Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-07
COTTON BELT IS
 BOOSTING ARK. Agricultural Department Is After the Farmers Who Want to Come South.
GET COOPER ATION
Commercial Clubs and Real Estats MeE to Aid in Inducing New
 Farmers to Come.

V" n. DCdltlc, SIlCtlIuIdl COln- missioner for the Cotton Belt, has sent the following letter to the var ious real estate men and commercial bodies in towns and cities along it's line, which is self explanatory:
 Did you ever stop to think that there are thousands of farmers in the north, who are working on small areas of land, whose farms are crowded closely together, and that these farms are now so small that they will permit of no further divi- sion? Many of these farmers are casting about for a place where they can secure broad acres and plenty of land for general farming. The land upon which they are now working, is worth from $10OO0 to $25O.OO an acre, and they are looking for cheaper lands. If these people could but see the resources of our southwestern country, and the crops that are now growing on our lands, many of them would change their location and come to live with us in the Sunny South west.
 '"The Agricultural Department oE the Cotton Belt is endeavoring to car ry to these people the information relative to our Southwestern lands. In order to do this, we want to se cure suitable samples of the products of our southwestern farms to show to these northern people. They are
 interested in crops like corn, oats, sorghum, eowpeas, also fruits and vegetables We are now fitting out an exhibit car, which will he sent l to large number of points through out Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. New York, 1 Pennsylvania and West Virginia, to | demonstrate to these people what we can grow along the lines of the Cot
 ton Belt.
 eff you have any especially nice lot of corn or farm products of any kind whatever, we would appreciate your sending us a sample for use in this exhibit. We expect to show bushels of corn and oats, and other grains. However, if we can get ten or dozen choice ears of corn from each locality, we will have total of many bushels of fine corn. Any I products of this kind can be turned over to the Agent of the Cotton Belt at your local station, and by him forwarded to the Agricultural Depart ment for placing in the exhibit car. l All exhibits should be carefully la beled so that due credit can be given to the parties furnishing them. ''This is work wherein the Com- 1 mercial Clubs and real estate men i can give the Agricultural Department of the Cotton Belt very great assist ance.
 ''It is the plan to start this exhibit car about October 1st. and it will therefore be necessary to gather the exhibits at an early date. While we cannot exhibit the beautiful fields of corn that are growing throughout the Southwest, we can at least carry to the Northern people, sample of the ears that are heinz produced.
 Many farmers along our line are now growing the Egyptian wheat, which is a most excellent crop for feeding to farm animals There ia perhaps nothing that will add moro to the attractiveness of our exhibit car than a fine sheaf of this wheat. We also want to get several sheaves of oats, and ordinary wheat, wrerever 1 it can be found. Material of this kind should be wrapped either in heavy paper, or covered with bur lap sack for transportation.
 "The Agricultural Commissioner will make trip over the line dur ing the latter part of this month, in order to gather up any exhibits that may be offered, and all such co-opera- ton will be greatly appreciated