Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-05-19
REDUCTION HAS
BEEN EFFECTED
AS INDICATED BY MANY COM
MUNICATIONS.

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AS INDICATED BY MANY COM
MUNICATIONS.
| LETTERS FROM FARMERS
Some Extracts are Given From Some
of the Many Letters Received by
the S. G. A. as to the Reduction Of
| Acreage.
All sorts of reports are now being
received by the Southern Cotton Asso-
eiation concerning the great reduction
in cotton acreage and the use Of COM
mercial fertilizers. Letters are pour
ing into the headquarters from every
part of the south. The communica-
tions are very encouraging in every
sense of the word and they leave no
doubt in the minds Of the officials of
the Southern Cotton Association and
others that the acreage has been great
! ly reduced. Some Of the letters which
follow are from well known farmers
who are in position to know where
of they speak. They are from men on
the farms and from men who have
noticed that large numbers Of fertil-
izers tags have been distributed over
the floors of the cars instead of being
placed upon the sack.
The following are few extracts
from letters received by the Southern
Cotton Association:
A. J. Gulledge, Drakeown, Ga. !:
Think the reduc ion and use of guano
is 20 per cent from last year.
+. M. Hardage, Marietta, Ca: Used
last year 4,S00 lbs. guano under IA
acres with one mule; this year l ton
guiana under 8 acres with mules.
Have % acres in corn.
7. L. Phillips, Cumming, Ga: All
farmers in my district cutting cotton
acreage 25 per cent and guano from 25
to so per cent. Some cutting more.
w. A. McElreath, Lost Mountain,
Ca: The cotton acreage will be re-
duced 20 per cent in this part of Cobb
county. Same reduction in fertilizers.
I. w. Taylor, White Oak, S. c.:
The movements is having good effect
on the farmers in this section. The cot
ton acreage is being generally reduced
as is also the use of guano.
w w. Mosteller, Alpharetta, Ga;
From the best information | can gath
er, the cotton acreage will be reduced
25 per cent, in this county.
Jake Hart, Empire, Ca: Last year
[ used II tons guano, this year IL
tons; 20 acres in cotton last year; IL
acres this year.
R. W. Lewis, Hazlehurst, Miss: En-
thusiastic meeting here today. The
use Of guano will be 35 to 40 per cent
less this year than last, and the acre
age in cotton will be cut 80 to 35 per
cent. Corn and truck increased.
A. L. Jackson, Hayston, Ca: l can
say for my community that the acreage
for cotton is considerably reduced, and
the amount of fertilizer used from
from Is to 25 per cent less than last
year.
L. D. Martin, CuthLert, Ca: I be-
lieve there will be a reduction in acre
age Of 20 per cent and in fertilizers of
25 per cent in this section.
J. D. Eason, Waco, Tex: / DON t
know Of but one man in this section
who is going to plant as much cotton
as he did last year.
J. Fl. Borson, Musgrove, Ca: have
reduced my cotton crop down to nine
acres to the pillow with 200 lbs, Of gu
ano to the acre. There has been gen.
eral reduction in this county.
]. W. Alexander, Westminster, S.
c.: Both the cotton acreage and fer
tilizer will be reduced 25 per cent.
E. C. Wood Conee, Ga: In my COM
munity the fertilizer is just half of
what it was last year. The cotton acre
age is cut one-fourth.
C. C. Williams, Empire Ca: Myself
and all my neighbors are cutting cot
ton acreage and use of fertilizers.
E. C. Pridgen, Oakohay, Miss. ::
The time has come when I can give
yon about the acreage of cotton that
viii be planted in this part of Coving-
ton county. 1t will be at least 40 per
cent less than 1904. More corn plant
ed than ever before and a great many
Irish potatoes, and the crop of the
latter is fine. The amount of fertil-
izers used will be as law as the acre
age in cotton.
j. L. McGill, Bethany, S. c.: There
is no doubt about the fact that the re-
duction in both the cotton acreage and
commercial fertilizers will be fully as
much as was asked for by our associa-
tion-25 per nt-and | cannot for
my life see how such reports are afoat
as to no reduction being made, through
the newspapers and in the interest Of
the spectators.
H. B. Colvin, Shelton, S C.: This
section has not only cut the acreage
and reduced the guano bills, but far
mers here have practiced economy inl
the purchase Of fertilizers, using large
Marshal Removed.
Washington Walter f. Matthews