Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-06
CATTLEMEN GATHER At
PATRIOTIC CONVENTION
Members Sing America and
Pledge LoyaIty-Urge Great
Farm Production

The Southern Cattlemen's association
upon converting, 400 strong, at the KIM
ball house Wednesday morning in its
fifth annual convention, launched at
once a patriotic program 10 demon
strate that the members, individually,
as we'll as an association, stood solidly
behind President Wilson as this coun-
try today stands on the verge of the
greatest crisis since Revolutionary days.
r. X. Boney, of Duckport, La, pres
ident of the association, struck the key
note of the meeting i'm an earnest APP
peal TO the farmeT-members assembled
10 grow abundant food crops and live
stock because the United States gov
eminent was going to look to the south
to do its share toward feeding not only
this section, but also in helping to feed
the large armies that are to be mobll-
lied.
The association stood, and in body,
led by Fred Houser, secretary OF the
convention bureau, sang three stanzas
of the national anthem, America. There
was not a member, il seemed, who did
not enter heartily into the singing, and
when il was over, handkerchiefs mopped
many a wet eye.
Rev B r. bloomsbury, in convoking
the blessing, offered a prayer to the
Almighty to give superior strength TO
President Wilson in his guidance or the
United States at this hour.
The association, at the suggestion of
John d. Little. who made one of the
addresses of welcome. authorized its res
olution committee to drw up a paper In
drsing President Wilson's war message
and offering to the president, at his COM
mand. any service whatever within the
power of the Southern Cattlemen's asso-
citation to give.
AGRICULTURAL PREPAREDNESS.
The American flag was i'm evidence and
when President Boney, State Commits
sioner of Agriculture j. j. Brown and Mr..
Little urged agricultural preparedness
as being as vital necessity as indus
trial and physical preparedness, the au-
dience demonstrated its approval by
cheers which fairly shook the walls of
the large assembly hall.
Every state i'm the south from the Car
olinas to Louisiana is represented at this
convention, which is pronounced 10 be
the most successful of the association
and the most important the south has
ever had because it will mark the chang
ing point in agricultural policies in this
section.
The convention will be in session for
three days. the closing session to be held
Friday afternoon.
Included i'm the membership of the
Southern Cattle Mems association are
some of the most prominent business
men of the south as well as the south 8
foremost farmers.
During his address, Mr.. Boney stressed
that Ii was the duty of every southern
farmer to grow food crops in abundance.
He told them there would be no danger
of their not being able to dispose profit
ably of all foods. lie told them Of the
responsibility which rested on them rs
loyal Americans.
Mr.. Boney also urged that the south
ern farmers increase the scope of their
livestock industry to include the raising
uf all live stock, instead of combining
their efforts to the raising OF cattle, as
many members did.
Mr.. Boney reviewed the wonderful
strides the whole south has made during
the last five years in the live stock
raising industry. The result, he said,
was self-evident in the number Of cattle
sales that are held annually now In
every southern state.
Response to the address Of welcome
was made by Fred Jones, OF Livingston,
Ala. one of the most prominent members
Of the associa ton, who helped 10 or
ganize the cattlemen five years ago.
BEEF CATTLE AND FARMING.
The relation OF beer cattle TO southern
agriculture was the theme of z. r.
Lloyd, director of the experiments sta
ton of the agricultural college of Mis-
sissippi. Mr.. Lloyd said that there
could not be too much Importance at
tached to the necessity for southern
farmers to plant abundant food crops,
not only because of the condition which
has been made more acute because of
the International crisis, but likewise be-
cause of the steady advance of the boil
weevil.
Mr.. Lloyd advocated cattle raising as
/ necessary adjunct to agriculture. He
| also gave p few of his observations
based on the boil weevil in Mississippi
| The convention recessed at noon and
/ at 2 o'clock reassembled to hear an ad-
dress by r. Z. Lambert of Darlington
/ Ala. on Winter Pastures" and ad-
I dresses by DR.. TAFT Butler. editor of the
! Progressive Farmer of Memphis; L. I.
/ Guion, of Lugoff, S. G., and DIR. X. c..
/ Davis. of the Knapp School of Country
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