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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15

their "blitz'' platoons, have circled
below the nations vaunted main line
or Hood water and gun defenses and
nave come UP behind, crossing the
great bridge over the Hollandsch
dep, southern North sea inlet on
the lower west coast.
CThe dep, according to military
plan, was to have formed the south
western flange of the water line. but
the fact that the great bridge was
not destroyed made it impotent as a
defense for western Holland.)
These columns were swarmine on
ROTTERDAM, a greater part of which
was reported afire. Parachute troops
n seaplane transports first struck
at Rotterdam last Friday, and the
fighting in and outside that great
seaport has been continuous.
The Hague, seat of government
abandoned last night by queen and
cabinet, is but Is miles northwest
of Rotterdam.
Germans Attacking
10 the north, at the eastern end of
the 16-mile dyke and motor road
which runs across the outlet of the
Zuider Zee and connects the two
northern peninsulas of the country,
the Germans are attacking. Last
night they assaulted the dyke after
an hours shellfire, but were re-
pulsed.
Should the Germans cross the dyke
to De Oever, they would be less than
4 0miles due north of Amsterdam,
with virtually open country between.
This morning German planes
pounded Dutch warships off the base
at Den Helder, just west of the dam.
Several YER shot down.
Within the main, or new" water
line, running from the Zuider Zee
east Of Amsterdam, south through
Utrecht and thence curving south
ward to the Hollandsch dep, the
last-line field armies tried to cling
to their redoubts, built by the hun
dreds in mound-like islands.
The assault of the main German
armies drove them back. They be-
gan their retreat last night, fighting
as they withdrew from the positions
east of Utrecht, some IS miles from
Amsterdam.
The dutch, at last reports, claimed
to be firmly in possession of the is
land province of Iceland, in the
southwest, which is important to the
German for bases of attack on Eng
land.
General Winkelman, in his procla-
nation telling the people the queen
and government had gone, reminded
them that "the kingdom of the
Netherlands is composed not only of
territory in Europe. The parts of
Jul territory overseas are just as
important. {. Z.
ut is the clear duty of our gov
eminent to assure the rule of all
parts of the kingdom. 1t may not
risk being cut off It can also
look after interests of the mother.
land now that it is able to act and
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ROTARIANS BEGIN
SHIPYARD EFFORT
Continued from Page One)

lNOut1uueu from rage Oue)
suit with the proper persons and
find out what can be done.
II am convinced" he said, "that
Wilmington can have a shipyard
We have all the necessary facili.
ties and I can see nothing that
would stand in our way"
The entire club Immediately be-
came enthused concerning the sug.
gestion and the committee is to be
named shortly.
Another motion was made that
the five civic clubs name commit.
tees for this project, hold a joint
meeting Of all these groups, and
invite Senators Bailey and Reyn.
olds and others from Washington
for a consultation.
Yesterdays program was composed
of a demonstration of the dial tele-
phone by J. R. Thomas, local Of
flee manager, and another represen-
tative Of the company. A cabinet
containing samples Of dial equip
merit was displayed and their work.
ings were shown and explained in
detail.
The large amount of work in
volved in changing a city the size
of Wilmington from manual to dial
telephones was explained and the
Rotarians were given instructions
as the proper name in which to
use a dial.
Ben Sutherland and John Colucci
reported on the recent Rotary meet
ing in Finehurst.
A bowling trophy won by the Ro.
tary A team was displayed.
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MRS. j. 3. BLAKE

BURGAW, May 14.-Mrs. ]. B.
,(Aunt Mandy Blake, 81, prominent
throughout Fender county, died early
this morning at the home of her STEP
daughter, Mrs. c. S. Mallard, Sr.,
after a lengthy Illness.
She is survived by four stepchil'
dren: Mrs. C. S. Mallard, of Bur,
gaw; Mrs. E.. B. Ward, of Whining
ton; Mrs. A. c. Pierce and ]. w.
Blake, of Burgaw.
Funeral services will be held Wed,
nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from
the late residence. Interment will
follow in the family cemetery and
the Rev. T. L. Clark will officiate,
along with the Rev. C. W. Duling.
Active pallbearers will be the
nephews of the deceased: A. l..
Cavenaugh. H. R. Cavenaugh, J. A.
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Cavenaugh, W. M. Blake, G.. F. Nal
lard, Jr., and r. R.. Moore.
JOHN SASSER

