Cleveland County herald., 1919-02-06
OTHER ANIMALS INCREASE
Price of Swine Slightly Lower Due To Grain Shortage and Other Causes-Cotton Producing Coun-
 ties Have the Mules.
Springd


 Der of mules, beef cattle and swine. The largest percentage of increase is in sheep which, are 10 per cent more than year ago The figures for skeep do not include about 55, 900 head of goars, which are in creasing in the state at about the same ratio as sheep.
 There has been a slight decrease in the number of horses on farms, because there has been quite a tend ency to substitute mules for horses, and because of the increased use of the tractor.
 The demand for milch cows has increased during the last year as is attested by the increased price of milk, which was in turn brought about by the increased cost of milk producing feeds. The average num- Der of milch COWS per farm in the state is less than two.
 The price of swine Is slightly low CT than a year ago, due to the larg- CT percentage of light weight ami mals which could not be marketed at prices approximat:ng that paid for heavy grain-fed animals. Shortage of grain feed and an unusual percen- tage of pigs from late filters will ex- plain the consequent lower price per head in swine.
 The heaviest cotton producing counties in the state have also the most mules; thus they rank in order named-MIssissippi yenerson, Lo- noke, Crittenden and Phillips; but in total number of work animals Wash ington is first, Jefferson second and Benton third. In number of all cat tie Washington leads with Ashley second, White third and Arkansas fourth. In numbers or sneep and goats Carroll is leading with Madi- son and Washington second and third In number of hogs, Colum- bia is still first, Randolph second, Union third, and Washington fourth.
 Enraged over the murder of Miss Mary Clayborn, Is years old, daugh- ter of Alb Clayborn, merchant at Deer, Newton county, by John Keif- CT, 55,. bachelor. who later com rlitted suicide, residents of Deer finding Keifer's body in his home in the outskirts of the town took it into the yard and burned it, according to the story of the tragedy brought to Little Rock.
 The Public Land Committee of the House of Congress reported favora- bly substitute bill TOT one Intro- duced last April by Representative Caraway of Arkansas, authorizing To- cal drainage districts to drain and to subject to taxation certain public lands in Mississippi and Poinsett counties, known as tho Big Lake and the St. Francis river sunk lands.
 The concreate floor Of a class room of the Paragould High School caved in. Miss Irene Taylor, who was in- structing q class ill English at the time, was struck by a piece of a rad 1ator, but was not seriously injured Ralph Mcdonald, a student, suffered a sprained wrist.
 H. V. Underwood and T. J. Spur lock are the two oldest residents of Sharp county. MT Underwood was born in Big Creek township Tn Is43 and is the oldest native born resi- dent of that county and has never lived a day outside of his native county.
 The first battle standards" of Ar kansas troops overseas were receiv- ed in the office of the adjutant gen eral, when the national flag of the Hist Machine Gun Battalion and the regimental standard of the 154th Infantry both old state guard organ izations, were sent in.
 ; Miss Dexter Rives or Amity won first place in the recent contest for places on the debating team of Ouachita College. She won the hon. or over a dozen men students.
 The first cooperative shipment from Phillips county was started on its way when County Agent c. 6. Strickland, assisted by J. H. Tull Of Little Rock, marketing expert, sent a car of 72 hogs to the St. Louis mar ket.
 Conference, E. D. Irvine of Little Rock will be chairman of the Metho- iok ia1 ls.x.