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Show AGRICULTURE IN THE SOUTH King Cotton to Share His Throne With ' King Corn Value of Diversification Diversifi-cation Is Taught. The planters of the South are to become farmers, and King Cotton is to share his throne with King Corn and other representatives of the royal line of the agricultural realm. The president of the cotton congress, speaking speak-ing to the Southern Commercial congress, con-gress, gave thanks that the war has taught the South the value of the diversification of crops, says Omaha Bee. This knowledge has been in possession pos-session of tile southern planter for generations, gen-erations, but the wisdom of applyiug it is just dawning. The war has merely mere-ly served to emphasize the point so that It will be more fully appreciated. Other sections of the country had to learn the lesson long ago, aud prosperity pros-perity has followed where it has been put into practice. No reason' exists for the South to abandon cotton as its leading crop, nor will the uses for this staple be materially lessened by reason of the war, but the southern farmer will be benefited if he learns from his northern north-ern brother the lesson of diversity, which is generally taught by adversity. |