The Huttig news., 1910-07-23
THE LAND or OPPORTUNITY.
People From Other Sections will Profit on
 Our Resources Unless We Are Careful.

We have frequently urged home people" to take advantage of the wonderful opportunities hereabout' and develop them to the fullest. If they do not. others will come in and reap all the benefits that must follow the development of this splendid country. The following from the Progressive Farmer and Gazette, is particularly opportune and we hope it will be read by ev- cry youth in the land, as we'll as the business man and farmer:
 Recognition of the fact that the South is land of wonderful op- portunity- indeed, to the farmer. the land of opportunity-is becom- ing general, says the Progressive Farmer" About year ago Seere- tary of Agriculture James Wilson told the editor of the Progressive Farmer and Gazette, that with good farming average Southern lands would be worth $1OO an acre in six or seven years. We have printed, too, the conviction of leading Iowa stockman that the South is the live stock country of the future. It has not been long since Golfers Weekly spoke of the South as The next West" Bet ter still, Southern farmers are themselves coming to realize un- dreamed-of possibilities in the land which they own. Big corn crops have become so common as to at- tract no attention, unless they are very big. Indeed, when 500 boys in one county averaged 70 bushels of corn to the acre, it is evident that the South is, as we have said. the real Corn Belt. Two bales of cotton to the acre is now recog- nized as an attainable ideal and some men make more. Men are making hogs in the South for three or four cents pound and selling them for 10 cents or more.
 Yes, the South is the land of opportunity for the alert. intelll- gent, progressive farmer. All over it there are waiting golden oppor- tunities for such farmers to acquire wealth and to do their part in making this land of ours what it should be-the fairest and most fruitful farming section in America.
 The one great question of to- day is, Who should profit by these opportunities2' Who should profit by them admits no question. They rightfully belong to the farmers who are now tending Southern soils, and to their sons. If these farmers and farm boys neglect their rightful heritage, and do not bring to their farm work the trained mind and the earnest purpose which are necessary to success in
 
 work, we may depend upon it that people from other sections will come and profit by the opportuni ties which they neglect. Now, we are glad to see people coming from other sections, because the South needs them. But what we wish to see, above all else, is an awakening of the farmers who belong in the South to the possibilities that lie latent in their soils-to see them set about studying the science of agriculture, improving their meth ods, taking a deeper interest in their work, and so getting their rightful share of the wealth that good farming in the South is sure to produce. So to every reader we would make this appeal: Be- gin right now to do better farming, to get better stock and tools, to make each days labor count for more, to plant better seeds, to pre- pare the soil better and cultivate the crops more thoroughly; above all, to build up your soil ard keep it fertile.