The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-31
Mrs. G. H. Mathis Chosen Temporary Presidential Complete Organization
 at Montgomery
J. T. DOSTER ELECTED TO HEAD THE NORTH
 ALA. ASSOCIATION
Will Ask Henderson to Proclaim Date for Anti-Tick Campaign-State Body to Coordinate Work of
 Sectional Organizations.
 Meet Again Soon

Responding to the call of the Birming- ham Chamber of Commerce, leaders in the northern counties in Alabama met Tn Birmingham yesterday and organized the North Alabama Diversified Farming association to carry on the work begun In the great diversification campaign Dr. J. T. Doster of Birmingham was elect ed president
 At the same time these leaders and others from other parts of the state met with Prof. P. G. Holden and his I. H. c. farming associates and started the organization of the state wide Alabama Diversified Farming association. Mrs. G. H. Mathis. Gadsden's noted women farm CT, was elected temporary president of the state organization.
 The complete formation of this state wide association will take place at a meet Ing i'll Montgomery in the next few days, At this time the presidents of the three diversified farming associations in the three sections of the state will meet with four committees of three men each appointed by them. The three presidents are pr. J. T. Doster, president of the North Alabama Diversified Farming as sociation; A. c. Davis of Montgomery. president of the Diversified Farming as- sociation of central Alabama, and J. Leslie Taylor of Mobile. president of the Diversified Farming association of south ern Alabama. Each president will ap- point a committee of three farmers, three bankers, three wholesalers and three manufacturers from his section of the state-making 36 men in all These men will meet with the three presidents and Mrs Mathis in Montgomery and complete the organization and start the work of the statewide association,
 To Unite Sectional Work
 The statewide body will not in any way supersede the work of the three as sociations in the three sections of the state. Its purpose will be to more closely unite the three associations and help them in their financing of the work All moneys to be raised to carry on the work begun by the campaign will be raised as an investment. It is believed that bankers, farmers and business men Tn every part of the state now see that any money given to the work of tick eradication, having cattle and poultry. increasing the productivity and value of lands, having gardens and helping the people to keep their money at home for circulation among the home people is an investment that will pay big dividends in short while. Any who may doubt this will be shown the increase in bank deposits, the increased mercantile trade and the increase in purchasing power of people in communities that have gotten rid of the tick and gone into real diversi- lied farming through more pastures and live stock
 The slogan of the work will be Ala bama Must Feed Herself" This slogan was adopted on motion of P. H. Hale of Oneonta- It was the campaign slogan. The county leaders yesterday all de- clared that raising enough foodstuffs this year to feed the people and the increased live stock was the greatest problem be- fore Alabama for doing it meant keep ing $106, ,0000O0 in Alabama-this sum hay- ing gone to other states last year for the necessities of life for man and beast.
 Plan Anti-Tick Campaign
 On motion of c. M. Mauldin, United States farm demonstration agent for the northern district of Alabama, it was vot- ed that the first move in helping Ala bama to feed herself this year was get ting rid of the cattle tick. Governor Hen derson will be asked by the presidents of the three associations and the others who form the statewide association to issue a tick eradication proclamation de- claring certain day as a day for anti tick campaigns in every county Much satisfaction was expressed over the in- terest the governor had taken in the di- vefsifcation campaign and in the follow up work. Some of the county leaders said that he had the sound idea in ''rais- ing what we feed and feeding what we raise' and that they believed he would do anything he could to help in the great movement for getting rid of the tick and making Alabama 8 truly great live stock region.
 In the work the state wide association will bring into cooperation all the agri- cultural and educational forces of the state-the office of the state superintend- ent of education state commissioner of agriculture, county superIntendents of schools and school teachers; Alabama Polytechnic institute. University of Ala bama. tick eradication and hog cholera experts and county farm demonstrators. The scope of the work will be presented to the thousand or more teachers of the Alabama Educational association, who meet in Montgomery the~ last of this week.
 While tick eradication will be one of the great efforts of the statewide asso- citation, bringing into cv-6peration the three sectional associations. other spe- cial work is planned for financing the