The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-07-04
MILLERS RI
FUND TO /
UP WHEAT
Raise Purse of $52a gt
Farmers in Use oll E
And Phosphate.
COUNTY AGENT WAS
BEFORE ASSOCIATION
Demonstrations To Be Made
In Wheat Growing Meth
dds in This County.

AT meeting of the Henry County
Millers Association in Paris Monday
June Both the plans were initiated
which will mean more la the perma-
nent uphuilding of the farms of Hen
ry county than anything that has hap
pened in the past ten years. The
object of the meeting was to stimu-
late wheat production in Henry coun-
ty. After advising with the County
Agricultural Agent the millers con-
cluded that lime, phosphate, and bet
ter culture were the prime essen
tials.
Various plans to get the farmers
to use more lime, and phosphate and
to prepare their land still better were
discussed, 1t was finally decided
to help the farmers to do this. With
N short time purse of $525 was
raised, the Paris Milling Company do
mating 5000, White 6 West $1O0,
Cottage Grove Milling Company.
Rogers Brothers, w. 7. Holly and w.
M. Bridges, $50 each, and j. H. Has
ingss s29.
After general survey of the coun-
ty and a consideration of the wheat
producing sections the milleys decid-
ed that it would require purse of
S805 to put out as many demonstra-
tons as were needed, Plans were
made for q canvass of the banking
a!Aa business interests of the county
to rates an additional $3.50 to meet
the needs of the work.
With purse of $S05, which the
miliers are s9Es they will raise, this
propos;tiea will be made to the far
mers of the county. A farmer viii!
be asked to put out five-sere DEM
onstration of wheat. The land must
be on the puble road and must be
adjacent to land that has not been
treated. 1t must be broken from 1
to months before the date of seed
ing and must be cultivated with disk
and harrowevery week to ten days
from the time the hand was broken
until date OF seeding. The farmer
must use three tens of crushed lime
stone and 200 pounds of 1000 acid
phosphate per acre. The lime and
phosphate will cost sac for each five
acre plat. The millers of the coun-
ty will bear half the expense, or $25
of the expense of putting out the
lime and phosphate. These five
acre plats are to be sown down to red
clover in February Of 1920, It will
require ten cars of lime and II tons
of phosphate to treat the plats The
millers want to treat. This would
mean that we have 33 five acre dem
onstrations or 165 acres of real wheat
and red clover.
What will fermers get for the
wheat demons rations? The farmers
wlro will comply with the above men,
toned conditions. The millers in
cooperation with the County Agent
will choose the farmers. Each of the
small millers win select three farmers
each. The Paris Milling Company
will select seven farmers. So far
mers who are interested will make
their applications either to their
nearest miller or to the County Ag-
ricultural Agent.
This is certainly very forward
step for the millers of Henry county.
They have no favors to pass. They
are in the milling business and they
must have the wheat to stay in bus
mess. So, in order to stimulate the
wheat production they are giving the
farmers of Henry county $S05. The
demonstrations are going to be placed
where they will do the most good
without fear or favor.