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Water Valley progress., 1906-08-18

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F.rein the business 81 cti3n Of
N aeee caused a S2S 600 loss.
Barrow & Price, merchants OF
Greenwood, have failed for $lo.-
900, assets, $1,000.
Democratic executive committee
of the Sixth Congressi0af District
has rennominated e. j. Bowers.
The cotton crop of central and
south Mississippi is said to be de-
teriorating on account of the not
and dry weather.
At Natchez a camp cf Sons OF
Confederate Veterans will be or
ganized with a charter member
ship of nearly 100.
State Treasurer Miller reports
that the treasury receipts for the
month of July amounted to S27l,
$40 81, a slight Increase over the
past month, with cash balance at
IL e end ofthe month of S4O,6l5.6o.
The Newton Record says that
Mr.. Jofn Lowe, of that county,
90 years of age, is a foe squirrel
shot with the rife, and his hear
ing Is as good as 1t was 20 years
ago. His wife is SO years old, and
a hearty old woman. They have
been married 75 years and their
descendants number 2O7.
The people of Oxford are ar
ranging to give the survivors OF
Walthalls brigade a great barbe-
cue and old fashioned brunswick
stew on the occasion OF their re-
union on September 9th,
A meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees of the State University has
been called for Augus5 23d, when
the vacancies caused by the res
ignations of Chancellor Fulton
and Gov. Shands will be filed.
The Board of Supervisors of
Simpson County is advertising
for plans and specification for the
construction of a courth house.
The courthouse is not to exceed
$40, 600 in cost.
The Mississippi division OF the
Southern Cotton Association has
set for itself the task of securing
cotton crop estimates, calculated
in 5OO-pound bales. from the pro-
ducers of the staple themselves.
A systematic robbery OF bag.
gage at the Jackson depot has
been going on for months. Thou.
sands of dollars worth of jewelry
and other goods have been taken
from the trunks and valses o1
travelling men. The negro porter
has been arrested, but the detec-
tives think the main offender is
still at large.
The truck farmers of Mississippi
are balancing accounts to ascer :
tain the results of the season re-
Gently brought to close. Vege
table shipments closed some time
ago, but the horticulturists are
making SONS sh pr ents of peach
es and figs, and fancy prices are
being obtained
For the first time in the history
of Illinois there is a probability
that one or both of the political
parties will nominate a colored
man for judicial place in a court
of record. There are seven av0W-
ed candidates among the negroes
of Chicago for a jadgeship on the
oench of the municipal court, six
of them Republicans and one a
Democrat, their argument being
that they are as fit by education,
and ability as any of
the white men who seek the hon.
or of the ermine. Chicago Record
Herald.
Richard Uheatham, secretary of
the Southern Cotton Association,
has by participating in specula-
ti0Ds, thrown dampor over the
Water Valley progress., 1906-08-18
Important Business Notice.

Since the death Of Mr.. A. K.
Jobe, l have decided to close out
his business in Water Valley.
The entire stock will, there
fore, be sold at cost for cash, and
all persons indebted to him viii
please call and settle their ac-
counts as early as possible,
Mrs. A. K. Jobe.
Water Valley, Miss.
August Ist, 1906.
Water Valley progress., 1906-08-18
Mississippi Items. ]


