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On the cover — A delicious fruit cobbler is ready for cooking using a Dutch oven. These cast-iron cooking pots have been used since the early 1700s.

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Farm Bureau Matters Randy Veach Food for Thought Ewell Welch

Matters

by RANDY VEACH

President, Arkansas Farm Bureau

I toured the Panama Canal, one of

most major port expansions require

the 7 Wonders of the World, while on

Congressional approval, studies by the

an agricultural trade mission in 2009.

Army Corps of Engineers and a significant

So I understand the need for the United

amount of federal funding – all time-con-

States to ready its ports and waterways

suming processes. The U.S. government

in advance of completion of an expan-

needs to fast-track these improvements.

sion project that will enable the Panama

In our state, we need to ensure the

Canal to accept significantly larger ves-

Arkansas River has a certified shipping

sels.

channel depth of 12 feet. This will allow

Builders of the canal in the early

the most heavily loaded barges to use the

1900s never imagined the massive ships

waterway throughout the length of our

that now travel the world, some more

state. While most of the river currently

than 1,000 feet long. To rectify that, a

meets that standard, there are sections

third set of locks is being constructed

(totaling 45 miles) that need to be deep-

to make the transportation of goods

ened from 9 to 12 feet. This project will

through this route more efficient once

cost roughly $160 million, no small sum

completed in late 2014.

but a worthy investment.

While Panama races to finish this

Estimates suggest the 12-foot channel

$5.25 billion project, the U.S. needs to be

would add 40 percent to the load capacity

working to ensure our ports and water-

of the river’s shipping system, with the

ways are ready to handle the increased

same number of tows, fuel expense, etc.

traffic, tonnage and shear mass of the

This is the definition of efficiency, which

vessels that will connect commerce

helps us stay competitive in world trade.

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around the world. Agricultural products are moved frequently through the canal,

Arkansas River now approach $4 billion

18 Land & People

and Arkansas farmers rely on these trade

annually. These include soybeans, rice,

routes to move their products around the

corn and other feed grains as well as fuels

22 Building Wealth

globe.

and petroleum products. In fact, of the 11

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international traffic, just two are ready

Arkansas River, more than 3 billion tons

for “post-Panamax” vessels, the largest

(or 30 percent) is related to agriculture.

ships that make up this massive transpor-

A similar figure applies to the Mississippi

tation network. Other countries are more

River, too.

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In the Kitchen Gregg Patterson Health & Safety Keith Sutton

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Of the 20 major U.S. ports handling

prepared than the U.S. The deficiencies

Agricultural products shipped on the

billion tons of products shipped on the

Efficient transportation of goods

in our port systems threaten to isolate us

through our waterways helps contain the

from world trade.

costs of many of the products we consume

Deepening the Port of New Orleans is necessary, and work has also begun at the in-land port of Memphis, both criti-

daily, food being at the center of those costs. And that impacts everyone.

God bless you. God bless the farmers

cally important to continued economic

and ranchers. God bless Arkansas Farm

growth in the mid-south. Unfortunately,

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by EWELL WELCH

Executive Vice President, Arkansas Farm Bureau

The development in Congress of a

Conservation Reserve Program to date,

remainder of this year and on into next

making it the largest public-private

year if an approved bill isn’t signed into law

partnership for conservation and wildlife

by year end. With it being a major election year, it wouldn’t be surprising if the process bleeds into next year.

habitat in the U.S. • America’s farm and ranch families are dedicated to caring for our planet. They

As always, some organizations want

are ethical caretakers of the land and

greater environmental regulation of farming

water resources that help make our

written directly into the farm bill. So it’s

nation’s bounty possible.

probably necessary to remind folks just

• In addition to their ethical dedication to

what good caretakers of the land farmers

protecting the land, it is in the economic

and ranchers already are and how efficient

interest of farmers and ranchers to care

they’ve become in providing more food and

for natural resources. America’s farmers

using less resources to get the job done.

and ranchers take their commitment to

• While farm and ranch productivity has

land stewardship very seriously.

increased dramatically since 1950, the use

• Through modern conservation and

of resources (labor, seeds, feed, fertilizer,

tillage practices, farmers and ranchers are

etc.) required for production has declined

reducing the loss of soil through erosion,

markedly.

which protects lakes and rivers.

