The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-12-03

States Of the Union. Conditions are |
favorable, and those already in the
business report the best Of success
Great is Mississippi and her wonder
full resources.
Calhoun county reports splendid |
State of affairs over there. A cor
respondent says there are more fat
children, pretty girls, round and sleek
horses and hogs, cattle and mules, and
more independent men than any
county in the State. While the Cal
hounites are very optimistic, they
have no monopoly of such conditions
They exist everywhere in Mississippi
and are rule. instead of an excep-
| ton.
A well-known stockraiser says that
1.-THE 250-pound hog is the profitable
hog. The hog that will grow with a
symmetrical form to $50 pounds is the
hog for pork. Successful breeders mo-
| longer grow hogs to 600 and 700
pounds. The most successful grow
hogs at nine months to weigh $50
pounds. Razorbacks are not the hogs
for farmers. Pure-bred pigs built for
pork can be obtained for small sum
of money. There is no excuse for
breeding scrub hogs. Good hogs and
good pastures combine to make cheap
pork There is good logic in this.
Woodville is rejoicing over the fact
that two more trains will come and go
from that historic place each day, and,
incidentally, that the town is looking
up along all lines. Editor Wood is
pushing his people along, and while
the job at times may become irksome,
he never loses the lick and comes up
in fine condition every week.
The coast country of Mississippi is
beginning to fill up with people from
the colder sections of the country who
would enjoy our balmy breezes and
temperate climate during the winter
months The only thing lacking to
make it the greatest winter resort in
the world Is plenty of accommodations
n
hotels would prove a paying invest
| ment for some man with money and
the tact to manage them. All condi-
tions are favorable, and it is to be
hoped that the attention of capital
lists will be called to this opening ere
long.
Monroe county has furnished many
| splendid examples in intensive farm
ing and prodigous production, but the
report that yellow yam and long, red
sweet potatoes have been grown on
the same vine and at the same time
caps the climax. If a few goober peas
and rutabeggas could be gathered
from the same vine the wonder
would be at premium in the dime
! museum ring. Mississippi is all right.
Work of grading the road from
Brookhaven to Monticello has been
completed and trains will be inaugu-
rated shortly. Another link has been
established in the chain of railroads
that will soon connect every section
of the great State of Mississippi,
and bring into accessibility the prod
ucts thereof. Over two hundred miles
of road has been constructed in the
State during the past year, and the
next will likely exceed that amount
| by nearly doubling it. Capitalists and
railroad promoters are beginning to
realize the value of investments in the
State.
Eupora is to have an oil mill and
electric lights in the near future. The
town is hustling for business and
seems to be progressive along all lines.
Keep pushing and the result will be
satisfactory.
A movement is on foot at Water
| Valley to expend a considerable fund
in identifying the city by setting out
shade trees, planting small parks and
in number of other ways making the
town more attractive to citizens and
visitors alike There is room for i'm
provement along this line in all Mis-
sissippi towns. Money could not be
better expended than to make the
towns more pleasant to the eye. A
little money properly expended would
go long way, and, no doubt the old
est croakers would be proud Of
transformation wrought.
We want more people in Missis.
sippi with energy, capital and brains.
Mrs. T. L. Gilmer. of Belzoni, has
some lemons on exhibition that she
raised, and which weigh two and one
| half pounds each and measure eleven
and One-half inches in circumference.
These lemons are said to be finely
favored and extremely rich in juice.
At Poplarville and other sections Of
the State, the sweet potato crop is
being canned with great success.
This is an innovation which will prove
of especial value to the people of the
country. 1t has always been hard
matter to keep the sweet potato for
use at all seasons Of the year, but it
now seems that they can be canned
and used as other fruits. We expect
to see a great deal Of this done in the
future
Dan P. Brewer, Of Monroe county,
raised this year from sixteen acres
Of ground eight big bales of cotton,
$50 bushels of corn, good oat crop,
plenty Of pea vine hay, 100 bushels Of
sweet potatoes, big pumpkin crop
and an abundance of meat. How is
this for q good yield? Is there a sec
ton in the whole country that will
give to the husbandman so much for
his labor? mississippi has millions
Of acres Of just such land awaiting
] the advent nf the es,arrnfin raftIn,. Z.