The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-08-14
Many People Attend Meeting
Of Alfalfa Growers Held
at BrooksviIle.
REPRESENT ALL SECTIONS
Lseume Promises to Rival Cot
ton in Productiveness In
This Section.

People from all sections Of
East Mississippi attended the
alfalfa growers rally which was
held at Brooksville Monday and
Tuesday, quite a number of
Lowndes county citizens having
been present. The following
special describes the meeting in
detail:
"0ne hundred dollars per acre
as an annual income from the
alfalfa land of the paririe section
of Noxubee County was explained
to land owners here and at Cliff
tonville today by agricultural ex-
perts gathered together from all
sections of the county. For sew
eral weeks a growing interest
has been shown in Aug. ii and
IL as the days for the alfalfa and
corn campaign in Noxubee
county. All promises were full
filed today by the appearance of
such speakers as Jos. +. Wing of
of the Breeders Gazette, Prof.
P. G. Holden of Illinois, Col. r.
v. Taylor, vice-president M. 60.
Railroad. Prof.J. E. Rusk of ILL
nois University: DIR. TAFT Butter
of the Progressive Farmer: DIR,
j. A. Herman, government tick
official for four states, with office
at Nasevill. Tenn; F. o. Punk
EFT, land and industrial depart.
ment Southern Railway; Z. r.
Lloyd, director Mississippi. agri-
cultural station at Starkvile: DR..
H. L. Whitfield. president l., |.
& c.. at Columbus; A. P. Grot
of Winchester, largest alfalfa
grower in the world; r. s. Will
son, government farm demonon-
stration official for Eastern Mis-
sissippi; Walter Clark. the alfal-
ia expert of the delta; G. H. AL
ford, the agricultural; DIR. H.
A. Morgan, c. A. Cobb, Prof. A.
Smith. Prof. T. F. Jackson, DR..
A. A. Kincannon, Prof. j. C.
Fant, H. Z. Blarkeslee, G. F.
Ames and others.
"The two days campaign open
ed at Brooksville at 9 a. m.
From there a train of 4l automo-
bile took the speakers to the al.
falfa farm Of Vestal Mullins,
then to Cliftonville, when two
hours of speaking was followed
by a most generous barbecue din
ned psepared by the Cliftonville
community. From Cliftonville
the route was by the Cavett alfal-
ia farm, then to SINNERS plan
tation, then into Macon for the
night. when the evening was
given to addresses on education
al subjects. Tuesday was a
continuation of Mondays pro-
gramme at different points in
the southern half of the county
and Macon. Many of the visi-
tors were here for the first time.
and expressed surpise at the op-
portunities offered by this prairie
lime soil, which was once the
granary of the Confederacy.
Tile draining, together with a
rotation to return organic matter
to the soil, was shown to be the
two things ueedful to insure an
income of 800 per acre per year.
Mr.. Wing said that when these
two things are done this land is
worth 5000 per acre. The 60
miles of hard roads now under
construction in the county spoke
for themselves. The present
government movement to pro-
vide cheaper money for the far
mer was assured US as q near fu-
ture success.
Cotton. corn aud alfalfa crops
here are very promising. which
makes an ideal time for the con-
ty to receive such distinguished
visitors
The sloagn alfalfa on every