The Tupelo journal., 1917-07-13
TRADE DAY A
GREAT SUCCESS
Large Crowd Takes Part in
Festivities of the Day.

The early morning rain Monday
had its influence in keeping away
from Trade Day many who had
planned to come. The morning was
ushered in with threatening wealth
er, a thunder storm and rain greet
inc the early risers who were making
their arrangements to come to town.
Those some distance out were kept
away, but we believe every family
within radius of ten miles was rep
resented Many from a greater dis
tance were also here. One feature
of the crowd was the number of
cars. The horse team wagons, bug
gies and surries were few in compar-
ison with the great number of auto
mobiles that were banked on the
principle streets of the city. Another
thing, it was the most orderly and
good natured crowd that ever assem-
bled in Tupelo. They had taken a
day off for a good time, and they
had it. The crowd was variously es-
timated at from 1000 to 5000, many
failing to find room in the court
house where speeches were made by
agricultural experts who had been
invited 10 be present.
At eleven o'clock j.. E. Rankin,
secretary of the Young Mems Busl-
ness Club, called the meeting to order
and explained the purposes OF the
day to afford the people of the coun-
ty an opportunity to get together
once in each month and display the
products from their farms, to trade,
sell and buy stock and to get better
acquainted with each other. He
first introduced Mr.. E. }. Robson,
market sale agent of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad Conn any who made
short talk explaining me necessity
of getting started right n the matter
of raising and preparing agrlcultu-
raj products for the market. He emu
merated number of products out OF
which good money could be made and
urged those present to investigate
and begin raising something along
horticultural lines.
Prof. Lloyd of the A. & M. College
was next introduced. Prof. Lloyd
discussed the matter of diversified
ton. He said that many people be-
lieved that diversification meant
planting corn on piece of land this
year and cotton next, and vice versa
That this idea should be gotten out
of the heads of those people who en-
tertained it, and broader knowledge
kof the subject should take its place.
kHe congratulated the state on the
prospect of corn crop which IS now
ESTIMATED at 8O,OOO,000 as compared
with 40,OOO,0OO bushels last year.
Unless some unforeseen disaster de-
stroys it this crop is practically as
Asured. He stated, however, that
with this great corn crop Mississippi
would have no surplus corn to be
sold outside the state, that the crop
would be needed. While some sec
tions would have surplus other sec
stions would be short and demand
more corn than had been raised. He
aurged the people to plant wheat this
fall. He said a one horse farmer
kshould plant five acres and two
horse farmer should plan ten acres.
with seven bushels an accre the man
with five acres could get thirty-five
bushels. equal to five barrels of flour,
I.or enough to supply his family, be-
sides the shorts and bran that could
be fed to hogs and cattle. Mr.. Lloyd
I congratulated the crowd upon the
dead that Lee county is taking IN dl-
fversification.
Mr.. Willis, district agent, was IN
troduced and sopke short time on
the matter of cooperation. He stat
ED that in Carroll and Yazoo coun-
|sties the farmers were employing this
means of getting the best prices for
etheir farm products. An agent is Sc
cured to grade and classify and ship
hogs and poultry and best prices are
thus obtained. In Yazoo more htan
!. one hundred car loads of hogs have
been shipped in this way.
There was good collection of veg
ii etables, butter, eggs and other farm
!. nroaucts. The collection demon
I sstrates conclusively that we can raise
most anything needed on our tables
Iif we but go at it in the right way.
The prizes were awarded as fol-
Flows:
Tomatoes.