The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-17
MONTGOMERY JOINS
 CROP MOVEMENT.
To Raise Money for Expenses
 in Southern Counties
PROMINENT MEN TALK
Campaign Organization Work Will Start From State Headquarters Here This Week-Gadsden
 Meeting Tuesday

The business men and farmers oi Montgomery and surrounding territory voted unanimously yesterday to have
 the Alabama crop diversifcation cam raign in Montgomery county. They clso voted for the appointment Of five | members of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce to raise 5000 this week for meeting headquarters expenses and | to make Montgomery headquarters fer the campaign work for 10 or more | counties in the central and southern I parts of the states.
 | Upon the invitation of Bruce Ken | nedy. secretary of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, W. R. Baugh- man, w. c. Radcliffe and Bittell Me- | Clung went from Birmingham down to Montgomery to explain the campaign work in detail. There were 50 busi- ness men and farmers at the meeting T. T. Greil, president of Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, and E. J, Meyer lead of it's agricultural department warmly indorsed the work. ]. A. W ade state commissioner of agriculture, said that he would give the campaign active support from start to finish. Unable to get away from his office on account of pressure of work. w. Y. Feag1n state superintendent of education, sert Prof ]. B. Hobdy to say that the de- artment of education would be In the
 movement and would be represented In the campaign.
 Mrs. Owen Talks
 Mrs. Thomas M. Owen one Of the leading women in the state in welfare l york in both country and town, de- clared that Alabama must feed her self" was the best slogan that could be had for the campaign and that the great need of Alabama today was that of raising her own food and feedstuffs and keeping at home the millions of dollars she sends into the central west every year for farm products. Senator | John A. Rogers of Sumter county said that from now on his farms would pro duce diversity of crops and that he | would have more live stock than he | Lad ever had. Tn an emphatic address, showing the need of new methods, he | iadorsed the campaign and declared | that Sumter county was going 60 make | it worth a great deal to all the peo- rle of the county. Prof. !. F. Duggar l head of the state experiment station | said that he would not only be in the l campaign himself but that the experi- nent station was arranging to give | some of its best men and women for the l work Strong talks showing the need
 
 made by pr. H. c. Wilson, hog chol-
 era expert of the United States depart ment of agriculture; w. H. Pace. coun' l ty farm demonstrator of Montgomery
 county, and several of the leading cit
 izens of Montgomery.
 | Gadsden Meeting
 1 The campaign organization work vii start the first of this week from Bir- min ham, the state headduarters Trained. men will go out to the vari'
 ous counties that have petitioned foi the york and help the local people or 1 ganlGe. Several men will go From the | Birmingham Chamber of Commerce tc Gadsden Tuesday night when the busi- ness men of that city start the organ zation work for the campaign in thct section. Meetings will be held with representatives of the railroads ano commercial bodies this week. Some of the railroads will not only aid in the campaign itself but will furnish men for the organization and advance work as we'll