The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-14
County Agricultural Notes
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meeting held at the county agent,s office Monday was not quite so wal attended as usual several things ot importance received attention aI this sesslon. Among other things it was deelued that the Farm Bureau would not attempt as an organization to operate the sweet potato storage house Tn Mena this season. 1t further recommended that the sweet notato growers in the vicinity of Mena ar range to organize a strictly growers cooperative organization for the mir pose of negotiating for the pureha sa or the storage house, and the estah- hshment of a uniform businese s,,s tenn Of curing and marketing fhe sweet potatoes m the territory sur rounding Mena. This is certainly a step m the right direction. Iii is | hoped that the growers will give this recommendation serious consideration. No other one product of our Polk county farms gives such great prom lse of abundant yields and profitable returns as does the sweet potato when properly cured and marketed in an eiiicient business manner. All in terested growers should take m inc matter immediately with their countv agricultural agent. :: :: ::
 r. M. Cummings, a nrooress;vo farmer at Rocky, has been interestine his neighborhood in terracing work With the help of the county agricul- turai agent, and assisted by his son and MT. Sheppard, of the same vicin. lty. Mir. Cummings terraced a larpe held Tuesday. He and Mir. SheppaTd are planning to continue the work this week. Dr. J. Howard Sledd. ag- rlcuitural editor of the Fort Smith Times Record, accompanied the coun- ty agent to Rocky, and was an inter ested spectator of this work.
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 Good and great news for the cotton farmer comes from Oklahoma City this week. The Oklahoma Farmer. Stockman announces that the Okla homa Cotton Growers Association has gone over the top. On Saturday night, April 2, more than 2S .006 farm CTS had joined the association. repre- sentlng total of more than $50 GOO bales. The Farmer-S Stockman saws.
 With the passage of the 800,000 bale mark, one month ahead of the time hmlt of May l, every agreement signed by every farmer automatically goes into effect. The association to- day an assured fact.
 "The campaign for members began last November. On March 26, the as- sociation had 16,000 members and 220,000 bales signed up. The re- mained of bales and members was se- cured in a single week of whirlwind campaigning. Thousands of men. who were already members left their fields and went into the highways and byways to gather their neighbors in. They sacrificed their own time and money for the common good
 Six months ago every man in Ok lahoma who knew about the Okla homa plan, said that it might be al fine theory, but the cotton farmers would never organize for self help. Today the job is done"
 The work of organizing the Ar kansas Cotton Growers Association was begun in this state April 1. Will the Polk county farmers respond to the Macedonian call? A number of farmers in each community should begin planning now to help carry the message to Garcia. We have no fear but that they will.
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 Dr. J. Howard Sledd, agricultural editor of the Fort Smith Times Rec ord, is spending few days in Polk county Investigating and studying ag- ricultural conditions here. He is es- pecially interested in the develop ment of the poultry industry in this section, and goes to Dallas community Wednesday night with the county agent and the home demonstration agent, where he will discuss the com mercial possibilities of poultry pro- duction. Dr. Sledd is practical poultryman of wide experience, and his talks are both applaudihle and in structive.
 All farmers having sweet potatoes in the Mena storage house should list immediately with the county agent all potatoes which they wish to sell, as the county agent has assisted the Farm Bureau in selling a car load, and it is expected car will be loaded by the first of the coming week. The county agent will assist the growers in this cooperative marketing enter prise, and will supervise the grading and packing. Crates for packing the potatoes are being secured from Tex arkana.
 The boys and girls in the various agriculture clubs of the county are selecting their representatives for the county meeting to be held in the coun- ty agents office Friday. April 10, at 2 o'clock D. m. In addition to form ing a county organization, they are expecting to work out plans for mak- ing their clubs self-fnancing, and for co-operating with various other inter ests in establishing a county fair this year. The boys and girls attending this meeting will also have chance to discuss their plans with w. J. Jern- igan. state club leader, from Little Rock, who will be present.
 fHeld Over from Last Week.
 MT. H. A. Reed, representative of the Texas Oklahoma Fertilizer com pany, was caller at the office of the county agent Wednesday morning. Mir. Reed, whose home is in Dallas, Tex, has just returned from a trip thru Washington and Benton counties, in this state and reports the estimated