The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-14
SEVERAL IMPORTANT ADDRESSES
MADE ON IMPORTANT SUB
JECTS THIS MORNING..
PROF. SMITH WELL RECEIVED
Conference Will Continue Through
Wednesday-Tonight's
Program.

The second days session of the
semi-annual meeting of the agents OF
the Farmers Cooperative Demonstra-
tion Work of the U. s. Government
went off by schedule time this morn
ing, with State Agent r. s. Wilson OF
Columbus, Miss, presiding. Several
government men are in attendance for
the purpose of instructing the agents
and others in demonstration work and
Agriculture in general.
G. II. Affords Address.
The first speaker this morning was
G. H. Afford, district agent for South
Mississippi, who held the attention of
tie crowded court room for an hour
as he talked of the boil ,weevil.
Mr.. Afford declared that every man
who carries out the government in
structions in planting cotton will make
a good crop. If the crop fails, close
investigation will show that these in
structions were not followed correctly.
In speaking of commercial fertilizer,
he advised making heavy application,
where it pays and using large per
cent of acid phosphate in the mixing.
Two parts of acid phosphate and one
part of cottonseed meal, Mr.. Afford
said was a good mixture, but it de-
pends mainly on the preparation OF
the soil.
The necessity of thoroughly pre-
pared land was stressed and the fact
that in planting, type counts more than
variety.
lIr. Affords fluent description of
Wy cotton was interesting even to
bne not familiar with agricultural sub.
jects, and he ended by urging the dem
onstrators to get farmers to plant
twelve or fourteen varieties of cotton
side by side, so they could see which
was adapted to their soil.
The idea prevailing, that the gov
ernment urges plantisg cotton as early
as winter, Mr.. Alfeo3 corrected mos
emphatically, saying it should be
planted only as early as danger o
frost is over early maturity being se
cured by early maturing seed and rapit
cultivation.
In speaking of peanut planting
planting them already shelled wa'
recommended, as the shelled peanuts
would not come up for two or three
weeks.
Telling of the necessity of neve
letting the grass and weeds come up
but of killing them in the sprout, MI
Afford declared that all rules have eS
&eptions, and one must use common
aesase. men, don't lay down the hoe
Gultivation is the main thing he sal
In closing.
How To Remove StumpS
w. W. Pope, who has a patef', o
his idea for doing away with stump:
and J. j. Lee we're not present to di'
cuss this question, so others wer
called on by Chairman Wilson to te
of their experience.
J. M. Armstrong, of Silver Creel
declared this problem of doing ava
with stumps is a great one, especial
an the cut-over lands, but in 25 veal
ne expects to see some Of the be-
farms in South Mississippi on this Gu
over land. Mr.. Armstrong told of tt
experience he had had with machir
invented by Jno. w. Day, of Cryst
Springs, not patented as yet. Stuml
under 6 inches in diameter, two me
can take out without a machine, b
for others he used this machine.
.x,solid stump was easier to burn sa
the speaker, than the half rotten one
The cost of this auger process, he
timated at 80 cents.
Mr.. DooIittle Spoke.
Thomas l. Doolttle, of Newton, to
of his method of getting rid of hal
wood stumps, at cost of 10 cents, n
counting the original cost of the n
chine used, which, however, was 81
Mr.. Prices Experience.
w. T. Price, of Braxton, told of pu
ing pine stumps. An ingenious W
of getting rid of stumps is the Po
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