Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-02-07
FARMERS PLAN
 TO COOPERATE Fifty Participate in Enthus- iastic Meeting at Chamber
 of Commerce.
WILL GROW POTATOES
Arrangements Under Way to Plant and Market 100 Acres Of Potatoes Need for Cooperation Realized by
 Farmers and Business Men.

. That farmers or the Pine Bull i territory will pledge themselves tc plant and cultivate 100 acres ol l Irish potatoes this season, TOT early marketing under a co-operative sys-
 tenn. is the belief of most of the hal, hundred farmers and city men who yesterday attended the conference held at the assembly hall of the Chamber of Commerce.
 Pledges that B acres will be planted were made positively during yesterdays conference. and others present stated that they are consider ing planting the tubers in large quantity One man is thinking over the proposition of planting 9 acres. and several are likely to plant 10 acre tracts.
 J. E. Boyce,' M. J. Russell, E. E. Perry. Peter Winters, Newton Wilson and Secretary E. B. Bloom of the Chamber of Commerce were selected as committee to ascertain the cost Of fertilizer and seed potatoes and to ascertain the terms of the city's ped ding ordinance, the committee be- ing requested to submit it's report at another meeting of the farmers, which will be held at she Chamber of Commerce rooms next Saturday, at
 12:30 o'clock
 The meeting was most enthusias- tic, throughout Talks were made by
 Jefferson county's two farm demon stration agents, c. H. Thomas and Joel Lambert, by President J. E. Boyce of the Cotton Belt Savings & Trust company, by County Judge c. M. Philpot by w. z. Stone and other farmers and business men. There was no doubt expressed as to the ad- l visibility of planting potatoes, the only questions coming from farmers who wanted information as to means to be adopted for growing and mar keting the product.
 Realize Need For CO.OperatiOn Each and every one of the speak CTS admitted the need for co-opera- tion on the part of the farmers and business men, to make the movement a success. Each admitted that the production of potatoes was an ini- portant part of the diversification program. Each admitted that pota- toes can be grown successfully throughout this section, and nearly ad admitted that they know now it can be done.
 Farm Demonstration Agent Ihom- as explained the nature of soil most favorable to potato growing, the kind and quantity of fertilizer needed, and the methods of cultivation.
 Farm Demonstration Agent Lam- bert told in detail how the farmers of Dewitt, White county have suc- ceeded in growing and marketing po- tatoes for twenty years past. and stressed the point that the crop must be put on the market under the proper conditions and at the proper seasons, to bring the best prices County Judge Philpot urged d- versification and recommended the production of potatoes. He men, tioned also the advisablity of hav- ing good roads over which the far mers could haul their farm products to the city or to other markets, stat ing that all must remember the only way to get good roads is to pay for them.
 President Boyce of the Cotton Belt bank urged the farmers to "get together and to stick together" n whatever was undertaken. He ad- vised them not to be discouraged f their first attempt at anything did not make them rich quickly, saying