Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-11-14
The University of Arkansas will CO.,


 ernment in a nationwide drive on | cereal rust and other grain diseases. | A. P. Drechsler of the federal Bureau | of Plant Industry has been in Fayette. vile conferring with members of the College of Agriculture, and it is likely | that new lines of experimental work will be done there.
 Cereal rust is probably the worst of all the grain diseases for no means of stopping it have yet been discover ed The Department of Agriculture is carrying on extensive experimental work in an effort to discover a reme- dy for the disease and means of controlling it. There will also be a great deal of work done in the South ern States, where the rust usually gets it's first start.
 The damage caused by rust in wheat is several million dollars year. In 1908 it was $67,OOO,0OO. The rust will start in one section and in very short time will scatter all over the entire United States. It is estimated that 1t takes three weeks for it to go from Arkansas and Texas to North Dakota. It will reduce a crop of 50 bushels an acre to one of three or four.
 Only one way of curbing the de- structiveness of this rust has ever proved efficient. That is the planting of variety of wheat that will resist it. Different varieties of wheat have different degrees of resistance. Earl mess in maturing combined with some degree of resistance of certain varie- ties constitute the chief protection found by the experiment station for Arkansas wheat growers against rust
 Power for the dynamo which fur nfshes electric lights for Clarendon has been furnished by the Chicago Veneer Company for some time, but owing to shortage of fuel the veneer company has served notice that it will be necessary to close down the plant, and as a result Clarendon will be without lights until the Arkansas Public Service Company can complete it's plant, work OIL which was begun about 10 days ago.
 A cotton gin and seven bales of cotton, owned by R. c. Bumpers of Ce cil, 10 miles southwest of Ozark, was destroyed by fire recently. The fire is believed to have caught from spark from the furnace. The loss is estimated at $3.0OO, partly covered by insurance.
 The milk dealers of Little Rock have aroused much indignation by raising the price of milk to 80 cents a gallon, and all kinds of threats are being made to have a grand jury in- vestigation of an alleged combine in violation of the state antitrust law.
 Miss Rubie Mendenhall of Hamburg county canning agent, is giving a demonstration of wheatless and meat less meals. A great deal of interest K. ance is large, and the meetings are being heid at the rest room.
 A report was circulated at Morrill, ton that the German citizens of that vicinity had refused to subscribe for Liberty loan bonds. The Morilton Democrat investigated and found that the Germans of Conway county had subscribed literally.
 Tsle Fordyce Lumber Company has Increased the wages of all employees. The salaied men were increased S10 month and the others 20 cents a day. This will affect about 750 men. The increase is effective this month.
 Negroes of Dermott met at the St. Paul Baptist church during the Lib erty loan drive, where leaders of the race explained the reason for the loan and the value of the bonds. Fifteen negroes subscribed for bonds.
 Mountain Home citizens have con tracted with the White & Myers Ly- ceum Bureau for course this winter. The first number, lecture by H. V Adams, will be given November If. The real estate business at Steph- ems is on the boom. Local real estate agencies report that they are receiv- ing numerous inquiries daily concern ing property in this county.
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