The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-07-24
For the Democrat-Star.
A USE FOR OUR LAND WHEN
THE TIMBER Is GONE.

some particular industry, which
furnishes the basis of all financial
calculations. AT present, in our
section, the vast forests of yellow
pine furnish the basis of all our
calculations but there will Uime
come land, in fact, it is the case in
many parts Of this section uowy
when the supply of timber will he
exhausted; then we will have to
Cast about for a new industry, or
take up our bed aud walk. But
any intelligent farmer will agree
with me that if we had a grain
that would yield from fifty to one
hundred bushels to the acre on our
poor lands, that we could make our
Gulf Coast a Paradise. We have
many natural advantages in the
way of climate and health, and
with grain that will yield one
hundred bushels to the acre, we
could soon add every thing else nee
essary to make life worth clinging
to. Fine, fat, sleek horses would
soon take the places of the Wild
eyed Texas ponies, Durham cattle
supplant the long horn, tick reposi.
tories, the Berks shire the long-uose,
saw-backed, piney-woods rooters,
to SAY nothing OF the myriads of
turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens,
that an abundance of grain will Gu
able us to keep and maintain. All
these good things are possible to
any farmer whose land may be ever
SO poor, if he will plant and culti-
vate "DhOnrO or Egyptian" corn.
IL can be bought at any of the
large seed stores, either In Mobile
or New Orleans. 1t will grow luxu-
Iiantly anywhere between latitude
20 and 40, north of the equator.
From one TO Que hundred and fifty
bushels OF the grain to the acre, on
rich lands, is considered but an Or
dinary yield. Two crops can be
raised in the same season. When
planted i'll March it will mature its
grain IN July, and another crop can
be raised from July until frOst-a
light frost does not kill it. lt
should be planted in drills first
plowing and narrowing the land
well), and when up and about six
or eight inches high, thInned out to
twelve inches apart; two good
plowiDgs is all it requires. After
it gets start it will choke out any
weed or grass in the world, so rapid
is its growth. In nutrition it is bot
little behind wheat, aud makes a
meal tar better than Indian cOrn.'
| All kinds OF stock eat it with avidi-
ty. One bushel of the grain to the
acre sOwn broad cast OH old worn.
out land, and plOwed in when about
twelve or eighteen inches high, and
repeated until frost, will render it
capable OF producing good crops
the following season. In fact there
are 80 many ways thrifty farmer
could turn the dhOnro into gold,
that space will not allow of the
enumeration and l repeat that be-
tween the good things that nature
has furnished us, and what we
could easily furnish ourselves, if
We would plant aud cultivate
dhoDrO with the same care and at
tention that we do corn, We could
make this Cult Coast section u
Paradise.
Many Northern and Western far
mers make specially of stall-feed-
ing beef for market in the winter
I aud why not our southern farmer
do the same thing, with a grain
that will yield more provender, to
the acre, than any known cereal..
If some enterprising farmer will
procure some of the seed-one peck
to the acre When planted for grain
is enOugh-and give it a thorough
trial, he will not only be benefting
himself but he will benefit his
neighbOrs. The necessity of in
creasing the size of barns, and the
number and strength of the beams
in the smoke-house will soon make
itself known. just think of the
banquet boards, of our farmers
grOaniIg under the weight, of al
ternate 'repasts, of roast turkey.
geese, ducks, chickens, bacon, Jerk.
ell beef, vegetables of all kinds,
where some Of them now, have but
a scanty supply of bacon that has
travelled all the way from some
western packing city. Dhonro will
do all these things; it will not ouly
furnish the grain to fatten the
stock and fowl, but the fertilizer to
raise the vegetables. have seen
it grow, and know that il viii pro
duce, double the amount Of grain
to the acre, that Indian corn will,
with half the labor. It win grow
and mature its grain In spite Of the
longest drouth we have ever had
in this country. l have seen Il
planted by the side Of corn, when
the latter from drOuth Was parch.
ed and twisted beyond hope, while
the dhOnr0 exhibited no signP Of
Injury.
/ hope that a word 70 the wise
will be sufficient. CYPRIAN.
By cross, shappish words parents