• America’s farmers and ranchers are

• Today, it is possible for farmers and

doing their part to feed a growing world.

ranchers to produce more food, fiber and

Total U.S. crop yield (tons per acre) has

fuel than ever before on fewer acres with

increased more than 360 percent since

fewer inputs.

• Such modern production tools as global

1950.

• Dairy cow milk production has become

positioning satellites, biotechnology,

more efficient since 1980. The pounds of

conservation tillage and integrated

feed (grain, forage, etc.) a cow needs to

pest management enhance farm and

consume to produce 100 pounds of milk

ranch productivity while reducing the

has decreased by more than 40 percent

environmental footprint.

on average in the last 30 years.

• Since 1982, U.S. land used for crops

• Farmers and ranchers are proven and committed environmental stewards,

has declined by 70 million acres.

but they are justifiably concerned

Conservation tillage, a way of farming

about the regulatory overreach of the

that reduces erosion (soil loss) on

Environmental Protection Agency. At the

cropland while using less energy, has

very time agriculture’s environmental

grown from 17 percent of acreage in 1982

footprint is shrinking, EPA has ramped

to 63 percent currently.

up its regulatory force.

• Careful stewardship by America’s food producers spurred a nearly 50 percent

Farmers and ranchers work the land

decline in erosion of cropland by wind

every day. It’s a part of who they are. And

and water since 1982.

their good stewardship is evident in their

• Farmers have voluntarily enrolled 4

30 million acres in the voluntary

new farm bill will be in the news for the

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Arkansas Farm and Ranch Families Provide‌ Safe, affordable food

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Delicious Dutch-oven cooking Become THE camp chef

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W Want to make delicious camp

important. Older models or ones that

content, such as stews and soups, you

meals your friends and family will

have suffered from neglect or misuse

place two-thirds of the coals beneath

rave about? Learn to cook stews,

need re-seasoning. This is done by

and one-third on top. This transmits

baked beans, biscuits, cobblers,

first cleaning the oven in hot, soapy

higher heat to the liquid. When

cakes and other favorites in a Dutch

water using a stiff brush to remove

baking, reverse these proportions:

oven. Cooks have used this versatile

any rust spots on the metal (the only

one-third beneath and two-thirds on

cooking utensil for centuries to

time you should use soap on cast

top. Too many on the bottom may

prepare delectable meals for hungry

iron). Then rub melted shortening

overcook the baking food. More coals

campers.

or cooking oil on all surfaces of the

on top give high heat to the baking

Dutch ovens as we know them

oven. Place it in an oven preheated

air space in the oven and directly

today were developed in the early

to 350-400 degrees F for a hour.

down to your food.

18th century. They sometimes

After heating, allow the Dutch oven

were called “bake kettles” or “bake

to cool slowly in the oven. (Never

well for heating. I usually place six

ovens,” but “Dutch oven” (a name of

try and cool a hot Dutch oven with

or seven under a 12-inch oven and

uncertain origins) became the title of

cold water.) Then cover the whole

12 to 15 on top, replenishing these

choice long ago. By the mid-1700s,

metal surface with a light coating

with new briquettes when preparing

nearly all American families were

of cooking oil to protect the metal

dishes with long cooking times. If

cooking in Dutch ovens on home

from rusting. Your Dutch oven will

the ground is damp, place a piece of

hearths and campfires.

form a black patina, or finish, with

aluminum foil on it to protect your

continued use.

coals or briquettes and get maximum

Today’s Dutch ovens differ little from early models. Each is a large

Aluminum ovens won’t rust and

Charcoal briquettes also work

heating.

deep pot with a tightly fitting lid.

don’t need any preparation before or

Three short legs support the whole

after use. Simply wash and dry; no

the proper heat while cooking.

affair over coals on the ground. The

need to oil.

