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CAMP PIKE NOTES.
Red Cross representatives at Camp
Pike are superintending the erection
of a large frame building at the base
hospital that will not only be avail
able" for the use of convalescent sol
diers, but that will furnish a stopping
place for visitors who wish to be near
relatives who are seriously ill in the
hospital. These rooms, however, will
be furnished only to aged or infirm
f relatives who could not possibly make
the trip from the city and are not for
general use. The building is in the
form of a cross and ip 100 feet each
way. Most of the space in the main
buiiding is to be used as a reading,
writing and lounging room.
In waiting letters to men oversea,
it is best not to use initials but to
spell the name in full as there may be
men of the same name and initials
in a regiment. Give the man’s rank
when it is known, together with the
full name of the unit to which he be
belongs. Do not address a letter to
“Somewhere in France,” but to
“American Epeditionary Forces,
France.” Address letters with ink
instead of lead pencils.
Four Army Y. M. C. A. secretaries
and five state representatives were
detailed to meet and accompany that
many special trains last week that
were bringing the new selective draft
men to camp. It gave the newcomers
a chance to ask hundreds of queries
with regard to conditions in camp so
they could in a small measure at
least be prepared for the new life
that was so soon to confront them.
They also assisted in handling the
men at meal times, in comforting the
homesick, ones, and in quieting some
that were inclined to be noisy. It
was one of the biggest lines of special
work that the Y. RI. C. A. has under
taken in this state.
One of the interesting parts of
Camp Pike little known or visited is
that where homing, or carrier pig
eons, as they are perhaps better
known, are trained for army service
as a section of the signal corps. The
birds are brought here from the east
when only a few months old, and are
trained to long distance flights by
careful and persistent handling. They
are carried to the country by motor
cyclists and liberated, at tirst a lew
miles away and then longer distances
as their speed and strength increases.
It is well to remember that candy,
fruits and all bulky articles will be
refused shipment at this time to sol
diers in overseas service. Tonnage
is too valuable for necessities of life
to waste it in carrying luxuries and
I non-essentials,. For a short time the
Y. M. C. A. forwarded some of these
things but they are now under a
strict embargo.
Erwin Funk,
Camp Publicity Secretary.
ESTRAY NOTICE.
One large black horse mule, weighs
about 1450 pounds, tip of nose light
colored, animal wearing three shoes
when last seen, estrayed from our
camp on the Island, below Newport.
Will pay $25.00 reward for safe re
turn of animal to the Edgar bam at
Newport.
Augusta Cooperage Co.,
34d6t wit. Augusta, Ark.
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place your money in. We
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investor 8 per cent.
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than now, although land
values are no higher than
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LAST CULL TO
PUNT COWPEAS
Cowoeac Will Be Ready For Hog Graz
Ina in Seventy To Ninety Days.
L. W. Osborn, Agronomist, Univer
sity of Arkansas.
"Don't fail to plant cowpeas, sor
ghum and peanuts. If these legumes
are planted by June 25 in North Ark
ansas and before July 15 in South
Arkansas they will still make profita
ble crops and since the state is and
will be in sore need oi feeds of all
kinds every farmer who lias not put in
«no or all of these crops should get
busy right away. Cowpeas will be
ready for hog grazing in 75 to 90 days,
but if they are to be used for hay
they should be cut before frost. In
many sections of the state there will
not be time enough to mature the
crop before frost comes. Sorghum
should be planted regardless of the
price since no crop can be depended
upon to produce a greater tonnage of
coarse forage on good land.
‘ Peanuts should be planted since
they will afford more pork producing
feed to the acre than any other crop
and they can be cultivated with the
same implements used in cultivatir®?
cotton. The peanut is one of the most
dependable feed crops which can still
be planted in the state with the as
surance of a good return,” says L. W.
Osborn, agronomist with the Unive?
sity of Arkansas. "It is also ctin oi
the best forage crops we have for
hogs. Hogs turned in on peanuts make
rapid gains.”
Peanut Adapted To Wide R-ange
of Soils.
“Peanuts are especially adapted to
sandy loam and loamy soils, but for
hog grazing may be grown on heavier
soils provided they contain an abund
ance of organic matter and do not
crust easily. Peanuts stand the drouth
better than corn and fully as well as
soy beans and cowpeas. During the
extreme drouth of the summer of 1916
Spanish peanuts yielded over 40
bushels to the acre while co.n m an
adjoining field under similar condi
tions averaged less than 10 bushels
to the acre.’’
