The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-04-30

Capt. w. H. Hardy, of Hattiesburg
one of the veteran industrial workers
of the State, has taken a great inter
est in the Introduction OF Spanish TO-
bacco in the piney woods country, and
expresses himself as confident OF the
success to attend its culture If at
tempted. Three years ago he secured
a small portion of seed and planted an
eighth of an acre. The yield was
abundant, being pronounced by those
versed in tobacco culture, as far bet
ter than they had even seen in west
Virginia or other tobacco producing
States. From the tobacco saved, Capt.
Hardy had several thousand CT
CARS made for distribution among
his friends, and they were pro.
nounced by connoisseurs as equal
to anything they had ever smoked
at any price. A drawback to
the culture of tobacco with people not
versed in handling it is the trouble in
ascertaining the proper time TO cut
and the handling of it afterwards. This
is proposed to be overcome if a goodly
number of farmers or truckers would
plant a crop by employing an expert
in this line to take general supervision
of all the crops. The plan is feast
Bile one. and the writer hopes to see
it given a fair trial by the people OF
the sandy belt throughout the State,
Every acre of this land is especially
adapted to the culture of tobacco, and
experience has proven that it will pro-
duce superior to any other country
where it has been tried. What we need
is, for some of our people to branch
out on these new lines, make sue
cess of it and set the example for
their initiative neighbors who are from
Missouri, and have to be shown.
Some of the newspapers in South
Mississippi are persistently urging the
growing of ribbon cane and the manu-
facture of syrup therefrom. proving
from actual experience that 1t is a
profitable crop and one that Is espe-
cially adapted to that section OF the
State The Times, at Gulfport, in its
last issue, has some pertinent matter
on the subject 1t is shown that In
the piney woods asection the cane
grows we'll and produces abundantly
a splendid syrup that brings top notch
prices on the market. w. j. Quarles,
of Long Beach, says: 81 do not know
how much cane syrup | get to the
acre; have never kept count, but
know that as high as 700 gallons have
been made and sold right here from
single acre, although that is doubt
less above the average. This syrup
brings from 40 to so cents per gallon
in barrel lots. Some fertilizer is re-
l,,t At IN
per acre" Another gentleman from
Bay ST. Louis says: 81 had one half
acre in sugar cane that turned out 1856
gallons of syrup, after saving seed for
an acre another year. The syrup was
sold on the local market for 80 cents
per gallon. Owing to the drouth |
do not consider this fair average
Another correspondent states that he
made from two acres of sugar cane 1884
gallons, that brought him SAP, or 1921
to the acre The land on which this
cane is grown is not very well suited
to cotton, but has a strong clay founda-
ton we'll adapted to the retention Of
fertilizers for the growing of nearly
all crops. 1t can be bought at very
reasonable figure and offers cheap
homes for thousands of families seek
ing such. The climate is very mild,
rarely ever being cold enough for ice,
and the atmosphere pure and healthy.
The section mentioned certainly offers
great inducements to people looking
for cheap homes in a great country,
where lands will appreciate in value
and a permanent market be assured
for the product.
A friend in Blue Mountain. after
registering a kick for recognition of
the wonderful advancement being
made by his town, concludes. with the
following personal reference:
81 think your Greater Mississippi
department the best feature of the
newspapers, and calculated to do a