Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-03-11

columns OF your most excelent paper
under the above caption, concluded, so
long as there is no expense attached
to 1t, to take a shot" at the subject
myself.
First, wish to assure the skepti-
cal that the soil In this locality is well
adapted to diversified farming; l was
of the opinion that my operations last
season upon what is known as "the
Burkett" farm set the matter at rest.
but, for the, benefit of those that did
not visit the farm, or noted the re-
suits, will state that the crops grown
thereon compared favorably, both as
to yield and quality, with those grown
at other points by the writer; din fact,
the cabbage crop was as fine as l ever
saw grow anywhere.
AS to details in preparing the soil,
cultivation, advertising this section,
etc., beg to differ, somewhat, from
some of your correspondents. First. no
one should attempt to grow a crop
of truck upon lands covered with
stumps; they are expensive tenants,
and pay no rent; they prevent the use
of improved agricultural implements,
prevents drainage and are genera
all round nuisance. When the land is
cleared and ready for breaking, run a
Cyclone" or cutaway harrow over it,
which will cut the sod in small pieces
and the soil is then easily leveled and
cultivated; by repeating the opera
ton the land would be ready for any
crop providing a little lime were used
to sweeten the SOIL
Again, those labor saving tools do
the work much better than the old
turn pillow and being easily operated,
it serves the admirable purpose Of as
sisting towards keeping our boys upon
the farm, for it does away with a large
share of drudgery which goes with
the old way of doing things.
Speaking of escaping the drudgery
of the farm by our young men re-
minds me of story have heard my
father relate. many years ago while
attending Baptist Association, dur
ing the session a somewhat gawky
country youth applied to the proper
authorities for license to preach; one
of the good cd brothers inquired of
him his reasons for believing that he
was called upon to preach the gospel.
The young man replied that on hot
day during the past August he was
blowing very contrary mule in corn
field, down in a bend of the creek.
when he concluded to drive his team
under the cool shade of convenient
oak and cool off; while stretched out
in the cool shade, he observed a cloud
rise in the east, and upon close obser-
walton, discovered that in its peculiar
formation that it formed the three
letters: G. p c., which, upon long de-
liberation, concluded that it meant for
him to Go Preach Christ. He stated
that the matter had given him consid-
cradle concern, and after mature de-
liberation, concluded to make applica-
ton for the ministry. The good old
brother that had questioned him in
the beginning questioned him further
as to the time, condition of weather
and the size of the field Of corn he
was to finish and when the young man
finished, he, the good old brother. in
formed him that he was of the opin-
ion that he had 'misinterpreted the
meaning of the three letters, for 1t APP
peared to him that 1t meant: Go Plow
Corn. So it is by many of our young
men, they are persuaded that under the
old system of farming, it means and
is, life of drudgery under the old
way.
One of your correspondents advo-
coates opening ten acre field near
the city for the purpose of demonstrate
ing what the soil will do in this To-
cality. The proposition is good one,
but the proposition is too small. 1t
is well known fact, and any COM
mission firm in your city will verify
it, that in handling perishable prod
ucts, less than car lots of produce can
not be handled with as good results as
car lots will bring; in fact, buyers
will not handle less than car lots from
the fact that the freight rates are high
err, and the goods makes slower time
a necessary factor In handling per
| ishable products. Nothing less than
100 acres would suffice for this pur
! pose. as it would require that acre
age to Load solid cars and get best
results. True, when you have severa
ten to twenty acre farmers in the vi
cinity, they may pool their shipments
and load solid cars by this means