The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-09-22
HELP IN BOIL
- WEEVII FIGHT.
Memphis Sends Men for Sscsnd Time
Within Twelve Menths Thru Co. .
&. Coed Crowds-Whsn 20 Plant
and What to Do Discussed.

Thru the eHorts OF the Business
Mems Club of Memphis, Grenada
county was Monday and Tuesday
toured for the second time within
twelve months in the interests Of
crop diversification and fortificatiou
against the boil weevil. The ques.
ton considered on the tour thi Oh. =
was, "What shall be done now?''
The eastern portion of the county
was covered in two appointments
Monday and Tuesday Holcomb and
Tatum were visited. The writer was
with the party Tuesday and from the
crowds and the very excellent atten-
ton, it must be inferred that the peo.
pie are interested and that they rea-
lize that it will be worse than fool.
ishness to continue the cotton acre.
age as at present. The party Of
speakers consisted of: J. R. Paine,
C. T. French, Of Memphis, and DR..
H. Guy Haithorne, of Wilkinson
county; also Prof. ]. R. Kicks, of the
Mississippi A. & M. College, Miss
Anna Belle Hughes, county home
economics agent and J. P. Fisher,
county farm demonstrator. The
two first named gentlemen discussed
matters from the standpoint of the
Memphis business men and showed
why they were here and how init
mately the success or failure of this
section touched Memphis. They said
Memphis had more than a financial
interest in this territory, that she was
this states neighbor and felt bond
Of kinship that went beyond mere
financial success.
DR.. Haithorne seemed to know al
most every phase of conditions that
the boil weevil section must face.
He told his experience in Marion
county, this state, also the battles
that had been fought out in Wilkin-
son county. He was practical, per-
suasive and convincing. He told
how, in his own experience on the
farm, he. had been forced by the boil
weevil to utilize his garden and his
poultry for revenue, most of which
hitherto had gone to waste. He said
that the farmer that undertook to
plant more than half crop of cot
ton was bucking game that all 9TH
ers had lost at, and that the only
sane thing to do was to follow the
example of others who have succeed
ed where the boil weevil has been.
Prof. Hicks discussed the raising
of different crops, when to plant,
how to prepare the soil and the mat
ter of grazing cattle o. an oat crop.
He said that fl,m October 18th to
November was the best time to plant
oats, and that oats planted in the fall
would yield about twice as much as
oats planted in the spring, and about
one-third more than oats planted in
January. He urged the destruction
of the cotton stalks just as soon as
the cotton was picked in order to kill
as many Unmatched weevil as posi-
BILE. He urged the planting of GRIM
son clover and how it should be done
and the great results therefrom; he
gave his experience as to vetch and
told his hearers that they could make
it most profitable. He discussed the
raising of hogs and cattle and said
that one could soon get a start IN
hogs and that they were good money
producers. AS to cows, he urged
the farmers to care well for the Jer-
seys all thru this section and said
that the butter and milk products
could be made to in large measure
supply the deficit of revenue IN cot
ton. He said in many localities there
were daily routes for the milk or
cream wagons to carry the milk ana
cream to market. He did not theo-
rize but gave of his actual exper-
ience.
Miss Anna Belle Hughes was as
she always is, fortunate and pointed
in what she said and almost the sight-
less could see at once that she was
doing work in the canning ciuDs
of the county that means the saving
of much waste or neglected material
What she had to say about the pea
nut as a nutritious diet was no DOUBT
a surprise to some. She said tnat
this one littel crop could be made TO
do much towards simplifying the
farmers present problems.
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