WHITEVILLE, May IA. John
Sasser, rs, died at his home in the
Honey Hill section, near Hallsboro
this morning after an illness of a
few hours. He fell from a load of hay
last week, and it was believed that
injuries received then caused his
death.
His wife preceded him to the grave
80 years ago. He is survived by two
children, VILLAGE Sasser, and Mrs
Gomery Britt, both of Orrum. In
addition, the following sisters and
brothers survive: Mrs. Polly Craw'
ford, Mrs. Ida Pierce; Miss Lou Sas-
ser, and Albert Sasser, of Hallsboro,
and Mrs. Henry Long, of Bug Hill.
Funeral services will be conducted
Wednesday morning at II o'clock,
by the Rev. r. j. Raspberry, Baptist
minister of Hallsboro, and burial
will follow in the Pierce cemetery,
at Red Bug.
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MRS. JENNIE C. REYNOLDS

Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie
c. Reynolds, "a, of 8O7 South Front
street, who died yesterday morning
in a local hospital, will be held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock from the late
residence.
Interment will follow in Oak Grove
cemetery. The services will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. w. W. Harmon,
of Wilmington.
Active pallbearers will be: c. T.
Johnson, Russell Waters, B. W.
Jacobs, H. B. Wilkins, Fred Hips,
and Jack Vereen.
Honorary: E. R. Mayhan, H. L..
Horn, g. F. Sellers, Arthur Fullwood
and W. C. Scoggins.
Survivors include her husband, M.
S. Reynolds, and one daughter, Mrs.
r. L. Overton, of Wilmington.
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JOHN H. FIELD

BUFFALO, N. Y, May 14-RH
Funeral services were held today
for John H. Field, 50, business
manager and former treasurer of
the Rutland (Vt.) Herald, who died
in the Buffalo general hospital Sun
day after a short illness.
He came to Buffalo in 1902 as as
sistant sales manager of the Amer
lean Agricultural and Chemical
company and in 1917 became head
of the company's sales department
in New York.
He was born in Rutland, VT,
February II, 1871, and was grad
uated from Andover college in 1889.
He was a member of the Psi Up
silon and Scroll and Key frater-
mites at Yale, from which he fin
ished in 1893.
He married Amorette Lockwood
of Cleveland October 20, 1895. His
wife died in 1924.
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B RAY JEWELL

Funeral rites for Bobby Ray Jew
ell, six-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Claude Jewell, who died at his home
in Highwood Park Monday night at
10 o'clock after a lengthy illness,
were held from the late residence
yesterday afternoon. at 4 o'clock.
The Rev. J. o. Walton, pastor Of
the Southside Baptist church, and
the Rev. Mr.. Turner, pastor Of the
Church of the Good Shepherd, con
Quoted the services.
Pallbearers were: Jack Marsh
burn, Malon Smith, LeMounette
Meier and Henry Meier.
He had been ill for over two
years with leukemia.
The boy is survived by his par
ents and two brothers, Gene and
Edgar Jewell, of Wilmington.
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MRS. r ELLIOTT

