The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-20

At a recent meeting of the Fruit and Truck Growers it was decided to get the sentiment of the farmers and poultry raisers regarding the forma- tion of poultry and egg shipping club. The plan in brief is to get 60 or more members agreeing to bring at least dozen eggs each week. This assures at least two cases. Small dirty and misshapen. use at home; others stamped and guaranteed Ship ping crates for the cooperative ship ping of poultry will also be kept on hand. A business man has been found who will handle these shipments on a small commission and later perhaps shipments of other products will fol- low. Details will be worked out at first meeting.
 w. T. Myers recently drew a check for something over $700 for his share of 4 loss for ginning and fertilizer on some tenant cotton.
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 w. T. Myers had Is dozen hrooms from an experimental patch of broom corn considerably less than iz acre and using only the best heads These brooms averaged him 75 cents each, selling the remainder on Saturday to merchant for $81.
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 The Dagenharts made S06 gallons of sorghum, selling 400 gallon early Tn the fall at one sale for $400
 
 H. c. Richardson in addition to his general farming and trucking, canned 5000 cans of tomatoes this season.
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 A farm wife near here picked IS cases of blackberries, which averaged her $5 per case. He banner day pick ing was 40 quarts
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 l.. W. Dougherty has a mineral prospect on his place that looks mighty promising to himself and some others who know
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 Mrs. Roy Doon sold on the market and for breeding purposes so far this season $220 worth of turkeys. This is the product of 6 hens and Tom. Mrs. Doon is an experienced turkey grower from a locality in Texas, where turkey raising is a speciality and is enthusiastic about Polk county for this purpose. Mir. Doom devoted his time to a cotton crop. Asking him if he raised anything else, he said, Just what the cther all cotton men raised last year"
 Fred Yeakey is increasing his berry n Ip mi at l.r q weeks vacation. Cyril SlOte is substi- tuting for him on his mail route. Mir Yeakey received from $6 to S9 per case for his berries which were ex- tremely large and early. There were mostly the Macdonald variety. a promising sort for this section being a cross of the dew and early harvest berry.
 James A. Slote, secretary Hatfield Fruit and Truck Growers Association, announces a meeting to be called shortly for the purpose of ordering supplies and perfecting plans for the coming years business. The poultry and egg shipping club will be consid- cred, also the forming of pure bred poultry association. This idea in Uiici ID to nave pure DIcu NdIleLvs your choice on your place. A high scoring. pen type kept up for high priced matching eggs. A cooperative association, so any orders coming into any member for stock or eggs to be turned over to member or members with this breed. Details at meeting.
 :: :: :: NOTICE-There is pure bred .sssa Lnk pose or good of your mixed flock, be- sides from your pure bred flock you can ask, with reason, price for stock and eggs that if mentioned for your mixed stuff, might land you in the in sane asylum--or hospital.
 :: :: .: The boys and young men who rec ently pooled their fur shipment just received returns which put smile on their faces that won't come off.
 :: .: :: What about the farmer who sells his butter and buys oleo. and what about the merchant who refuses to buy butter and sells oleo?
 :: :: :: Joe finders has sold a bunch of large steers. These with other cattle plcheu cOnJlklOuS JO lDe hanSdS AlLy ' Southern will be driven thru to Texas , points. Drivers freif here are re- ceiving $5 per day.
 :; :: :: The secretary of the H. F. & T. 4 Growers cautions the growers in Polk county to be extremely careful in the i selection of varieties for their early : vegetable money crop. Being on the high divide, the south end of our coun- ty and 60 to 100 miles north usually commence shipping at the same time,