The Lexington advertiser., 1935-01-24
Holmes Farmers Hear
Agricultural Outlook

I. M. Patterson, marketing specialist
and member of the state allotment
board, accompanied by C. C. Smith, dis
trict agent, addressed the farmers at
Lexington Friday morning relative to
the Farm Outlook for 1885. A large
crowd of both white and colored were
on hand to gather first hand informa
ton. County Agent T. NJ Williams was
chairman of the meeting and introduced
the speakers.
District Agent Smith made a short
talk stating that the unprecedent drouth
in the summer of 1884 affected three
fifths of the area of the country and
completely changed the agriculture out
look. As result commodities have ad
vanced and it will take more to make
crop in 1885 and that profits will be mar
rowed. We must face the situation not
on hope but based upon the real facts.
Although Mississippi was in far better
shape than in years that we still must
consider all factors and keep up our
program, diversifying and raising our
own feed, and curtailing our produc-
tion as outlined by the government.
! Mr.. Patterson stated the drouth last
summer had changed the outlook owing
to using up so much of our grain sur-p-
lus of the midwest. 1t had also af
fected the hay, feed and cattle industry
and that Mississippi would have to take
| inventory to meet its own demands. A
survey had found state farmers in bet
ter shape from a food and feed stand
point and that cash money for crops as
we'll as government checks had aided US
greatly.
| He reviewed the cotton situation Civ
ing facts and figures relative to the
crop production of the world, showing
the totals of other cotton raising coun-
tries with their production. These in
cluded India, China, Egypt, Sudan, Rus
sia and Brazil. The latter was the only
country that had made any serious
threat but that the United States was
| completing a plan asking for a cotton
control agreement with all cotton ras-
ing countries of the world, similar to
the wheat agreement several years ago.
Mr.. Patterson stated the present outlook
of a cotton surplus that will approx
mate an eight million bales carryover, is
still too large, much of this due to un-
derconsumption account of the re-
high tariff against exchange of goods
for cotton.
He also showed the trend of cattle,
hogs, sheep, horses and mules, the
latter two showing decline in produc-
tion for the past ten years. At present
261 900 mules have to be replaced yearly
and that mule colts are being raised at
the rate of 100000 year, the unbal-
anced results making workstock high in
price.
At the conclusion of the meeting
County Agent Williams again stressed
the Importance of taking care Of our
workstock, examining them for lice and
ridding them of worms. Many delta
farmers had employed veterinarians the
past year in looking over their stock and
also filing teeth of the older stock The
agent also asked that all buy brood
mares and raise their own colts, request
ing that farmers buy now before prices
rise due to others over the state and
elsewhere getting into this business and
buying up offerings from the midwest
where shortage is already looming.
Brood mares are also good workstock,
hundreds have found in this county.
Among formers and others noted in
the gathering were: John Allen Cade, R. |
T. Kimbrough, ]. NJ. Kimbrough, Sam
Roach, Clifton Hughes, S. A. Killebrew,
George Taggart, A. R. Ruby, W. E. Word, |
G. A. Bailey, L. A. Bailey, C. w. Carr,
S. F. Hodges, D. c. Lundy, W. L. Jordan,
T. C. Jackson, F. L. Dykeman, M. A.
Busshart, T. A. Barrentne, G. W. Stig-
Ter, B. H. Davis, W. R. Ellis, R. G.
Brock, P. A. Garnett, f. M. Spell.
large crowd of colored farmers were in
attendance.