Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-02-01
Tishomingo County.
Resources. Condition and Wants
Homes in the Sou th
CAN BE HAD AT SMALL OUTLAY,
PART CASH AND BALANCE
: ON TIME.
Facts for the Homeless, who have small
means to invest, to investigate if
they desi'e to own Beautiful
Home.
STATISTICAL FACTS.

Ao"ViihRO CouhtN cOHthiHs fOU
square miles aud is the extreme
Northeastern county OF the state,
population 5000. Iuka, the county
seat is located on the Memphls and
Charleston Railroad, and contains
1909 inhabitants The other towns
are, Burnsvlle, Bay Springs East
port and Cartersvllle.
RIVERS AND GREEKS.
| The Tennessee river flows along
| the northeastern corner. eight miles
north of luka; Bear river. lutle Bear,
Grippe Deer, Pennywlnkle, Me-
Kays, Indian and Yellow Creess,
aft riding splendid water power for
mills and factory SITES.
TRANSPORTATION.
The TennesSee river, and the
NJ Nemphis Il Charleston Railroad
gives us both wa'er and railroad
transportation to all parts OF the
country, north and south.
TIMBER AND SOIL
Ah"nt one third ot county open
lands; the surface hilly, with level
creek bottoms; nurth-.ast portion
broken and htlly but not rough,
! clear of stone The character or
soil Is iighi, sandy. easily cultivated,
and The bottom lands on creeks rich
! alluvlal and very productive, aud
/ yield from 80 to so bushels OF corn
20 acre Tue hill, aud table lands
! yieid irom l5 To % bushels OF corn
to acre. fbe lumber trees are, plne.
hl'eci srk. post oak, white oak, red
oak, n'rk"ry, poplar. gum, wainH',
maple. G, press, chrSnut. etc. The
tin ,e' gr"~lh is very rapid, and we
migin Ny spontaneous.
PaoDucrl. N- or so L.
| The nl,iaao, VIII produce from
| ID 20 tn h t. at corn, same OF
oats, rye ana WI CT, loO uusncls of
! lrish "r sweet l,utatoes to acre. 80
to 100 gallons of sorghum molas SIS
tobacco IRON 800 to 1000 pounds to
acre. Peaches, pears, piums, apples.
h.s-, or iprlc",s, strawherries and
grapes. Root crops Of all kinds
grow 10 pcrtec;ioni turaips yield
from 100 ln $50 bushels 10 acre,
The bottoms are generally used for
corn and leli large crops To acre.
GRASSES AND CLOVER.
Clover, timothy, herds grass,
orchard, Bermuda all do we'll here
anu grow to perfection.
CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS
Church and shoot privileges very
good. Public Tree schOvls open five
mouths IN the year. Society good,
people moral, industrious and tenn
perate, there ls not whisky snop
IN the c@Lnly. luka has one ot the
finest Normal schools IN tie State.
HEALTH AND CLIMATE.
The climate Is dry ana saiubrious.
and free from all epidemlcs. ka
is health Resort AMI has seventeen
mlneral springs-s me seasons vlsc
lied ny over 5000 people. We are
tree from the bllxz ,,us Of the west,
and the cold SHOWS OF the north
i snow never lies on the ground over
three toti.e day S --the heat is never
too severe tor out door iuhor-uur
summers are loug, hut the cool
treczss keep orf exhauS,lon--olir
nights are cooland deiighttul, our
water isnure aud Good nurug sun
mer and is incxhauslihle---lur free
stone, our ciin,aie IL mi 4 aud genini
mel hcrthe scoichiug rays of Il ,orrid
sun, nor the freezing hiasls If north
ern winds, destroy tho lubor OF ,he
h.Shan diaan. No scason is too
warm !" work in he open air, and
none 80 cold that the farmer is kepl
within doors for weeks al a time.
SHEEP uusBANBRr.
Sheep hasbandry Ior market has
never claimed the attention ut our
pe"plc, but every farmer II any
prominence owned from tif.y Ia one
hundred hend tor family us., for
wool aud mutton. These sheep run
| through the woods at large aud re-
cievcd no attention. from their owl
ers, except to salt them and clip the
wool from them. As to feed, they
made their own living on tho c0n.-
mon range, where tbs wild grasses
grow thick and are never exhaust, d
BY heat, drou,b, or the many thous-
ana stock which feed there. From
4 tho middle of March until tho first
| OF December. tho old fields furnish
the finest Of pastures. Sheep arc
perfectly frcs from disease her. .
None have 70 be dipped for scab or
ticks. This is truly the homo OF the
shcep, npAe better. The price OF