B'g Yields On Fertile Soils.
“On highly fertiliz.ed soils in tests
conducted by the Arkansas Experi
ment Station yields of 125 bushels per
acre have been made. Average yields
for good soils will usually vary be
tween 50 and 70 bushels while on or
dinary soils yields of 30 to 40 bushels
may be expected. Aside from this a
yield of hay ranging from 1 to 3 tons
can be obtained.’'
Spanish Peanut Best All Around
Variety.
“The Spanish variety is to be pre
ferred for grazing purposes. When
planted as early in the spring as the
ground is thoroughly warm this va
riety becomes available for heavy
grazing in August and September.
Planted in June and until July 1 in
the northern sections and as lute as
July 15 in the southern part, of the
state the crop will become available
for late fall pasture. Spanish peanuts
are planted without shelling in rows
28-36 inches wide and spaced 5-9
inches apart in the row.’’
SOY BEANS VALUABLE
—HOW TO PLANT
By Harry F. Kapp, Extension Division,
University of Arkansas.
"In the present food crisis our peo
ple should plant soy beans,” says Har
ry F. Kapp, "because they are a food,
forage and grain crop. The soy bean
should be drilled in rows about 30
inches to 3 feet apart, and the plant
should stand about 4 to 6 inches apart
In the drill. The soy bean is easily
cultivated and should receive the same
attention as a corn crop m tne matter
of cultivation. The variety generally
used is the Mammoth Yellow, though
there are several other varieties that
hnve given splendid results. Before
the soy bean matures it is an excel
lent table food and the dry beans
while requiring a long time for cook
ing are also an excellent food, but
the chief value of the soy bean lies
in its forage and grain production.
This crop will produce more on poor
land than probably any other crop
and is very drought resistant. The
amount of beans produced per acre
with a good stand and fair cultivation
may range between 10 and 40 bushels
per acre. If cut somewhat green,
when the leaves begin to turn yellow,
it makes a most excellent hay. Stock
of all kinds eat it very readily and it
has a very high feeding value. The
bean furnishes an excellent grain ra
tion while the stalk furnishes the
roughage. If allowed to mature in the
field the beans will drop off and lie on
the around without retting and in this
way hogs may be fattened very read
ily. If intended for a seed crou, care
must be taken in the harvesting.
When the pods are mature, they burst
open very readily and scatter the
beans in all directions. If wanted for
a hay crop, they should be cut when
the pods are about half mature and
handled like cowpeas. One value of
the soy bean lies in the fact that it
is also a nltgogen gathering plant. It
will probably produce more feed on
any*given soil than any other crop
.that can be planted and is readly eat
en by hogs, horses, cattle and sheep,
and every farmer who can possibly
obtain the seed should have a small
acreage of this most valuable plant
JACKSON COUNTY TEACH
ERS MEET HERE MONDAY.
The Jackson County Institute meets
at the High school next Monday,
j Prof E. H. Bowman, county superin
tendent will have charge and County
Fred Moore of Cleburne county, will
be here to assist.
Miss Annie Camp of Little Rock
will be here for the week and will
have charge of the primary work.
All teachers are expected to attend
| all of these meetings and to lend a
helping hand in the work that is to be
! done.
Plans for furthering the war work
; will be discussed from time to time.
The State Department of Education
is expecting every teacher in the
! state to get into the war game and to
1 play his or her part in helping to
“win the war.”
No teacher will be able to come up
to the standard and stay away from
this Institute.
Other outside of the county speak
ers will be here.
The citizens of Newport are espec
ially invited to attend these exercises.
Let the whole city assist in mak
ing the teachers of the county feel
they are welcome. A daily record of
visitors will be kept. Help make this
the best Institute in the history of
the county.
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MAJOR FABER, REPORTED
MISSING, IS WOUNDED
GERMAN PRISONER.
London, April 21.—Major Leslie
Faber, who before the war was a well
known English actor, and who was
reported “missing” from the western
front a few weeks ago, is now an un
wounded prisoner in German hands,
according to dispatches received
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through the Red Cross organization. ^
Major Faber is a son-in-law of
Henry Arthur Jones, the dramatist.
He was playing in “diplomacy” in the
United States in 1915, but left the
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