Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-11-12
A GREAT AGRICUL-
i TURAL CAMPAIGN,

The More Profitable Farming
campaign in eighty-three counties
in Tennessee, Arkansas and Missis.
sippi, which opened Tuesday, Nov.
8, in Shelby county, has for its
purpose the betterment of farming
and farm conditions and make the
farm more profitable investment
as we'll as a more inviting place to
live. 1t is everybody's campaign
and everybody is interested in it
because everybody will be affected
by its results. In order to bring
the Importance of the campaign
before the general public it will be
necessary that personal work be
done by every man, woman and
child in each district where the
meetings are to take place. The
merchants, bankers, ministers,
farmers, housewives and school
children should consider this
campaign their personal affair and
keen its work constantly before the
entire community.
The purpose of this campaign is
to increase the prosperity of
farmers in the territory in which
the work is to be carried on.
Special attention will be given in
each territory to peculiar con.
ditions affecting the growing of
crops or the production of any
particular agricultural output.
Experts who have given years to
the solution OF these problems will
lecture and demonstrate on all
topics vital to the success and
happiness OF rural dwellers. Every
branch Of agricultural activity will
receive attention at the hands Of
competent men. Not only crop
raising, dairying. beef production,
tick eradication, silos, silo tilIage,
fertilizers but also social and home
economic problems and domestic
betterment will be discussed by
men and women who know.
Women speakers. on questions
relating especially to the work of
women on the farm, to sanitation
and general improvement of do
nestle matters in the average farm
house are to address meetings Of
women. The meetings will take
place in district schools, separate
rooms being set aside for meetings
Of men, women and children.
Problems peculiar to any district
will receive prompt attention.
Questions will be answered on any
subject Of vital interest.
The campaign in three states
will be followed by permanent
cooperation between farmers and
of rural communities
md the Memphis Farm Develop
nent bureau, which will repre-
;ent the city business interests.
Problems as have heretofore
)atiied farmers, such as pur.
.hase of garanteed seed, finding
eady markets for agricultural
or the necessary in
ormation leading to the profta-
bile sale Of live stock will be
handled by the Farm Develop
nent bureau with the one aim to
protect the farmer 1t will be
gigantic cooperation between
business men and farmers based
N the principal brotherhood. !
Such system cannot help de-
yeloping the rural districts of
he three states in which the
will operate.
The Enterprise is glad to an
lounce to the farmers of Weakley
ountv that this county is in
luded in the inteniary of the
treat More Profitable Farming
campaign, being one of the
eighty-three counties.
ar. ]. E. Wooten, a prominent
BUSINESS man of Memphis, was
ere Monday in conference with
itizens of this county, and to-
ether they laid the plans for the
agricultural campaign in
bis county in its history. This
reat campaign is costing $25, 1000,
ontributed by the bankers and
l1sinns man Of tho nn,,ntinn II