The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-29
President j. C. Hardy OF the A

President j. C. Hardy Of the A.
and M. College gives some very inter.
esting statistics as to the productive
capacity Of the white and black coun.
! ties, showing that where the negro
population is larger than the white
less cotton is produced per acre, even
though the lands in the black counties
are more fertile and valuable. For
instance: Lowndes county 21,972
blacks to 7,121 whites while Jones
has 1886 whites to 4,670 blacks, yet
| it requires 3.15 acres Of Lowndes
county land to make bale Of cotton,
while in Jones it takes 1913 acres to
make bale. The lands in Lowndes are
assessed at 1888 per acre while those
in Jones are assessed at $2.S5. Nox-
ubee county with more than five
blacks to one white, having 25,146
blacks, 4,699 whites, requires $50
acres to make bale Of cotton, al
though Union with three whites to
one black, havin" 1850 whites and
: 42 blacks, requires only 2.56 acres
to make bale. The farm lands of
Noxubee are assessed at SIP per
acre and those of Union at $4.81.
Nnds county with three negroes to
one white man, having 1851 blacks
to 1907 whites, requires $50 acres
to make a bale, although Perry coun-
ty with more than two whites to one
negro requires only LOG acres to raise
a bale. The farm lands Of Kinds are
valued at three times what are those
of Perry. The difference in production
must be due to intelligent cultivation
at the same ratio is good in all other
counties where the comparison was
made.
Let every dissatisfied, disgruntled,
sour and dyspeptic citizen read what
one man made off half an acre of rad
ishes, and either get his face straight
or get off the face of the earth. There
is nothing at all wrong with Mississippi
except that SO many Of her people re-
fuse to accept what we have and go
after it in the right way. Here is a
poor hill section Of the state that
few years since was looked upon as
worthless except to hold the world
together, bringing the owners over
500 per acre clear profit. There is
no danger of overstocking the market.
The demand is always good for all
kinds Of vegetables and canning fac
tories are being established to work
up that which is not so desirable to
ship. Any man who has spoken dis
paragingly of the state in the past
should get right down on his knees
and beg forgiveness and then get up
and go to work along better lines.
A northern man, j. j. Wilson, Of
Pittsburg, Pa, has made an invest
ment of $4,000 near Pelahatchie and
has organized an association to pro-
mote education and the production
Of fruits and vegetables. Mr.. Wilson
has great faith in the future Of the
south and will leave his large inter-
ests in the north with his partners
and come south to make his future
home. The association begins with
about fifty members and about 400
acres will be planted the first year.
They will no doubt be successful in
the object undertaken. 1t is to be
regretted that our people do not take
up these advanced methods Of growing
fruits and vegetables and not wait
for outsiders to come in and reap the
cream Of the profit before they fall
into line. They will fall in after they
see what the other fellow is doing,
but why not take the initiative?
The country around West Point
has a surplus Of corn and there is
"a perplexing question as to how it can
be handled with profit. The building
Of an elevator is being agitated and
something will likely be done right
away. It looks pretty good for Mis-
sissippi to furnish neighboring states
with corn, but why mott We are not
tied to cotton as the one crop. This
is good corn and grain country and
one Of the objects Of the Corn and
Cotton Carnival to be held in Jack
son in December is to prove to the
outside world, this fact.
The Magnolia Electric Railway has
been chartered for the purpose Of
building line from Magnolia to Sum-
nit, taking in the intermediate towns
Of Fernwood, Whitetown and Nc
Comb City. The route would only be
few miles in length and would con-
meet several towns with a combined