Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-16
STRONG IMPETUS
GIVEN MOVEMENT
Move to Reduce Cotton Acreage In
Texas Gathers Momentum
Daily.

Considerable impetus is being given
the state campaign for the reduction
OF the cotton acreage fully SO per
cent by the cooperation Of the mar
kets and warehouse department and
by the extension service of the Agri
cultural and Mechanical college.
Thees departments are cooperating
with the county committees in every
instance in the matter Of urging upon
the farmers the importance Of reduc-
ton Of the cotton acreage and In
planting sufficient food and feed crops
10 insure an adequate supply for homo
consumption.
The entire force Of inspectors Of
the markets and warehouse depart.
ment 10 now In the field, conducting .
systematic campaign along the lines
Of cotton reduction. This work 10 be-
Ing done under the direction Of +. c.
Weinert, commissioner. The inspec.
tors Of this department report that
all OF the counties are organized and
are working to secure pledges. Acre.
age reduction Is due largely To .
heavy acreage Of wheat, oats and
corn. already planted and being plant.
cd. Henderson county has been 70.
ducing the acreage for the last ten
years, but still further reduction will
be made for this year. Similar re.
ports were received from each Il the
inspectors.
County Agents Are Active.
The county agents are working out
plans applicable to the conditions pre-
vailing in their respective counties.
Special emphasis 10 laid upon the i'm.
portance OF planting sufficient feed
crops for home consumption. The
agents are attempting to bring before
the farmers the fact that II will BE-
to their economic interest 70 reduce
their cotton acreage and substitute
some other crop instead. The direc-
tor Of the extension department Of
A. and NJ College reports that the
committees over the state are doing
considerable good In the campaign to
secure a reduction Of the crop one
bird.
The mass meeting OF al the farm
ers and bankers OF Dewitt county has
been called for March 8 at Cuero BY
the county committee. Letters have
been addressed to every farmer and
banker, requesting their presence at
the meeting. T. s. Henderson OF
Cameron, large cotton planter Of
Milan county, will address the men a
this mass meeting.
The committee appointed In San
Petrico county has reported that
they do not believe II necessary to
conduct campaign for reduction Of
the cotton acreage The following
statement was made:
In San Patrlco County.
ION account of the wet weather
and advanced season, 1t will be i'm.
possible for the farmers OF this coun.
ty to plant a full acreage In cotton.
The season here is well advanced,
much more so than in the more north
ern sections OF the state. and very
little farm work has been done on ac-
count Of the exceedingly late wet
spring. In fact, this Is the first week
that the weather has been favorable
to fern work.
1.-THE farmers are so far behind with
their work that II would not be easy
to get the farmers interested In such
O campaign. But the acreage will b
necessarily cut down one-third. An
other matter hinderinS campaign, u
the fact that we are unable to grow
other crops as are other sections Of
the tate. Our only substitute for
cotton IS grain sorghums. for which
there is no satisfactory market.
I'VE are In fall sympathy viii -
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