The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-28

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in this Industrial army, and be came
here to receive his commission at the
hands Of the Secretary of Agriculture
the commander in chief of the corn
boys army.
When his eyes beheld for the hrsI
time this glorious capital of our couh-
try, how beautiful the vision of MS
enraptured gaze. But, Mr.. Chairman
within few hours of the time when
he would have heard the Secretary OIL
Agriculture say, "Well done, my boy
you have won the prize" death touched
him and he fell into that mysterious
sleep that kisses down his eyelids stlll'
The news of his sad and untimely
death sent pang of sorrow thorush
this House and over the country
Plucked out of life when hope was
high and the future seemed so bright
dead in the morning of a happy
buoyant youth time. And yet, MI
Chairman, he did more in his Driel
time on earth to teach the art OF III
tensive farming than thousands OIL
men who have lived long and died oil
sheer old age. He has done more Ior
his State and Nation in emphasizing
the marvellous possibilities of acre
of ground than thousands of men VINO
have lived their threescore years ana
ten. He was little missionary carry
ing to the farmers of his State anu
Nation the gospel of intelligent sclen'
tific farming, and the fact that he did
accomplish so much by the intelligent
cultivation of 1 acre of ground VIII
stand out an example and beacon light
to every farmer boy who asplres 10
become successful farmer. He broke
the soil deep, carefully prepared the
ground, and selected the seed corn
that he planted. He devoted time and
labor to the careful cultivation of that
l acre of ground, and when the har-
vest time came, amongst all those
seeking the prize for the greatest yield
of white corn on l acre of ground, his
name led all the rest, The soil yield
ed her increase and gave to this
farmer boy a record-breaking yield,
and Lester Bryant in the sweat Of his
face became hero on the field of agri-
culture.
Mr. Chairman, he was on the corn
boys firing line in the battle for
bread. He had enlisted in a noble
cause, and before he was Is years of
age surpassed all that had been accom-
plished on the British farm in the hey
day of it's production, when, as Gold
smith in his Deserted Village wrote,
Every rood of ground maintained its
man." He produced on 4 roods of
ground, or l acre, enough corn to
maintain not but II men. He had
overcome difficulties that stood in the
way of generations of farmers before
him. He had removed the barriers
over which thousands of farmers had
stumbled in their efforts to make th.
earth yield her increase, He wooed
the soil and she told him her secrets
He touched the growing corn with the
magic wand of his skill and genius and
it responded with luXuriant growth to
his intelligent touch. This young
Kentucky farmer this little wizard OF
the cornfeld, has rendered his State
and Nation a great service in showing
the productive possibilities of the soil
He has made a splendid contribution
to scientific agriculture. He has pro
duced from / acre of ground six times
as much as used to be considered a
fair yield Mr. Chairman, we are told
that the man who makes two blades of
grass to grow where only one grew
before is a benefactor How much
greater, then, the service of this little
boy who made bushels of corn to
grow where only l grew before. This
little Kentucky boy babe fair to be.
come an ideal farmer. The example