The Hattiesburg news., 1911-11-25
FORREST farmers
GO TO Virgins TO
INVESTIGATE CROP
EXPERIMENTAL FARM OF THE
MISSISSIPPI FARMe COMPANY
VISITED.
PROGRESS and DEVELOPMENT
PROGRESS and Development
Hattiesbura Party Particularly Inter
ested in Virgins Canning Plant
Plans, and Canning Plant May Be
Built Here at Early Date.

Leaving the u. q ,. traln at 9:4o
Friday morning a party composed of
representative business men, progress
sive and successful farmers left Hat !
tiesburg for Virgins on a tour of ill !
spectiOn of the properties and pros |
poets of the Mississippi Farms Com |
pany who have lately placed on the !
market a large amount of the cut
over pine lands of that territory, and
who have successfully conducted
demonstration farm near Virgins for
the past two years. Comprising the
party who made the trip were Mr.. j.
A. Quick. president Of the Farmers
Union of Forrest county, Mr.. Bond of
the Meridian Fertilizer Factory, MI.
Morgan of the Hill Hardware Co., of
| Columbia; Columbus Travis, F.. E. Will
| liams. w. A. Conn, E. Waldo Batson
and S. p. Carter, and representa-
tive of The News.
Mr. Ellis Hickman Of the Hawkins
Hardware Company who is largely re-
sponsible for the party going to Wig
gins, was in attendance at the Bap-
tist Convention at Gulfport and met
the party yesterday on their arrival
at Virgins. He was very enthusias-
tic over the results Of the trip. He
acted as spokesman for the party and
in this as in all other matters affect
ing the welfare of his town and com
munity he was at the front with Of
fers of advice and substantial en-
couragement to the Farms Company
and the canning factory people.
Party Entertained.
. Immediately on arriving the partH
was conducted to the offices and ex
hibit bureau OF the Mississippi Farms
/ Company, located in a nice bricl
building in the center of the town
Mr.. Deuese, a representative OF tn
! Company took the party in hand her
, and delivered a lecture on the mos
interesting OF the hundreds Of tn
. products displayed. On either side o
. this exhibit room were arranged, dit
!. played in cases, jars, bundles. etc
|. samples OF tho productive nature Q
:. the soil and mans intelligence and al
plication to a given thing. Corn, oatl
wheat, beans, peas, hay, cucumber
cabbage, okra, tobacco, pecans, graz
es, oranges-and vast array Of tn
wonderful products Of wonderfl
[ country, an arranged and labeled
! so tasty and convenient a way as
elicit the admiration of the visitor
The various stages OF developmeI
y from the cradle to the crate" shoV
ing frst the rugged land wit
log teams, the clearing and cult
vatinE, the harvesting and shippin
the ultimate result of Intelligent VOL
and effort, all on photographs arran
1t ed in order upon the wall, were e
as planned in detail by Mr.. Deuese. Sho'
er ing the frst crop OF single seaso
h cucumbers, sweet potatoes and ca
es bage. the lecturer demonstrated
st figures the results OF gathered hon
is statistics on the income that had be-
W. derived from these three produc
by The land upon which the cucumbe
es were planted first produced $3.50 p
he acre, followed by sweet potatoes tn
ng produced 45O bushels to the acre a
H. finally by crop of cabbage, Just
he Gently marketed. Different cro
he adapted to the long season here, a
to- that are being advised to follow ga
ere other, were gone into in detail, a
c. many interesting and wonderful
the suits shown by the farmers who
In. applied their ideas to the cultivat
Of these things.
ing Visit Demonstration Farm.
hat After dinner the party was carr
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