7 Woodland shot and mortally
wounded Chas. Thomas over q
craps game near Liberty.
Hou. A. M. Bytd has been re-
nominated by the Democrats OF
the Fifth District for Congress.
Hon. Chas. Scott, candidate
for governor has subscribed one
Thousand dollars toward erecting
a monument to the "Women OF
the Confederacy.'
Sixty million dollars is the new
estimate on Mississippps assess
ment increase. for the current
year.
The rural telephone line from
Coldwater to Abbeville has Deen
completed. This line runs through
three scounties, Lafayette, Mar.
shall and Tate. for a distance OF
over sixty miles.
J. P. Slade, a noted white life
convict, made his escape from the
Rankin county farm last Sunday.
S,ade was sent up from Pike Tor
the murder of a man named Mil
Ter. He was well-to-do farmer
of that county.
An epidemic of crime is report
ed among the negroes along the
eastern border Of Leake county,
no less than fifteen members OF
the race having been killed during
the past six months.
At the special election held in
| Webster county to pass on the
question of creating new circuit
and chancery court district, the
pro posed change waa lost by q
majority of over 200 votes.
Recent extensions to the Laurel
cotton mill brings it's capacity up
| to about 10000 bales of cotton per
annum, or 200. 900 yards of finish
ed cloth per waek. Employment
| is given 500 hands.
i Announcement is made that the
w. Il. Adams Machine Co. 's plant
i Corinth, and which was greatly
dam aged by fire some time since,
will be rebuilt on larger and
more permanent scale than ever.
| Dol. j. r. Binford. commander
of the organization, has issued .
call for the annual reunion Of the
survivors of the famous Fifteenth
Mississippi regiment, to be held at
Eupora on the second Wednesday
in September.
The six candidates for gover-
nor addressed an audience OF ten
/ thousand Tuesday at the Neshoba
County Fair, in advocacy OF their
respective claims for the office.
The gathering was the greatest
political event of the year, and
was characterized by entt usiasm
and good feeling.
The heaviet rain storm that has
visited Meridian and vicinity for
fifteen years fell last Monday, &C
com panied by a violent wind. Du.
ring the storm the residence OF L.
r Bryant was struck by light
ming and his son, Willie killed. a
negro fell into flooded ditch and
was drowned.
The four year-old child Of Mr..
and Ms. Turner Carraway, OF
Amite county, wandered away
while tb parents were attending
services at New Zion church.
nearly l.O0O persons joined in the
search. which lasted for seyera
hours. The child was fnally
found shortly before sundown
about two miles from the church
Water Valley progress., 1906-08-18
Telephone, No. 24o.
For Congress.
We are authorized to announce

We are authorized TO announce
HON. w. S. HILL,
of Montgomery County, as cans
didate for re election from the
Fourth Congressional District,
subject to the action of the DEM
ocratic Party.
Water Valley progress., 1906-08-18

Here are the names of few persons to whom
we have sold STUDEBAKER Wagons and Bug
gies. Ask any one of them about the Quality.
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23

Broadly speaking, the growing of farm
and garden seeds may be considered the
most important of agricultural indus
tries, for unless the quality of the seed
IS maintained, the succeeding crop is
greatly diminished in volume and deter
Sorated in quality, so that if applied to
fhe country as a whole, the loss would
be enormous.
The great magnitude of the American
seed business is little appreciated" said
= prominent seed dealer in describing
the carloads of field and garden seeds
which he handles each spring "The
producing capacity of the seeds quickly
deteriorates, in most instances, and the
most successful farmers buy large guam
titles of seeds. The farmer is a some
what cautious individual, and although
he buys, on an average, double the
amount of seeds he did ten years ago,
he has not, in every instance, reached
the point where he recognizes that the
greatest economy lies in getting the best
and patronizing only those houses whose
reputation forbids them to sell poor and
Rdulterated Seeds" -
Seeds Apt to Retrograde.
The deterioration in many. seeds is
very marked, and large seedmen go to
great lengths to produce the best pos
sible seed and to have various establish
ments in different parts of the country
where the conditions are the best for
production. 1t is not possible that the
best results can be attained in produc-
ing a great number of seeds on any one
farm or in any one locality, however
favored. The soil and climate which
may be the best adapted for producing
one kind of seed may result only in a
very inferior seed from some other kind
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23

aboiishes a system whereby the Con-
gressmen who wants to keep in touch
with his constituents has an opportunity
to mail out little package of garden
seeds to his entire list of voters, he
cheerfully votes against the measure and
instead votes for an appropriation of
over a quarter of a million of dollars
year for free garden and flower seeds.
If somebody would introduce bill, even
with this big appropriation, but speci-
flying that the Secretary of Agriculture
should expend the money in procuring
and distributing only such seeds and
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23

