The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-11-26

gency. On the contrary, he said,
the negro in Texas has made
good, and many of them are out
OF debt and possess money. He
said we have stood behind him and
helped him. It's question of fight,
activity and less space.
Some one In the audience asked
the speaker about burning, stalks,
and to the surprise OF all said: I
don 'tbelieve in burning stalks; 1t
destroys too much animal matter.
Turn stock in after picking and let
1t destroy many of the weevils,
then turn the stalks under.
Asked what kind OF early matur-
ing cotton he would suggest, Mr..
Proctor said Mebane Triumph, and
displayed some specimens of open
bolls. He said the bolls of this
variety are large, early maturing
and storm proof; that 300 pounds
will make 500 pound bale. He
again referred to the Importance of
breaking ground deep and rapid
cultivation and thereby raise great
crops of cotton. He said the wee,
vii will finally prove a friend, and
that he believed it was divinely
sent. He suggested the culling of
seed, and stated that almost all of
the farmers of Texas are now Sc
lecting seed.
Mr.. Proctor closed by urging
everybody to stand by our county
commissioner. No one is perfect,
he said, but he is going to do the
best he can, and he will use to the
best advantage the ideas of others.
B. L. MOSS.
Mr.. B. L. Moss, the govern.
ment's agent for this district, was
next introduced. Mr.. Moss said
he had not come prepared to talk,
but he would say a few things about
fertilizers which might be of inter-
est to others, and he did. His
short talk gave more light on this
subject than had ever been given
before by any speaker. He said
there were two fertilizers, organic
and inorganic, natural and COM
nercial; that the. latter is compos-
ed of three ingredients-nitrogen
acid phosphate and potash. As our
soil contains sufficient potash, we
need only the other two, and our
rich bottom lands only require the
acid phosphate. He does not be-
lieve in buying commercial fertiliz-
er, but urges the purchase of acid
phosphate and cotton seed meal
and mixing at home, thereby saw
Ing an enormous unnecessary ex-
penditure. When soil possesses
sufficient animal matter, he sug-
gested the use of phophate in its
natural state without the treatment
of sulphuric acid. Mr.. Moss stated
that a single crop of peas turned
Under is worth as much to the land
as a thousand pounds of cotton
seed neal. He also urged diver
sifcation, saying that one crop OF
cotton every three years, followed
by corn, peas and oats will yield as
much in ten years as can be
produced on the same land planted
in cotton every year.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Moss
address, President Guthrie an
nounced that several of the speak
ers who had been billed to speak
failed to come. bat that the audi
ence had been amply repaid fof
coming by the able talks 1t had
lust listened to. He then told how
uneasy he had been at first because
of the appearance of the weevil,
but that he was feeling more com
Portable and he thought others fell
the same way. Mr.. Guthrie stated
that the Agricultural Association
wouId then hold a meeting and al
who wished to become member:
could do so.
Concluded on Second Fageo
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