The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-04-26

|8 address OF IOl' L. -
Miss before the bankers
ian in Dawson was a most
and intelligent treatise of
II uoevil menace from a man
fought the pest in hand to
combat for years, and was lis
IN with interest by the bank
others present. Prof. White
ba head of the agricultural
,choo1 in Yazoo county, Missis-
where they are teaching the
tfe practical lessons of farm
81 his Introductory remarks Mr..
CONGRATULATED the farmers in
kectioD OF Georgia on the thor
81 incarnation of their lands and
BATON of their crops, saying
4. methods are superior to those
"a Inv the farmers of his section,
tbat as scientific farmer the
smian is ahead Of the MISSISSIPPI
81 81 did not come here to scare
81 said Mr.. White. You have
fold of the devastation Of the
Eeeyils. and that they would
desolation in their path. My
b. is one Of encouragement and
Hparr some real information as
Editions as they exist in my
] pointing to a solution of the
.Rms as they come to us. The
In of the Weevils is a serious
and desructiveness to wealth
be in proportion to the pro-
D. OF preparedness adopted by
#Tae weevil always comes ahead
b. and when least expected. |
Il You not to wait until the pest
Il plshes its work before meet
b. situation as we had to meet
j azoo county, Mississippi, repre-
the best county in the state
Souou production, just like Ter
bounty represents the best cot
producing county in Georgia.
h was a county Of prosperity and
Il before the boil Weeyil struck
hi the Weeyil left in it's wake
Station. desolatiOn and discOur-
lent, which we are having an
/ pull to overcome, but which
be- doing by diversified farming.
] do not advise against the
TING Of cotton, but rather | ad-
you to plant it-nOt as a one
system, but on a system of safe
|sifcation, where all home prod
lfeedstuffs for the stock and food
b. family. are raised in plenty.
khis plan of diversitiCation can
b. accomplished by the farmers
] and unaided. 1t must be mead
N some business organization,
view Of gradually bringing
j a change Of methods and pro-
Il markets.. We have such an
blzation in YazoO county. Be
Faen We produced lots Of perish
crops, such as sweet potatoes,
potatoes. cabbage and tOma-
and staple crops, such as pea
hay, corn, hogs and cattle, but
ibid not solve the problem. We
FED the local markets, and had
ther places to sell our products.
perishabIe crops rotted, peanuts
ped from $1.25 to So cents a
el hogs were sold at 4 cents a
d, and other products went off in
in proportion. This condition
allied for two years, and our peO-
became disguised and discour-
with other crops. Conditions
ne almost desperate. The solu-
of the problem came to us
Ugh the employment of an eX-
farm demonstration agent,
Ugh the agency of our CONNER
club, and an expert veterinarian
us by the United States
for the eradication OF
cattle tick, and a county agri-
Iral high school was established
the citizens of our county.
ugh these three agencies-the
herclal club, the demonstration
! and veterinarian and the agr1-
Iral nigh schOol-we have by
Stent effort brought about diver
ton and cooperation among the
7rS by carrying the work and
direct to them, such as terrac-
nd drainage, the vaccination OF
against cholera, cattle against
leg, the organization of boys
cubs and baby beef clubs,
We nave brought about a system
'rketing hogs and cattle at the
ST prices. We have boys train
our school who can successfully
late hogs and cattle and dem
lte terracing and ditching. We |
nave a number of farmers sui !
-y trained to correctly and sell
ally do this work. And our
rs are selling the.r corn |
5h their hogs at mere than a |
bushel. We have planned
dSJures so that they are per-
II ard also planned our crops
IT hogs and cattle. Last year !
We're $4,000 worth of pure
logs shipped into Yazoo county, !
ore than $4,000 worth of ma
lgs shipped out; there were al
700 worth of pure-bred cattle |
q INTO the county and more |
oV,0OO worth shipped out. And |
'ar We have already shipped cut |
than 100000 worth of cattle |
bout 100000 worth of hogs. |
1nk deposits are as large now,
ger, than they were before the |
OF the boil weevil.
rough our commercial club we
through inquiry of our whole
len that people of the North
eIling us corn in little cans at !