FAYETTEVILLE, May 14.-Fu-
neral services for Mrs. Charles FL
lott, of Fayetteville, who died last
night at her home after an illness
Of five years, will be held at II
o'clock tomorrow morning from the
late residence.
Mrs. Elliott was the daughter OF
the late D. A. Mcmillan and Isa-
belle Monaghan Mcmillan, of Fay
etteville. She was married in 1918
to MI. Elliott, a resident of Fay
etteville at that time, and resided
in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was
division passenger agent of the
Nichol Plate railroad, for some
time. He died here in 1888.
She IS survived by a daughter,
Miss Sarah Mcmillan Elliott, of
Fayetteville, an aunt, Sarah McMil-
Ian, and a number of cousins.
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HOLLAND
MITCH ~CAPITULATE
w. TO THE GERMANS
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order. was issued after the
ors had forced the surrender
rotterdam by furious bombing
u ~, had set afire a large part of
, ast great seaport city.
'"o' -bis western seaport, behind
+ne hbyrinth of rivers flood
and canals upon which the
had counted to defend it to
Du'V ,ast the Nazis had driven the
the II their armored columns.
cav in the center of the main
Ol water defenses, where the
nns had broken through, was
N aS| with complete annihi-
,laion" lin the words of General
VIII" rha Dutch themselves had set
amsterdam oil stores afalre
's ,;o,, in the day to keep Germans
from getting them
General Winkelman, in ordering
S.o+ion of resistance, told his
ans +o maintain order until the
.a.i,.aI, of the Germans.
3' nnoo, Wilhelmina declared in
aTho Netherlands will one day,
-;.h the help of God, rewln its
u.rore European territory"
Oil Stores Fired
croat petroleum stores, both in
No eastern part of the harbor at
A.. dooot of the Batafsche Petroleum
',,,nanv and at the western end
in Petroleum Haven, were fired by
arder of General Henri Gerard Win
lehman. army chief of staff.
winkelman is the highest repre-
sentative of the queen and govern
want in the inland nation. Queen
wiheImina, her family and the gov
prnment of Premier Derek Jan De
coor are in London, Ito assure the
rrle of all parts of the kingdom"
overseas and at home.
The fires were started shortly be-
fore moo min a dozen tanks used
tn fuel ships. There were several
pyplosions and a huge column OF
black smoke and flame billowed into
the sky.
Amsterdam's 100000 people were
Old TO stay at home and be calm;
flat the fires were for defense (pre-
sumablv both as a screen against at
tack from east or north land to keep
the Germans from getting the oiD.
The harbor is north and east of the
central par tof Amsterdam.
This act by the high command
literally wrote in letters of fire the
gravity of the military situation.
The German armies, or at least
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15
ON N

WASHINGTON, May "A up =
Texas cotton men reported today
that Secretary Hull told them that
amendment of the johnson Act sc
as to permit England and France
to buy American cotton on credit
depended on public opinion. Burris
Jackson of Hillsboro, chairman oil
the Texas statewide cotton COM
mittee, said Hull had listened sym
pathetically to pleas that something
be done to make possible large ex'
portations of cotton to the Allied
powers.
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JOSEPH r. DAVIS

Funeral services for Joseph Rob-
ert Davis, Il, of 113 Walnut street,
who died suddenly of a heart attack
while attending a dinner of the
North Carolina Council of Redman
at the Cape Fear hotel Monday
night, will be held from the Yopp
funeral home this morning at II
o'clock.
The Rec. c. D. Barclift, pastor of
the Fifth Avenue Methodist church,
will have charge of the services.
Interment will follow in Oakdale
cemetery.
Rites at the graveside will be in
charge Of the Great Council of the
Redmen, who will attend the serv-
ices in a body.
Honorary p%allbearers will be: F.
K. J. Futchs, E.. P. H. Strunck,
Bartin Won Oesen, J. Tom William
son, C. David Jones, Solomon Stern
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to take decisions elsewhere in close
concert with our Allies.
The struggle is heavy. However,
!" is worth our while. Our indepen.
dent national existence which we
Won centuries ago under the leader
ship Of the Oranges is at stake.
Long live her majesty the queen
Long live our native country"
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R CARRIE A. BEST

Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie
A. Best who died early Monday
afternoon at her home on Wrights-
vile avenue after a. long illness,
were held at $3.50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon from the Yopp Funeral
home.
The Rev. C. D. Barclift officiated
and interment followed in Oakdale
cemetery.
Active p~allbearers were:
H.. G. Smith, L. N. Murray, M. D.
Venters, Tom Atkins. E. B. John
son and J. S. Hall.
Honorary: A. H. Williams, r. H.
Vann, J. G.. Davis, J. P. Nall, J.
H. Womble, o. R. Thomas, A. A.
Keels and DR.. W. C. Mebane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15
Warren Named Leader
Of House Committee

