Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19

hogs in the field and let them gather
the peas and potatoes they will not
need to be ted corn. Ten acres
should fatten at least 100 hogs ready
for market. There is Il fine open
ing here for an industry of this kind
as a ready sale can be found for
large lots at good prices.
VEGETABLE CROP.
During the last four wears more
attention has been paid 10 the cuiti-
vation Of vegetables and fruit, and
the result has been SO satisfactory
that there appears great disposition
TO largely develop this branch OF
industry. The cultivation of Irish
potatoes is drawing attention as two
crops can be raised in one year
first crop can be planted as early as
December and February and mature
in May ard June and plant again I'M
June and July for fall crop. Early
vegetables are shipped from an ad-
joining county to this to the ner-
thern markets and the producers re-
alize from $50 to 100 per acre. Wild
fruits in abundance strawberries.
black berries by the million, grapes
persImmons and many others.
COTTON AND CORN.
The great error of the people OF this
county is they raise too much corn and
cotton. Cotton was at one time king
and those who produced the fieec7 sla-
pie owned large bodies of land and
droves of mules and negroes ard were
called planters; and the custom of the
country Was cotton and all southern
farmers and their hands were educated
/ to this one industrV-the negro under
stands mules and the production of the
! fleecy staple and still banker after thls
one crop. There are large bodies ol
land now lying idle that were opcs
| yielding the owners large profit anC
some of them haye not been cultivated
for the last thirty years.
THE HOME SEEKER.
In order to answer the many letter
OF enquiry FROM those who desire /
come South, have compiled the abov
giving an outline of the county an
what it will produce, climate, healtt
fulness. etc. Ia SO dong, have cor
fined myself entirely to facts, whic
have come under my own observation
after q residence here for the past SIX
teen years. In this work, l receive d,
expense time and labor. II You dosirt
fir - I, ~ ns,f<
pleasure in dong my best to answer al
questions, provided you send stamp fol
reply. We can locate settlements ol
several families all adjoining.
ls The thinking man who contemplate.
moving fiom an old to . new countr,
TO improve his condition, in pursult o
the means OF substance and support to-
himself and family, canoot make q falls,
movement. 70 travel extensively is al
expensive luxury consequently as mai
cannot afford to waste the value Of
farm Ia the fruitless search Of an idea
property, II il best to carefully study ID,
information obtained from reliable sour
ces, and only after the information
of practical value in determining IL
SELECTION OF homestead.
The Wild animals have disappeared
The wild meu-the desperados, hAv,
gone still further to the west. The Law
are enforced. The taxation il low
The markets are good. The altitud
y high and healthy. and mt too higl
for cold. The aative graaaes are re
mArkably good. Tame 9rasaes are suc
cessfully cultivated. The rainfall ,
ample and evenly distributed N sprlna
summer and fall. Land titlos ars 81
fsct and secure. The climate \ iAxov.