The Forrest City times., 1912-01-19
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Two Meetings Held Tuesday We'll Posted Speakers Discuss >cien-
 tifie Farming.

Two Farmers Institute meetings were held inthe courthouse here Tues day, the speakers being C. ". Watson. or Little Rock, State agent of the United states Department of Agricul- ture. J. M. Wilson, ;of Fayetteville. Professor Of Extension Arkansas Col iege of Agriculture: A D. McNair. Assistant Agricultural Bureau of Farm Management, Washington, D C., and Simon WhiteStone, Live Stock Promoter, of Pine Bluff.
 The morning session of the Insti- tute was opened by MT. MsNair, the burden of whose theme was the diver siicatlon of crops and the importance of rotation, and the ruinous and im- poverishing effects of ! one-crop sys- tenn in any country.
 He also showed that the farmer with the same amount Of labor and the same number of mules could till l third more land than under the pres ent cropping system Of iast cotton and corn.
 C N. Watson. the cotton expert. originally from Texas. where he gain ed his boil weeFi knowledge m the stern school of experience was the next speaker He said that the boil weevti was already here. and the far mer ought Go begin It once t0 muster al lis forces Q light Hin He sad there Nas no danger Ut the b0i weeVit freezing that he was bug tuar Wa.4d stick around and become aeeII= mated wherever ILe climate Wds SIIt- ed IT cotton culture II said th4t the a9a-t important thing sar lle far Uer to 5I In WagLu- tH.s var Ads o dram U. cotton a3GG 9et tHe seII h -I aHe sa tLaE=tHe Ratee would F8H a# | quickly. in order tuGt e8atIHaa eaIEi- Eat.aa might ae kept aQ through aa5lG tle cotton season Lay CIT your col ton r5as, said Watson .#se and six fee RH.e. and pant tHe cotton len and twelve Inches iu tHe drill. ia or der that the air and sunshine may cir cul4te freely through your cotton -elds. IT. rHI7. however. you must 6e governed by tHe character and fertIII- y of the soil. The foliage If the col ton stalks should never overlap the mlddles because sunshine is the dead ly enemy of the Weeyil Be careful and seiect standard, early maturing varieties of seed, and plant them lust as soon as the soil Is warm enough Cultivate intensiyely after the plant lfS u r fAtIAA tF NAAI liAL4 tt4c HcSf st tF to work in June you'll already have your cotton fairy well frQited. Mr. Watson also advocated winter blowing in some instances He said tue de- partment for which he was working vas anxious to help the farmer. and vas willing t0 furnish him with ex- pert advice on thiS subject. and that all the farmer had to do to secure this service. and keep himself posted on 0Cti ~eeTi conditions. MS 10 write -iT IL Little Rock
 n culture, and how Co produce mora E m twice IS much per acre. as r, t seing done, was the theme of Prof J. NJ Wilson. who illustrated hls subject in most prehensive maU 4er by the use of charts. This gentleman covered the whole ground in corn culture. ID detati being over looked
 Tbe program vas closed by Nr Si- non NHIre~t8He. live stock promoter. Of Pine Bluff The gentleman stated that he vas here 10 awaken the UeQ- pie b fde lm portauce of the i've -t=e< industry 0t Arkansas and ID en ,t tue cooperation and ~appart af t.e farmers and .t0chmen ii l movement re open Up stock Fard, and e-raa ,a packing r an az Plas B-lH fn oeHaf If tNe Pine HEf tNau8ef =5f Commerce. # extended aH iavitaEI iii tJ tlte peep ii Forrest ti-y laI S-