The courier-index., 1919-10-31
OUR FARM NOTEBOOK

All from the county quorum courts ol the state show general dlspositioil to increase the appropriatlon TOT farm and home demonstration work in cooperation with the agrlcuitural extension division. Increases III salary of from $200 to $50O TOT both the county farm and home demonstration agents have been re- norted to w. c. Lasseter, director of extension. The average appro- nriation for the first 39 counties from whom reports have been re- ceived was s2,983.33. Pulaski county voted S7,000. Farm and demonstration work was defeated in St. Francis county last year.,
 At least seven counties nave voted to discontinue the agricultural work for next year. These couh- ties are: Lafayette, Montgomery; Pike. White, Franklin, Saline ana Hot Springs. , :. ..o official copyrighted name or .he Arkansas sweet potato wnich mas been adopted by the Arkansas Sweet Potato Growers Exchange. The trade label will feature these words and will be illustrated witn the picture of a pretty girl and oi Q naked sweet potato. The boaro of directors has voted to give Szo for the best design submitted.
 George E. Blain has been elected sales manager of the ex- change: E. H. Abingdon of Beebe, nres;dent of the board of directors; Walter Nash of Mablevale, vice nresident, and J. L. Smith of Baux- ;te. secretary-treasurer. J. H. Tuli, market specialist with the agricul- tural extension division. who pro noted the organization of the grow ers and who has been acting as temporary chairman of the ex- change. has bee masked to assist Tn the capacity of information agent. He will advise in marketing ana conduct educational work.
 The hen that lays is the hen that nays. and now is the best time to emil out the stacker hens that do no tlay is the advice of H. B. Lans- | den, poultry specialist with the ag- ricultural extension division. The county agents have been instructed how to cull out the hens that are not worth keeping, or anyone may write to the extension service at 321 Southern Trust building, Little | Rock. for Mir. Lansden's circular on this subject. "Be sure that the melting hens and growing bullets have plenty ot shade and green forage crops ii they are to come through in a thrifty, healthy condition for the winters work of producing eggs, says Mir. Lansden. DO not forget that a great deal of shade and an abundance of fresh water should | always be ready. Keep the drink | ing fourt in the shade.
 "The easiest and most effective method of ridding fowls of lice IS to use a dip made of one ounce of sodium huoride to one gallon of warm water. The water should be heated to about 80 degrees to dis solve the sodium fiuoride and then allowed to cool before the fowls are dipped. The fowls should be well dipped so that they will be saturated to the skin. This should be done in the morning so that they will be thoroughly dry by night. Cleaning and spraying the house with creosote dip or kerosene oil will rid the quarters of mites"
 Roup and sorehead are two con- tagious poultry diseases which are quite prevalent during the fall and early winted It is muc heasier to prevent these diseases than it is to effect cure after the disease has once started in the flock is the warning given by s. R. Stout, as- sistant in poultry husbandry, Uni versity of Arkansas. If the poul- try is kept in a house where three sides are absolutely tight and the front side ope mt oafford plenty of fresh air, the birds are not usually bothered with either of these dis eases. Such building allows plenty of ventilation without caus- ing the birds to be in draft.
 The symptoms of roup are: Bad smelling discharge from the nostrils; sticky discharge from the eyes, feathers under the wings and on the back smeared where the bird has wiped it's head; sometimes coughing and sneezing; eyes stuck shut; mouth forced open with cheesy growth; patches of canker in the mouth and throat. Whenever any of these symptoms appear, the sick birds should be isolated and the quarters cleaned and disinfected liberally with some good coal tar