Courtesy A. J. Pieters, Department Of Agriculture
of plant So that seeds, as they are
handled by the big seedsmen. are gath
cred in by them from all parts of the
country from Maine to California. In
the latter state some of the vastest seed
6elds of the world are found, where the
eye ranges over unbroken rows, miles in
extent, at least as far as the eye can
reach. If all this industry should cease
tor year and the farmer and gardener
became dependent for the succeeding
crop on the seeds which he would him
self save during the year, the shrinkage
IN production throughout the country
would amount to tens of millions of
dollars.
: In the Qden Times.
OF course, in the early days each
farmer saved his own seed; possibly he
exchanged seeds with one or two neigh
bors or friends. At that time there was
little competition in farming, the produc-
lion of the farm was used mainly for
zhe support of the family, and the farm
supplied practically all the necessities
end even the luxuries of life.
81 The earliest seed-farm in the United
States is believed to have been started
by David Landreth, the originator of
She present big seed house. This was
before the Revolutionary war, on a
small farm, now included in the city
of Philadelphia. It is estimated that
over 100000 acres, including land in
probably every state in the Union, are
now devoted solely to growing seed
crops, and some of the largest growers
plant annually as high as 1000 acres.
Get Good Clover Seed.
The advantage of securing good ger.
minating seed is manifest. Take for
instance clover seed which is sown on
wheat-stubble in the spring. 1t is al.
ways possible to secure it at so cents OF
sI,oo per bushel below the market price
quoted by the reputable seedsmen
What is the result of using such seed
1t must be considered foregone con.
clusien that such seed is poor, worth
even less than the reduced price al
which it is offered. The land has beer
prepared for pasture or hay, some of the
fertilizer used on the wheat crop still
remaining in the soil for the use Of tlnc
clover and timothy, and the grass anc
clover seed is sown to become the de
pendence of the farmer for his ha,
crop. He buys cheap seed; 80, 40, sc
or 70 per cent. of it is an adulteratiol
of seed which has been killed or is old
dead or weak clover seed. The re
mainder is good, fresh seed If he buy
this seed, likely putting off purchas
until the eleventh hour. and uses
without testing its terminating qual
tiles, he may be lucky if he gets half
stand. In other words. half his Ian
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23
P. .eserHing Strict Silence.

In Korea the women, on their we'd
ding day, will not open their mouths
to peak, no matter what the tempta-
ton or provocation.
Sometimes this silence is continued
through the first week of married life.
Although no such custom exists in
the Western world, extraordinary cases
are not wanting. In the early ferties
a New York lady undertook, for
wager of $3.50, to remain mute during
the month Of her married life.
Her new-made husband, who, natur-
ally, was not in the secret, was so much
incensed at his brides behavior, that
he left her before her TASK was COM
| pleted, only to return later when ap-
| prised of the real reason for this un-
natural silence.
On one anniversary of their wedding
day a Brussels couple Quarrelled so
bitterly that the wife, in a passion,
vowed that her husband should never
again hear the sound of her voice She
would there and then have left the
house, but her now penltent husband
implored her not to desert him. To
that extent only did his entreaties pre-
vail, for she kept the letter of her oath
and never in her spouse's presence
did she unloose her tongue.
An Austrian woman, whose husband
Twas in hiding from the authorities, in
Hadvertently betrayed his whereabouts
to a neighber, who was secretly in the
pay of the police. AS a result, he was
taken, and received term of imprison-
iment.
So much did his wife take to heart
this misfortune, which had been
brought about by her gossip, that she
resolved for the remainder of her life
ito remain mute She would not make
an exception even in her husbands
favor, for, although she received him
lon his release with the utmost affec.
ton, she maintained an obdurate
silence till her death, three years later
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23

