The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-08
DIyerslfication Banquet.

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appearance in the delta next season,
as anticipated, he will find the plan
ters and business men prepared to
wage successful war against him.
The planters of this section are
aroused to the necessity of adopting
diversified farming methods, and
The Greenwood Business League,
one of the most active business or
ganizations in the entire delta, is
prepared to take the lead in educat-
ing the farmers and the planters to
the need of diversified farming.
| A banquet was held in this city
Tuesday evening in the largest
AVAILABLE room in the CITY, in the
lMcShane Building, for the purpose
If bringing together men from ten
Of the delta counties for an informal
conference on the needs of diversi-
fed agriculture for the South, and
particularly for the section embrac-
ed in the great Mississippi delta.
| The banquet and conference were
held under the auspices of the Busi-
ness League and was attended by
about 200 members of the league
and by $50 invited guests, among
them being some of the leading
planters of the delta.
DR. T r Henderson, president of
the league, welcomed the guests.
Hon w NJ Hammer presided as toast
master.
| Among the speakers, all of whom
emphasized the necessity of diversi
fed farming if the S,uth is to main
tain its supremacy as cotton grow
ing section of the world, were:
G H Harper, assistant commits
sioner of the land and industrial de-
partment of the Illinois Central
Railroad.
w Wise, superintendent of the
Southern Railway Company in Mis-
sissippi.
J Reeves, representing the land
and industrial department of the
Southern Railway.
G H Afford, of the u S Depart
ment of Agriculture.
YO Plunkett, agent of the cotton
department of the Southern Rail
way.
Prof ] w Fox, of the Mississippi
Ia & NJ College.
CP Ames, director of the Missis-
~ippi U S Experiment Station al
Holly Springs.
Judge Hammer in presenting Df
Henderson said that he hoped the
Business League had demonstrated
that it believes in doing things frs
u and talking about them afterwards
- DR. Henderson then delivered al
eloquent address, expressive OF tht
. hospitality for which the citiz.ns o
: Greenwood are known far and wide
4 He said that the long threatened in
yasion of the boil weevil is near a
hand and that the young progress
: sive men in every community dus
y prepare to take arms together AM
: act so to preserve this county, emu
4 Iating the example set for them whe
another invasion threatened thei
: homes fifty years ago. If the ad
, vice of agricultural experts is taker
\ be said, the ravages of the weevil wi
4 be turned into mission for gooC
by bringing about the changes tbs
= should be made in. Southern agr
, cultural methods.
al TC Plunkett. chief of the cotto
s culture department Of the Souther
Railway, spoke of mis- experience
fighting the weevil in Louisiana an
= in Texas. adding that nothing |
= yet had been found that will destrt
8 the weevil. The remedy, he say
lies in the better methods of plan
d ing early, cultivating, maturing ca
= " cotton. Farmers in Texas,
= asserted, row produced more cote
than ever under new methods. u
the old methods failures invariab
result.
D HI Afford, of the demonstrate
farm bureau, and J L Cox, of t
XII G freight department, also ma
impressive talks.
X Mr. Afford spoke particularly
y diversified farming. He said th
= Ion the richest lands in the worl
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