The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-04-30
SOIL AREAS OF THE STATE.
Something About the Experiment Sta
tons Soon tc ee Located.


tions Soon to Be Located.
The sandy and sandy-loam soils
eoyer lust about one-half the area
Of the State, or 23,340 square miles.
There is included in this the entire
nne-woods section south of the Ala
bama & Vicksburg railroad and east
Of the Illinois Central railroad, also
that area which has for its 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, Cow
ington, Jones, Marion, Perry,
Greene, Jackson, Harrison, Han
cock. Rankin, Scott, Jasper, Clarke,
Wayne, Newton, kemper, Neshoba,
Leake, Attala, Winston, Choctaw,
Webster, Montgomery, Calhoun, Ita-
Wanda and Tishomingo.
The yellow and brown loam re-
zion covers an area of about 1910
square miles. The area which is in
Guided in this is found in the coun-
ties of Benton Marshall, DeSoto,
Tate, Pamela, Lafayette, Yalobusha,
Grenada, Carroll, Holmes, Madison,
Kinds, Warren, Claiborne, Jeffer-
son, Adams, Wilkinson, Amite and
Franklin.
The Yazoo delta covers an area of
about 1,040 square miles.
The prairie section covers an area
of about 1850 square miles. The
area included in this is found in Al
corn, Prentiss, Lee, Chickasaw,
Monroe, Clay, Oktibbeha, Lowndes
and Noxubee.
Of course, there are small areas
of prairie in the central part of the
State in counties included in the
andy-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
ton, as well as for. convenience of
memory, it may be stated that one
half Of the State is interested in
those things which have to do with
sandy and sandy-loam soils, repre-
sented by the pine-woods section.
The brown and yellow loan area
forms about one-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 insti-
tuition on the 4th of May to receive
propositions from the different COM
munities or counties desiring the 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 i'll
which they are located must donate
at least goo acres of land. OF course,
other inducements may be addressed
TOR. c. King, secretary, Agricultur-
al College, Miss, and should be in
his hands by or before May 4, 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 4 as to where the sta
tons will be established, but the
idea Is TO get in as many bids as pos
slblc, and then the board, either as
whole, or as committee, will
make every place, submitting bid,
personal visit TO inspect the same,
thus giving each community an OPP
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 pine-woods sec
llon gave nearly 1000 acres of land
10 the branch station established at
Mcneil. All Of this land, however,
was undeveloped, but the station
new has about 100 acres. of improved
land, and over 600 experiments of
different kinds we're in operation
during last year. These experiments
we're planned with view of obtain
ing information concerning the best
use of fertilizers for fruits, vege-
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
ihe preparation of the land, the cul-
uyation Of the crop. and other minor
matters of interest TO the farmer.
VIII Report Clean Score.
DR.. A. Y. Rowe. Secretary Of the
mississippi Board of Missions, an
noances that the Baptists of the
:, 'slate have raised every cent assessed
'Aem BY the Southern Baptist Con-
ssention: The Baptists Of the State