Rocky Ford seed. At the end of the
cantaloupe season various individuals
could be seen going over the Rocky
Ford cantaloupe patches and disem-
boweling immature and frosted canta-
loupes for their seed. This seed, it is
true, was genuine Rocky Ford canta-
loupe seed, and it would probably ger
inmate o5 or 90 per cent, but it is OBJ
vious, its sale as frst-class seed was an
imposition. Nevertheless thousands of
packages were annually foisted upon
seed buyers.
So if you are going to buy seed, and
buying seed to greater or less extent
is advisable, not to say necessary it
becomes foregone conclusion that it
pays to buy good seed and therefore to
know from whom you are buying.
The Government Seed Business.
The Agricultural Department is buster
than usual sending out millions of pack
ages of free seeds for Congressman. It
+ should be understood that this free seed
distribution, while carried out by the
Secretary of Agriculture, is no scheme
of his, but is Congressional affair, pure
and simple. In every session there is
one or more bills introduced abolishine
what has been termed by more than one
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23
SEED LETTUCE AND ONIONS I'M HEAD

partly open from time to time to admit
the exchange of air and gases, using a
good-sized dish with small saucers and
renewing the water occasionally. Sew
eral kinds of seed may be tested at once
at trifling cost. The Department eau
tions the farl.--r against extremes of
temperature and excessive moisture dur
ing the experiments. In some of the
larger and more reliable seed houses of
this country there is a well-equipped
and appointed incubator room in which
tests are made by the seedmen in
order to ascertain whether or not the
seeds will really grow. This is done
with every lot of seed that comes in
the warehouse and before distribu-
ton through the country. Results OF
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23

plants as may be-of real value to the
farmer in Congressional district, new
and improved varieties, even though
only one package could be sent out
where now a score or two are sent, the
expenditure would be defensible. This
would be building up our agriculture
and there would be cases where the
entire agricultural output would be
changed, greatly to the advantage of
the farm. The Secretary is, in fact,
employing this idea, as far as he is left
any discretion in the matter of seed
distribution. He is allowed by Congress
small appropriation of this free seed
money, and where his explorers in the
old countries of the world have brought
IN new plants and seeds which it is be-
l1eved will be an Improvement on those
already grown by American farmers, he
sends these out in sufficient amount to
admit OF rational test by farmer.
Time to Abolish the System.
As it is now carried out, the free seed
distribution should be stopped, and the
work of supplying the ordinary farm and
garden seeds, the results of which are
known to everybody, should be left to
the regular seedmen.
The seed business of the United States
is one of great magnitude While there
are, of course, unscrupu1ous and fake
seed houses who do not hesitate to
adulterate the seeds they supply, the re-
putable firms take great care in seeing
that their seeds are not only fresh, with
good terminating powers, but true to
name. The old-fashioned way was for
~, 10 I, L..k
in many of our principal crops it is
found that the seeds grown in certain To-
.calities produce heavier yields, and while
If the planting is done little out of the
original habitat of the plant the first
crop may not appreciably deteriorate the
second year, the crop from that seed
will show marked falling off in yield.
II is for this reason that some of the
wisest farmers and planters send regu-
larly considerable distances for seed.
The seed catalogues always carry
number of pages of novelties and new
varieties which are described in an ex-
tremely attractive form. 1t is well
enough to try these novelties, but it is
good advice to consider them as such
and have the main crop to fall back
upon from the standard or well-tried
varieties which have stood the test of
years.
An examination of many of the seeds
of common vegetable and forage re-
veals the fact that all immense amount
of poor seed is sold to American farm
ers and gardeners Farmers as a rule
are responsible for this condition, since,
as has been said, many of them buy the
cheaoest seed III the market and trust
entirely to luck for it to produce the en-
tire crop. Such seed is dear at any
price, and is withal one of the principal
source of the hosts of bad weeds which
are to be seen upon many farms.
For the last few years there has been
constantly increasing outcry against
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23

these growths are recorded in a book
and kept for ready reference in the
event of complaints. The busiest times
in the American seed warehouse is from
November to March, and often April,
when enormous quantities of seeds and
bulbs. pass through the buildings first in
large sacks and later in smaller pack
ages by mail and express on their, way
to the progressive American agricul-
turist
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23
Home Tests of Seeds.

