The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-26
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 in the black belt. so called on ac- count of it's soil and not because of the density of the negro population as many of our northern friends imagine.
 | It Is small wonder that l was drawn down into it's heart for l was asked ! to attend a barbecue Now there are cues and cues, but black belt one differs from all others, for after long years of apprenticeship the black | belt chef has become a noted artist.
 The fnWtacen came from New bern, bidding me to be present at the hubam clover field day and barbe- cue of the Alabama Hubam Clover association, to celebrate the adrent and virtues of the annual white sweet clover, the plant which originated in the lovely little village, and which is making it famous throughout the land
 It takes a whole lot to keep me q VI dJ ilbih alt Iob anu toAh AthSe and while 1 was was not on the ad- vertised programme of expert agri- culturists, somehow I had 8 faint hope and 8 deep wish that I would be called upon to address the crowd, and I can say truthfully without any conniving on my part some good friend saw that I got the chance and of course I used 1t freely. It was really a great programme with J. c. Phipps, the president of the Aalabama Hubam Clover associa- ton, presiding, cooperating with the Alabama Farm Bureau federa- tion and the Hale County Farm bureau. M. c. Allgood, commissioner of agriculture, made a hearty ad- dress of welcome, while Dr. J. F. Duggar, spoke authoritatively on hu- bam clover and the black belt, he be- ing the consulting agronomist, Ala bama agricultural experiment sta ton.
 
 of the programme, and he kept it go- ing in fine shape. The meats not he ing done on time, the crowd got to hear an impromptu address by ex- Congressman Taylor of Demopolis, which was full of plthy remarks, pleasing "reminiscences, and justifi- able pride in the black belt; but the thing which gave me the most pleas vergil, which had lain in his mem ory for more than half century, and his application of them to modern farming.
 Then the barbecue was served, and believe me it was some sight to watch the carvers as they carved the more than 50 carcasses which were roa asted slowly over oak wood fires on wire laid acr9ss the pits on hickory poles. l had visited the pits on reaching the ground as 1t is always an interesting sight to me to see the men at work. It was busy scene with a score of helpers watching the fires, mopping the meat and tending the great iron cauldrons cooking.
 Tables had been placed beneath the sheltering pines and the space around them soon filled up with hungry men ready to test out the cue There were literally hundreds on hand to devour the feast, but when the crowd had done it's best to make a clean up of the meats and the stew there was left enought to feed as many as had been fed. It Is the black belt way of doing things. Hats off to the chairman of the en- tertainment committee.
 On the arrival of the trains at Newborn there were cars at the depot to take the visitors to the pine grove where the speaking and the cue were to be held. Charming ladies were at the gate to register and tag the NlSltOrS W1tH CdluS Ndi y .itS their names so that there would be no trouble in strangers getting acquaint- ed with one another
 After dinner the people reassembled around the platform to hear the ad- dresses of the afternoon. E. R. Root, president of the A. l.. Root company, Medina, Ohio, spoke most interest inglv and enthusiastically on clover and bees and what hubam meant to beekeepers. Roy c. Bishop, rapid firing talker whooped 'em up on sweet clover as a field crop. He is a wide awake westerner who is do- ing fine field work with the Alabama farm bureau and extension service of Alabama. The particular star, how ever, of the dSy was II. D. Hughes agricultural adviser, Alabama hubam crops. Iowa agricultural experiment. station. on leave of absence for year His subiest being hupam clover.
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