Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-16
WORK TO REDUCE
 COTTON ACREAGE

Existing conditions and past ex- periences warn against planting the
 1918 acreage of cotton in 1919, ac-
 cording to w. c. Lassetter, Director
 of the Agricultural Extension Divis.
 ion, who says:
 Progressive and public spirited farmers of Arkansas stand ready to
 reduce their cotton acreage provided
 they can see where reduction can
 be made without proportionately re-
 ducing thefarm income. Therefore,
 substitutes must be found which will
 help to, maintain the farm income
 Thousands of farmers have found
 that this can be done by reducing the
 cost of operation and that one way to do this is to produce the food and feed consumed on the farm. With the cotton acreage reduced, however,
 even though food and feed is pro-
 duced, sources of cash other than
 cotton must be found.
 fers not only source of feed, but a source of cash at good prices. The
 market value of corn is expected to be good for more than sixteen months. Hogs, if fed on spring oats,
 cowpeas. soybeans, sorghum, alfalfa, corn, velvet beans and peanuts, plant ed on some of the idle cotton land, will give a satisfactory return in pork. Cattle should be used to con- sun1e the quantities of roughage on the farm that cannot be used by oth- CT classes of stock. Farm Dairying
 can be made quite profita ble by those who take a interest in it. Farm poultry will convert many a wasted grain into cash with which to partly defrav the running expenses of household.
 Farm products, when not sold at the local markets satisfactorily. can
 usually be shipped comparatively in car lots. Ask the county agent to help.
 With studious attention to the range of crops marketable under local con- ditions, it is possible and practicable for most cotton growers of Arkan- sas to replace part of their cotton
 acreage with crops that will not only furnish feed and food stuffs but will add materially and profitable to the cash income of the farm. Negroes Raise Food Stuffs During the coming year the col ored people of Arkansas will raise
 more food stuff than ever before. "A milk cows pig, chickens and a year-round garden for every farm family" the slogan being adopted everywhere, was first used by County Agent c. s. Woodland. (colored) of Pulaski County. Enthusiastic meet ings are being held in Drew. Faulk- ner, Lee and Pulaski Counties. Boys Raise Sweet Potatoes One hundred Sevier County boys will raise sweet potatoes this year and the business men have agreed to
 help them market their products.
 while J. L. Cannon of DeQueen, will
 offer prize of $5 to the boy who
 has the largest yield peracre. The
 work will be supervised by County
 Agent Glenn s. Wallace.
 Contract for Cantaloupes The Polk County Cantaloupe As- sociation, composed of farmers at Grannis and Wicks have signed a contract to raise four hundred (400) acres of melons this year for which they will receive $1.5O a crate. The organization sold 9600 crates last year. according to County Agent O.. L. Henderson. New Livestock Specialists --- c. R. Doty, a we'll known breeder of Illinois, has been appointed sheep and goat specialist with the Agri- cultural Extension Division of the University of Arkansas, to begin swine specialist. ha sreturned to his work, having recently been discharg- led from the army where he served in l the heavy artillery.
 Girls to Beautify Homes The Johnson County girls are mak- ] ing every attempt to make their
 homes more attractive for the re- turning soldiers by planting flowers in the gardens and wards. 150 club girls under the leadership of Miss Bird Dunlap, have pledged them selves to this work.