The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-08-25
GAN GET FLOUR
MILL FOR GRENADA,
Mill Man Ready to Come and
Erect One.-Lessons from
Boil Weevil Make Some-
thing Imperative.

Mucn mas Deen Salu over ana over
again about crop diversification in
Mississippi. Volumes upon top of
volumes have been written upon the
same subject, all Of which has had
some slight effect, but only slight.
Unfortunately almost a deaf ear has
been turned to the admonitiOns Of
those who have studied conditions of
other sections and who have foreseen
something Of the future, but yet a
vast majority of the farming inter-
ests have gone along in the same old
way, planting cotton for a money
crop, and a few patches of other
things as a side line. But it took
seven plaques to make the Egyptians
turn loose their hold upon the Israel
ties; the cotton farmers have stiffen-
ed their necks against the experience
of others and the lessons of science,
so the plague in the shape of the boil
weevil has come and is going to force
the people of Mississippi and other
sections of the cotton belt to do now
what ought to have been done a
quarter of century ago. The ques-
tion is not now, "Will you diversi-
fy," but is eve must diversity"
Approaching these conditions, and as
one always looking out for the ad-
vancement Of the general welfare Of
Grenada county, Mr. w. B. Hoffa,
President of the Grenada Business
League, got in correspondence with
the president of Touring mill in the
west, and has aroused such an inter-
est in the Touring mill people, that
they are willing to come to Grenada,
and have signified their intention of
visiting this community within a few
days, with view of making final ar
rangements for the location of a
mill here If the mill is to come to
Grenada, the cooperation of the
farmers of Grenada county must be
had. They will need to come here
and confer themselves with the man.
ayers of this concern as to what they
propose to do in wheat raising. Of
course the mill will by no means de-
pend upon the wheat crop of Gre
NADIA county, but as already stated,
the boil weevil is going to force the
raising Of other crops, and it is up
to the farmers. Below is the letter
from the President of the Touring
mill:
81 have your letter of the 9th inst,
and have carefully noted its con-
tents. Will say that your ideas are
correct in every instance in regard
to the success Of the milling busi-
ness, with business-like management,
and the cooperation of the business
men of the town, planting of wheat
by the farmer which will circulate
money along in July and August, the
very time that class of people need
it.
Now, we can move and install our
machinery in plenty of time to ham
die next springs wheat crop, and it
is with the gentlemen of your town
to say whether or not Grenada has
a flour and feed mill running there
by the first of 1917.
Will state that we can arrange to
move on very short notice, and if we
are going to move to Grenada, why
wait?
If you want a modern -four and
feed mill, we will come prepared to
sign up. You may now advise the
farmers to get their ground ready.
We will invite the business men to
take some stock; also be asked to be-
come a part of the Company as Of
ficers and directors"