The Prescott daily news., 1917-01-09
PROFITABLE FARMING
 CAMPAIGN OPENS
Second Profitable Farming Cam paign of Arkansas Profitable Farming Bureau, Little Rock Board of Commerce.

Arkansas Profitable Farming Bureau of the Little Rock Board of Commerce opened Monday afternoon with a rous- ing meeting in convention hall of the Marion Hotel which was attended by more than 100 business men and farm CTS of Pulaski county Bradford Knapp, director of the extension work of. the United States Department of Agriculture in the Southern states, and Clarence Ousley, director of the extension work of the University of Texas, were the speakers. Prior to the roundup" meeting which opened the campaign a luncheon was served at the hotel at which about 200 were present showing the interest which is being taken in the campaign in this section.
 MT. Knapp and MT. Ousley sounded the keynote of the campaign when they told of the progress that had been made throughout the southern states by the farmers who had learned to "feed themselves and make cotton the cash crop" hTey told of teh doctrine that has been urged through out Arkansas and all other southern states by committees such as profit able farming committee of the Board of Commerce in this city. Their talks were listened to by the various speak CTS that are to go throughout the state during this campaign and many pointers were given them to be used in the tour of the counties.
 Following the meeting in this city MT. Knapp and MT. Ousley were taken in automobiles to Pine Bluff where a big night roundup" meeting was held, which is the only meeting that was held in Jefferson county. The speakers were accompanied to Pine Bluff by large number of business men and farmers of Pulaski county as we'll as number of the speakers that are to do the work throughout the state. The meeting at Pine Bluff was dlSo idiSSiy dtISiiuSu, Ieti HiSi D coming into the city from all parts of the county. Especial interest was taken by the business men.
 The real work of the campaign was started on Tuesday morning when eight crews of speakers left the offices of the Little Rock Board of Commerce at s o'clock for tour of Pulaski county. At virtually the same hour speakers left the county seats and meeting places of Lonoke county. The points from which the speakers sman- ated in Lonoke county were Carlisle, Cabot and Lonoke and several meet ings were held in each district. Tues day two big meetings were held in Lawrence county, Walnut Ridge, the county seat. The first meeting was held in the afternoon and the second one at night. There were no meetings throughout the county because of the bad roads and poor railroad connec- tions.
 On Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day the speakers are to go into the Memphis territory in eastern Arkan- sas and conduct meetings and will re- turn again the latter part of the week to the counties in the Little Rock territory. The dates for meetings on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are:
 Wednesday, Jan. 10-Prairie, White Monroe, Woodruff, Crittenden, Chicot and Clay.
 Thursday, Jan. 11-Cross, St. Fran cis, Mississippi, Desha, Independence.
 Friday, Jan. 12-Craighead, Poin- sett, Lee, Phillips.
 Saturday will be day of rest for the speakers and many will return to Little Rock to spend Sunday and get additional instructions and will then start out Monday for the various coun- ties in the Little Rock district. On Monday, Jan. 15, Ashley, Cleveland, Arkansas, Grant and Dallas will be visited. Tuesday, January 16, these counties will be visited Bradley, Drew, Dallas and Hot Springs. On Wednesday, Jan. IT, these counties will be visited: Calhoun, Union and Clark counties. On Thursday, Jan. IS, these counties will be visited: Qua chita and Hampstead.
 With one exception, Faulkner coun- ty, which has been given the date of Jan. 22, no other counties have been ,la+aJ for tho spaakorc xvaitino for tho