The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
Correspondence
BUNCH.


 The Rev Mir. Curtain will hll his regular appointment at Bunch next Sunday at ii a. m Let every rEe come out and make the meeting C success
 Cur singing class. with James Richardson as leaeer meets every Sunday afternoon at the school house \ great deal of interest IS manifested in these song services. A cordial invitation is extended to all music lovers,
 Bunch plans to be well represent ed at the school fair and rally in De- tober An exhibit of regular school work is being prepared, aud ID ad- dition Co this there will be an eX- hibit Of needle work from the girls, and of agricultural products and manual training work from the boys.
 An egg plant. thirteen and one half inches in circumference. Of the Large Purple variety, was recently picked in Mrs. Bert Watkins gar den. Mrs. Watkins is a very sue eessfui gardener and an inspection of her garden assures one that tho prices of f00dsluils may soar, a good gardener need never starNe.
 Among the conspicuous beauty spots of the nei2hborh0od. are the flower gardens at the pitchford, Seigler and Lowrey homes. Roses, holIyhocks. zlnneas. cosmos, carna- ti0ns pinks ppppies, honeysuckle-- these and many other flowers Vie with each other to see which can Haunt the most attractive display of color and fragrance.
 Inapelled by the II C. L.. and by a desire to 'Let Bunch Feed Itself. a number of our progressive farm- CTS plan to raise wheat the coming year. and have it made into flour right here in Polk county. Among these farmers are Wm. Lowrey, Val entine Seigler. John 0glesby. w. c. Bunch. R. B. Sullivan. D l.. Cook and number of others
 County Superintendent W. Homer Pigs visited Bunch school on last Friday morning. Prof. pigg ex- pressed himself as being well pleased with the work of the school, and with it's order and general con- duet. During his visit Mr Pigg made brief talk Co the children pointing out the many ways in which Arkansas exeels other sections oi the country. He also impressed on the childrens' minds the necessity Of making. the most of the opportun- ilieS If school days. in 0f,iar thai one may not be handicapped in later life by an insufficient education.
 Those who talk 80 glibly of tho advantages of city life over country life have surely never seen the splendid system of waterwOrks in- stalled nj the n. L. Cook home Maple Spring, large never failinp spring. q few hundred feet Of pipe small hydraulic ram. tank and { lot of gumption and progressive ideas were the only things necessars to add immeasurable comfort anC convenience to the home. Mir. Cook himself installed lhe system. and tao he had no previous experience in such work. he has been able tC keep the system working without z hitch.
 rn anyone who never saw velvei beans growing Il is indeed a treat t6 walk thru Wm Iiowrey'S seven aero Held of corn and velvet beans Great punches Of half maturet beans. black and velyety soft punches of tiny beans just forming and great clusters of red-purplg flowers, hang from the same vine often weighing the stalk of corn te which the vine elings, almost 10 tho ground. Every women who sees the flowers, immediately voices her de- termination to have at least one yinf m her flower garden another year Mir. Lowrey plans to gather his corn anu iuddet nsrAsutii. pich the ma tured beans. and let the hogs and stock complete the harvest About four acres of soy beans are also be- ing grown on the Lowry farm. These plants are now waist high. and are heavily loaded with beans. A sin gle plant easily measures seven feet in circumference, and at this the plants are not nearly matured Digging about the roots of the plant reveals dozens Of tiny nilrogen- gathering nodules. steadily enrich ing the soil in which the plants grow. These two varieties of beans can indeed be successfully grown here, and their soil building value as well as their worth as stock feed entities them to place on every farm
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