The Tupelo journal., 1918-02-01
IN 1918 MISSISSIPPI MUST GROW
5000, 900 ACRES OF CORN.

must take the place of wheat we can
not get, the oats we did grow last
year (and that we will not grow this
year,, the place of hays, and other
feeds that are not to be had.
Under the most favorable condi-
tions five million acres will not pro-
duce enough to supply the needs of
the state.
Our normal annual consumption of
corn before the war was approx
imately one hundred million bushels.
With a yield of 20 bushels to the
acre the total yield would equal the
amount we used then. Just twice in
the history of the state has a yield
of 20 bushels to the acre been made.
It was done in 1910 and 1917. Can
we do this again? If SO and five mil
lion acres are planted, our shortage
will not be so great and we will be
in a fair shape.
A five million acre corr crop /
1918 calls for an increase of approx
imately 20 per cent over that of 1917
which was the largest acreage ever
planted in this state. This means
that taking the state as a whole the
farmer of last year who planted 20
acres of corn will need to plant 80
this wear. While the farmers in a
considerable number of the counties
are already doing their share, in 9TH
ers the increase will have to be much
greater. For instance, the farmers
in Lee county where 100000 acres
were planted to corn last year, VIII
only have to increase their acreage l
per cent, whereas the farmers IN
Noxubee where only 10000 acres
were planted will need to increase
their acreage one-third. In other
words the Noxubee county farmer
who planted 20 acres in 1917 should
plant 80 in 1918.
The largest increase shown by a
comparison of the allotments for
the coming season and the acreages
of last year will be needed in the fol-
lowing counties:
Ante county from $4,000 to 3d.
600 acres. Increase 10000.
Bolivar county from $4,000 to co.
600 acres. Increase 10000.
Claiborne county from $4,000 to
10000 acres. Increase 1900.
Clay county from $4,000 to 67,-
600 acres. Increase $4,000.
Copiah county from $4,000 to 49,
600 acres. Increase 10000.
DeSoto county from $4,000 to 75,-
600. Increase 10000.
Grenada county from $4,000 to
$1,000 acres. Increase 10000.
Kinds county from $4,000 TO 1907
600 acres. Increase 10000.
Lauderdale county from $4,000 to
$4,000 acres. Increase 15,0Qs.r
Lowndes county from $4,000 to
1900 acres. Increase $4,000.
Madison county from 10000 to
100000 acres. Increase $4,000.
Monroe county from $4,000 to
100, 900 acres. Increase $4,000.
Noxubee county from 10000 to
10000 acres. Increase 10000.
Oktibbeha county from $4,000 to
$4,000 acres. Increase $4,000.
Pamela county from 10000 to 49,
600 acres. Increase $4,000.
Tate county from $4,000 to IT,
600 acres. Increase $4,000.
Washington county from 10000
to 10000 acres. Increase 10000.
Wilkinson county from $4,000 to
$4,000 acres. Increase $4,000.
1t is found necessary to increase
the acreage in every county OF the
! state. And every county must do It's
| share if we are to anything like take
care of ourselves, which all will con-
! cede is u patriotic duty, and which
all will admit is a safe farm prac-
! tice. Below is the quota allotted to
each county. In figuring out these
acreage allotments, we have figured
on every phase of farming in the sew
eral counties, recognizing some coun-
ties as grazing counties, some as
truck growing counties, some as hay
growing territories, etc.
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