WASHINGTON, May IL Up -
Speaker Bankhead today named
Rep. Warren D-NC) chairman of
a house committee to investigate
campaign expenditures this year.
He appointed these other four
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OBITUARIES
Mrs. Mary B. Jones, 81,
Dunn. died Monday. funeral

Mrs. Mary B. Jones, 81,
Dunn, died Monday, funeral
Tuesday.
Albert L. Carroll, g., San
ford, died Monday, funeral
Tuesday.
Mrs. Charles Elliott, Fayette-
vile, died Monday, funeral
Wednesday,.
Mrs. Lizzie r. Smith, II, We'll
don, died Sunday, funeral Mon
day.
Mrs. Emma Whitley, GA, Will
Son, died Sunday, funeral Tues
day.
Miss Eta v. Bridges, Fuquay
Springs, died Sunday, funeral
Tuesday.
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members: Representatives Hart
D-NJ), Hennings (D-Mo), Hancock
(R-NY and Kitchener (R-Mich).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15

The population of Liberia, a
negro republic in Africa, is about
2, 500, 600.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-15

Argentina natives make butter by
dragging a in a skin bag behind
a rider or horseback.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-10-03
Election Officials
Make Plans For
Registration Day
Two Droft Boards
Selected For
Holmes County

Election commissioners Of Holmes
county will have charge of registra-
ton of all men within the ages of Fl
to 35, inclusive, on Wednesday, Oc-
tober is, according to information
received here today.
Election commissioners of this
county are DIR. r. c. Elmore, Durant.
Mrs. Adam Heinrich, Lexington, and
Walter Lowe, Tchula.
The commissioners will have a
meeting tonight to formulate plans
for registration day. They viii also
select officials for each election pre-
cinct to direct registration in the
several precincts.
Provisions will be made for re-
gistering both blacks and whites of
these age groups and the designated
places will be carried in this news
paper as DOT as they are made.
The polls will open at seven o'clock
in the morning and close at nine
o'clock that night. School will be
given a holiday on the 10th.
Draft Officials Selected
DR.. Elmore, w. S. Heggie and Ellis
Wynn were selected as draft officials
for Durant to be appointed by the
President upon notice Of their ac-
ceptance. 1t is understood that Mr..
Wynn will be unable to serve because
of illness for some time.
In Lexington Joe Latham, G. H.
Marlborough and j. H. Warner were
selected.
Their formal appointments will be
made by the President. Holmes coun-
ty has two draft boards due to the
fact that it has w 10000 popula-
ton.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-10-03
Baptist Association
Meeting 10 Be Held
October 10 Il
Mount Pleasant To
Be Host To Annual
Gathering Here

Everything is in readir SIS for the
annual meeting of the Holmes Coun
ty Baptist Association at Noun
Pleasant Church, near West, or
Thursday and Friday, October 1911
All members of Baptist Churches
and their guests are urged to attend
every session possible.
The complete program is as fol
lows:
October 1O-Morning
1000 . Devotional Lexington
10:15-Roll Call of churches: Or
ganization; Adoption of Program.
10:45-Report of 5000 Club, Mr.
P. II. Williams.
10:55-Report of 100000 Club
Mr.. j. T. Shelton.
11:05-Appointment of Commit.
tee on Committees, Announcements.
Manifestations Sermon, DR.
J. G. Chastain.
2:00-Adjournment.
October 1O-Afternoon
:00-Devotional, Durant B. 7. u
1:15-Christian Education, Miss
Doris Tidwell.
:45-Temperance, DIR. W.T.. Var
borough.
{2:1O-Relief and Annuity, Rev. C.
J. Olander. :.
2:30-Report of Commute on Com
mittees.
2:40-Report on Evangelism, Rev.
Madison Flowers.
3:00-Sunday School Report, Rev,
w. R. Haynie.
3:15-Report of B. T. u, Mrs.
Irby Ellington.
3:30-Reading of Minutes, Ad-
~journment.
October 11-Morning
10 :00-Devotional, Goodman B. T,
u.
10:15-State Missions, State Board
Representative.
10:45-Home Missions, State
Board Representative.
11:15-Special Music, Holmes
junior College.
11:25-Foreign Missions, State
Board Representative.
IL :00-Adiournment.
October 11-Afternoon
1:0O-Devotional, Pleasant Ridge
B. T. U.
1:15-W. M. u. Report, Mrs. c,
M. Bryan.
1:30-Social Service;
Baptist Orphanage, Mrs. S. c. Ray
Baptist Hospital, Mr.. C. f. White.
2:00-Reports of Committees; a.
Memorial; b. Nominations; C. Urea
surer; d. Resolutions.
2:40-Reading of Minutes.
2:45 - Miscellaneous Business
Adjournment.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-10-03
FSA Meeting Well
Attended Wednesday
Coop Association
Buying, Selling
Is Organized

