The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-03-01
r. II. Green to GiDe $1,000
to Rankin County Farmers
for improvement of Farms
Biggest Whoes Merchant in Mississippi Interested in
Future of h. Tin County Incentive for Farmers
to Improve aly Develop. County Agent Simmons
Indorses Action, Z ID Promotes Plans.

The attention of Mr.. R. H.
Green, of Jackson, was at
tracted by the article writ
ten for The Brandon News
by our County Agent O. l..
Simmons and published in a
recent issue. In this article
Mr.. Simmons urged the
farmers Of the county to
improve at least part of
their farm and homes each
year, by properly terracing,
preparing, planting and cul-
tivating at least five acres
the first year. Mr.. Green
wrote a very compliment
ary letter to Mr.. Simmons
and asked him to work out
some definite plans to fur
ther promote this idea; a
few letters were exchanged
and as a result Mr.. Green
has expressed his desire to
offer a cash premium of
81, 100000 to the farmers of
Rankin County.
This not only shows an apprecia
tion of the splendid work being ac-
complished by our Mr.. Simmons but
shows that the biggest wholesaler in
the state believes in the future of
Rankin County and is anxious to-
help develop her resources.
There can be no doubt that a very
ready response is coming from the
farmers of this county TO comply
with the rules covering the plan as
worked out by Mr. Green, Mr.. Sim
mons and the advisory committee
of the Farm Bureal. The following
developed so far; the details of
which will be announced after the
next meeting of the County Farm
Bureau Agricultural Committee:
Provisions to Qualify for Contest.
Any resident farmer of the county
TO be eligible to enter the contest,
provided he will qualify in the fol-
lowing:
l Each contestant will be required
to use five co. acres of land to be
planted to the crop of his selection
same to be planted, cultivated and
gathered under the supervision of the
Rankin County Farm Bureau Ad-
NiSory Committee and the County
Agent.
Each contestant to keep an ac-
curate record of all expenses incurr-
ed in the production, gathering, and
marketing of the crop.
3 The rate of charges of land rent,
labor per hour for man and team,
fertilizer, planting seed, and other
expenses are to be made uniform for
the entire county by the farm bu
reau advisory committee and county
agent.
4 The land is to be measured, at
some time during the year, by a
committee of the county farm bn-
reau, also the same plan will be fol-
lowed in measuring the products or
obtaining the value of the products
and auditing the records of the cost
OF the crop.
The award of prizes to be made
on Il basis of the greatest profit made
on any project of five acres.
The contest, if enough interest is
shown, is TO be carried out for a
npriod of five wears
The prizes to be awarded as
follows: First, $4,000; second,
$1,000; third, $500; fourth $25.00.
More all the time the basic fact is
being realized that the farm is the
very backbone of the existence of
this great country of ours, and Mis-
sissippi being strictly an agricultural
state, must develop her resources
our farms are not producing one
tenth of what they should and what
they will have to produce in order
that we take our place as pros
porous agricultural section and have
the love and interest in our farm
homes and community activities that
we should.