The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-03
Mississippi Roundup Institute.

ers Convention, annually held at the A. & NJ.
Il College. was a success this year. 1t is true
the attendance was small, ia Thursday. 81 FRI
day. and 70 Saturday forenoon, by actual count
OF those in the hall listening to the lectures This
is much smaller attendance than last year, due.
no doubt. to a lack of proper advertising. The
dates announced late and the program
given out such short time before the melting
that sufficient publicity could not be given 1t, to
secure n large attendance The small attendance.
compared with what II should have been, is all
the TO be regretted because OF the excellence
of the program presented
The lectures were generally OF high order and
by men who knew their subjects and, in the main,
knew how to present them. The entire program
repete with instruction OF the utmost i'm
portance and value to the farmers OF the State.
Those In attendance were plainly in earnest and
the amount OF good done by this meeting is not
easily over-estimated. The pity Is. that there
were not at least 1000 instead OF less than 200
Mississippi farmers in attendance to profit by the
valuable instruction given. 1t Is beyond under
standing why those farmers. who live within easy
reach OF the College. neglect such an opportunity
To study their business. We noted the attend
ance of a few OF the most progressive farmers of
this county: but to show how little interested
some people in their own business. II is stated
that n public meeting and barbecue was actually
held within six eight miles OF the College on
Friday-live stock day. We are informed that
this barbecue actually gotten up and attended
largely by farmers.
While the feeling and sentiment exists. which
will permit an occurrence Of this sort. Mississippi
will never be agriculturaly great Greater knowl-
edge OF the science and practice OF agriculture
will alone make us great along farming lines
There is no other road TO success IN any line of
human activity and until our farmers are more
interested In and acquire a greater knowledge OF
the principles underlying farming operations.
can never take high rank agrculturay. Prog
ress Is being made, but oh! how much slower than
might be II the masses were really impressed with
the truth of the statement that knowledge is
power" In agriculture as we'll as in other produc-
sense" will never be able to the scientific
facts upon which correct agricultural practice is
based; but II is equally true that no amount or
Judgment and common-sense will enable any man
to get the best results from farming without
knowledge OF the scientific facts and principles on
which successful farming is based
The loss is that of those who failed to attend
Those who were there will get ample good to JUS
tify all the trouble and expense Of the institute.
Moreover, the A. e. NJ College and those who
were responsible for the conduct OF the meeting
are not hurt. The College does not have to hold
such meetings in order to justify its maintenance,
but the time has come when the farmers OF Mis-
sissippi must have the instruction which Is given
out such occasions. to keep pace with modern
progress