Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20
Some Good and Practical Sugges-
tious.
Okoioaa, jan 10th 1891.


Okoioaa, Jan letl 1891.
En- BEACON: / have ju { been M
10 Verona among the horli' ulturisl,,
aud / wriie'ihi-, Iopiug h-t some Of
our friends in NsXuJVe vii 20 and
do likewise. Inc rme around We
r5ua, and some al thi, place, are all
busy preparing their hUt-hcis and
cold frames. getting ready to STOW iheir
tomato seed. They have gone cNtcn-
.ively into the truck farming business
and claim that they csu make 500 per
acre on ether tomatoes CT potatoes
Mr.. Rel. Tie leader OF Tic truckers al
Verona claims that a man can clear
$3.50 per acre from Strawberries and
hire all tic work dOnc,) $50 "n beans,
800 ON English pea. aud $3.50 on
onions. A nnrthcrn man at West
Point, iu The dairy business, ted hi>
cows on co!tun seed meal and bulls,
terrified ten acres with The droppings.
planted IN potatoes aud made y!.VUU:;
then planted the smsll oues Tor fl
crop, shipped TO Florida aud realized
Il handsome profit. \ merchant al
Enterprise planted au acre in English
pcase, gathered the peasc, sold and
cleared $50 aud planted samc land in
cotton and made three quarters oil u
| bale.
While the men are busy in their
truck patches, the ladies, twlio never
lag behind arc shipping rioleis mud
| other flowers. n lady in our county,
Ms. Juhu Buion, Is miles from the
depot made last season SO shipping
~riolcts.
Now all this brings a little money
into the farmers pockets at Il time
when it il IN 1T needed aud ii can be
got off aud sold before the cotton crop
needs much attention., and il it can be
made to pay al Verona, Tupclo, Boom.
vile aud West Point above, al Enter
prise, Marion hd other places below.
why cant it be doue at Shaqualah,
Macon and Bro k>yillc. My father
has au experimental patch Of IS acres
near Macon this year an. viii try TO
matoes, potatoes, wLlcrmcIcns. pcasc
corn and cotton and will keep al
accurate account and report results
Would be glad 10 have Il number OF
the people in ald around Macon Il
plant at least a few acres in toiuatoe'
and potatoes, SC we can club in and
get car load rates.
Diversity. raise your WI corn and
meat aud be able 10 insure your lives,
thereby leaving your loved mes nro.
tccted when YOU die, Ialmagc, in q
late sermon, says that there ought 10
be a poor house just outside the gates
OF heaven aud every man who dies
aud tries TO sneak into heaven and
leaves his family unproyidcd for
ought TO be put in this poor house
and fed on soup aud gristlc a good
while before being invited ia to take
Il scat at the Kings banquet, and if he
were called upon to preach such 4
mans funeral he would take his text
from Jeremiah where ii says"giyc him
the burial OF an ass and let his bones
be cast on Of the gales of Jerusalem
Two or three common size sash viii
coycr Il hot bed long enough to rai.t
plants for an acre ot tomatoes and il
painted with oil. Have Il couple O
cold frames about 6X20 ready TO trans
plant your tomatoes in IS soon q:
they get large enough. Common
domestic will do 10 cover them and
after danger OF frost set out in YOU
patch, II some would ike TO try NJ
acre or two. and they have plenty o
time, | would advise them to run up t
Starksyillc AMI spend a day or two q
the A. q NJ, Prot. Macky will taxi
pleasure in giving all the informa
tion necessary. Yours,
BIC I'm