The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-22

II. +. BLAhESLEE, Jackson, Mss.
Great developments are reported
along the line of the Mobile, Jackson
and Kansas City Railway. New in
dutrles are springing up all along the
line, lands are being taken up and
put into cultivation, new towns are
building and old ones taking on new
life and so many good things are hap
pening that it is impossible to men
ton them all. That section of the
state will be heard from in the fu-
ture in no uncertain way. It is a
favored section and has only needed
a railroad to bring about the devel-
opmen. of its resources.
The United States Agricultural
Chemist, Prof. Wiley, says. that the
people who fail to grind the cob with
corn fed to stock are throwing away
a large amount Of good nutriment ev-
cry year. He figures the nutriment
in ground cobs as 41.52 per cent, be-
sides the roughness so obtained is nee
essary to the welfare OF the animal
fed. 1t helps % preserve digestion
and keeps the stock halthy and in
good condition. It has been demon
strated time and again that the whole
car, corn, shuck and cob ground to-
gether is better feed than the corn
alone.
j. e. Parker, of Sandersville, Jones
county, has eight acres of Elberta
peach trees that Melted him this sea-
son over $3.50 per acre on the crop
gathered and marketed. This did not
include the entire output however,
some Of it being used al home and CIV
en- to neighbors. This experience
comes from the sand hills Of south
Mississippi and shows up well with
the experiences in this issue from the
prairie region and the red hills Of
north Mississippi. Mississippi is a
good fruit state.
A Mississippi man claims to have
discovered plan by which cotton
seed oil can be substituted for linseed
oil in the manufacture and mixing Of
paints. Cotton seed oil has been
used for number of years for adul-
terating paint. If the gentleman in
question has discovered a process
whereby this quality can be obtained,
he has found something worth having
and will prove himself benefactor
to the cotton producer as well as to
the consumer Of paints.
Wesson reports dog and cat farm
where the fancier can blow his long
green in any quantity desired for the
high bred animals and Greenwood is
soon to have an extensive dog farm.
When people want dogs we would
like to see them supplied with Missis-
sippi raised dogs, and likewise cats.
Conditions are favorable here for such
an industry and we want to get in on
every foot Of the ground.
The hustling little city of Belzoni
on the Yazoo, recently connected with
the outside world with one railroad
and fine prospects for another, is
building fifteen brick stores at pres
ent and others will go up as soon as
material can be obtained. Wonderful
progress is reported along all lines
and it bids fair to be one Of the best
towns in the great delta in very
short space of time.
The cotton crop is opening fast and
labor necessary to pick it is hard to
supply. Mexicans and Italians are
being tried in the delta with more or
less success. It is nearly always the
case that it is difficult to get labor
for harveting the cotton crop and the
man who will invent successful cot
ton picker is richer than Pierpont or
any other trust magnate.
The people Of Yazoo county are
very much in favor of better roads.
At an election held in the county a
few days since the vote stood $40 for
to 457 against working them by con-
tract. Nearly two to one. Had there
been full vote the majority for i'm
provement would undoubtedly have
been larger. Keep up the good roads
agitation.
The little city Of Mathiston is doing
things now. A newspaper was start
ed a few weeks since and now the
charter for brick and title factory is
being published. The new buildings
will be erected Of brick and a great
many will be built SO soon as material
can be had.