The Tupelo journal., 1905-02-17
BY II. E. BLAKEsLEE, Jackson.

early in the season and command
fancy prices; a little later the central
sections come in and just after that
the northern portion of the State. By
this means a continual supply is pro-
duced. Two direct lines of railroad
to the Northern markets, with the very
best of service, insures prompt trans
p%ortation and good prices. The thou
sands of acres of land in the State
heretofore thought to be too poor for
cultivation are proving the best for
trucking, and are becoming to be
worth good sums per acre. When the
larger part of this land is brought into
use the income from truck will exceed
that for cotton in the State. And 1t
begins to look as if this state OF
affairs is not far in the future.
A negro preacher in North Missis-
sippi made last season twenty heavy
bales of cotton, 500 bushels of corn,
/ 900 bundles of fodder, LOO pounds
of meat, plenty of peas, potatoes and
other truck. Three good cows assisted
largely in supplying the family with
food. The only help this negro had
was his team of two mules and four
little children. Besides the farm work
done, four churches were served regu-
larly. There is no section under the
sun that will give a greater result for
a mans labor. Our seasons are pleas
ant, and the work necessary for such
much lighter than that re-
quired in making less in other coun-
tries. This is the accepted time to
come to Mississippi and get a piece OF
ground before the price, which is fast
going up, gets beyond the reach of
men in only ordinary circumstances.
Gulfport will build a large coffin
factory, the ground having been do
mated and the contract for building
let. Such an enterprise will un-
d~oubtedly succeed, there being nothing
of the kind in South Mississippi.
While Mississippi is unusually healthy,
a few people die from natural causes,
and the collins for burial should be
made at home.
Parties owning land along Hayes
creek, in Montgomery county, are ar
to have a canal cut to facili-
tate draining the land adjacent
thereto, bringing it under cultivation.
1t is very rich and we'll worth the ex-
.ense of drainage. A great deal Of
swamp land in Lee county has been
drained by canals and made to grow
crops. Bonds are issued and sold,
and the work done by contract. A
small sum is assessed upon each acre
benefited each year until the bonds
and interest are paid. The Hays creek
people will no doubt find hat the
scheme will work satisfactory and
prove a splendid investment.
The buying of large tracts of land
in the State by Northern capitalists
and peopling with thrifty farmers is
4 good thing, only the handsome profit
made by these spectators should be
at home. The small farmers
to our section will make a
prosperous State of homeowners and
andworkers.
A real estate firm in the State has
the writer that it is buying
arge numbers of extra copies each
week Of the local paper containing
his department and sending them to
parties in the North and West, with
he view of inducing them to locate
n Mississippi. While the matter pub
ished under this head is intended to
stimulate our own people to renewed
efforts and to get all that there is for
hem in our favored section, it might
possibly do good away from home.
The statements published from week
o week with regard to accomplish
nents Of farmers and truckers, to-
with their names and addresses,
would no doubt appeal to the prospect
We homeseeker. If the experiment
proves a profitable one, the writer
hopes that others will do likewise.
His ambition is to see our great State
into it's own, and there is no
loubt about there being a need of
more good people to help in bringing
lbout this state of affairs.
I%ndianola refuses to stand still, and
comes to the front again with the an
lOuncement that large water mains
ire being put in and a perfect system
If fire protection installed. The city
fine artesian water, and the i'm
,rovement mentioned will place it
With the leaders as strictly up-to-date
n every respect. A 100000 hotel is
,eing built to take the place of a
one burned not long since,
md several splendid business build
ngs also. Lying in the center of a
rich and prosperous sec
ion, we expect to hear many more
rood things of Indianola in the next
years.
DIR. l.. F. Downing. Of Monroe
with three hands employed as
lelp, last season made SO bales of cot
on, 400 bushels of corn and $50
of potatoes. Besides these
here was a sufficient quantity of other
farm products raised to sup
)ly the household and barn. How
many of your friends who have gone to
Texas can produce a better record?
There is no country that can excel
Mississippi in giving up a comfortable
living with SO little labor. The X
,erience of hundreds with their names
addresses have been given in
proof of this statement during the past
rear.
If fertilizers pay the farmer who
them, then why recommend that
ess be used on cotton this year?
Plant q less acreage of cotton and use
ertilizers as usual. The surplus
lcreage can be run in something else
hat will pay as well or better than
,otton, even if the price was fair.
Make your cotton land produce a bale
o the acre if possible, then the surplus
raised on the acreage taken out
If cotton will leave you richer in the