The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-23

,,rmer. Mr.. A. d. Dulaney, in irrigat-
inc his land, seems to excite the inter-
.st of all who hear of it. And we do
rot wonder. This progressive and in
,slligent farmer dug an eight-acre
cond from which to irrigate, and
while he was able (for various good
r~easons) to irrigate only five acres this
year. he achieved remarkable results.
uIs first crop (and it was a fine one)
uas tomatoes and cabbage. When this
vas harvested he planted the patch in
corn. watering it from the pond as
needed, and from it he gathered $50
bushels of corn. On ten acres imme-
diately next to the irrigated land he
olanted the same corn, fortified the
land heavily and got less than one
fourth as much corn But for the
cost of piping, all of Mr.. Dulaney's
land would be irrigated and he would
he able to do wonders with his place.
When the writer was in the great
Northwest some years ago one of the
most interesting Of the many novelties
was the wonderful system of irrigation
that had been introduced and which
had reclaimed a desert and made it to
blossom as a rose" In many in
stances the water for those great
ranches Cor, as we would say, or
chards, vineyards and farms) was
piped down from the tops of the
mountains forty miles distant, and the
water that so quietly but so effectively
moistened and cooled the thirsty
earth had but a little while before
formed part of the distant crown of
snow with which the hoary noun
tains have been crowned "since ever
the earth was formed"
The people of that Westernland have
great pluck and determination, and
will toll to bring about improvements
the very thought of which appalls most
Of our people.
We hear and read and dream so
much of California and it's likeness to
Paradise that 1t amazes us to go
through the country and learn that
old Mississippi is every bit as good
and in some instances better-than
California, with it's miles and miles of
~treeless country (save such trees as
have grown since the introduction of
irrigation), it's lack Of singing birds,
its dearth Of water and the ceaseless
labor that serves to keep these ranches
in a condition so fine as to make them
famed all over the land. We have
seen numbers of these ranches worked
by day and night forces. In the far
West the twilights are so long that
there are only a few hours of dark
ness in which no outside work can be
done; hence the gardens, orchards
and vineyards are busy until 9 and 10
o'clock every summer evening and
from 3 in the morning, with the best
workmen (for this special line of Ia
bor) to be found-the Chinese. They
never tire, the anne man often doing
both day and night work; they eat
marvelously little, sleep anywhere ESQ
there is room to unroll six feet of mat
ting), and are quiet, respectful and
obedient. In California, on the suc-
cessful ranches, as soon as signs Of de-
cay become manifest in vine or tree,
1t Is cut down and replaced. Only
healthy, vigorous plants are allowed
to draw the strength from the earth,
and every aid known to experience
and to science is employed to bring
their products to perfection. Also the
utmost care is used In gathering and
packing. The writer went to Califor-
MIA believing that State to be just out
side of Paradise, or her own to be a
long way off. She came home knowing
that old Mississippi could beat Cali
lornia out of sight in a race for the
place next to Paradise. II Mississippi's
sons and daughters would work only
one-half as long and as hard and a.
we'll as do the California people. If
we had just a 1.-THE Of the Californians'
belief in their State and kept ourselves
anything like as busy as they do tell
ing other people about it, "by word,
oy letter and by printed sheet" we
would in q little while convince the
world of what we should impress upon
ourselves and our neighbors every day
OF our lives-that our own State is
the best State, when it comes to sensi-
pie pleasant and comfortable living,
mat we have ever come across. And
we have come across" all but five.
Hon. T. G. Catchings has been ap-
pointed vice-president for Mississippi
IN the William Mckinley Memorial
arch Association. News comes from
washington that Gen. Catchings has
accepted the position. This appoint
ment is in every way fitting. The
general is a worthy representative of
any great and noble undertaking, and
MS long and intimate friendship with
the late President (they were In con-
sress together many years. makes this
peculiarly appropriate.
All the newspaper articles that are
published and all the arguments that