The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-11-02
BETTER FARMING HINTS
MR.. CATTLEMAN, THIS is YOUR
OPPORTUNITY

OPPORTUNITY
About 10000 cattle from The
drouth stricken regions have been
brought into Arkansas and thous.
ands of animals of high grade in
thin condition are still available at
reasonable prices. This offers a
splendid opportunity for the Arkan-
sas farmer to secure stock of
good breeding animals. 1t is prac-
ticable TO ship in car lots only.
consequently men in the various
communities should club together
so that they may order in lots of
one or more car loads" says w. c..
Lassetter, Director of the Extension
Division.
A list of the Texas cattle that are
now for sale can be furnished upon
application. This list gives the
names and addresses of the owners
of about 100000 animals. II also
gives the breed and the prices and
states whether the cattle are tick
free or tick infested. Representa-
tives of the Extension Division of
the University of Arkansas will as
s1st communities in organizing for
club shipments of these cattle and
II desired they will help purchasing
committees in locating and buying at
right prices the stock desired.
$3.50
TAKE UNIVERSITY COURSE BY
MAIL
About sixty correspondence courses
are now offered by the University
OF Arkansas. Everyone can well af-
ford to plan on doing some systemat-
ic reading during the winter and
study by correspondence offers a
great opportunity to the boy or girl
who because of the war conditions
cannot attend school this year. In
addition to courses in English. the
Sciences, Mathematics, etc, many
are offered in Agriculture Promi-
nent among these are the courses in
Farm Crops, one in Soils and Ferti.
lizers, and one in Cotton Production.
This is your chance. Write today
for details.
MAKING A BIG MISTAKE
A good many people are drying
their dairy cows now and others are
selling them to avoid feeding during
the winter. Cows should freshen in
the fall SO that there will be plenty
of milk and cream during the winter
months when these products are
sold at the best prices. Men who
have plenty of feed should keen
their dairy cattle during the winter
and breed early SO that they will
have good crop of calves and
plenty OF milk next fall. We must
increase the number and quality OF
our dairy animals. During the last
year the export trade in condensed
milk alone has increased fifteen
times. cheese twenty two times and
butter seven times, while the entire
number Of cattle in the world hes
been decreased twenty eight million.
American farmers must do some
thing 1t is up to us to revise our
method of handling dairy cows.
ARKANSAS WOMEN WALK
THOUSANDS. OF MILES
1t has been estimated that Arkan-
sas housewives have walked fifty
thousand miles during the past year
carrying dishes and food from and
to poorly located kitchens. One of
the best ways to avoid this tremen-
dous expenditure of energy and use
less labor is to use a wheeled tray
which can be made by placing a
small table of any kind on wheels.
Every housewife should have the
wheeled tray and many other labor
saving devices which are easily
made. Write to the Extension Di-
vision for descriptions.
DON'T BURN STRAW
Straw is too valuable to burn on
the average Arkansas farm not only
| because it can be used for feeding
and bedding but when put on the