The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-10-10
Many Visitors Present
From Our Of County,;
Program Well Received

A large group of Holmes and At
tala county farmers attended a meet
ing in Durant Tuesday night to hear
the story of dairy farming in Wis
consin and Missouri and to be told
that they could enjoy the same pros
perity and well-being here in CEN
trail Mississippi if they will devote
more effort and energy toward
building up their dairy herds.
The difference in the farmer who
milks a few cows and the one who
doesn't is that the farmer who has
the cows always seems to get along
a little better than his neighbors. one
speaker said. .
With exports on our cotton now
practically non-existent it seems that
the time is here when me must turn
to something besides trying to grow
cotton for a living, another said. He
said the most obvious move was in
the direction Of dairy farming and
using now ces acreage to growing
feedstuffs for GU rherds. Very few
of our tillable acreage now is devoted
to cotton under the AAA program.
We have plenty Of acres left for
pastures and for grain crops with
which to feed our stock.
E. l.. Kirk, Sails, and 7. L. Jones,
McAdams, who were among the party
Of farmers who recently returned
from a trip into the dairying sections
Of Missouri and Wisconsin, told the
gathering what they saw on their
trip.
They both brought out strongly
the difference in the incomes of these
dairy farmers and the average Mis-
sissippi cotton farmer. They both
spoke of the absence of ''shacks" a
long the highway and the presence
Of fine homes and barns.
Both of these vocational agricul-
ture teachers gave good pointers on
breeding and feeding herds. Mr..
Jones particularly mentioned the
proper care of pastures.
state director 81 The Farm Security
Administration was present and urged
the farmers in strong terms to fol-
low this program through with real
effort, to not be content with our
low-income status but rather apply
ourselves in the effort to get out OF
this class.
Nelson Siegrist, manager of the Pet
Milk Company at kosciusko, told the
business men present they could be OF
invaluable help in the promotion OF
dairy farming by encouraging the
farmers in every way to enlarge their
efforts.
MI. Siegrist presented l., L. Hunt,
of st. Louis, of the Pet Milk Com
pany, who spoke about the future OF
the dairying industry. He said that
as certain as they could be of any
| thing that the future for the next
four or five years would be very
good. He said that some of the best
herds in Holland were being sold for
food and there was a strong possi-
| bility that European stocks would
have to be built up from American
herds.
w. r. Thompson, assistant county
agent, was present and pointed out
10 those present that thousands OF
dollars were sent out of Holmes
county and even the state every year
for seed that could be saved by coun-
ty farmers. He pointed out the inn
rortance of cutting every production
cost possible on the farm. He urged
farmers to give consideration to the
dairying program as an important
feature to supplement cotton in
come.
An interesting feature of the pro-
gram was the showing of movies taken
on the trip by these farmers. They
were shown by Henry Simmons, field
representative of the Pet Milk Com
pany. Kosciusko.
Other farmers present who made
the trip were Curtis Kuykendall, H.
l.. Dodd, both of Sails and w. d.
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