The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-12-24
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TO BE SPONSORED
BY Nrafsi''lS MEN
Seven Teams viii vsit T~en
iy.fiehl Counties 10 State "a
Mississippi

sponsefed By The Memphis gna
mess Mems Club and participated 10
bf score ef More of experienced
aRroHpmists. better farming eam
palTn BE- 30 be- conducted ia Missis
sippi next month and iowndcs eoua
" d included in the itinerary Of the
agricultural experts
Seven separate teams will be =
gagged In the work. and two of thee
teams will visit Lowndes county Ga
saturday January rs. Team No.
which Is composed Of W. J. Willis.
district agent for North Mississippi
aud Frank W Farley. livestock spe
cialist. will hold meetings at Gale
donia az 10 a. m. and Rural Hill at
2:3O p. m. and team No. :. which
Is made up Of j. r. Ricks, agronomist
at the state experiment station, and
7. VI. Patterson. marketing specialistr
will conduct meetings at Artesia at
10 a. m, and Mayhem az p. M
while both teams viii join in a big
meeting which is scheduled to be
held in This city at 80 .. m. In adj
dition to the agronomists mentioned,
each team will be accompanied by a
business man and banker from Me
business man and a banker from
Memphis, and these gentlemen will
speak on the relations between far
mers, bankers and merchants.
The main objective of the cam
paign will be four-fold, and the fol-
lowing program adopted by the com
mittee win be followed at each meet
ing;
/. business Man How spirit Of
close cooperation can be built up be-
tween the business man and the far
mer through the provision of markets
for corn, oats, hay, peas, beans. po-
tatoes, poultry products, and other
staple produce
2 Banker--How the banker can
give assistance to the small farmer
through financial aid, encouragement
and cooperation.
8. Speeialist--How special lines
can be fitted into the general scheme
OF farming and general agricultural
program for the state.
a. Team Leader and Agronomist
Timely farm problems and opera
tions.
According to Mr. Wilson stress will
be put on (D the kind Of crops to
grow for next year and the proper
preparation for them; 90 intelligent
and conservative livestock raising
and darying; 90 marketing general
farm produce; and t4) terraeing and
drainage.
Under the first division especial at
teution win be given to the growing
Of soy beans and velvet beans. Di-
rector Lloyd states that the oil mills
Of the state have agreed TO take all
the beans grown at a minimum price
Of IS cents busheI with higher
prices probable. At present they are
paying SIPS a bushel Velvet beans
are becoming innreai Important.
J. W Willis, q. n II north
Mississippi district. stated tnat both
SOY beans and velvet beans can be
successfully grown in his territory,
and during the campaign the farmers
will be urged to plant velvet beans
on their thin land, and SOY beans on
the better grade land. Both these
crops have proven splendid hog and
cattle feeds
In the livestock and dairy work
according to an announcement by l.
W. Carpenter, livestock specialist, the
use Of pure bred bulls will be advo-
Gated and bankers OF the territory
covered by the campaign will be
asked to cooperate with the farmers
by advancing money without interest
for three years to buy these bulls.
This practice has already been adopt
ed by the bankers in some counties
Of north Mississippi