The Dermott news., 1919-07-17
Demonstration Notes

Demonstration Notes
 National Stock Yards. H., July 9, 1919. Top hogs sold today for s22. 75 per hundred pounds. three loads of POD pound hogs bringing this record price.
 The continued advance in hog prices shows the heavy demand for pork and the limited supply. Chicot County farmers will do well to raise hogs for market They are making money for farmers in other counties and other states and will make money for you too. Talk to the County Agent about breeds. feeding. pastures, manage ment
 4 load of yearlings. mixed steers and heifers sold on the St. Louis mar ket "Wednesday for Sl600 hundred weighing 9ll pounds. That makes Sl45. 76 head for yearlings think of it. They make money for the man who grew them too. Good pastures and good silage and alfalfa or Les pedeza with little cotton seed meal will make yearlings like these.
 Hogs and cattle can be raised cheaper in Chicot County than in large part of the live stock feeding territory. Start into livestock on the floor in this county.
 Cattle and hogs will both make money If kept up in pastures and cared for than if allowed to run on poor range and shift for themselves.
 Will Daniels, Dermott, planted small lot of little over one acre to Abruzzi rye and red clover last fall This made excellent hog pasture all winter and the matured rye thrashed out Is bu. He has cut off three tons of clover hay and it is growing up again now making good pasture. All of this time the hogs have never been taken out of the field Mir. Daniels has tried out Burr Clover and Is so we'll pleased with it..that he expects to put the entire farm into burr clover as rapidly as possible. This will not inter fere with any of his regular farm crops-corn. cotton or grain-as It grows in the..winter and is out of the way by planting time in the spring. Burr Glover reseeds itself
 (. l.. Gay, Portland. has a very satis- factory permanent pasture that furnish es grazing the year round. It contains Burr Clover. White Clover. Lespedeza. Timothy Orchard Grass, Red Top and Bermuda All of these are growing to, gether in onelfed.
 Alsilkel lover on a few farms where it Is being grown IS doing we'll. Alsike IS very much like Red Glover but is betterttitted to grow on low wet land. II .stands pasturing we'll and produces hay of highest quality Mir. Riggs, Ashton, has Alsike seeded April first that is ready to cut and will make three tons ofihay.this year.
 Where a.crop is.ostgget the ground ready as soon as possible to sow a winter grain as a cover crop to clover. Peas are high and scarce so grow your Legumes Tn theswinter along with oats. wheat or rye. It will make several cuttings of hay after the grain is cut next summer.
 We have new plans for 5000 bu. sweet potato. storage house.
 We will be glad to help you with your new orchard this fall.
 Don't cultivate that corn too deep. After wet spring like this the roots are very shallowtand laying by with a turning plow or.middle buster cuts the feeding roots.and causes firing, Use wide sweeps and run as shallow as possible Don't..run the blow deep to throw lot of dirt to the corn in order to cover up..some grass in the row. Better 10 have the grass than to lose the feeding roots of the corn.
 H. F. Wood.
 County Agent.