About 500 people attended a coun.
tywide meeting of Farm Security
Administration clients in Lexington
Wednesday morning at the court.
house.
The meeting was held for the pur
pose of organizing a cooperative as.
ISOLATION to promote cooperative
buying and selling among FSA clients
in Holmes county.
There are 248 FSA clients in this
county.
The state cooperative specialist,
Mr.. Wade, Jackson, was present at
the meeting and spoke to the meet
ing as was Miss Mildred Stephens,
Jackson, district home management
supervisor.
Members of the staff in Lexington
were also present: county supervisor,
Walter Strider, John v. Goodin. Miss
Margaret Ajax and Miss Elaine
Holmes.
Application for a charter was sign
ed by the newly elected officers of
the association which are is follows:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-10-03
Rites Held tuesday
For Former Resident
A. c. Grunthum
Passes Mondoy
In Greenwood

A. C. Grantham, 81, passed away
at the home of his daughter in
Greenwood Monday morning at three
o'clock after a long lines with heart
trouble. He was a native of this
county, having been born at Owens
Wells. He lived practically all his life
there and in Durant up until eight
years ago when he moved to Green
wood to make his home with his
daughter.
Funeral services We're held Tues
day at eleven o'clock at Pleasant
Ridge Church of which he was a
member. Burial was in the church
yard cemetery.
Surviving are four daughters and
three sons: Mrs. Mallie Dawes, Mrs.
Lewis Buford, Mrs. Melton Fancher,
all of Greenwood; Miss Scarborough
Nixon, Lexington; w. E. Grantham,
Jackson; CASTOR Grantham, Lexing-
ton and Robert Lewis Grantham,
Kosciusko.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-10-03
Fall Term Circuit
Court Convenes
October 14-16
Light Docket Set
For Three Day
Term Court

The docket for the annual fall term
of court which convenes the frs
Monday in October is as follows:
First Monday, October 14th,
Coffield e. Moore Mfg. Co. VS.. H
l.. Jones; National Bank of Com.
merce VS.. J. N. Hall, ct al; Exparte
J.. E. Madden; General Electric Sup.
ply Corporation VS.. Dan G. Pepper
w. B. Shepherd VS.. II. C. McPhail
Perry Perkins VS.. H. c. Bowman
ct al.
Exparte, A. o. Clark & R. w
Jones; C. C. Penny, Trustee VS.. NJ
c. Wardlaw; Rice Silk Dry Good,
Co. VS.. Wiley Brown; Exparte, A. R
Vandiver; Howe Scale Company VS.
Hugh Mcclellan; Exparte, Forest W
Massa.
First Tuesday, October 18th
Lewis Stewart VS.. R. w. Shaw &
Julia Doudell; C. j. Steen VS.. R. M
Shaw, ct al; Ben Washington VS.
Hugh Mcclellan; j. R. Dodd VS.. May.
field Howard.
NJ. M. Frey, Trading as CONNER
cial Finance Co. VS.. w. A. Ramsey
ct al; NJ. M. Frey, Trading as Com.
mercial Finnace Co. VS.. w. l.. Ellis,
ct al; Rice Silk Dry Goods Com
pany VS.. NJ. l.. Smith; Exparte, A.
B. Holder; The B. F. Goodrich Com
pany VS.. W. l.. Murtagh.
First Wednesday, October 10th
Vincent Liberto VS.. Mrs. Rosario
Liberto; j. B. Buckalter Lumber
Company VS.. w. H. Hoover, ct al;
Fred P. Branson VS.. L. H. ]. Harper
Lous H. Sutherland VS.. N. Cefalu
Company; Bank of Cruger VS.. ]. w.
McRae, ct al; w. L. Wright VS.. State
Highway Commission, ct al; Sam ,Kap-
Ian VS.. Mayfield Howard.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-10-03
Al Cotton Acreage
Set Al $3.50
Referendum Will Be
Held Saturday.
December 9TH

