The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-10-27

HNIHE NENA FH aNINa"A HH""A H
,tste rsespt West Nireiaa, while beg tolal lA-
6tsfHsss ls smaltf Wsu gtaf y a3 aiaef
STATE. VITA no eseealans
Whle Mississippi is the Freattst'd at tne
,eftsp.Reoduclas states. 30 is rEruatoes 20 rf
.ams Ibst cotton Is uF only product that eaA
he f5isld here. Agroat variety Of grasses nave
reen sutrSsfaIly grown. Cora, 07tS hay, rye
mnIsi. wheat. rice. potai0eA peas s9fsAo"''
hemp auial kinds Of fgut arc slabdaHt eiol'-
sfock CROWN Ia destined 10 become one OF tHa
leadius Industries 81 the state. bairyinE anu
turk-aming already yield profitable returns
Hogs ana sheen are raised vita gu'at sucetsa.
IN yprlhcaton Of the agricultural worm Oh
Mississippi the following FROM the pen OF hl-
S. N. Tracey, aW o. tue STATE Experiment sta
tlon. isonarrJ IN evidence
"rhe percentage OF the gross earnings 81 tno
capIlal Invested in farms, including laad nuilu-
IUgs. implements amt stock, Is very high IN
Mississippi. thc average Tor the United 9lale'
being lg.t PET cent. t0r ohio, Ill pef Gems. IN
diana. 1919 per cent; Illinois, 10 per cent
Michigan, i29 per cent Misconslhi l@' per
cent Minnesota, I7.2 per cent; Iowa. lA5 per
cent Nebraska, ISL per cent, Kansas, 20 PIT
cent. aud Tor Mississippi. ass per cent. by TINS
shovluk. money Invested IN Mississippi farms
brings naarIy three times asiuueh uslhe average
for the whole country. and more tban twice MS
much as any OF the States named
The hubble school system OF MISSISSIPPI dates
from 1871, but DC has been so much improved
since that time that Il now ranks VITA the best
a. ~. I.rlna n nd tb,ronrbness and emsieucy.
n, ,g,n,rt,,, :, tsysble y|nlpatlon theststc per-
- nrn,n5s NOR, Tor EDUCATION thanany other
$50 wl,sslppI spends annually On her pub
fc s,b,o, system more taan a million dollars,
aod INV ot,,c,ff,pal Burpossg nearly a million
md , balf 1oIIars. Besides the excellent free
srboor systsm supported by a state and county
rsyenns of sI4f558l amt possessing property
y,I,ot u q gtto a there are many tine iustltu-
fons M Ie,rpipr In the State OF a public nature,
",t,b,a ~ mora tban Two hundred private
and Isnominati1nal schools. Theso are the
st.t, tsniyersty tbe Agricultural College, the
,oaas,r,,i I]nsfit,te and college at Columbus,
me- D.aT and ptnb Institute. Institute for the
pt,,a ttcar, AgrlepIplr,l and Mechanical Col
,,s nd sl,te Ssrnal COLLEGE. The state Uni
1tr IN Dvfor5 yyBs fpuuded ia lBiS IN 1872
,o,s,..ss sr,ntrt a township of land to the state
~ ~ ,nr,nse In mas been supported By State
r,rt55 ,,s aat by the interest IN the pro-
r8s ,, th, s,l, nj land granted By congress,
hot,s,itntI,n r,pgs brgh among tine colleges
~ m. c,pnfry me character Of Its faculty has
,.s,atc, n ~ calclanry. some Of them
,,a M ,l,gis lnpress ppnn ths history OF the
s,ars md ~c,pptry. The university NJ present
,,oIfg,ss , asgartmept II nralessiau al education,
ice ! s.lnoj nj faw 4 deparesnent dt science,
ntsgstgrc ana arts COMPRISING twenty-oae dit
forsnf sgho,Is the eurrlmFum Includes train
a IN :, Tatin GrssR GERMAN and English bellies
otrss mathematics ali t6e nstuta sciences.
! ,sa,,i md moral PHILOSOPHY. political ecouO-
st,,n,inn md psdlrogy, Tho university
/, t"g' .yns,isnt lIbrary d 500 volumes, and
,ra~t.sI ,nd nbysipal apparatns Of tho best
n ttn1 T]uItr,n "a ires To Ali except law students.
Z. a.. f,s,inllop InstIy merits tbe reputation 10
! aato,s
~. f,trs,rIoi T~nsfitut, and rolipren nj Colnm.
% aa,y den,rtprc in me edegaiiopaI his,
y, ~, o,nntrv This cnltege was com.
4 VIZ ,n ,s.s 1or ina bepegt Al the youns
: mem ~ gt.to n n sunpbfted by an an.
= ""i',H ". H., g..a, tts gfsta n about y95.
ID huAi hplN"Pli"ti"H ~" u"