San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11

| and these earnest farmers gathered in
the Blacklander office and ready for
the huge job of planning and laying
out program of practical diversified
ton that would apply to all of the
farmers and land owners in this four.
countrywide territory.
At this meeting each member of the
committee on practical diversification
discussed his own particular line OF
cndcavor and explained why certain
phases of divcrsification should by all
means be incorporated into this pro,
.ram sponsored by the Blacklanders
in the interest of the agricultural de.
velOpment Of the South Texas Gulf
Coast country.
J. l.. Reed from Fremont. told Of
the culture of citrus and the vast pos.
SibiliticS to be found in the raising of
melons and beans of different raLie-
ties. He explained in detail his own
mtehod in carrying out intense diver
siticatiOn on small farm.
DAIRYING PRAISED.
From Klebcrg county. w. X. Cum.
berland spoke in connection with the
unusual amount of revenue to be de-.
rived from several good milk cows on
the farm and told how Kleberg county
farmers were making large returns
from the daily sale of milk and butter
fat.
A. E. Nelson, one of the San Pa
triciO county representatives who
farms on a large scale. told of the
handling OF chickens and hogs on The
modern farm and gave u detailed cx-
PLANTATION Of what the diversified
farmer might expect from these two
excellent sources of ready money dur
ing all seasons of the year.
ID. II. Perry Of Nueces county. OK
pressed his belief in all forms of di.
versification and declared that in his
own opinion a much larger acreage Of
grain should be planted and pro-
duced on the farms. He advocated
the planting of at least so per cent
of the entire farm acreage in grain.
He also told of the possibilities to be
had in feeding out baby beef for the
market with the surplus grain that
would be produced from the increase
in acreage.
Practically every member Of this
committee from each of the four cOun-
ties discussed some phase that would
vitality apply to diversified farming
and told how such a phase could be
accomplished
Careful attention was given to ev
cry suggestion made and during the
next few days a completed program Of
diVersification along general and prac
teal lines was worked out and com
piled. A copy of this proposed pro
gram was then sent TO each member Of
the practical diversification commit
tee for their approval.
This program met with the approx.
al Of every member Of the committee
and arrangements were made at once
TO have n large number Of copies OF
the program published.
PROGRAMS PUBLISHED.
The publishing Of these programs
Of practical liberalization has now
been completed and the distribution
has begun. The purpose Of these pro.
grams is to bring home to the farm
ers Of Nueces, San Patricio, Kleberg
and Jim Wells counties the vital need
for such a program and the practice of
its doctrines.
The Blacklanders propose TO place
copy of this practical diversified
ton program in the hands of every in
terested farmer. Many will be dis.
tributed through the various county
agents and through their distribution
the Blacklanders hope to accomplish
one more step in the building Of their
vast South Texas Gulf Coast agricul
tural empire.