Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-04-22
FARMERS
MEETING
Proves Highly Interesting and
Many Excellent Points
Brought Out.

The speaking at Jasper Tuesday for
the benefit of farmers was highly in
atructive, and If no definite organiza,
tion is made to establish dairy. Will
do much good anyway, as lots or 9TH
er good points besides dairying we're
brought ont by the speakers, who
were we'll informed.
The meeting was called to order by
A. R. Rankin in the court room, who
introduced A d. Knox, an Industrial
Agent Of the N, G. & st. L. R'y,
who said it was proposed to use Mrs.
Pryor's dairy as a nucleus for dairy
on the cooper alive plan until it was
decided to branch out further. He ar
gued for the selection of one breed of
stock in a community. He said that a
dairy farm was q continuous source OF
revenue Speaking of cooperation he
urged communities to cooperate from
buying machinery, tractors, ETC., up
to bIooded animals He urged the es-
tablishment of silos, and the coopera-
tion of communities in buying ensil-
age cutters and machinery. He said
Sequachee Valley could be made the
garden spot of Tennessee If the people
would only get busy. That there
was a splendid foundation
Mr. McAmis, of Knoxville, was
the next speaker, and came out strong
on the advantages of lining the soil
and growing red clover Red clover,
he said, was the best plant to increase
the fertility of the soil but you must
have lime in soil first to make 1t
grow. Il excelled COW peas as a fer
tiIizer and meant less work His sub
soil plan of working hard land was ex-
cellent, and the subject of considers
BILE discussion among farmers. Tie
method is to break up such land with
out turning up clods and then disc the
surface.
Mr.. Knox then introduced R. A.
Murphey, of Knoxville, specialist in
animal husbandry, who endorsed what
had been previously said about red
clover. He also argued for the feed
ing Of cottonseed meal to dairy cattle.
He also said it was so advantageous as
a fertilizer that while worth $23 per
ton on market, it was worth $31 per
ton used as such. He advocated the
building Of silos and said that wooden
silos would last for 25 years, but ar
Rued rather for cement silos He said
agents offered to build wooden 81 los
for 90. 90 per ton, while cement silos
would be built for 50 so per ton. He
said he was prepared to superintend
the erection Of very good wooden silos
for as low as 81 90 per ton. He said
that the tendency of the South, now
that farming lands were going higher,
was to enter the dairy business, and
that there was abundant market The
higher priced the farming land, the
less chance to make money on beef
cattle. He said that he was not Tight
ing beef cattle raising in favor of the
dairy, but preferred the latter because
of the increased value Of farm lands
Speaking of varieties of beef cattle. he
said there was not an absolutely su.
preme kind of cattle, all were good II
properly grown.
He was succeeded by 8. FL. Alexan-
der, president of the Marion Trust d
Banking Company, who said that he
endorsed the object OF the meeting
He said he had long thought that
there was something lacking in Sc
quachee valley, and that farmers
should be more progressive. He en-
dorsed the idea of cooperation as an
excellent one. He said he desired
the welfare Of the farmers, for their
welfare meant that all the rest OF the
people would be benefited. A. L.
Robertson also spoke briefly along same
lines.
The meeting then adjourned. but the
farmers remained in town and met
the speakers during afternoon and
night In an endeavor to get move
ment towards cooperative dairy and
silos on different farms started.