The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-07
"CITY BUILDING
IS PROF. HOLDEN'S
THEME, TONIGHT
NOTED AeRIcuLruRlsr TO AD-
DRESS CROWD AT AUDITOR
lUM AT O'CLOCK.
TALKS ON MISSISSIPPpS
WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES
Says This Section Is Now Havina the
Same Trouble With Cotton That the
Middle West Had With Wheat-Ne
one-Crop Land Is Valuable.

The long-expected delegation of ag-
rlcultural experts who are to wage a
one-day campaign for diversified farm
ing through Forrest county will arrive
tonight. They will open the Forrest
county campaign at the Auditorium to-
night at o'clock, when the feature ad-
dress will be that on "City Building"
by Prof. P. G. Holden.
Success marked the first week of
the campaign at every point visited.
The crowds have been uniformly large
and enthusiastic, and from eight to
twelve meeting day have been held.
This campaign will continue for an
other week and a ending at Quiz
man on Saturday is. 1t is easily
the largest and IN extensive cam.
paign of its kind that has ever been
held in the South. Reports from the
districts visited are that this campaign
will be a tremendous impetus for di-
versifed farming and a new era of
prosperity in all Southern Mississippi.
Mississippi's Opportunity.
Prof. Holden has declared again and
again that no section in the United
States has such splendid opportuni-
ties as Southern Mississippi. Here
nature is with you," says Prof. Holden,
''here you can pasture all the year
around, while in the central, west and
northwest, We can pasture only six
of seven months in the year. Here
you can raise velvet beans, clovers,
lespedeza, alfalfa, and other legumin-
GUS crops far more lug xlriantly than
the central west or tine northwest.
And yet land in Illinois, Indiana, Wis
consin and Iowa sells for $3.50, 5000
and $3.50 an acre; Here land sells for
$40, s15 and $40 an acre. This differ
ence is due in great part to the diff
ference in farming A one-crop sys-
TEN of farming will depreciate land no
matter where it is practiceds and no
matter what the crop may be.
Diversfication Is Solution.
"In the northwest the people have
had the same experience with wheat
as YOU are now having with cotton.
Wheat was an easy, quick and profit
able crop. and was planted season after
season. The result was that the yield
per acre decreased from year to year
until they could no longer raise wheat
profitably. Then they turned to diver
sifed farming. When they did so. a
new era of prosperity began for them.
Here in Southern Mississippi the
people are awakening to the necessity
of diversified farming-the planting
Of corn and leghminous crops and the
raising of live stock The cattle tick,
which has been such blow to your
oottIe business. is fast being eradicat-
cd The cattle tick must go, and the
dipping watts do the work.
"Once YOU start diversified farming
and live stock raising all over the
Southern TART of this state then the
land will begin to increase in value
~. and it will increase fast. The land
= Is now selling for $40 and s15 an
\snl sell for $50 to 500 an acre.
I and leguminous crops together
4 lring this about. Everywhere
lis corn. clovers, and live stock
tiu find high priced land and
- rous growing communities.
M Corn and Cattle.
fHs been shown by actual tests
IRE is land in Southern Missis'
\ lat will produce more corn 10
than land in the rich corn
u people have the advantage
reat central west in many
NJ are soon going to realize
In you do you are going
Entral west fight for Its
n Ne in the United States
FAopportunities for the
NA here in Southern
ifed farming anc
nm ktock will enable
1Nn rH\htage of thes'
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