The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-05
The UNIVERSITY
ASSISTS FARMERS
Work Being Done ey University Of Ar
kansas Experiment Station Worth
Money to the Farmers.

money 10 ne aTmSTS.
The Experiment Station keeps
grinding steadily the year round, turn
out out products worth while to the
farmer. The products are in the ma
ture of facts tried and proven. They
contain information that helps tbs
farmer to avoid costly mistakes and
to do better with the means at his
command Thousands of inquiries
from farmers are answered each
month by the Experiment Station,
while there are thousands upon thou
sands OF farmers who have no idea
of the work OF the station and its
value to thom. If you are dissatisfied
with the results obtained on your
farm or need any Information, write
to your university for help today.
Here are few things mentioned,
merely as samples Of the work being
Gone By the Experiment Station.
Hog Choiora Experiments.
under way to learn mere about hog
cholera, one is 10 Learn what hold it
has upon sucking pigs. From expert
ments thus far worried cut it seems
that 90 per cent of PIGS from immune
mothers ere immune to hog cholera by
exposure as long Us they are sucking
the mother. When injected with hog
cholera virus, that IS, putting the dis
ease into thsir blood, the per cent
showing Immunity was not quite as
high as by eXposura. There was also
some variation III different litters, as
certain litters showed a much higher
immunity than others. 1t is worth
while knowing that little pigs can be
made immune as soon as they are
weaned.
Soil Tests Interesting.
The Experiment Station has shown
for years that the soils in many parts
of the state are in need of lime. In
a careful study of samples taken dur
ing the past year, in Prairie, Pope
and Washington counties, the upland
soils were nearly all found to be acid.
This condition can be corrected only
by the use of lime. The most econom-
ical form of lime to use is crushed
limestone, at the rate of one or two
tons per acre, applied on lapd that is
to be seeded to clover or alfalfa.
The bottom land soils along the larger
streams do not appear to be greatly
in need of lime at the present time.
The investigation is to be extended
to all parts of the state as soon as
funds are provided to continue the
work.
Experiment With Seventy Varieties
of Potatoes.
An experiment with seventy varie-
tics of potatoes has been under way
FOR several years. Tho 1915 season
was rather moist. and the past rath-
or dry enc. The size. shape, eyes and
general appearance of the tubers have
been stuGiod Yields of marketable
potatoes and cuIs per acre. az differ
ont dates during the season have been
secured. These yields at different Pc
RODS we've secured TO determine the
ACCESSIBILITY Of digging at the regular
time for early MARKET or Of waiting
for further maturity. Market reports
have been kept % compare the prices
at tho different diggiAgs.
There are two striking things abou,
our results SO far:
l. There are about twenty varie-
ties outyielding the Bliss Triumph.
the most popular commercial variety
now being grown.
2. About three-fourths of the high
est yielders have been white potatoes.
OF these varieties the best and most
consistent yielder has been the Irish
Cobbler.
The experiment was carried on at
Fayetteville and Van Buren, this year,
and It is to be continued another year,
at least.
Gc!?-Eeeder fer Hogs Proves V7iuable.
Experiments with the se't-saeder for
| hogs have shown that the self-feeder
! rot only Saves time and labor, but also
makes larger, cheaper gains at an
early age. due to each animal balanc-
Ing and increasing its daily ration &C
cocdr,z to its individual requirements.