Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-11-03

thelr real NalQe was there would be no
more emigration to countries that have
been exploited as Eldorados and Prom
ised Lands. Our own State offers more
to the husbandman than any in the
Union. Our lands are capable, with
intelligent handling, OF bringing great
returns. There are no wornout lands
| here. That is, lands that could not be
reclaimed and made to produce album
dainty We have no great areas aban-
doned like large sections Of the East
where the people have moved away be-
cause they could no longer produce the
necessarics of life With the use of
common sense our lands get better as
they get older, and the following from
the Ripley Sentinel is reproduced as
evidence that land in constant cultiva-
tion for sixty years is still good and
growing more crop than that but re-
Gently placed in cultivation and handled
in sloyenly manner:
"Mr. G. G. Jones OF Dumas was sell
ing cotton in Ridley Monday and while
here he said in an interview with the
Sentinel, that the bale lie sold Monday
was picked from one acre Of ground and
that he would get another picking Of
six or seven hundred pounds from the
same patch. This acre Of ground will
yield Mr.. Jones a little more than two
thousand pounds Of seed cotton, and
some was lost during the recent wind
and rainstorm. On this acre Of land,
which is an old field bench land, and
was put in cultivation about sixty years
ago, Mr. Jones applied about fourteen
loads of ordinary barnyard manure.
This is what can be done in Tippah
county but is not the best that can be
accomplished Who will be the first to
report two bales from one acre?
Our people generally look with sus-
picion and dstrust upon the government
reports that show a large average Of
corn yield to the acre in Iowa and other
corn States, or wonder how it is done.
Prof. Holden Of the University Of Iowa
/ was with the Diversified Farming
Special three days and told plainly
how it was done and went on to show
that with the same care and intelligent
handling Mississippi land would pro-
duce as much corn per acre as that of
Iowa or any other State. A proof OF
this assertion is found in the last issue
of the Holmes County Times, where a
special correspondent, w. A. Harth-
cock, visited the farm of Abe Shep-
herd and Investigated the raising OF
$50 bushels of corn on an acre OF ground
which Mr.. Shepherd accomplished with
out serious trouble. This enormous
Weld was taken from ground that had
been in cultivation seventy years, and
according to the usual handling OF our
land, would have been worn out more
than half a century ago. Mr.. Shepherd
got his head IN the game as wen as
his muscle ana crlooeo 10Y ou9lieis -
from an acre. That is all there is to it
and anybody can do nearly so well II
they will try properly.
is very much in earnest concerning 'ho
proposition to organize III eacn county
in the State company ior the purpose
of taking all cotton seed on tne market
when it is offered Tor less thah 9Io per
ton. q, h. Highto"er chairman o'
the executive committee OF that couh-
ty, has addressed letter toeach OF the
unions throughout the state urging
them to action, and it will no DOUBT
have a good effect. 1t is clearly shown
that with plan of this kind IN force
the farmer can oe sure Of receiving the
limit of Sl5 per ton for his seed' "ha'
II ,1t,F
they are cerIalhly "o'"'' any ''' -
amount is taken up by the company and
oll interested profit By the organiza.
t,on II is nothing more than a busi'
ness nroposition, and it is to be hoped
that the farmers will gladly cooperate
:. ~, ,,,,,,o,,ent
,a,. 1org neriod of determined
g. +a.0, ,ha creenvjlle Business League
p''o, s-,'ooaedod ', S in petting an additional
l,' li"S o'v,1 '..,,, mo southern into that city
,n, y, a." s,ht w, ,os heen waged vigorously
s,,, ny y ,ba - hoginnipg, it finally becoming
,,U'n ,,onassary .n 70 take the matter before the
League also came in and assisted III ,n'
good work. The success atteholuS VIN
effort should be a cause Oh eonsr"'u,"
ton to the officers and members Oh Vil'
trade organizations, ana MAKE 'noi'
more appreciated at nome than ever
before.
~
Wiggins is experiencing so,~e''i. ,r'
Hens are hna'ii',S, p,,aina,s il gocd from ever,
iiiaiio "i'' Wit. 10 a real liy,
.,, as''',1 pnd deserves good things.