The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-15
THE LECTURES
ON AGRICULTURE
We'll ATTENDED
DIR. HATHoRN SPOKE ON LEeU-
MlNous CROPS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
OTHER lN7EREsTIkui ADDRESSES
Every Feature 'of Farming And Prob
lens Confronting Farmers
Being Discussed.
OTHER INTERESTING; ADDRESSES

There were few vacant seats In the
courtroom on Tuesday afternoon
when the first speaker of the after
onon. DR.. H. Guy Hathorn began his
lecture on "Leguminous Crops" before
the agricultural agents and govern
me-, Nkperts and farmers assembled
for " semi-annual meeting.
IT. Iathorn proved to be very In
teresting and pleasing speaker, Win
a practical knowledge of farming
gained by observation and experience
Talking first of COW peas, he then dis
cussed soy beans, saying the latter are
harder to get a stand than the cow
peas, but the soy bean is a more GER
tain grain crop than the COW pea. In
fact. soy beans are the most prolihc
Ieeuminous plant, and should be given
a trial by the farmer, especially since
they are a splendid hog crop. The
cow pea is a splendid crop to raise in
the corn, soy beans are not. DR.. Ha-
thorn said he believed in bas1ng the
acreage in cotton and peanuts on con-
fidence in ability to make cotton and
peanuts. Peanuts are splendid sup
Elemental crop to cotton; the market
has been here this year, but when any
bic amount is raised the market must
he found elsewhere. Oil will provide
for large acreage.
DrfHathorn declared he could take
1ar.A nvwhere in the state under any
cofdNion and raise one-half bale OF
cotton to the acre. Weeks of investl-
cation had shown him that cotton can
he grown; yes, and in Marion county
with thirty years of boil weevil.
DR. Hathorn's lecture was so replete
with useful information that the time
usually given to discussion was gwen
him 10 continue.
II have been called a velvet bean
crank" he said and then told of its
use as a forage for cattle. He then
described most minutely and clearly
one of the ways to grow maximum
crop of velvet beans and corn. SteI
nv step. he carried his audience witt
him through the various stages ant
axnlained how the velvet bean corn II
! not as bad with weevils and does no
rot so quickly.
Mr.. Willis On Soil Building.
Nv. Willis was then heard on "Sol
X Building" beginning his lecture will
tha statement that "It is Impossible
toj9hake a good crop unless we hav'
N SOIL" Mr.. Willis discussed sol
building from an agricultural stand
noint and not from geological on
and gave FIVE things necessary. Isl
live stock: 2nd, deep plowing: 3rc
-bumus; 4th, commercial fertilizer an
q eth. rotation in crops. One can't dis
Y cuss methods Of farming in MississiI
nj. Mr.. Willis said, "without discussin
labor. There is not available labor
rresent. to handle live stock properly
Quite lengthy discussion of CONNIE
rial fertilizer occurred. Mr.. Will
4 declaring it a mistake to believe ths
T. commercial fertilizer will not build
x NNoil permanently. In fact, leguminou
ia Skops-peas and soy beans, should ne
en- ba nlanted without commercial fe
M tilizer. for that gives them MOI
foliage But commercial fertiliz'
must he used intelligently. Yeal
ago. people believed that use OF h'
( ntock was the only way to build U
bil, but not now.
s'Then you can't build up any SC
4 ie YOU use the same crop every year
he continued, and gave an example
a good rotation of crops.
peanuts fill the soil with nitroge
that is. if the roots are left In Il
ground" Mr.. Willis explained in a
swer TO one of many questions ask
k him. An important point be stress
81 was. drainage that will take off wat
and not wash soil away, for one cal
& make stuff with water soaked soil.
In South Mississippi the system
terracing is sufficient, but in me
parts of North Mississippi, dItches q
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