The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-01

SkNN&AMNa&sA<AI&
For the steenth number of times
the writer insists that trucking does
raw in Mississippi. Here is another
signed experience by one Of the best
known truckers i'll the State. and 4
gentleman who has been in the busi
ness continuously for a long time
These experiences ought to be con.
yincing, and viii with people who are
looking for facts and figures. While
The results here shown are for a small
match of raddishes, Mr., Dammeron
la, equally good results with Other
crops as we'll,
Mr.. II. f. Blakeslee:
] herewith enclose statement of the
raddish crop | grew last February:
Six pounds raddish seed at ACES 2.4J
Breaking and preparing half
acre Of ground ............. 2.75
-Four ONE eight hours
planting seed .............. 2.40
Six women eight hours thin
ming plants ,,.......,...... 2.t0
Gathering, punching and pack
Ing for market 1870 crates of
rAduiSheS h 90
$50 crates at 81 cents ....... 1-.&0
Total cost of producing .....$ 2.45
$50 crates brought on platform
at Madison .................$ lGa.65
Less cost Of production ....., 42.lJ
Net profit on Y acre in rad
dishes .......,......,...$ 12t. 20
After taking off the raddish crop !
planted The land in whippoorwilI peas
and today hauled in about 1900
pounds Of we'll cured hay. | would
Rave netted more had the seed not
come up 50 we'll, Yours truly,
j. T. DAMMERON.
Now, if there is a gentleman any.
where that desires to have these fg.
ures or a statement from Mr.. Dam
merOn direct, address him at Madi.
sOn Station, with a stamped envelope
anu the reply will be forthcoming.
One hundred and twenty-four dol
lars and twenty cents clear profit
from half an acre planted in raddishes
anu then owe a ton of pea vine hay
is a pretty good showing for hill land,
Is it not? Great is Mississippi. and
greater still the many good things in
store for her in the future. Why should
anyone desire to leave this country in
search of a better one elsewhere?
Let every dissatisfied, disgruntled,
sour and dyspeptic citizen read what
one man made off half an acre of rad
dishes, and either get his face straisat
or get off the face Of the earth. There
Is nothing at all wrong with Missis
sippi except that so many of her peo-
pie refuse to accept what we nave ana
20 after it in the right way. Here Is
q poor hill section of the State that
a few years since was looked upon
as worthless except to hold the world
together. bringing the owners over
800 Der acre clear nrnft Thorc ia
no DANCER of ovarstockir .bo no-
ket. The demand is always g0Od for
all kinds of vnrptahlns and ~corntro
factories ARC haino established RI
work IN that which l., not ca ,;osic
to shtp Anv man who boo en,Ln,
Gisparagfnplv of the State in tbo ,ast
should GET right down IN bis Lncoe
and beg forgiveness and than GOT nm
and % to work along hottor ,iroo
II is refreshing to note wifi what
great interest tbo en+ira Cor+bc,,
portion of the State ie totinn IN tho
Corn and Cotton Carnival tc ho ho,d
In Tacksor in Doconhor An 4ann,
are arranging to nol,o enlordid nv.
hibits The railroads ara ali taI.frc
an interest and some of tbem will l,vn
especially hondsomo and oomrrot, az.
hibits of tbe nrodrcte If tb, cornt,~. !
,,onm ", !Le ptoouo.s ol INT co'n'''
bile. Jackson G. Kaneas rity and tbo
Liberty White are all a~rranging IN
show I'D their territories In the host
light possible Gplfnort and Harrison
county y 10 make an exhjh,.
that will be hard tn excel Ia1raI
with its characteristic hustlfnq malt.
ties, will LET tho world know what
Is being done IN the ninev woods Thu
Liberty,White only a few weet,s aid