Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-12-15

:, ior cotton and cotton manutac-
GOODS in domestic and foreign
.c.ts. A resolution was drafted by
'.mmittee Of which he was chairman,
adopted by the association at Jack
,iIe Fla. which is being sent to ev-
member of Congress, together with
D.rsonal letter from the commissioner
ho State represented, urging that
- appropriations be continued and in
,so3 al results warrant. The press
hkjpg up the slogan and doing ex'
b.Dt service in the campaign. The
|Toving from the Memphis Commercial
meal Is similar to editorial utterances
m the cotton producing section of the
mhyi
rRecently we had occasion to ask
k,t had become of the movement look
to the advancement of the cotton
s1e with China. The answer is made
tbe resolution which was adopted in
conference Of Southern State com
s,ioners of agriculture, held at Jack
nyire It is as follows:
aWbereas, Cotton is the principal
orey crop of the South; that this will
rtinue to be SO for years to come is
matter about which there can be no
ference of opinion. We note with a
.gee Of great satisfaction that the
Fnted States Congress at its last ses-
pn appropriated small sum to be
I'D in the commendable work of ex-
hiding the market in foreign fields;
laefOre, be it
Resolved, That we, the Southern
hates commissioners of agriculture and
ricultnal workers, in the eighth an
bal convention, convened in the city of
Jacksonville, Fla, take advantage of
bis, the first opportunity, to express
|n appreciation of the recognition
Fen our greatest crop and heartily
Onmend the good work undertaken for
be benefit of the cotton planter and the
manufacturer and urge our Southern
Fmgessmcn and senators to use every
Mort TO secure adequate appropriations
|G the active continuance of this work.
"This means that there are still live
hen in the trenches; that there is yet
Faliant fighting going on to give the
South some little of that Federal aid
Which has been bestowed so layishly
pn Northern and Eastern industries,
NJ are given to understand that with
the hIp of a small appropriation for
the aiyancement of this work, and a
Friendly hand from the Federal govern
AfHt trade relations with China alone
Eaad be 50 vastly enhanced that n 2j,
100000 bale crop would be consumed
Flth the ease with which present trade
felatiOns with the world devour a 49,
F00OOO bale crop. Certainly here is an
f0neSt incentive for government action.
How much purer, more universally bene-
Faal and more decently honest for the
0Ternment to spend money in this
ause than to waste it in a ship sub
pay steal. We recommend the resolu-
FOn Of the Jacksonville conference to
P'eTy honest member of the house and
IeFy senator TO carry it into execution
nd we would eXhort every Democrat
(n0ng them and every Republican who
e' not believe in robbing the many to
nHch the few to arm themselves with
as resolution and play it, card fol
FTd, upon the table as sound and
0nest trump against the grand larceny
The ship subsidy measure" -
lhe dozens Of supposed to be improved
0''on seeds that are being offered plant.
at fancy prices bring to the front
gam the fact that any farmer by the
fe'ess Of selection can improve his seed
40 IN short time make them almost
not quite so good, as any offered. BY
system Of neglect he can in the same
noFt time run down the best to ordi
tify cotton i. NJ, Berryhill, of Aline
'nlte county, yerifes this fact in a let,
= TO the writer of recent date. III
VS. L write you few lines to lei
y thousands who read your department
'ekly know what can be accomplished
system Of seed selection in improv
our crops. In the year 1898 | haC
en'lre cotton crop planted in what
@ known as the Brandon cotton.
.aaa a few stalks that were extra good
~ ~ nom these carefully picked the cot
mad It ginned separately and planted
.,s u patch to itself next year. I have
.'a DONG the same thing every veal
mvt, and now have a cotton that il
nv early and prolific, On good lane
y. ~ WIN proper cultivation it will max,
N, W. oaes to the acre, and a 50O-pounC
fsa1 s,1 nom 1900 to 1900 pounds of dry
I'M nm cotton. 1t has small seed, larg,
(Sis ~ ana Is easily picked. A neighbol
On iali got a 530.pound bale from
.o pounds of seed cotton. am {
[i,a. M Oelleyer in improved seeds of al
Emr,, usi ana what have done can be ac
H. La'phShed by any farmer that will tax,
korn 'llne and precaution. | am still {
IpsD ANY mar, man, only 80 years of age, hav'
[ssn iiaarming all my life, and expect I,
Emp Eo, IL up. cannot see why so many
(SS (Sllg men want to leave the countr,
EEn., Em 70 to town when the farm offers 81
nj (it % % those who will use their energ,
|pr s y ,oFalns a. in the right direction. / pre-
|on !" lve in the country, raise fine cot
kboodes s0od corn, duroc Jersey hogs ant
'' Island red chickens"
n.
M dneTe en is still an effort being made t,
BEEN y. sa u Mississippi, A company ha,
hen, ,1l a1rihed in Clay county by reliabl,
(sns,,N N"o' with the assistance of an oi
Iesth ', !. VIII bore to see what is under
Ronsn "a .he surface. Some work has becl
EOnt. a. ~ dMagee, Enterprise and otke
\ s II. Without success, but then it ma,
|ucessa e handredth effort that will be
Rcat;sos. ss In Kinds county there are in
beaumnss.s sa'd to be as good as those a
|Dmeao oi'' ~. and q company has beef
b m, y with with A. H. Longind as president
hat IT, so.'l uown a hole. Who dares to sa,
FiId .,,e soa,. oay We may not ,eproducc til,
|ql scenes Of Sour Lake md Spindle