Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-01-30
Steeles Bayou.

Cotton at seven cents per pound
does not pay cost Of production. This
is The price now paid here for middle
cotton. Long staples, following til"
decline, have dropped to twelve and
one.half, thirteen. fourteen and fifteen
cents. The same staples, last year,
brought from thirteen to :twenty
cents, and. in some instances, Cook
cotton sold for as much az twenty
three cents. 1t is true tt.at long.sta.
pie varieties are not, as a general thing,
ve:y prolific; but, with proper cult
walton. on good land, they will run
from onc.half to QUO bale of lint cot.
ton per acre. The Allen cotton-the
standard fancy cotton-has dever prov
en- with lis so prolific as some others.
The Cook cotton does better. 1t re.
semblcs the Allen cotton, but is n
somewhat longer staple. The Eureka,
a good selling staple. will produce as
much cotton as ordinary varieties, and
outsells them from three 10 five cents
perpound. The Southern Hope | con-
slider the best of all the staple cottons
in yield and general good qualities.
1t has sold for us. this year, at thi.tcen
to thirteen and three.fourths cents.
outsclling the Eureka. Southern Hope
is a large seed, large.boll cotton. while
Eureka has small seed and small bolls
and is more difficult to pick than any
of the above named varieties. | do
not consider the short staple as worth
planting another year, as prices are
down TO starvation figures; but, if any
one desires to plant them, l | heartily
recommend the new short-lint Peter.
kin. II is decidedly head and shonl.
ders above anything | have yet sccn
for quantity. Thy it. l shall plant
the seed | have of this cotton. in order
10 keep them on hand in the event cot.
ton should, in some future year, sell
tor such prices as will pay. | do not
wish to lose the seed. Fol fancy sta
Piles, plant Allen and Cook. For gen.
eral crop, long staple. take Southern
Hope and Eureka. There may be 9th.
crs as good or better, but ! have new
or seen them.
Some Que introduced this year. a
cotton under the name of "The Won.
derful," claiming it TO be prolific and
very long staple three i1chcs-and
that it would give torty.,hreo pounds
of lint per Que hundred pounds of seed
cotton. | was anxious to try it, but
mislaid tho address of the originator
viii some reader Of HONE AND FARM
furnish il?
Ny advice 10 our southern farmers
would be to plant next year nor oat'
aud corn and less cotton, and to SAVE
moro hay. Those who have fields In
tested with bermuda grass will fine
more prof. in promoting its growth
flor hayl than in spending money II
cffer,s 10 kill it. The grass is worti
moro than the cotton.
II is useless to preach TO Mississippi
valley planters. The "niggcr, mul'
. and cotton" is all they want, and
suppose they have had sufficient expe
! rience with these aud know what the!
arc about. 1t is impossible tor then
!. to grow anything else except cotton
: the negro at present is fit for no diver
I siacd agriculture. The craze for hi
service has made him as Independent
is Vanderbilt. He is "boss" aud If yol
, do not think 80 try him. You con
, troll him through his stomach alone, III
} gets even before he lcayes you. l Say
, however, no is what we have mad
him, we arc to blame for utterly spoil
! ing as good labor as ever existed. III
initiates his superiors. If the planter
arise at Q o'clock n. M. every tenant oil
bis place will do tho same. If You ar
. careIcs, no will emulate you in that
II ybu stay with him and are cnergct
!, ic, pushing, you will find them goo'
workers. am somewhat discouraged
| BY tho cotton prospect. We hav'
, "lots" of Il. but IL saint worth'a darn
70 II next year for corn. oats, hay
!. cattle, sheep and hogc aud long stapl'
cotton, tho Mississippi Legislators ant
barb.wire fence to tho contrary, ant
, to discourage tho shccp and hay par
!, of tho business shall not deisr me
Spareribs, backbone electra arc bette
food than sevcn.ccnt cotton.
STEELE's BAYOU.