The courier-index., 1918-10-04
BETTER FARMING HINTS
..s,s Must Have More Green -,.,as This Winter-5est Var

s.s Must Have More Green
 .,as This Winter-Best Var ;..;ss of Wheat to Plant
 .-to,sas must have feed for the ,,.a stock and the county agents Tor oxtcnsion division report that hundreds of farmers everywhere are .,anning on seeding rye, wheat or aa A cover or pasture crop to ra,;eve the corn shortage this year. Ar,, . to plant enough wheat for flour, snd the experiment station, after ~osra of field tests with large .voher of varities, recommends Ala sara Blue Stem, Red May, Fulcaster, pu,rle Straw, Dietz, Marvellous and r,,tu as reliable varieties. (Write Cor Arkansas Experiment Station Bull 1ot;n No 1a1 and Circular No. 3l) IT .aad of these varieties is not avail .hIo use seed from any good strain that has given good results in your own or a neighboring community.
 e.,.ct Seed Potatoes With Care Stem rot on sweet potato vines ,,, cause a loss of thousands of dollars to Arkansas people this year, and the only way to avoid trouble next year and to decrease the amount of damage done by this disease is to select seed potatoes at digging tune. Tho disease can easily be distinguish ad because the vines turn yellow and finally die, leaving the stem ana leaves of the vines almost black ln co,or If the diseased vine is cut, if will show black ring between the skin and center of the vine. Po- tatoes under such hills will also show blackening if cut across at the stem end. Be sure to select seed potatoes this year and plant ln new field next year.
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 saye the Field Peas and Beans for
 Seed
 Good farm practice calls for le- gume crop, including corn and all small grains If you are going to pc sure of plenty of seed for next year. it will be well to save your own seeu yeas and beans. Do not forget oc- tober is the month.
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 Do Not Let Cotton Weather
 Cotton exposed to the weather aD- sorbs moisture and gets the blues (rots). Such cotton sells from elgnt so twenty dollars less than 1t would have brought had it been property stored. Keep your cotton dry. Not only bale cotton but cotton recently picked should not be allowed to remain on the ground in the 1ielu even for short time and exposed to the sun and air .
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 If You Have Corn Keep it or Sell to
 Neighbor
 There is very little good corn Ill the state this year, as everyone knows, and those who have good corn should store it properl and keep the best of it for seed next year. All corn stored in the state during the past year will find a ready market at home or in the adjoining townships of county Write to MT. J. H. Tuii, Office of Markets, Old State House, Little Rock, and list any corn tnat you may have for sale. It Is your patriotic duty to supply Arkansas buyers first and he will help you find them without cost.
 Some More Glover Clover hays are the most nutritious on the market. To care for live stock economically, everyone must have plenty of hay Then why not grow the most nutritious hay wherever practicable? 1t will be well to make a start by seeding one or two acres of the best well drained land on the place in red clover, crimson or bur clover before October 10, and after preparing the soil well by breaking disking and narrowing. These le gumes will need to be sown Tn Tn n0culation fields. The county agent will be glad to help you get started in this work