The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-09-24

CtuuN ttttuh, dul lduiN tlidJ udNc
a porons subsoil, hold moisture
better, the amendments remain
longer IN the soil, an,l resist the eff
tects OF drouth better With these
than With any other fertilizers. 1t
is the true way TO doctor aud
amend "A loose, leaky soil. Crowd
it with humuS first, and then treat
il to lime aud ashes.
The muck that is found in un-
numbered millions OF tUns ON aud
near this coast, il spread out where
the rains may wash out mast OF the
salt matter il contains, and proper
IL composted and worked up, would
be invaluable to this soil. Ashes
AID green weeds might be mixed
with the compost heap prohtably;
also cotton seed, aud almost any
other pelishable matter. All the
refuse matter from the canning es
tablishment - fish, shrimp, any
thing animal or vegetable will do
for the compost heap. With soil
treated in this manner, deep plow-
iag aud thorou h working and mix
ing of the soil, the following fruits
could be produced here IN great
abundance aud wonderful perfec
ton: Oranges (creole, Brazilian,
cluster, mandarin, sour aud halt u
dozen other varieties), twelve or
fifteen varieties of figs, shaddOcks,
several varieties of citrons, tea,
Chinese ounce, meSpilus or Japan
plum, the Japan persimmon, olives
dates, palms and jujube, aud with
little protection the pineapple,
lemo 4, lime and some other tropical
fruits. Also, several kinds OF seed.
ling apples aud grapes, pears,
peaches, plums, strawberries, al
monds, pecans, English walnuts,
blackherries, dewberries, grapes of
numerous kinds, black cherries aud
many other kinds OF fruits. This
land may be made TO produce nifty
bushels OF corn to the acre, fifty
bushels of oats, sea island cotton,
rice, sugar cane, sorghum, millet,
rye, barley, oats, peas, beans, sweet
aud Irish potatoes. rich winter aud
sumner grasses, plndars, chu'as
! arlichokes, sun.flower, castor on
J. beans, arrow root ,te-the produc
: tion OF any and ali of these clop'
in the greater perfection aud abuu
dance, is merely a question OF In
, right kind aud quantity OF tertlilz
! ers, and sbilliui culture. Cioaser'
, may laugh aud wag their heads
I but all that ] have said can b
proved by practical tests. W ha
n country on earth, however rich I'd
soil and salubrious the climate
/, would flourish with such husbandr
!. rs we usually find honorable eXceI
n tions ADMITTEDLY along this guI
n coast between New Orleans an
4. Mobiles
r. Here are live oaks on this "poo
!. piny woods soil y that have q dian
Y rter of twenty inches in as man
D. years from the acorn, with gran
? robe OF leaves and broad branche
ID Here are orange trees on this cOa'
1. that cast Shade ol 80 OF 40 fee
- and have borne 5000 oranges III OF
4. year. Here are Chinese qaiuce al
nj peacbes that are remarkab
healthy, and have borne large croI
= OF perfect fruits. Here are Nln
wards that have produced wonoeri
crops of scuppernong grapes fro
~ which delicious VINE has been mad
~ and other grapes have been We
w productive.
ge What fruit, or vegetable, or iie
~ crop that has not alrei uy been pl
We tlnced, with yield and quality sat
re- factory, on this coast! Aud "
pc because God has not put all OF /
oe ingredients in the soil AS compile
y, as in the Mississippi bottoms, has
hu critics onounced it worthle
ID. But some of the best minds on Il
se- earth, and some of the sound'
'V and most successful men, say tt
all this soil needs is cheap hon
'pe made fertilizers aud high culture
OH, make it highly productive. Amo
nat these are Col. Ii. }. Leoyy, John