The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-29
HACKLEBURG ALIVE
 ID THE ADVANTAGE
 OF DIVERSE F|CAT|0N
Farmers Realize They Can No Longer Depend Solely on
 Cotton for Their
 Money Crop

Hackleburg, January 2s.-(sps- cial.l-A great deal of interest is be- ing shown through this section over diversIfication of crops. The county agent, W. l.. McArthur, has been giv- ing unflinching service to the farm CTS through this section, organizing and arranging 3 cooperative mar keting plan,
 The farmers have come to realize that no longer can they depend on cotton for their mony crops for there are insufficient means for fighting the boil weevil, hence they are plan ming to turn their attention more to stock raising and truck farming There are quite number of the farmers of this vicinity who have al- ready agreed to plant certain acre. age to strawberrics aud potatoes for the coming season. Rlans are now being made for the erection of 2 po tato curing house here for the car ing for the new crop until mar keted. The banks and business men are also lending every possible means of support to these plans, feeling that such action on their part shall bring J0lO InlS EeEiAOH Piuo VI oPCAA- ing money,
 Fipe Truck Sectiop
 Marion county is especially adapted to truck growing, according to in- vestigations mape by men of author ity during the past six months and no other place in this section has better shipping facilities than Haekleburg There Is no other ad- vsntages that could aid the farmers more than to bear in mind the fact that their products may be marketed in Chicago I6 hours after loading, with no change, and on the south the market is only four hours dis tant. saying nothing of the smaller towns between here and BirminS- ham that may be reached by an eyen- ing train.
 The labor question does not effect this section as 1t does many others, due to the fact that there are no pub lie works to draw upon the farm labor, and the boys and girls are trained to do farm chores therepy eliminating q great deal of overhead expense that other sections some times have.
 Climate Is Ideal
 The climate is ideal here as Hackle- burg is situated upon the highest point in northwest Alabama, and through the winter months the sweet pleasant breath of the Gulf stream blows constantly, giving pleasant and healthful feeling to all who live here, and in the summer months inc air is constantly stirring, due to the elevation which makes tho place pleasant in both winter and sum mer.
 The water supply is great in the Hack}ebury vicinity, having on me east a very large spring of freestone water which has failed only once ln it's history, and on the south slde about the same distance larger one which has never failed, and which has furnished water to the town by an over shot wheel and force pump The first spring empties in Big Bear creek, while the latter empies inso the Buttahatchie river. There are also several wells in thls vicinity that furnish ample water, supply to use gasoline engines and furnisn water to both home and pasture Hackleburg bids fair to be one of the representative small towns in Ala bama within the next few years due 10 the interest of both farmers ana merchants for cooperative efiorts'