The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-11-02

worth million dollars 10 Tue otulc ouo
first year. This is broad assertion, 1T
is true, but those who heard this great
expert will readily agree. His subject
is not as important an one here at pres
ent as it will be later on. 1t is safe to
assert that the man who will listen pa
tiently to him for the first five minutes,
would cheerfully remain for three hours
longer. He gave results from an ex-
animation of thousands of fields of corn
that proved them to have from one-half
to three-fourths of perfect stand.
They were ordinary fields and appear
ed to be as good as the average. The
farmer was working from one-fourth to
one-half of his land with absolutely no
result. He then told how they RENE
died this evil in Iowa and other corn
States. After selecting carefully enough
of the best and most perfect ears OF
corn for planting they were laid In
row and each numbered. Then test
box was constructed of about two by
four feet and three inches deep. This
box was packed half full of damp saw
dust. A stout white cloth OF equal size
was checked into squares of about two
inches and numbered to correspond
with the ears of corn. This cloth was
spread over the sawdust in the test box.
Then ear No. l was taken up and six
grains taken from different parts of it
and placed in square No on the cloth,
the next ear the same and so on through
the entire number. Then a second
cloth was spread over the grains, TAX
ing care not to disarrange them. Damp
sawdust was packed on this to fill the
box. 1t was then placed in warm
room or greenhouse and in about seven
or eight days opened. The grains from
good ears of corn had thrown out
healthy shoots and were fit for seed.
Some ears had only started weak and
poor shoots. This ear was cast aside.
Some ears started possibly three shoots
while the other three lay dormant.
These were cast aside also. No ear was
accepted unless it showed perfect ger
mination. BY this means of testing
the production of corn had almost been
doubled and the land was made to pro-
duce an almost perfect crop. Avery
small matter some one will say, but an
important item just the same. The
average for corn in Mississippi is less
than sixteen bushels to the acre. Ii
this could be even raised to twenty
bushels would it not be worth a million
dollars to our State? Assuredly so;
and the idea is "get your heads in the
game"
That the good people of Mississippi
are fast awakening to the fact that fairs
and competitive shows are great edu-
Gators and stimulators goes without
saving. The carnivals, which are moth
ing in the world but embryo fairs, re-
Gently in held Brookhaven, Hazlehurst,
Yazoo City, Mt. Olive and other points
mean something more than the bring
ing of a crowd of people to town for a
day or so. Some of these have already
begun to make arrangements to effect
permanent county fair organization,
stimulated by the success already at
tanned. Nothing that would have a
more beneficial effect could be done.
Then, too, there is, another encourag-
ing note to be seen. Some weeks since
colt show was held at Liberty with
GOOD attendance and a creditable dis
play of stock. On September p at
Biggers' store, in Alcorn county, colt
show, which was well attended and en-
Enthusiastically received, was held. On
October II a like event was held at
Gloster with a dozen nice colts from
one sire and large number of others
were exhibited and created healthy
interest. Holmes county has already
had two such events this fall and others
that cannot be recalled just now. This
is very gratifying indeed, and goes to
show that our people are not asleep to
the benefits of raising good stock, and
there is nothing that will stimulate this
feeling more than county fairs.
Louisville will build standard ware
house for storing cotton next season,
and the farmer can leave his bale and
feel that it is safe in every respect. II
he needs money he can borrow for
short time on the warehouse receipt.
When these houses become general
over the South the farmer will be bet
ter able to fix the price to be paid for
his cotton, and not until he has a safe
and economical place for storage.
T. J. Dye of near Gloster reports the
following yield from his seed cotton:
12l2 pounds made bale weighing 4S1
pounds, or nearly 40 per cent lint; AGO
pounds made $40 pounds, or 80 per cent;
I4l4 pounds made $40 pounds, or 80 per
cent. This is splendid turnout in
deed. Mr.. Dye says that he has pc
can tree on his place that if the nuts
were sold at the market price they
would pay the taxes on his entire farm
of 500 acres. Would it not be well for
every farmer to have one Or more such
pecan trees?
The recent storm demonstrated the
fact that excavated channels at our gulf
coast harbors were deepened by such
disturbances instead of filled or shifted.
Horn Island Pass is reported wider and
deeper than before, and no doubt the
same can be said of the channel at
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