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

oonld rive his lecture on corn III cacil
ot-7 co1nties in Mississippi and to 500
s,rmors ait each place, it would be
mopb a million dollars to the State the
srst year. This is broad assertion, 1t
4, ,rne but those who heard this great
aynar Will readily agree. His subject
/, not MS important an one here at pres
- n win be later on. 1t is safe to
.,sart that the man who will listen pa
,tontIy 10 him for the first five minutes,
wonId cbeerfllly remain for three hours
,oncer. He gave results from an ex-
animation of thousands of fields OF corn
tbot proyed them to have from one-hait
n tbrce-fourths of perfect stand.
Tbey we're ordinary fields and appear
ad 10 bo as good as the average. The
farmer was working from one-fourth to
ore.balf Of his land with absolutely no
rasplt. He then told how they reme-
diod this evil in Iowa and other corn
States. Arterselecting carefully enough
o the best and most perfect ears Of
corn for planting they were laid in a
roW md each numbered. Then a test
boy was constructed of about two by
iour feet and three inches deep This
boy was hacked 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 tle ears of corn. This cloth was
sprpad 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
,be entire number. Then second
cloth was spread over the grains, TAX
Ing care not to disarrange them, Damp
sawdust was packed on this to fill the
box. Ii was then placed in a warm
room or greenhouse and in about seven
oreight 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 we're cast aside also. No ear was
accepted unless it showed perfect ger
minatou 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, A very
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 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
saying The carnivals, which are moth
In in the world but embryo fairs, re-
Gently in held Brookhaven, Ha2lehurst,
Yazoo City, Mt. Olive and other points
mean something more than the bring
ing Of crowd of people to town for a
day or so. Some of these have already
begun to make arrangements to effect a
permanent county fair organization,
stimulated by the success already at
tained. 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
aeoIt show was held at Liberty with a
good attendance and a creditable dis
play of stock. On September y at
bggers' store, in Aleorn county, colt
show, which was well attended and en-
thuslastically received, was held On
October 2 like event was held at
1oster with q dozen nice colts from
one sire and large number of others
We're exhibited and created healthy
interest. Holmes county has already
mad two such events this fall and others
That cannot be recalled just now This
Syery 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 u standard ware
mouse for storing cotton next season,
and the farmer can leave his bale and
leel that it is safe in every respect. II
he needs money he can borrow for a
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 safe
and economical place for storage
T. j. Dye of near Gloster reports the
following yield from his seed cotton;
2l2 pounds made bale weighing 4Sl
pounds, or nearly 40 per cent lint; l46O
pounds made $40 pounds, or SO per cent;
l4l4 pounds made 5l0 pounds, or 30 per
cent This is q splendid turnout in
deed, Mr. Dye says that he has pc
can Tree on his place that If the nuts
We're sold at the market price they
would pay the taxes on his entire farm
OF 900 acres Would it not be we'll for
every farmer to have one or more such
pecan trees?
The recent storm demonstrated the
TACT that eXcavated channels at our gull
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 al
1,!ulfport. With these favorable condl'
tlons there is every reason for us to eX'
pect to see two or more of the most I'M
portant shipping ports in the world II
mississippi The building of the cana
Isures change in tratlic, and Mlssls'
slppi is in fine condition to handle Q
large share Of "