Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

large, sound. laEv matarc3 ears that
were up 10 The standard 81 the be>,
Illinois corn on oxhitiijOa We wcrc.
assured tina, every os5 on this cxhiba
was grown after sonlc other cron WAS
taken .rpm the land lSj> yeas In fSct
they grow three crops each yesr from
the same land They can grow cab
haxr, rujs,oes, string heaoS, Eue}sh
peas OF oats and ssrvtsJ them N linc
To plant cora, The custom with these
! A,abams and Mississippi farmers Is 10
sow COW poss II the corn, brosdoas,
the last time they cnl,.vSje Il, sna they
gather from ten to twesiy bussels o.
thr Pess from sn sere, snd have dc
vines 10 plow under for FERTILIZER, 10
this wsy keeping ur lhe feruht, OF
the soil. The 0 peas are worth from
sl..sto$ s. per ha>he .Rd cos; noih
ing, hu, the bushel o seed necessary
to .aw sn acre. and make he third
crop from the land ia orc SEASON,
There wass fine display Q, swnet
potatoes. Yam. and Irish potatoes
Two crops Of Irish potatoes can be
| grown every wear on tho same land. \
Number Of samples ofthe first sna see.
ond crops we're shown. In n case
The frsi erop Mas dag on July itih
planted tor the second crop on July |
eith, dug on september 18th, Aflv-foUr
DAYS after plsuiing, and producing
fine large potatoes, There were s .oi
OF pecaus larger than VIC ever sas Re
fore. Pecsns are 8 great sDco,ss down
sou'h, ana esy s bigger profit than 81
orange grove. after the trees arc ten
year. OLD. The display Of ramic was
VEN fine. There wSs as-owjug plant
beside samples OF the fore and goods
ofvafious kinds made from the rsmie
4 setting OF ramio viii last twenty
years, and produces s~uuualiy from
five 10 SIX tons OF stalks worth sos
ton.
They have 8 large box containing &
sod Of blue srsss, bermuda. red and
white clover growing together, and
taken from an 500 acre pasture. where
400 steers have p,stlred vi the year
near Macon, Miss, owned By L T.
Montgomery, OF Springfield, Til.
greatly interested the Illinois farmers
as did also the fine display Of cut
grasses and clovers, several OF which
make better hay tAau timothy, and
seed themselves annually. The south +
can produce more srasssnd hay to the .
acre than the norlh. .
The management OF the Mobile and .
Ohio r II. is to be most heartily con- ,
graduated tor his display OF the pro-. :
duets sraTn alou. the road il Alabs- {
ma aud Mississippi, The exhibit was
the result OF the enterprise Of Mr.. ,
Henry Fouie, president OF the Land
DcpartmeuGaud Mr.. Z. T. Posey. gen
era, passenger agent OF the road. II !
was under the personal charge Of Mr.. .
F. W. Greene, general agent OF the NJ, ,
Il 0. at ST Louis, and Mr.. w. H. liar. t
ris0n. Jr who is connected with lhr {
Passenger Department at Mobile. Mr. ;
occupied the stand aud kept !
the isles packed with farmers eager to f
hear his description Of the South. He
won many friends for Eastern Missls. |
.ippi and Southern Alabama by his ;
manner Of answering the
many questions in regard 10 the
1t ia no wonder that this beautiful ,
display won the first prize at the Iii.
nois State Fair, and also ut tic great
St Louis Fair,-Peoria Evening Call.
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The following is the proposed con
amendment which will he
TO the voters Of this State
at the ensuing election Nov. 6:
The Legislature shall provide for
The enumeration OF the whole unmher
of inhabitants and qualified electors
of the State once in every ten years,
and the first enumeration shall be
made during the two months begin
mimi OIL Lhn tir.t Mnndnr Of Innn 1909