The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-10-04
Matters Of Note from A. ( N. College

Ihe ARD lanos OF the west are being
made valuable by great storage reser-
voirs for water to be turned on the land
as needed. Limited rainfall prevents
the storage Of moisture available dur
ing the tillage season for the growing
ton confronts our people. There are
seasons in which the rainfall cannot be
taken care of. This excessive water
erodes the land and is a loss, for there
comes a time when if it were stored in
the soil it would be available to furnish
needed moisture.
Conserved moisture is one of the
chief assets in farming, whether it be
by means OF reservoirs or stored in the
soil. The storage capacity of the soil
is greatly increased by tile drainage
and is an asset to the tiller of the soil
when the rainfall is spent.
Subsoil with the top soil washed into
your neighbours field or into the rivers
that run to the sea, means starvation
to the man who tries to get his living
from tilling it.
DR.. Knapp, through his demonstra-
ton work, has done much to arouse the
necessity of deep blowing as certainly
one of the cheapest methods of saving
the top soil and storing the moisture
for the lean times; but there is another
step which is an advance over the idea
OF deep tillage in saying your land from
erosion and to augment the power of
the land to put away this water that
tends to carry away your farm and
makes farming an uphill job in dry
weather.
The increase Of the depth of vour
blowing each year until you 20 down to
twelve or fourteen inches, is going tn
save much of the soil and increase the
crop yields, but in many instances this
will not care for all of the water that |
falls. bitches must be used and tiles |
run to them to take it away. The open |
ditch IS essential for drainage and it
must be large enough to take care of
the heaviest rain that falls. Too much |
water in the soil makes it cold and
damp by taking the heat to dry it out
and must be carried away if the farmer
would get into his fields early in the
spring and wishes to till his crop early
after the rainfall.
This is an improvement of the per.
manent kind and one in which vour
banker will be interested if you will
present the proposition to him in it's
true light, if you need the to do
work. Your yield is increased in
many instances enough the first year
to cover the cost of the work. Fur
thermore, the plows can enter the
fields much earlier.
In many of the farm lands of the
South there are accumulations of the
muck OF centuries. These lands would
Immediately become the most fertile on
the farm II the problem of drainage is
settled. In many instances, by coop
and state aid, pumping stations
tan be installed and hundreds of acres
IAN be redeemed by the use of tile and
stations.
We can not make this matter as pat
as many of the get-rich-auick
schemes that are presented to YOU bv |
ne promoters who sell many Of the
'armers city lots miles out of boom I
owns, or fictitious mining stocks that !
ave taken millions from Southern /
that should go to the improve
nent OF the farm from which he gets !
lis living.
There is ample assurance of good re-
urns on this work and an addition of
he earning capacity, which means a
,reat increase in the value of the farm.
The Agricultural College has made a
lew departure in placing a department !
# Rural Marketing in the course Of
curriculum. 1t is the aim of this
curse to make scientific marketers of
he young men who graduate from this
institution. 1t is the general concensus
opinion that the farmer is not on to =
art of selling, Is the many agencies =
hat stand between him and the con- =
get the lions share of profits.
The problem that Prof. Brooks has
o face is that there is no text book on
his important subject; as this is the \
lrst department of its kind to be es- !
ablisbed in any school in any country.
lie 10 now busy preparing a text book .
or the use of his class work, which he ]
to get to the printer at an early {
late.
The students will be taught to write I
constitution and bylaws of a CO.
operative company and how to secure
charter for such a company. In this
will be included the details of how
o organize and operate such a COM
'any, the difference in the results of
unning business N the cooperative =
Ian and for private gain; to teach how ,
markets are now conducted; teach how ,
now buy and sell; how rail- :
Dads buy and market their service: the .
methods used in the operation of the =
.reat trusts of the country. By know ,
ng how business is conducted, a COM ,
carlson will be made of the difference ;
the methods of the farmer i;
Who brings his butter to town in a rag ,
n tin bucket and that of the creamery ,
the Elgiu district which packs the
utter in fancy pasteboard cartons and
,ives it a name and an attractive label.
In fact, it is the aim of this depart
nent to get the farmer to perfect his {
plans in accordance with the /
methods of the age. Z