The Hattiesburg news., 1913-02-15


purpose of helping farmers and dairy
men to succeed in this line. In speak
ing to the business men assembled, he
advised them to encourage dairying by
giving preference in their trade to
homemade butter when the dairyman
or farmer learned to put up as neat
package of as good butter as could
be bought elsewhere. He said the
work of developing the dairy business
can not all be done at once, and that
the work he is engaged in is to urge
growth out of small beginnings.
Mr.. McClain is in this territory to
confer with and to instruct any one
who wants to know more about the
dairy business.
Professor Carpenter of the Forrest
County Agricultural High School said
that he was endeavoring to teach corn
growing to the boys of the agricul-
tural high school and that he had been
appointed to supervise the corn club
work in this county during the year.
Corn Club Work.
Prof. C. A. Cobb of the A. & M. Col
lege, who is superintendent of corn
club work in Mississippi, spoke rela-
tive to that work, suggesting more in
terest on the part of business men and
gave as a reason the vast amount that
has been accomplished by the boys in
Mississippi In 1909 the corn crop Of
this state yielded total of 2S,495,000
bushels. In 1912 the yield was 56,S40,-
900. or an average increase OF 33 per
cent a year. The general average per
acre by all the farmers in the state
was IS 1-3 bushels an acre, while the
average yield of every acre cultivated
by member of the boys corn club
was &C 2-3 bushels. IL the million
acres devoted to corn had all yielded
like those cultivated by the boys corn
club members instead of Sc million
bushels of corn to the credit of the
state, there would have been around
200 million bushels.
Mr.. Cobb said that the raising of up
ward of Sc million bushels of corn by
the farmers of the state means inf
nitely more to the state than if that
amount of wealth had been produced
by just one corporation
Value of Demonstration Agents.
Mr.. J. w. Willis spoke on the sub
ject, what a Good Demonstration
Agent Can Do For This County" He
said such a man would mean more to
the county than anything that can be
thought of for the same investment.
Such man can help along good roads
by securing cooperation of the farm
ers in a good roads propaganda. He
can aid in removing all prejudice
against tick eradication work and
thereby promote stock raising and
dairying. He can aid in getting busi-
ness men In touch with the farmer and
the farmer in touch with the business
men.
Mr.. Willis said that the best way to
show what such a man is worth to a
county he would compare results in
Madison county, where they have had
a 81 800 salary man for five years, and
the adjoining counties of Kinds and
Yazoo, where they have persistently
refused to employ such a man.
In cotton raising, Yazoo in 1907
raised $4,000 bales of cotton; in 1911,
$4,000 bales, and in 1912 about 10000
bales. Kinds county, in 1911, raised
only about 81 900 bales. Madison, in
1907, raised 10000 bales of cotton; in
1911, $4,000 bales, or more than either
Kinds or Yazoo county. Madison, in
1912, had a cotton yield equal to rs
per cent of a full crop, while Kinds
and Yazoo were under 40 per cent.
Madison has during the last season
sold over 100 carloads of seed oats,
and the county last year made more
than ever At the state fair last fall
Madison was awarded first prize for
the greatest advance in tick eradica-
ton and improvement in livestock.
Madison county last year raised,
thrashed and sold more oats than any
county in his district, was statement
made by Mr.. Willis.
He said that good demonstration
agent will do more than any other
agency to sell the thousands Of acres
Of idle cut-over lands in this section,
because the homeseeker will listen to
such a man and believe him when he
would not hear real estate man,
however truthful he was in his state
nents. The demonstration plats in
county we're the means
asst year of selling a number of tracts
n that section. A demonstrator can