Regulate it by adding or taking

lid has a raised rim to retain coals

Preheat the Dutch oven before

It’s sometimes tricky maintaining

away coals on top or beneath,

placed on the lid and to keep ashes

baking food. Do this by placing a few

experimenting a bit if necessary. It’s a

from falling into the oven when the

coals on top and a few underneath for

good idea to build a small fire beside

lid is lifted. With this arrangement —

several minutes. This helps keep food

the oven and keep shoveling the

coals on top and coals beneath — the

from sticking in the oven.

fresh-made wood coals from there to

oven can be evenly heated for better cooking.

A fixed handle on top of the lid

Food can be placed directly in

the oven. Check the progress of your

the oven, or placed in a pan or

cooking by lifting the lid with tongs

aluminum foil wrapper in the oven. I

or a hook and testing.

provides for lifting the lid. A bail of

like to cook large cuts of meat, soups

steel wire is permanently attached to

and stews, and boiled or steamed

just for baking. They work well for

the pot portion for lifting and moving

vegetables directly in the oven. Foil

making soups and stews, pan frying,

the whole oven. Old-time ovens were

cups are good containers for muffins

broiling and deep frying as well.

heavy cast iron, as are many modern

and breads. When making a cake

The lid can be inverted and used as

versions, but now you can get lighter

or pie that needs to be removed for

a griddle, with some rocks, or three

aluminum ones, too. I prefer cast-

cutting and serving, I use a pan in

metal tent pegs driven in the ground,

iron ovens, however. Cast iron heats

the oven, elevated above the bottom

as supports.

slowly and evenly, and retains the

to allow heated air to circulate all

heat long after the pot leaves the fire.

around and protect the dish from

pot meals, but if you want to get

Aluminum ovens don’t have these

overheating by the coals beneath. A

spoiled, try the luxury of a whole

characteristics, and are tricky to work

couple of metal tent pins or nails, or

battery of ovens: one for meat, one

with. Food often burns and sticks.

a few pebbles, placed in the bottom of

for vegetables, others for bread, pie,

the oven support the pan.

cake, cobbler, you name it. This is real

The newest cast-iron cookware now comes pre-seasoned from the

Coals are placed under the oven,

factory. Having a properly seasoned

and on top, when cooking. Generally,

cast-iron Dutch oven is very

when making dishes with large liquid

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Dutch ovens are naturals for one-

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Here are some excellent recipes to try next time you go camping.

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Let’s go Dutch Dutch ovens are incredibly versatile cooking utensils used to prepare everything from baked goods and meats to scrumptious stews like this.

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Dutch Oven Brunswick Stew

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Biscuits

Ingredients

Ingredients

2 cups cooked, diced chicken

2 cups Bisquick baking mix

3 quarts water

1 cup sour cream

1/4 cup diced bacon

1 stick (1/2 cup) melted margarine

2 teaspoons fresh-ground black

or butter

pepper 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions

1 tablespoon salt

Preheat the Dutch oven. Mix all

1 cup pearl onions

ingredients until smooth. Spoon dough

2 cups peeled, whole tomatoes

into foil muffin cups, three-fourths full.

2 cups diced potatoes

Bake approximately 15 minutes.

1 cup lima beans 2 cups whole-kernel corn Instructions Add all the ingredients to the Dutch oven, mix well, cover, and coals above and beneath, and simmer until everything is bubbly and heated through. Serve hot with thick wedges of fresh-made cornbread. Yield: 10 to 12 servings.

