertility
from the cultivated fields than we
can possibly replace.
If any farmer in Greene county
wants to terrace his rolling fields
to prevents washing, the county
agent is at your srevice and anx-
ious to help, provided you want him
and will let him know.
We have a mighty good bulletin
on terracing. We will be pleased
to send you one If you say that you
want it,
1t has been stated through the
papers that general rally and
speaking will be held in every coun-
ty in the United States next Satur-
day on the subject of the Federal
Farm Loan Bill" We have no in
formation as to who will be in Par
agould on that day, but let's all
come to the court house about 10
O'Clock and see II someone is there
to give us some information on
that subject.
There are now three local asso-
Citations in Greene county. Each
local has already elected its board
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