The Green Forest tribune., 1917-01-12
ARKANSAS FARMING
 CAMPAIGN STARTED
MIR. KNAPP AND MIR. OUSLEY SOUND THE KEYNOTE OF
 THE CAMPAIGN.
TO COVER MANY COUNTIES
Squads Composed of Memphis BusI' ness Men Will Handle Counties in Eastern Section Beginning
 On Wednesday.
Little Rock

Little Rock
 The second profitable farming cam paign of the Arkansas Profitable Farming Bureau of the Little Rock Board of Commerce opened Monday afternoon with a rousing meeting in the convention hall of the Marion Ho- tel, which was attended by more than 100 business men and farmers of Pu- laski county Bradford Knapp, direc- tor of the extension work of the Unit. ed 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 campagn when they told of the progress that had been made throughout the Southern States by the farmers who had learned to feed themselves and m&ne cotton the cash crop. They told of the doctrine that has been urged throughout Ar kansas and all other Southern States by committees such as profitable farm ing committee of the Board of Com merce in this city The talks were
 
 that are to go throughout the state during this campaign, and many point CTS 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 bic nieh.-si--ss -s lss h 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 well as a number of the speakers that are to do the work throughout the state The meeting at Pine Bluff was also largely attended, farmers coming into the city from all parts Of the county.
 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 Com merce at o'clock for tour of Pu- laski county At virtually the same hour speakers left the county seats and meeting places of Lonoke county. The points from which the speakers eminated in Lonoke county were Carlisle, Cabot and Lonoke and sev- eral meetings were held in each dis trict Tuesday two big meetings were held in Lawrence county, Walnut Ridge. the county seat
 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 ter ritory. The dates for meetings on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are:
 Wednesday, January 10-Prairie. WAite. Monroe. Woodruff, Grittenden Chicot and Clay.
 Thursday, January 11-Cross, St Francis, Mississippi Desha, Inde- pendence.
 Friday, January 12 - Craighead Poinsett, Lee. Phillips.
 Saturday will be day of rest for the speakers and many will return to Little Rock to spend Sunday and get additional instruction and will then start out Monday for the various coun- ties in the Little Rock district. On Monday, January 15. Ashley, Cleve- counties will be visited. Tuesday, January 16, these counties will be visited: Bradley. Drew Dallas and Hot Springs. On Wednesday, January IT, these counties will be visited: Calhoun, Union and Clark counties On Thursday, January IS, these eoun- ties will be visited: Ouachita and Hampstead.
 With one exception, Faulkner coun- ty, which has been given the date of January 22, no other counties have been dated for the speakers waiting for the numbers of meetings to be held and the complete organization of one or two counties.
 In the Little Rock district but one county has refused to have the meet ing, that being Jackson county. Greene county is the black county in tho Ma,,,