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Kingsford tonight Dutch ovens are great for preparing a wide variety of delicious foods using campfire coals or charcoal briquettes as the heating source. Note the raised lid rim on this Dutch oven. It holds hot coals for baking and helps prevent ashes from getting into the food.

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Beanhole Beans Ingredients 1/2 pound sliced salt pork 8 cups cooked navy beans 4 tablespoons tomato paste 1 cup molasses 1/2 cup brown sugar 2-1/2 teaspoons dry mustard 1 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon thyme A pinch or two of ground cloves 2 quarts water 2 small onions, peeled Instructions Line the bottom of a Dutch oven with half the salt pork slices. Mix the remaining ingredients, except the onions and remaining salt pork, and pour into the pot. Bury the whole onions in the center of the beans. Arrange the remaining salt pork slices on top, cover the pot, and place

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Taste Arkansas From farm to table

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compiled by Tara Johnson

Beef, it’s what’s for dinner.

Three ounces of lean beef is a mere 154 calories. The calories in a three-

strictly regulates all beef products.

It’s made from trimmings which

The U.S. beef industry represents

ounce serving of lean beef contributes

are leftovers from popular meat cuts.

the single largest segment of American

to less than 10 percent of calories to a

They are pieces of fat that contain small

agriculture. Annual sales of beef top

2,000-calorie diet while providing 51

portions of beef. The trimmings go

more than $49 billion. In fact, per

percent of the protein, 38 percent of

through a spinning process similar to

person consumption of beef tops 60

the zinc and 37 percent of the vitamin

separating cream from milk. The result

pounds annually.

B12 a person needs daily.

is a 97 percent lean beef product called

Beef is one of the most important

lean finely textured beef.

Nearly half of all beef consumption

dietary sources of

is hamburger and other ground beef

iron. Iron not only

products. Hamburger that contains lean

helps red blood cells

finely textured beef is a sustainable

carry oxygen to body

product. Processing trimmings into

tissue, it also plays

lean finely textured beef recovers lean

and important role in

meat that, otherwise, would be wasted.

cognitive health. Iron

If the beef industry stops processing

affects the memory,

trimmings into lean finely textured

the ability to learn and

beef, an additional 1.5 million head of

to reason. The Center

cattle will be needed annually to make

for Disease Control

up the difference.

and Prevention

In a world where farmers are feeding

estimates that four

more people with fewer resources,

million U.S. children

products like lean finely textured beef

are iron deficient. Beef

keep our production system viable. May

proteins, unlike plant

is National Beef Promotion Month.

proteins, provide the

Celebrate by trying these tips for

most readily available

cooking hamburgers:

and easily absorbed

•

source of iron. With

Form your patties, then put them

iron deficient children,

back in the fridge for 30 minutes

beef is an important part of a healthy diet.

to cool down even more.

•

The beef industry

Be generous with the salt and pepper.

is being criticized

•

Get the grill really hot.

for the use of lean

•

Let the burger rest for a couple

finely textured beef.

minutes after you take it off

Detractors call it “pink

the grill. This way it won’t

slime.” However, lean

immediately lose its juices the first

Where’s the beef? If the beef industry stops using lean finely finely textured beef is textured beef in ground beef products, an additional 1.5 100 percent beef. The million head of cattle will have to make up the difference USDA inspects and annually.

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Work with very cold hamburger.

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bite.

serving of chicken breast, there are 140 calories, 3.1 total fat grams and 26.7 grams of protein.

A healthy diet is full of variety.

Turkey has a naturally mild taste that combines readily with different seasonings. The versatility of turkey as a protein makes it an excellent substitute for other proteins in your favorite dishes. For example, you can easily substitute turkey breast for chicken breast in any of your favorite recipes. Try something new in June and celebrate Turkey Lovers’ Month.

Gobble it down Turkey consumption is up 102 percent since 1970. Turkey is now competing with other protein foods year-round.

