Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-04-30
Mississippi State News
COIL AREAS OF THE STATE.
Something About the Experiment sta
tions Soon to Be Located.

COIL AREAS OF THE STATE.
Something About the Experiment sta
tions Soon to Be Located.
The sandy and sandy-loam soils
cover just about onc-half the area
of the State, or 93,3l0 square miles.
There is included in this the entire
pine woods section south Of the Ala
bama & Vicksburg railroad and east
Of the Illinois Central railroad, also
that area which has for lis natural
growth short-leaf pine and oak and
hickory; also the Pontotoc ridge.
This area is found in the counties
of Lincoln, Copiah, Pike, Lawrence,
Simpson, Smith, Lauderdale, Gov
ington, Jones, Marion, Perry
Greene, Jackson, Harrison, Han
cock, Rankin, Scott, Jasper, Clarke,
Wayne, Newton, kemper, Neshoba,
Leake, Attala, Winston. Choctaw,
Webster, Montgomery, Calhoun, lta-
wanda and Tishomingo.
The yellow and brown loan re-
gion covers an area of about II $40
square miles. The area which is in
cluded in this is found in the coun-
ties Of Benton Marshall, DcSoto,
Tate, Pamela, Lafayette, Yalobusha,
Grenada, Carroll, Holmes, Madison,
Kinds, Warren, Claiborne, Jeifer-
son, Adams, Wilkinson, Amitc and
Franklin.
The Yazoo delta covers an area Of
about ,,0lO square miles.
The prairie section covers an area
of about 1860 square miles. The
Area included in this is found in Al
corn, Prentiss, Lee, Chickasaw,
Monroe, Clay, Oktibbeha, Lowndes
and Noxubec.
OF course. there are small areas
of prairie in the central part of the
State in counties included in the
sandy-loam section, and there are al |
so Sandy-loam soils in considerable
area in the counties of Lee, Prem
tiss and Alcorn. For easy quota
ticn, as well as for convenience Of
memory, it may be stated that one
half of the State is interested in
those things which have 10 do with |
sandy and sandy-loam soils, repre-
sentcd by the pine-woods section,
The brown and yellow loan area
forms about onc-fourth of the State,
about one-sixth being alluvial or
delta, and about one-twelfth prairie.
The board of trustee of the Mis-
sisSippi Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College will meet at that nsti-
tuition on the lth Of May to receive
propositions from the different rom-
mlnities or counties desiring tie To-
cation of these two additional branch !
stations recently established by the |
legislature, and all counties interest
ed in the matter should take steps at
once, if they desire to secure the To-
cation if them. As will be seen from
the bills establishing the stations,
the communities or counties in
which they are located must donate
at least 200 acres Of land. OF course,
other inducements may be addressed
10 r. c. King, secretary, Agricultur-
al College, Miss, and should be in
his hands by or before May 1, 1904,
1t is not expected that the board
of trustees of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, who have the
matter Of locating the stations in
hand, will decide definitely at their
meeting May ! as to where the sta
tions will be established, but the
idea is to get in as many bids as pos
siblc, and then the board, either as
a whole, or as committee, will
make every place, submitting a bid,
a personal visit to inspect the same,
thus giving each community an op-
portunity Of presenting their claims
in person on the ground which they
propose donating for the use of the
station. This inspection will not be
made until some time during the
summer.
The people OF the pinc-woods sec
tion gave nearly 1000 acres of land
to the branch station established at
Mcneil. All of this land, however,
was undcvcloped. but the station
now has about 100 acres of improved
land, and over 600 experiments Of
different kinds were in operation
during last year. These experiments
were planned with a view Of obtain
ing information concerning the best
use of fertilizers for fruits, vegc-
tables, and staple crops; the kinds
and varieties of these crops best suit
ed to their conditions and the meth
ods conducive to the best results in
the preparation Of the land, the cul
tiyation cf ;hc crop, and other minor
matters of interest to the farmer
viii Report a Clean Score.
DR.. 4. V. Rowe. Secretary Of the
Mississippi Board Of Missions, an
nnnncps that ihc RnntiSts Of thc