The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1915-12-04

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Appeals account Of the Better
Farming Campaign" in Bslivsr
connto:
Bolivar County greeted team No
8 with an audience Of more than
/ 600 persons at meetings ont Of
Rosedale and Cleveland. Rural
meetings were conducted At Alligr-
tor, Ddncan, Huspuckena. Shelby.
| Mound Bayou. Merieold. Switzer.
Cleveland, Boyle, Shaw, ,Skeen.
and aiacent communities. In spite
nf rain there was MECH enthusiasm
aud the leading planters attended.
The morning meeting at the court
house III C'eve aud resulted in a
lively discu ssion OF the posstbllit OF
hog production on cotton farms in
Bolivar County. The more pro-
Tressive farmers agreed to exper
meut with pure bred stock aud
plant cowpe Is in corn and let the
hogs gather the crop. G. G.Cnsin.
Gil spoke on hog raising, and chas.
N. Brum6eld OH diversificatiou.
1t. NJ. Cottrell spoke at Sh ~ to
small, but enthusiastic audience
interested IN improving the strain
of seed corn. DR.. H. G. Hathorne
also sroke. A. +. Chamberlain Dr.
H. X. McKeen, Mrs. G. H. M lthis
Pref. Edward Green, Miss Mary
Fortner, Miss Zella Wigent and
Capt. r. A. Havne made addi esses
to various audiences in the district
car1npaigned.
DHLrA SOIL NERbs BUILDING.
Cot On PLANTERS Of Bolivar Co..
are in,ere sting themselves III diver
sitied farming and are taking up
crop ro.asion to maintain soil fer
tilitv OF The delta lands Most OF
the land in Bolivar County is the
lbuckshot variety. with soue sandy
soils aud waxy black clay. o. an
average this soil will produce half
q bale OF cotton an acre. but on land
rotated with cowpeas 1t will yield
= bale. s
IpfAc.lcal cotton planters have come
t. realize that cowpeas and alfalfa
are fertility makers aud have a.
ranged their crop system to include
1.-The lsRuminops plants. Lack OF
drainage OF the level lying land
lthreatened to interfere with the
IRrvwing Of clover aud alfalfa. but
| Bolivar County Is planning a great
Idra,uyge system, which Is to drain
Ieyery bayou aud lake in the county
| and reduce the water level OF the
| soil. Alfalfa aud clovers catiuot
oe grow n successfully where water
stands over the 6eld for more than
| a short time agriculturists say.
Z. E. AcIuuis, county catnmis-
siouer, is Que Of the progressive
agridulturists of Bolivar County
who is preaching the gospel OF
crop rotation and drainage for cot
ton iarnis. There are $50, 900 acl es
in Bolivar County. OF which 800
loco are in cultivation. More than
4 zoe. 900 are IN cotton which in 1914
made 116, ,OUO bales, and l28 .OOt
bales in 1915. ! his is an average
" more than halt bale an acre
| BOLIVIA. IS the leading cotton county
Of the state. vi b . yield wortl
S6.7 .75o, ,t0O 70. 1915 and "a, 500. .00(
for 1914. Im. orts of meats, can
ned goods. nay, corn, alfalfa. -othel
feeds and mules totaled 81 4.77GOOl
in 1915.
pewsR TRACTORS BOUGHT
&, VIII I Bolivar County Intends 4
do next year NAV be judged from
1.-The one item Of IS gasoline lracto''
bought by planters Of CLEVELAND
and vicinity this fall. Nest o.
them are equipped six 2S-inch disks
] Oud thousand acres Of alfalfa we're
/. sown this fall. There are severa
hundred acres Of alfalfa IN tha
county. with an aversge yield Of
Eve to six tons au acre In 1--WE cut.
tings.
Winter legumes have not proved
success in Bolivar County. say
planters. Bur aud crimson clover
seeded in September aud October
encountered trouble with the wa
/. ter table. Tests made by the agrs
dlcu, raj college showed that tn
-Ifirl even inches Of average Bol
IivaA .uty soil eoptsinsd Io,oo'