Like U.S. turkey consumption, turkey

Turkey Lovers’ Month

exports continue to grow. The top five

June is Turkey Lovers’ Month. During

export markets for U.S. turkey meat are

the last three decades, the turkey

Mexico, China, Hong Kong, Canada and

industry has grown from single-

the Dominican Republic.

product, holiday oriented production

Thanksgiving,” in the 2011 November/

diversified products. Since 1970, turkey

December issue of Front Porch you know

consumption has grown 102 percent.

my parents raise turkeys. Even though

Last year, Americans ate 18 pounds of

I have a lot of experience with turkey,

turkey per person.

I was skeptical of products like turkey sausage. How would that taste anything

the holidays or sandwiches. Turkey is

like the smoked sausage I normally

now competing with other proteins

buy? I finally bought some, and it was

year-round, and turkey products

fantastic. There was all the flavor of a

are gaining popularity in American

beef or pork sausage without the grease.

kitchens. There are a lot of options for

1. Grate cloves of garlic.

• Making a recipe that calls for minced garlic? Pull out the trusty cheese grater. Grate the garlic over the small holes and you’ll have perfectly minced garlic every time.

If you saw my article, “Raising

to a fully integrated industry with

Some thought turkey was only for

2. Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of sugar ice cream cones.

• Stuffing a marshmallow in the bottom of the cone keeps the ice cream from dripping out of the bottom as it melts. Isn’t that brilliant?

Nutritionally, turkey is an excellent

regularly eating turkey. Ground turkey,

source of protein. In one three-ounce

turkey sausage, turkey breast, turkey

serving of turkey breast there is 117

tenderloins and turkey bacon are all

calories, 0.64 total fat grams and 26.2

popular products.

grams of protein. In a comparable

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Land&People Blood traders Keeping the farm in the family

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by Gregg Patterson

Ned Ray Purtle, of Hope (Hempstead

County) has spent a lifetime in the cattle business. Being a livestock “trader” seems to be a family legacy, part of the family bloodline. His grandfather and his father traded mules and cattle, providing mules for farmers and people in the logging business. In 1927, brothers Ned (Ned Ray’s father) and Homer Purtle started raising cattle in Nevada County. Later, after moving to Clark County, his dad

Father to son Ned Ray Purtle (right) and his son Mike raise cattle on more than 1,300 acres.

added cotton farming to the family business.

In discussing a lifetime devoted to

headed to Stillwater, Okla. to pursue a

leaving to establish his own business as

degree in animal science.

an excavating contractor. Mike says the

the ranching business, Ned Ray seems

That led to another lifetime love –

surprised when asked what the family

judging livestock competitions at county

legacy is. “I guess I’ve never thought

and state fairs. He eventually became the

“It’s something I wanted to do,” he

about it in that way. I’ve always lived on

livestock superintendent for the Arkansas

said. “Now I can do it the way I want to.”

a farm and always had cattle,” he replied.

State Fair and has spent the last 52 years

Mike also has 320 acres of his own where

“I never had an option. It’s always what I

on the state fair’s board of governors.

he runs cattle and still maintains his dirt-

wanted to do.”

The “no option” was self-imposed.

As health concerns have recently slowed Ned Ray down just a bit in trying

“time was right” to come back to the cattle-raising business.

moving business.

The way he wanted to do it included

Young Ned Ray started showing steers at

to manage his 1,000-acre ranch near

managing some of the farm for wildlife

the Arkansas State Fair when he was 10

Hope, he turned to his 40-year-old son

in the Wetlands Reserve Program. Mike

years old. He lived and breathed raising

Mike to see if he wanted to carry on

loves to hunt ducks and deer. He also

cattle. By age 13, he had a champion

the Purtle livestock legacy. (Ned’s other

decided to grow wheat haylage. The

steer. When it came time to go to

son, Steve, works as a Honda ATV and

sweet-smelling feed really came in handy

college, he went to nearby Southern

motorcycle dealer in Russellville.)

during last year’s drought-caused hay

Arkansas University for a year and a half,

“The hardest thing to do is to step

all the while still raising steers to show

back when you know you can’t do it

at the fair. He then decided to transfer to

anymore,” Ned Ray said.

shortage.