The cotton acreage allotment for
Holmes county for 1941 is $3.50
acres, County Agent l. w. Carson
announced this week. The allotment
is exactly the same as it was for this
year.
The county and state office are
now busy computing individual farm
allotments so that each producer will
know what his acreage allotment for
1941 will be before the cotton mar
keting referendum is held on Sat-
urday, December 7th.
The 1871 national cotton market
ing quota of 27,9OO,0 900, recently an
nounced by Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard, will not become
effective unless approved by two
thirds of the eligible cotton growers
who vote in a referendum to be held
Saturday, December 7th.
Regardless of the outcome of the
referendum on December Z, the con-
servation phases Of the AAA farm
program will be continued in 1941
and farmers can earn soil-building
payments .lOF carrying Out dppTOFtu
soil-building practices.
Farmers who plant within their
acreage allotments under the con-
servation program will be able to
market all of the cotton grown or
their allotted acreage without PEN
atty. If marketing quotas are in eff
feet, producers who market in ex-
cess of their quotas will be required
to pay an penalty Of 3 cents a pound
on all cotton sold in excess of market
ing quotas set up for their farms.
Administrator Patterson expressed
the opinion that "cotton farmers have
need of marketing quotas for the
1941 marketing year more than ever
before as war conditions have de-
creased, rather than increased, for
eign outlets for American cotton"
The AAA administrator pointed out
that under the AAA program far
mers have acreage allotments to help
adjust supplies to demand, cotton
loans that will place a floor under
prices and marketing quotas to place
their commodity on the market in an
orderly fashion.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-10-03

The principal places we visited were
around Sparta for the first day and
then to New Glarus the second. The
country was much rougher than ours
here due to the higher hills and
rocks. We found the dairymen with
Q good setup looking to the cows for
their only cash income except in q
few cases where they had some chick,
ems and hogs. They grow practically
all their feed, corn for silage, oats
for grain, and lespedeza for hay. 1t
IS true that their land produces their
feed crops better than ours.
Their farms are small ranging from
100 to $50 acres each. They give it
the lime that is needed and apply
from $50 to 600 loads of barn yard
fertilizer per year. Ii we people in
Central Mississippi viii keep records
on cost of grow ng cotton, we will
see that it is tire to make n change
for something bettsl. I believe that
d~airying will be the step we should
take. If we VIII take some Of the
ihoils anu kAi4G kSA14 VIC SpSIu III
growing a cotton crop, apply it to
our feed crops and pastures, and
take better care of our barn yard
fertilizer as they do up in Wisconsin,
in a few years U land viii be pro-
ducingg plenty Of feed for our live
stock, When our milk check comes,
we will not have to spend it all for
feed.
After making tits tour and OBJ
serving closely 4 an evidence
Of prosperity VII ley sold their
crops through livestock.
take this opportunity to thank
my sponsors for making this trip
possible and any one having helped
plan it for 1t was a wonderful
sightseeing and educational tour. All
of the people were so nice to answer
our many auesti0
Yours for 0e5ter dairy ng,
CECIL MOORE.