The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-31

Hogs mult,0', r'1eN ~ .H
in tie lower than lH tac #'T NN
sippi valley. ard NtyN ,Hv .>tH& ne
Of corn and forage crrr> SAP ~ At
tened for mSrnst 6, = vwts ~Si EaS
in the Northern states
sheep. In the wlD3s @: WIS. "H~
are associated With g c1htt- SrS,r
hut il must he couCciSi that fHv Stsat
is making good SIS a r0s3&cct 20 it'
lambs for the early spring H'a~NtE thS
gives the southern lamb k-'Ne7 s
great advantage, as prices are "'lva
higher tn the early spring than aS'rr .N
the season, when supplies St The bug
markets become more abundant
My conclusion that the st0tNtAt c~'
Tire is especially fttcd fer The 1--we
stock industry do not res, sutrCA -T77
the reasons just enumerated hI, an,
based In large part upoa ITO aC'a@l
experience OF men engaged I1 trt eas.-
ness Wherever the I've S.NN industry
has been tried ouJ IN tgC >v-i" by
men who understand the business Z
has been proven ConC,GSlVcN :aNt f
not only can lee u sHJCUSS vst E+t, q
actually Is a success. Al pNrF thf
South and especially In Tire al'uv,s' '"'-
pire are to be FOUND h,gaiy sa-gess u.
and profitable live stock trtsy.-ssa~
Or, E r Lloyd. director ol ,NH f1--'
bureau Of the Memphis thSr z NJ
Commerce. spoke oA 'nlNers sci Farm.
ing" l. X. Thompson, ef Memphis,
president Of the Mississippi or SINh
Land hauk and The Arkansas Join,
Stock Land bank, delivered ar address
OF Federal Farm Loans and Their Np.
plicRtion.'
A startling example 81 what can BE-
done with the slluyisl lands of The Mis-
sissipri valley was given bv F h..
S~tonebrakcr. secretary 90 she a~SoC.a'
ticn, in his annual report. lt Vas e,re0
in reference 10 information received IA
a letter from Z r.. Gilbert. NlgrAgeSi-
dent OF the Wisconsin Lumber CuuNa-
NY, Chicago. that Southeastern Mis-
souri, Is to have about l,50V.e 1n acres ot
alluVial land drained by approximately
1850 miles Of bitches. This aggregate
is made by several drainage districts,
the nunkltn county, Femlsyot county
and Little River drainage districts I'm
Missouri, n tho drainage }l SluddaId
county and New Madrid county. Mis-.
souri,. MIR. Gilbert declared this project
to be the largest drainage project ever
undertaken in the United States AM
probably the world, Mir. ~Stouo6rakcr
averred, and confirmed the statement
from his " knowledge
Attention Of the members was called
by the secretary to the almost com
plete reversal Of land market conditions
when this association began adFer'IS'
ing thesr alluvtal lands for settlement
and development about two years ago
many Cut-oVer land owners were seek.
ing buyers. TODAY II is almost entirely
matter Of buyers seeking Cut-oNer AM
other lands for purchase and settle
lment," said MIR StOnobraker.
\ large land corporation Of Kansas
City, which the association assisted a
year Z toward directing their chic
efforts toward settlement and develop
mcnt OF alluvial lands, now reported TIL
bringing Of many settlers, with lane
sales, both Cut-ove and cultivated. ot
$4,000 acres during the past year, aE.
gregating more than 5000, 00o, said the
secretary.
SIX hundred fifty offerings Of land ir
Mississippi valley. ranging IN quantity
from a town lot to 10000 acres, making
a total acreage Of l,15O. 545, resulted, th'
secretary reported, from the aSsoCia
tons efforts TO assist Secretary Frank
lin X, Lane in his plan of land reclama
tion and soldier colonization, The AS
ISOLATION mailed out LAO questiOnnaireI
throughout the alluvial region In Ten
nessec, Arkansas, Mississippi AM
Louisiana, seeking these land offerings
An era Of intensive road building u
the alluvial region was announced b
Mr.. Stonehraker, Fourteen new road
are corteuplated in the Memphis terri
tory he said. "One hundred and for
ty-nine thousand dollars in bonds wer
issued for road building from the ne'
bridge west in Crittendeu county, Ar
kansas. Pamela and other counties i
Mississippi have ordered new roat
building. Tensas. Louisiana, parish OF
ficials advise that they coutemplat
extensive new road building, Arkansd
Is now rapidly }at work building N6
miles Of h~ard-surfsced road from Lite
Rock to the Louisiana line just abnV
Lake 7 evidence. which Is estimated
cost about 81. 200, 900, and from informa
ton we have they have the none
ready to pay the bills
Drainage in the South has recover
from the wal handicap and is goin
on rapidly. 1t was also reported, Mis-
sissippi has a number Of new dttchC
projected. Arkansas Is continually put
ting in drainage; one immense drainag
system Is proposed and plans are we
under way TO put drainage from II
Little River territory In Southeast Mis-
souri, down through tho st. Franc
valley in Northeast Arkansas
j, w, Mcclure. president OF h as
ISOLATION, preceded the secretary wit
greetings and welcome TO the member
and guests attending the luncheon.