Looks like the multi-generational cattle business will continue.

Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State

Mike had always enjoyed working

University) because the school had an

on his dad’s farm and had even farmed

Ray, a satisfied smile settling across his

excellent livestock judging team. So he

fulltime for a couple of years before

face.

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InTheKitchen Keith Sutton

Spicy pecan-shell smoked trout dip You can’t make enough of it

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by Gregg Patterson

This recipe is an amalgamation like

many of my favorites. I’ve tried several smoked trout dips and combined what I like or added something new. You can, too. One thing is certain. No matter how big a batch I make, it’s never enough.

I’ve never had leftovers. The combination of the cracker, cucumber and dip elicits a crunchy, cool and creamy blending that makes your taste buds and tongue savor the textured, spicy, foggy cool, smoky

Keith Sutton

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Spicy Smoked Trout Dip Ingredients

Instructions

Smoked meat from two whole 10- to 12-inch trout

Pick the meat from two whole smoked trout, discarding

8-ounce container of spreadable cream cheese

bones and skin. Mash meat with a fork in a serving bowl. Add

Juice of ½ lemon

mayonnaise and cream cheese and mix thoroughly. Chop dill

2 tablespoons Louisiana Hot Sauce

and onion, and add along with lemon juice, hot sauce and

⅔ cup mayonnaise

seasoning. Mix thoroughly. Cover with plastic wrap and chill

Lawry’s Seasoned Salt, or similar seasoning, to taste

overnight in refrigerator, allowing flavors to mingle and set.

3-4 fresh dill sprigs, chopped

Peel and slice one cucumber. Grab your favorite cracker.

4 green onion sprouts or one small mild onion, chopped

Add the cucumber slice to it and a dollop of the trout dip.

Paprika

Top it off with a dusting of paprika and bits of fresh cut

Chives

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Health&Safety Facts about ticks and Lyme disease Enjoy the outdoors, but protect yourself

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by Keith Sutton

A friend, removing a tick on his arm,

noted, “The only good thing about ticks is Keith Sutton

they don’t get as big as grizzly bears.”

He’s right. We’re fortunate ticks are

small, because these arachnids love human blood. Tick bites seldom cause ill effects, but ticks sometimes transmit Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia and other illnesses.

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The fact that ticks are small acts against

us in this case. If a tick remains undetected and attached several hours, the possibility of disease transmission soars.

Ticks that carry diseases include the

An ounce of prevention The blacklegged tick, or deer tick, is responsible for the spread of Lyme disease in Arkansas and other parts of the U.S. Insect repellents containing DEET or permethrin effectively ward off ticks for several hours.

chronic neurological complaints months to

long pants with the cuffs tucked in

American dog tick, brown dog tick, Lone

years after infection, including numbness in

socks to prevent ticks from crawling

Star tick and Rocky Mountain wood tick.

hands or feet and short-term memory loss.

up inside pant legs. Consider

The black-legged tick, however, (better

Antibiotics usually cure Lyme disease

wrapping duct tape around your

known as the deer tick) is most likely to

if treatment starts early. However, some

ankles, over the top of your socks.

transmit Lyme disease.

patients have symptoms lasting years even

Keep your shirt tucked in your

after treatment.

waistband, too. Wear light-colored

Ticks attached at least 36 to 48 hours are most likely to transmit Lyme disease. Bites

Fortunately, there are several ways to

of tiny, immature ticks called nymphs cause

prevent tick bites and reduce risk of tick-

most infections. Adult ticks also spread

borne illnesses.

Lyme disease but are much larger (the size of

crawling on you.

• When possible, avoid brushing

• Use a DEET or permethrin-based

apple seeds) and more likely to be removed

insect repellent when outdoors.

before causing illness.

