Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-09-12

soil and TRANSFORMATION facilities.
have loft ont tho nroblor, m. focto
- a. a,o~a,te- rs ~, -, *
- ' ~, o'i'' 'o'ei u 'H9 PeoP.e wy
lhhaolt the country because when al
the conditions named above are ia
Norable the enterprisins spirit OF the
Caucasian Will speedily supply the
population necessary TO develop these
resources.
Climate.
The climate in this portion Of Mis-
sissippi is unsurpassed by that Of any
other section of this great country
lsotherm is defined to be "A line
passing through points on the earth S
surface which have the same temper.
ature,' Maury, in his Physical GeOg.
raphy places our gulf coast on the
same is0thermal line with Bermuda
which is one OF the the health resorts
Of the world.
Water
No country on earth Is better water
ed than this section. We have en- the
cast Shicassahay river. on the west
Pearl river and in the east and west
center Leaf river and Strong river
TO say nothing Of ne many large
creeks IKE the IaIlahalas, IuSco-
hoHla' boule, uhlohomat BACK
thompson S, silver creek, and many
others, all led by small beautiful
perennial streams Ike the brook I'M
mortaiized by Iennyson
"lthin less than twenty-five miles
OF the city oil HatuesDurg on the Oho-
toma' IS water power winch, II mar
messed, controlled ana properly direct
eo' can furnish all the electric iight
"uu PoMtt Heeu 10 supPll IVY anu
Thon tbora ora 80 go, ,,,iroroi NY .r I..rga
tbroncbont Gil The sootion tba tboro
,,o,,tie ,,rrv,a,.tt,-, e r,.[1- -, 49,,
tbe hooIin P~, o - naorl,, all dtsoasas If
,,1 '' ne 81
ooo ~ qV oon s eel.ea.H sIle 9uIlaGe - oIs
+b ~ ~ l,tuo i7el IN I.',t,! pol 'iUIS ~
.n,a 9eo''oi'' w 81 ~ " .i5 "slIS VI
oin 80 a. o0se.'!su iipi. ny O., es9
'''-''''' P0' ''i'l.uil' 10 "'0U' 90 ''''''e''
Ilmner'
AS before stated, the area Of this
miles, about 60 per cent OF which is
covered with long leaf yellow pine,
equivalent in round numbers to 5000,
600 acres OF land.
If we estimate the standing timber
at 5000 feet per acre, it gives us "a
600 OOO,0 600 feet OF lumber. This lum
Der today is selling all the way from
$40 to $22 per 1000 feet, and it will
probably never get any cheaper as the
worlds supply Of timber is daily de
creasing, while the demand for lumber
is daily increasing.
The Soil and Its Products.
1t is a light sandy soil underlaid
with a yellow and red clay and is
easily culllVated' one hand with
huidn morse or mule can cultivate as
t ,lioon VI II d9 I%o HanuS WIN TWO
!ioiSea vi llluleS Vi 'u9 placA tahuS OF
,..s 0a'Io! ~ P"i1 VI 'he oIale Vi IHs
Nv. a""np anus IL, 'He western paIt oi
'ne olatG, anu ny proper IeIliIlzaIIoh .
"ilu VulU'dIioh II VIII produce as .
IiIusIi PEI acre one ) ca, WIN aHoJher .
as 'ile Ileilc' JANUS ol me olale' Col- .
ION, corn, oats peas, potatoes llrlsh /
ana sweet, sugar cane iooacco' gar
ueit Nsselaples VI efeIS KIND melons
an" .t oIcEatu lrul's, berries lespecialIy .
ete s'laW perryl, an SIelo aDuhdaht
Clops u"ueI proper lerliIl1alloA ana .
Cu ~ +
.. ne ne5 l.l 10 cnanBe lhe melhoa OIL
lat iilins' Ho"e'er, De'oIe lHe pest re-
suns can ne reached we rely main
!! upon CoLhLnerciaI Ierliiizers mat
mercy SIimulale lhe sou, as alcohol
uoes 'ne human Douy' NhaL we want
Is leTuIlzer InaI permanently I'M
P'o'es tHe Iauu'
sugar Cane, Sweet Potatoes and
Tobacco.
Every acre of this saction If tho
State will produce sugar cane II docs
not grow SO nlyuriaDt as in Topisiana
but more stalks can he raised IN tho
acre. as the rows are narrower. II ie
cultivated AZ 1egs exnanaa. n ~ ,,ahl -
in saccharjne due in INV oninion n
the heat or warmth of thn SANDY coil
This is eauallv true of uolons a,,d
sweet potatoes raised ON Ugbt sond,,
lands '''',.' ''' SUI '"''u'
The soil of This eaction is r.a1
adapted tn raising tobacco r,oda "a,
experiment with irnortad GIs,.ana ~
bacco seed In 1901 I nIantod -, ai,,htI,
Of an aero ~ Iigb+ sand,, ,aii So
bacco about tho frst ~ Ma. 49,.
7 nod airoad,, 1o+hara1 - " g l M,
notatoes II graa rev. oe F ro LII VI IiISI
never eaw Fner ,aboaoo T., ~ -, anu
Kan+uoI|,. ~. , ~ DeloGo ~ NHlsula or
and cured il nonl,;n w - ~ sne ian
large how and tha fo,ion NV Il im
took If ont and bod = ,,o 0,,T"iIe opllus
There yyaro t,,,a 49,, &c ~. ~ Ii5aIo'
co The hottor eraIo 1' vi s"e 'opao,
worth SIS A thousand and tho otbar
$50 a thousand | have a few of the
inferior grade with me as a samnIe
The manufacturer furnished the wran.
per. However, this soil will produce
as fine leaf wrapper as can be raised
anywhere.
At the prices named above. This
eighth of an acre yielded after deduct.
ing all expenses, about $50 net
think the experimental farm at
Mcneil ought to put at least five acres
in Spanish tobacco next year and raise
both filler and wrapper. Then there
should be an experiment made with
crude phosphate meal or ground phos.
phate applied in a crude state without
being first dissolved by sulphuric acid.