The Forrest City times., 1910-12-09
FARMERS INSTITUTE MONDAY
George 4. Cole, l.. A. Markham, II s. Mobley, Joe B. Payne and D.
 l.. HarcOurt Deliver Speeches

As had been previously advertised, farmers institute was conducted at the court house Monday. The gentle men who came here were all speakers Of high character in their several fields, and the institute was full of interest for all who attended.
 The party of visitors was made up of Prof. Geo. A. Cole, head of the agri- cultural department of the University of Arkansas and president of the Farmers Union; L. A. Markham, in- dustrial and commercial agent of the Missouri Pacific and Cotton Belt rail way; H. S. Mobley, pres dent of the Boys Corn Club of Arkansas; Joe B. Payne, secretary of the Farmers Union, and D. L. Harcourt. dairy expert. of Springfield, Mo.
 President Cole confined his remarks to an expose of the growth, habits and destructive nature of the boil weevil Prof. Cole told how to prevent the propagation of this dreaded pest by rotation and diversification of the crops
 The gentleman said that every farmer should make an effort to gather his cotton by the middle of October each year, and as soon there after as practicable, break up his land, burn all the brush and rubbish on the premises, thereby destroying all the breeding and harboring places of which the weevil might take ad- vantage through the winter.
 He also stated that fertilizers con- taining phosphate should be used to hasten the growth and maturity of the cotton plant when it was likely to be attacked by the weevil.
 All the other gentlemen present made splendid talks, covering a wide range of farm topics, but the address of MT. Harcourt upon the possibilities of the COW and the dairying industry as side line for the cotton farmers, was gem in it's way, and was filled with nuggets of gold from practical, revenue producing standpoint. l Without doubt, the American COW is the greatest fertilizing agent in the world, and it was shown that through her, sterile land might be redeemed, and from the sale of her products, debts and mortgages might be lifted,
 
 contentment restored to many homes otherwise gloomy and desolate by reason of poverty and the claims of the money lenders.
 Mr. Mobley talk was of the Boys Corn Club in Arkansas and the mult- tude of good things that had grown out of its origination, spoke of the prizes that had been won and award ed, and outlined the plan upon which the Club proposed to award prizes to the amount of 5000 and upwards to for 1911. The membership of the Boys Corn Club in Arkansas now eX- ceeds 2,000 boys between the ages of
  eight and eighteen years, and Presi dent Mobley is anxious to get Club started in St. Francis county and urged all present at the meeting Monday to agitate the movement.
 The speech making was concluded by State Secretary Payne. of the Farmers Union, who enlarged upon the strength and solidity of this great body yeomanry of Arkansas, who are banded together for the purpose of educating themselves along scientific lines for the elevation and betterment of their homes and for the further purpose of demanding from the world the respect and deference due them and their great work
 It was splendid meeting ill every respect and was thoroughly enjoyable in every detail