Repellents containing DEET repel

A circular rash at the bite site indicates

clothing, so it’s easier to see ticks

against vegetation or traipsing through leaf litter.

• Inspect for ticks after being

ticks several hours and are safe

outdoors. Check pets, too. Remove

a possible Lyme disease infection. This may

for use on skin and clothing if

ticks you find, paying special

grow to 12 inches across and usually has a

you follow label directions and

attention to armpits, groin, waist,

bull’s-eye appearance. Victims experience

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ears, belly button, backs of knees

fatigue, chills, fever, aches and swollen

such as Permanone and Duranon

and scalp.

lymph nodes. Untreated, the infection may

kill ticks on contact for several days

While tick bites can cause problems,

spread, causing facial palsy, shooting pains,

when used to treat clothing, shoes,

those problems are relatively rare. Don’t

heart palpitations and dizziness. After several

tents, sleeping bags and chairs, but

stop enjoying the outdoors, because you’re

months, about 60 percent of untreated

don’t use permethrin products on

fearful of tick bites. Just protect yourself

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arm Bureau members now have the opportunity to spotlight their creativity, their perception and their flair for the dramatic — or the comical or even the tragic — in Front Porch’s third Rural Reflections Photo Contest.

This competition offers amateur photographers the chance to explore the many activities, seasons, triumphs, disappointments and faces of agriculture, our state’s key industry. The photos that win this competition will capture the image and spirit of agriculture, and Farm Bureau, in Arkansas.

The contest includes two divisions, High School (ages 14–18) and Adult (19 and older). The winner of each receives $250. In addition, one entry will receive a Grand Prize of $500. The winners and honorable mentions may have their works published, with credit, in Front Porch and Arkansas Agriculture magazines, on Farm Bureau’s website, www.arfb.com, and in other publications.

Arkansas Farm Bureau has the final decision on any and all questions or concerns regarding rules, judging, eligibility, prizes awarded or anything else that may arise pertaining to the Rural Reflections Photo Contest.

RULES • Any photo taken between Jan. 1, 2012 and Oct. 31, 2012 may be entered.

• Files must be high-resolution jpegs (at least 300 dpi).

• Each entrant may enter only one photo.

• Enter by uploading your photo at: http://www.arfb.com/programs_ activities/contests/photo_gallery.aspx.

• All entries must be submitted by midnight Oct. 31, 2012.

• The Rural Reflections Photo Contest is open to members of Arkansas Farm Bureau and their immediate families.

Employees of Farm Bureau, its affiliated companies and service companies are not eligible.

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Picture this!

A Limited-Edition 1:16-Scale Die-Cast Model ‘L’ Tractor

Actual length of replica is 8½"

Handcrafted in the collector’s preferred 1:16 scale

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365-day, moneyback guarantee

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Officially licensed

by John Deere

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A True Collector’s Item!

Easy-to-handle and powerful for its size, the John Deere Model “L” tractor was a solid choice among farmers when it was first introduced in the late 1930s.

Now you can own this vintage favorite with the “John Deere 1937 Model ‘L’ Tractor,” a 1:16-scale die-cast replica, licensed by John Deere and available through this exclusive offer from The Hamilton Collection.

You’re sure to be impressed by the incredible detail including the Hercules engine, authentic scale L-2 one-bottom plow, John Deere signature colors, handapplied graphics and more.

Your “John Deere 1937 Model ‘L’ Tractor” is available for three convenient, interest-free installments of $30.00,* with only your first payment due prior to shipping. Plus, it’s fully protected by our incredible 365-day, money-back guarantee. If you aren’t entirely satisfied, return it within a year and receive a complete refund — including shipping and service.

The Model “L” tractor is highly collectible, so *Add a total of $13 for shipping & service.

Deliveries to FL and IL will be billed appropriate sales tax. we expect strong demand. Order now.

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