The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-11-04
DllRYINe AND
SWINE CAMPAIGN
SATISFACTORY
]. c. Sends Men into County. Meet
inss@at Ho.comb, Tataua, Gore
Springs and Grenada. Excellent

anu N8tGh00A~ GRC9ttSuS
Through the efforts of the Grenads
County Chamber Of Commerce, the
Development Bureau of the Illinois
Central Railrod has had on this week
. campaign in Grenada County to give
the public data as to what has been
done in other states in the dairying
business and to show, also, the re.
wards that come from raising good
hogs.
Four appointments were made, one
at Holcomb, Monday night; Tatum
Tuesday night; Gore Springs Wednes-
day night and at Grenada Thursday
night. The gentlemen making up
the party engaged in propogating this
work were Messrs. Clyde Bland,
Casey Smith and Mr.. Gwin. They
are all fine young men and represent
fine types of young manhood.
Mr.. j. N. Provine was by invita-
tion of the Chamber of Commerce a
part of the speaking force Mr.. Pro-
ing the boil weevil and the necessity
of fighting the pest.
The initial meeting was had at Hol-
comb. Several automobiles from
Grenada carried out a number to hear
what these gentlemen had to say. Mr..
Bland handled the dairy end of the
subject and did it well. The machine
and the screen gave views of some of
the finest pure-bred cattle farms in
the whole country. The sights in
many cases were very attractive. One
could almost see the beautiful herds
of cattle browsing along the river
sides and on the well kept pastures.
Sights were seen that were enough
to almost excite the envy of those
who own and operate these farms.
were given. Mr.. Bland first discussed
the advantages Of dairying, and un-
der this head a number of things were
brought into review. The various
breeds Of mich cows were shown on
the screen and the weak points as
well as the good points of each
brought out.
1t was not the purpose of these
gentlemen to get the farmers TO
abandon cotton, corn and other
crops common TO this section. That
would be foolish upon the part of the
Illinois Central Railroad TO urge it.
The Railroad, just as every farmer
and every other business man is, is
interested in this section making the
very greatest amount of money, un-
der reasonable conditions, possible. !
1t may be an act Of selfshness upon
the part of the railroad to feel that !
way, likewise it may be an act of +
selfshness on the part of others to !
feel that way. But it stands to reas- |
on that .inasmuch as the railroad is
largely dependent upon the prosperi- |
ty of the people in this territory |
through which its lines run, it would |
not undertake to further any line of |
activity or business that it thought |
would not be best for the people |
whom it serves and who serve it. 1t !
is the aim of the evelopment\ Bureau
to show that there is good money in /
mich cows and in the raising of /
swine, and that the purer the breed I
of these animals the better It is |
not urged by these men that ''every-
body" get into the dairy business, but /
it is pointed out that the farmer who
raises his own feed stuff and has
g0odly number of good milch cows
and hogs enough to make meat for
his farm, is the farmer who always
has money ahead. Undoubtedly in
the past there has been much milk
wasted by those who even had enough
cows. All this milk should be uti-
liZed for commercial purposes, all of
which can be brought about by CO.
operative creamery sales. The idea
sought to be left with the farmers by
these gentlemen is to not stake all on |,
cotton, and to show that with the
splendid climate; abundance of water
for stock and the fact that good pas
lures could be had at least two-thirds
of the year, that there was no reason
why the farmers in this section could
not make the same profits out Of
COWS and beef cattle that are made :
in Iowa, Illinois and other middle 9
western states.
. Mr.. Smith used the screen to show I
at some pains to discuss them and to
show their good points. AS a part {
Of the demonstration, some of the 4
hogs from the celebrated Pine Crest {
Farm at Charleston, were shown. d
Mr.. j. N. PrOv1ne, one OF the lead 1
ng farmers of the county, was pres ,
ent at Holcomb and made a twenty T
minutes talk showing what could be t
lone to thwart the activities of the
poll weevil. Mr.. Provine said that it t
vas idle to talk Of abandoning cotton, t
hat the farmers of the northwest g
lid not abandon their wheat or other c
,rain crops because of tn. Hessian t
" or other pests and that the cotton e
armer should not cease to plant cot a
on because Of the boil weevil. Mr.. s
orovine insisted that cotton was the Z
otton farming and determined eff
ort to whip the weevil with methods h
lready outlined by the Department
# Agriculture at Washington. Mr.. lc
IRVINE insisted that cotton was the &c
ure money crop, ready money crop, III
or this section, and that the sooner p
he farmers made up their minds to n