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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1887
Page
5
The supplement discusses Brookhaven Leader’s view of the thirteenth state in agricultural production and forty sixth in per capita wealth. It urges remedies for retrogression, criticizes agricultural methods, and notes employment shortages for female labor. It calls for sustaining the A and M College and Girls’ College and outlines the need for agricultural schools in Europe.
A Mississippi farmer-scholar argues for agricultural reform and education. He reviews land wealth, soil fertility, and historical decline, condemns wasteful practices, and advocates expanding the A. and M. College at Starkville, an agricultural institute, and female education, while urging state support and prudent taxation to uplift the poor and promote modern farming through science and partnership of farmers and professors.
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