The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-24

| 1 hen of these marvellous egg producers. 1 After Mir. and Mrs. Worthington made a trip to the Tallon farm they not only bought eggs for setting but also bargained for the purchase of 50 hens for which they paid $75. They also learned that during the last win ter and this spring MT. and Mrs. Tal- l Ions flock of about 175 birds had brought in enough revenue to pay for their own feed, to pay for all the grain needed for Il head of cattle and team of horses and to buy all the gro- ceries used in the home, and then pro- ducing some months small surplus besides.
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 S. c. Payne, forest ranger sta toned at Rich Mountain, while in the city recently took up with the execu- tive committee of the Commercial Club some of the details relating to the bridle trail to be built to the top of the peak north of the city The plan is to start the trail near the city reservoir and run 1t up the side of the mountain along line where the grade will not exceed 10 per cent, instruction having been given by Forest Supervisor Charles A. Plymale that distance i should be sacrificed for grade since 1 it will be a much travelled route and is intended to be model Forest Service ! trail. The trail will reach the top of ! the range & short distance east of the l peak, and then will be built along the ] ridge in both directions to the peak ] and Round Top, respectively, the pun pose being to construct it later from the Peak to Rich Mountain and from Round Top east to intersect the Mena- l Acorn road. The construction of a lockout tower on the Peak is another development that will follow the build ing of the trail. In writing about this matter Supervisor Plymale says: q think the construction of this trail and of the tower would not only be ! beneficial as means of travel and 1 protective purposes, but it would also give the Forest Service much favor able publicity. 1t would be an asset for the city of Mena as 1t would of- fer both an easy route of travel from the city to the summit of the noun tain and an excellent view of the clty and the surrounding country which wQuld encourage health seekers and tourists to visit the city" Ranger Payne will come to Mena soon and will go over the proposed route of the trail in company with the secretary and members of the executive committed to make the definite location.
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 Inquiries are daily coming to the Commercial Club office about when how and with what to spray fruit trees Peaches should be sprayed during tine next week, or just when the calyx oi shuck has been shed from the small peaches. This should be followe. about two weeks later, and then { third spray should be given about four or five weeks before the fruit ripens. It is too late now to make the cluster bud spray on apples, but the next spray should be made whef about two-thirds of the petals havt fallen, and then followed with another in three or four weeks Still another spray is needed to control bitter TO and blotch, and where these diseases are bad, two to three more are needed to insure good fruit. The best ma terials to use are lime sulphur al tn, rate of l ia gallons to 30 gallons O water to which has been added pounds of arsenate paste or a pounl of powdered lead arsenate, or else us
 Bordeaux ;. mixture composed of
 pounds of blue vitrol and 1 pounds O stone lime to SO gallons of water plu the lead arsenate as given for the i'm
 sulphur spray. "Scalacide." q pro prietary spray material, has also beel
 coming into extensive use, and ha
 been pronounced as effective as tn
 lime sulphur or Bordeaux mixture