The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-11

before.
There is no State that has the ad-
vantages of Mississippi as an agri-
cultural State.
1.-THE entire State lies in the most
favored part of the richest and most
productive valley in the world.
1.-The climatic conditions for the
production of all kinds of crops are
unsurpassed by any country in the
world.
"The long drouths, the excessive
floods, the destructive cyclones, the
great billiards. of the West and North
west are unknown here. :.
I'VE have an even temperature with
plenty of moisture, and most favor
able weather for growing and harvest
ing crops.
"The great hot waves, as we'll as the
dreaded cold waves of the North and
J Northwest, are unknown here. We
have pleasant summers with a tenn
p~erature scarcely going over so de-
grees, and never reaching 100 degrees
except on the rarest of occasions. Our
winters are so mild that the flowers
always bloom and the days are bright
and sunny.
Live stock finds pasturage all the
winter, and do not have to be housed
and fed most of the year as in the
North. Therefore stockraising has
proven very profitable.
LAS a hay-producing State Missis-
sippi exceeds in natural advantages
any State in the North. She is equal
to any of them as a producer of any
kind of grass, and can produce a
Or0ofn- how ORION fhon onW of fhnm in
her COW peas, which at the same time
enriches the soil.
"She had bigger ears of corn at the
great st. Louis fair than the renowned
corn State of Missouri.
"She is more peculiarly adapted to
the raising of vegetables and small
fruits than almost any other State,
and she has the advantages of being
able to put them on the earliest mark
cts and get the best prices.
"She is fast becoming the rival OF
Georgia in her peaches, and her ap-
pies are of the best quality and can be
grown in great abundance.
"In cotton she outranks any other
State.
tits tneE no wonder that her lands
are increasing in value. She woui
have long ago been the richest and
most prosperous agricultural State had
it been generally known that her re-
sources and advantages are so much
superior to those of the West.
Great is Mississippi.
Greater she is to be in the future"
Alfalfa hay is attracting more at
tention as its splendid qualities be-
! come better known. The fact of
Mississippi having received a gold
medal on the few bales of this hay
which was on exhibition at st. Louis,
has opened the eyes of a great number
of our people to the possibilities in its
culture. The prairie regions in the
Eastern portion of the State are espe-
! cially adapted to alfalfa and much
more will be planted this year than
last. B. H. Strong, of West Point, is
the largest producer at present, and
the excellent success attending his
efforts will encourage others to follow
his example. There seems to be suf-
ficient reason that Mississippi should
at least produce the hay consumed in
the State, and qualification is found in
the fact that its growing is attracting
increased attention at the hands OF
farmers who are in a position to give
it a thorough trial.
y
Thousands of good people would
come to Mississippi if they only knew
of the many advantages offered by the
State.
W. F. Smith, of Waynesboro, last
,.oo. ~1o-+1I 1s~lf 0arOC in TrfCh nnfo-
toes and pocketed the handsome sum
of $612.04 from the crop. Other
farmers in the neighborhood will plant
potatoes and try to reap some OF the
rich harvest, also. Wayne county Is
especially adapted to the successful
growing of crops of that nature, and
the acreag &c is being steadily increased
from year to year.
The $3.50, 900 plant at Hattiesburg
to distill wood alcohol and other by
products from pine saw dust and slabs,
has been completed and is now in
operation. 1t will prove a great help
to that enterprising city in furnishing
employment for labor and getting
something valuable from a refuse that
has always been burned or otherwise
thrown away. These are the / CT
industries that are ~benefactors to the
people, as we'll as profitable to the
owners. The man who can get some
thing with a market value out of the
refuse generally considered of no
value at all, is doing a great deal for
his country. Enough valuable material
has been destroyed already in Missis-
sippi to make hundreds of millionaires
IL it had only been utilized. 1t is
gratifying to realize that this state of
affairs is fast passing, and that in a
few more years our people will awaken
to the great possibilities that are in
store for them.
Speak that good word for Missis-
sippi right now, for fear you forget.
II every citizen would do something
every week, the result would far sur.
pass the expectations of the most san
guine.
Again has Aberdeen voted to issue
bonds for the purpose of installing a
spleaIid waterworks and sewerage