The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-16
THE BOIL. MEEYIL TRAIN.

Illinois Central Railroad which
had been previously advertised
reached Brookhaven promptly OF
time Monday at 1:1O p. M, ir
Icharge Of Capt. J. F. Merry, the
loptinaistic, indefatigable immigra.
ltion agent of the great /. C. sys.
item, who was accompanied BY
Profs. ]. G. Hardy. E. R. Lloyd
Archibald Smith, w. L. Hutchinson
and w. R. Perkins, of the A. &
I'M. College, and Prof. Fox, of the
Delta Experiment Station.
A large crowd of representative
farmers of this county, with good
lsized delegations from Lawrence
land Franklin, greeted the visitors
Lat the union depot and were invit-
led to enter the cars and take seats,
where they were addressed by the
different speakers. A large over
flow meeting was addressed from a
truck near the depot by Capt. Mer-
Try, Prof. Lloyd and others while
/ the train was in waiting.
The speeches were short, earnest
land practical and went straight to
1.-THE mark. They included both
valuable information as to how to
hedge against the ravages of the
fboll weevil and lessons on diversi-
fled farming.
Prof. Hutchinson made special
" strong and effective speech to
the car full of listeners he address.
ed. In few words he impressed
on his hearers that the coming of
the boil Weevil in destructive num-
Ibers is inevitable, and that the
ttime for making cotton crop will
ibe cut down from 140 or 100 days
in the year to only 100 to 120. No
squares, he said, that come after
Aug. LIST will escape the weevil-
tdon't be deceived about that; there
fore the crop must be planted just
las early as weather conditions in
the spring will allow. Half the
battle is in thorough plowing and
preparation of the land before
planting, SO the young cotton will
grow right off; then cultivate
often by shallow tillage with side
harroWs. sweeps, etc.,ss keeping out
| the turning pillow, which will not be
needed. if the. land is properly pre-
pared Beforehand. Early maturing
varietiessof cotton only should be
planted and Of these, the Cleveland
Big Boil and the Cooks Early are
among the very BEST A mixture Of
acid posphate and cotton seed meal
is the best fertilizer for this sec
tion-no potash using from 200
to 400 pounds to acre, according to
quality of land.
A large amount of valuable liter
ature in the form of agricultural
bulletins and papers with specially
prepared articles were distributed
free among the crowd and will add
greatly to the good seed sown by
the speakers. In his address to the
party who had crowded on the
train, Prof. Hardy evoked enthusl-
astic applause when he asserted
that among other recommendations
which he intends to make to the
next legislature is one for the es-
tablishment of a branch experiment
station in this immediate vicinity.
This question has been asked for by
the people of the. section for years,
and President Hardy assured them
that no effort would be spared to
have the Legislature take a practi-
cal view of the matter. and, fur
thermore, to assure them that Gov
ernor Noel is heartily in sympathy
with the idea, and will recommend
it in his message. And when the
proper time comes, why shouldn't
Brookhaven get to work and secure
this new station?
Great credit is due the Illinois
Central Railroad management for
the enterprise, liberality and inter-
est it is .manifesting to help the
farmers along its lines to be ready
to anticipate the boil weeyils raw
ages. which should be duly appre-
ciated. As for Capt. Merry. he is
the man of all others to manage
the good work.
WOOdmsn Elect Officers for 1909.