The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-03-22

Increased attention is being given
the culture Of pecans in Mississippi.
Northern capitalists have recently or
gained 100000 stock company for
their propagation on large scale at
Nugent, near Gulfport, and will plant
| 700 acres in trees. The following in
formation concerning the pecan indus
try will likely be Of interest to per-
sons who contemplate going into the
business:
1.-THE first question asked, is: How
soon will pecan trees begin to bear
A seeding may be grated in Febru-
airy, and the following fall it will have
as many pecans as it had blooms on
the branch grated. Crafts or buds
will usually bear in four or FIVE years
from two to ten pounds. At ten years
Of age they will bear from rs to 100
pounds, and keep on increasing pro-
portionately through the years. Pc
can trees live to green old age.
Some Of them in this state are from
100 to 200 years old, and out at Pc
can HILL there are numbers Of them IS
years old. These trees would make
three saw logs each if they were fell
ed. The paper she'll is different to the
ordinary pecan as thoroughbred stock
is superior to scrubs. Among the fine
varieties now on the market many Of
them measure from one and one half
to two and quarter inches in length
and from one to one and a quarter
inches in diameter. The price of pc
cans ranges from ten cents to $3.50
per pound according to size, and so
far short in the United States on its
nut crop that it imports $2S,000,00O
worth annually. 1t will be seen by
this that overproduction is not liable
to occur in this country. Pecans are
the favorite table nut all over the
country, and for dressing turkey and
chickens, there is nothing to compare
with them. Some are talking of the
ACCESSIBILITY of manufacturing a salad
out Of the oil Of pecans, and if this
Is ever done, olive oil will no longer
be a necessity save to those who can
not afford the luxury of pecan OIL"
Pecan orchards thrive and do well
in almost every section Of Mississippi,
and experience has shown that there
IS no better annuity than bearing
orchard to leave the widow and or
phans.
The statement concerning banks
recently made public by Auditor Hen
ry is a good one indeed from f.
nancial standpoint. No state in the
union can show q healthier in
crease In banks and bank business,
which is the financial thermometer
drat indicates the prosperity Of q
state. The comparative statement is
made with two years ago and shows
an increase in the number of banks
IN operation Of 40 per cent, the com
para4ive numbers being 264 against
III. 81 new banks have been organ
lied in the short period Of twenty
four months, or more than three and
one-half per month on an average.
The aggregate resources and liabili-
ties are at present 100000 against
/ 81, 100000 two years ago. This
item shows an increase in undivided
surplus was So and 66 per cent re-
spectively. Other items show the fol-
lowing increase: loans and discounts,
So per cent; overdrafts 81 per cent !;
bonds and warrants 25 per cent;
banking houses, furniture and fxtur-
es, So per cent; expenses and taxes
IS per cent; cash on hand IL per cent
capital paid in So per cent; surplus
sc per cent; undivided profits So per
cent; other items in like proportion.
This statement shows that a large
number of community banks have
been organized for the convenience
VI oAAd1ACx UOWuS 6uQ dSsCS, LlIC DCO-
pie realizing the convenience and ne
cessity for such institutions. The gen.
general prosperity of the state will
no doubt show a corresponding, OF
even larger increase during the
next two years.
The demand for SIN : farms in
Mississippi is growing as time goes
by, actuated by numerous demands
and none more so than the scarcity
Of good labor with which to cultivate
the large plantations. 1t seems that
in the near future we will see our
state one Of small land owners who
cultivate their farms with their own
i labor. A valued exchange says on
this subject; AS. q benefactor Of hui
manity, the meteorological man who
makes two blades Of grass grow where
one grew Before, ism 4 in it with the
man who makes dozen small farms
smile where just one big plantation