Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-08

Supt w. H. Smith of Holmes coun
ty has cause to be proud of the auspi'
ious beginning given the movement
for the promotion Of corn growins
among the boys of the public schools
of that county. The meeting held a
Lexington, on the 23rd was a splen
did success. Nearly two hundred
boys besides an equal number d
ladies and gentlemen were present
Addresses were made by Prof. Per
kin of the A. & NJ, A. S. Meharg
of the U. S. department of agricul
ture, State Supt. Henry Whitfield
and the writer Unusual interest was
shown BY all concerned and there Is
little doubt of the success that vii
attend the venture being made By
Supt. Smith. This is the first cldt
Of the kind to Ire permanently orgai.-
lied in the state, but a number will
closely follow II IS a movement
significant Of a great deal. Interest
in betterment of conditions III gen
eral along agricultural lines is fast
growing in magnitude and the result
will no doubt be gratifying in the ex-
creme. Our people are awakening tc
the necessity Of an education to n,ake
good farmers and are demanding in
creased facilities from year to year
The proposition for an agricultural
high school in each congressional dis
trict will be strongly backed when
the legislature. meets again, and Ii
should be. With the establishment
of such schools, the education of oul
farmer boys in the right way and
improved methods employed, Missis
sippi would bloom as rose. Then too
it promises to take away from life the
drudgery that has characterized i!
for years and make it more inviting
Farmers will eventually be just a:
well educated as lawyers or doctors
and as able to look out for them
selves, a condition that is fast coming
about. When this is a fact, the farm
will be more inviting than the crow
ed professions and more than crowd
ed commercial fields. Speed the day.
In though accord with the spi,ii
so prevalent for the betterment alone
agricultural lines, the management o.
the state fair to be held in Jackson
from Nov. 9Th to 16th, have arranged
for an experimental station to be l.,
Gated on the fair grounds, The thoH
sands who viii attend the fair this
all will have the opportunity Of
earning something practical concern
ng cultural methods, fartilizing and
eed breeding. A tract of land il
'1e fair grounds has been selected
nd preparations are under way f9i
quitting the project into execution. i
vas first broken during the fair last
-all by traction engine of thirty
horse power pulling ten big plows. Ii
has been broken again and harrowe /
shooth. The demonstration plates
will be something hk half an. acre
IN area. Nearly a dozen different
varieties Of corn, cotton and others
crops will be planted; some without
fertilizer, some with moderate amo-
unit and others with a great deal and
also with combinations Cultural
methods approved by various author
ities will be used and die who CONES
to the fair this fall can visit model
experiment station as we'll Placards
will Be placed on each plat giving m
formation concerning the variety, MI;
thods Of preparation of the soil and
planting cultivating, feartilizing AMI
etc. This move will no douk. be pro-
ductive of great good as the immense
number of paople who will see i:
during the fair will be more or less
interested in agricultural matters. III
is bound to teach a valuable practi-
cal lession.