The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-05

from the cotton stalk should be OF
interest to Mississippians, especially
where cotton is the principal crop
Could a plan be devised whereby oui
cotton stalks could be utilized and
made to bring something to the farm
Ell, it would be of great benefit to our
people:
"That paper can be manufactured
from cotton stalks, and at good mar
gin of profit, has been demonstrated
iby practical experiments. 1t has been
furthermore demonstrated that the
stalk of the plant can be converted
into very satisfactory quality Of
cotton baggilg.
"These discoveries are of the ut
most Importance to the south. They
open a new avenue of profit from the
cotton crop, and it may be predicted
with considerable assurance that the
day is not far distant when the south
will be dotted with factories engaged
in this form of enterprise.
cit is estimated that the value Of
the cotton crop will be. increased fifty
million dollars by these discoveries,
and that a product heretofore regard
ed as mere wastage will be turned to
good account. Paper mills and bag
ging factories will inevitable come,
and the southern farmer will be besieg
ed for his stalk crop. just as he is
now sought after by the agents for
his seed crop. In speaking of the
discovery the Cotton Journal says:
at has already been demonstrated
by practical experiment that the fibre
of the whole cotton plant, including
the stalk and limbs, is almost as
strong as the fibre Of the wax plant.
This will prove interesting and valua-
BILE news to those cotton planters of
the south who each year are forced
to expend So much time and labor il
getting the dead stalks of the previ-
Gus crop out of the way for the plant
ing Of the new crop. With the es-
tablishment of paper mills throughout
the south for the purpose of convert
ing this heretofore waste product into
q valuable and useful commercial com
modify, the growers will not only re-
ceive cost of labor for removing the
stalks from their fields but a profit
from the new industry. as well. The
samples of paper already made from
the fibre of the dead stalks has pro-
ven to be stronger and better than
paper made from wood pulp, and as
durable and strong as linen paper.
The wood pulp paper mills cannot
successfully compete with the cotton
stalk paper mills owing to the cheap
ness with which the stalks can be
secured, and the better class of ma
terial they turn out.
"More than $2OO,OOO,OO0 are now
invested in the paper manufacturing
industry of the United States, but
nearly all the mills are located in the
East and the Northwest where the
raw material used in is the spruce
pine which grows in those sections.
However, it is believed that the re-
cent discovery Of the value of cotton
stalk fibre will result in the develop
ment Of new industry in the south
which will bring about the investment
of much idle capital and add many
millions of dollars to the wealth Of
this section Of the country"
"This, if successful, would prove
paying enterprise for Greenville. The
rich, fertile soil of the Delta produces
large cotton stalks whose fibre is very
strong and will make the finest quail
ity of news stock.
"Again, the cotton wood forests
along the Mississippi would also fur
nish a quantity of paper pulp and
should insure the success of such an
enterprise. T"
DIR. j. &c. Gathings, Of near Aber-
deem has been marketing fine baled
alfalfa from his crop every day for
some time on the streets Of Aberdeen.
The Examiner notes that on last Sat-
,lrday he brought in five mammoth
wagon loads which readily sold at
handsome price. Alfalfa is ia the
near future to take high rank among
our market staples. The beauty OF
it is, that it furnishes fine money
crop during the months preceding the
cotton harvest. 1t is being grown
successfully in the richer portions of
the state and III some Of the poorer
sections with fertilizers. It is crop
that the progressive farmer can well
afford to investigate.
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With the proper accommodations
as recorded in the above, our sea coast
would be the most popular winter re-
sort in the south, and fairly popular
as summer resort. But the comforts
are necessary before wc can invite
people to come down
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The Patros's Union will hold its
regulay meeting atF4the grounds near
Lake fre2m July 3Oth to August 3rd
inclusive. ! A program of unusual bril-
liancy and merit has been prepared
for this year. and the attendance will
likely be laraer than ever before in
the history of ithn organization. The