The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-21

oiOA u tue Legislature Will convene
for the purpose Of attending to the
business assigned them. This body
is composed Of good men who will dc
what they believe to be right star
as is in their power. There is a great
deal OF very important matter to come
before them at this session and much
time will be required to handle the
business in an intelligent and safe
manner. The State has much at stake
just at this time. Our people are ex-
periencing an unusual period of pros
perity, which in reality is just the be-
ginning, unless some untoward action
delays the development taking place.
Many schemes and pet measures will
no doubt find a resting place, there
to lie undisturbed for all time to come
but there are sure to be number of
radical changes in our laws. Let us
sincerely hope that they will be for
the best. The writer is more inter
ested in laws that viii assist industrial
development than any other, believ-
ing that from this source is to come
our greatest benefits In the future
This matter has been totally neglect
ed lnthe past, and as a consequence
Mississippi is far behind her sister
states in the manufacture Of crude
material. 1t may be that the expe-
rience of the past three or four years
has thrown a light upon the subject
that will influence the law making
body to recognize the need Of some aid
or assistance in the way of industrial
activity. 1t is to be hoped that this
is true. The results shown by the
industrial department Of the railroads
the Greater Mississippi Business Lea
que, the local organizations Of like
nature and the far reaching effect of
the Mississippi Industrial Exposition
should influence those in power to
encourage in a substantial manner the
furtherance of the work. The Expo
sition recently held will be worth hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars to the
state, not only in bringing to the at
tention of good people from other
states to what we can do, but in slim
ulating effort among our home people
to attain a greater efficiency. The in
dividual effort Of enterprising citizens
has shown wonderful results and there
is every reason to believe that some
thing should be done by the great
state to further the ends being strivep
for. Let us hope that the legislators
will heed the necessity for some ac-
ton along this line, and give substan-
tial assistance in the great work I'M
dertaken by individuals.
Last spring the Lincoln County Cot
ton Association offered a prize Of
$40 for the largest yield of corn per
acre. The prize was won by W. A.
Smith with q yield Of "a barrels per
acre. This is how he prepared the
ground and cultivated the crop: Land
hdded five burrows to the row. Fer
tilted with fifty bushels of cotton
seed in water furrow. Narrowed off
with spike-toothed harrow, planted
May Goth. Rows three feet, nine inch
es apart, corn thinned to about TWEEN
ty inches in drill Cultivation: LIST,
barred off with scraper, chopped out
and thinned June 9Th to 10th. 800
pounds Of cotton seed meal applied
to one side of row, plowed with six
inch half shovel. Middles narrowed
with Columbia harrow, burrows with
Uric turning pillow, 800 pounds of meal
on opposite side of row ana middles
run out with 8-inch lister, after
wards narrowed twice to the row with
Columbia harrow. Yield "a barrels to
the acre. This is a good yield of corn
to the acre and is convincing evidence
Of what our Land will do If properly
cultivated.
w. l.. Ray, OF MalmalSon, tne MS
toric old home Of Greenwood Lefore
in Lefore county, recently carried to
Greenwood twig from an apple tree
with four fully matured apples cling
ing thereto This cluster of fruit was
from the second crop, the tree from
which it was taken having already
matured one good crop. It seems that
there is no limit to the resourcefuiness
Of our great state. In many sections
two and three crops Of vegetables and
farm products are being harvested
from the land and now comes the rich
delta county Of Lefore with two crops
of apples from one tree. Truly great
is Mississippi.
j. F. Powell, Of Yazoo City, bought
Of NJ. M. Rogers a few days since q
bale Of cotton for which he paid $112.-