The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-29

OF st. L0ntS, has the following 10 say
concerning a recent shipment OF Mis-.
sissippi cattle:
IS. w. Curruthers, a well known
farmer and feeder of Clay county,
Miss, had in two loads Of good grade
dehorned Durham steers today, 20
head averaging 1866 pounds. and top
ping the Southern cattle market at So
per cwt., being purchased by Nelson.
Morris & Co. They were Mississippi
bred, raised and fed, three year olds,
and had been run on grass until a lit
tie less than six months ago, when
they were placed on a ration OF cotton
seed meal and hulls and corn meal,
and their condition today showed that
Mr.. Carruthers got good returns for
his feed and labor.
81. w. Walker, of the same place,
also had a load of graded red polled
| steers on the market, % head averag-
ing 1,016 pounds, and selling to the
| st. Louis Dressed Beef Co, at $3.50
per cwt. They had been fed about
three and one-half months, and were
fed the same as the Carruthers cat
tie"
The above is conclusive evidence
! that no State furnishes greater adj
vantages than Mississippi for raising
cattle. The sale of beeVes for three
years Of age averaging fourteen nun
dred pounds at six cents per pound
gross gives a fine profit to the farmer.
S84 per head is a fine price for three
year old steers and no State offers the
same advantages to raise them as
cheaply as Mississippi. We a have
grasses throughout the entire year II
the effort is made, and when the fat
tening season arrives, our cotton seed
hulls and meal makes the best and
cheapest ration. More attention
should be given this branch of stock
raising and the success recorded by
Mr.. Carruthers will go farther to call
attention to it than anything else that
could be done.
The suspense attendant upon the
announcing Of a commission to select
school books for the State for the
next five years has been relieved.
Eight good men have been appointed
and the gigantic task before them be-
gun. Let every man in the State aid
to get through with this piece of bust
ness without the scandals which so
frequently ensue. 1t is a sacred duty
they have to perform. Money will
flow as free as water and every sub
terfuge taken advantage of. Hold up
the hands of the commission and help
them perform tho important duty de-
volving upon them. 1t is a pity that
Mississippi has not a book establish
ment of her own, so that the million
or more dollars that will be expended
in the next five years could be kept at
home. Then, too, the subject matter
and historical chronicling of events
would be much more satisfactory. At
present, we are compelled to accept
the version given events by our breth.
rem of the North who can't see things
just a. we do. Our children should
be taught to reverence the position
and actions of their fathers in the
times of trouble past, and not be told
that they were traitors or rebels
against the authority of a just gov
ernment.
Gulfport will construct a complete
sewerage system, the plans being
adopted several days since. Bids for
construction will be opened in a short
time and the work gotten under way.
While Gulfport did not find a sewerage
system a necessity for health, the con-
ditiOns there being very favorable al
ready, the city is determined to have
all up-to-date conveniences, hence the
decision to build sewerage.
Lafayette county proposes a good
work in the leveeing of Yocona river
bottom, and also in constructing a
| good road across this as well as sew
eral other streams. There is no in
vestment that will pay larger divi-
dendS than those used in the construc-
ton of better roads. Bad roads or
no roads at all, is the greatest draw
back that Mississippi has at present.
People coming here seeking locations
are frequently scared away by the
lack Of such necessities, going where
more is offered in the way of modern
convenlences and improvements. We
reed better roads and the county that
leads in their construction will lead
in everything else.
The drillers for oil at Laurel have
found distractions at a depth of some
thing like 900 feet, and will have to
take a new tack to complete the well.
Plans have already been made for go
ing deeper and the plucky company
will settle the question as to what is
beneath the surface in the good old
county Of Jones.
twenty-five thousand dollars has
been subscribed to the capital
! stock of a pants and overall
factory to be located at P~ontotoc.
Local capital alone is in the deal and
work on building will commence short
ly. Pontotoc is the fourth town ia
Mississippi to go into the manufacture
of pants. Corinth has four factories,
Aberdeen and New Albany n each.
All are paying investments and have
been so from the first. Many more
such factories will likely be built in
tho near future.