The Department of Agriculture in or
der to aid farmers to determine for
themselves without much trouble the
terminating qualities of seeds purchased
by them, has issued number of bulle-
tins upon the subject A very simple
apparatus for sprouting seeds is describ-
ed in the bulletin. 1t consists of a shall
low tin basin or one of granite ware.
The bottom of the basin is covered with
water and small fiat bottom of porous
clay is placed inside The seeds after
having been soaked are laid between
two layers of moist blotting paper or
flannel cloth. A pane of glass covers the
dish, which is to be kept in a tempera-
ture of about 70 degrees. The atmosphere
of an ordinary living room is suitable if
care is taken to set the apparatus near
stove at night. The basin may be left
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23

purchase in open market samples of
seeds of grazing and forage plants, test
the same and publish the names of per-
sons selling adulterated seeds.
So extensive is the seed business in
the United States that many seedmen go
to an enormous expense in publishing
each year catalogues giving the many
varieties offered for sale by them.
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23
AMERICAN SEED GROWING
Cheap Seeds the Most Expensive
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL

, lies idle and he curses his luck which
has thus shown itself against him,
whereas the fault was his own, and he
was simply penny wise and pound
foolish.
This can be said of many different
kinds of seed.
Or suppose he buys expensive early
cabbage or radish seed, it is an easy
matter for the unscrupulous dealer to
mix this seed half and half with very
cheap late cabbage or radish seeds, pre-
viously killed $50 that they will not
come untrue to name), and unless the
buyer is particularly observant it may
never occur to him that he has been
buncoed.
Tricks of Some Dealers.
Another method of defrauding the
seed buyer, practiced by cheap seedsmen
who never expect to do business a sec
ond time with the customer, is to sell
him outright the cheap seeds of some
plant such as muskmelon, for instance,
Under label of some new or high
priced variety. He puts in a hard sea-
sons work trying to raise good musk
melons, and at the end he finds he has
a heterogeneous collection of inferior
sorts. Still another practice which the
reputable seedsmen will not counten-
ance is to sell seeds which may be true
to name and which will also germinate,
but which are weak and poor. An ex-
ample of this was noticed by the writer
in the Colorado muskmelon fields. The
Rocky Ford cantaloupes had for some
years attained countrywide fame
through their sweetness and fine flavor.
They were shipped all over the United
States. Then came great demand for
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23
Cordial FOREIGN Relations.

Mrs. O'Riley-And are yez on spakin'
terms wild Mrs Zylonski.
Mrs. Murphy-Av course I am. She
called me a thafe an I told her she
was another.
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23

the seeds sold by unscrupulous dealers
and with it demand for legislation.
Congress and a few states have passed
laws regulating the trade in seeds. The
Secretary of Agriculture under an Act
of Congress has authority to. and does.
Amador ledger., 1906-02-23

Congressman the free seed farce, and
speeches have been made annually de-
riding the practice, showing that it is
unnecessary and Improbable and a
waste of public money; yet when it
comes to voting for a measure which
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-10-01

Sow pretty thick. When the
peas are beginning to ripcn,
fence off a por ton and let the
hogs harvest them. When tina.
portion IL eaten up give them
some more; and if a right kind
Of hog is bred aud properly
handled, the millions sent North
for hog products will be retain.
ed at home. And not ONLY that:
but the COW pea being a nitro
gen gatherer and fed on the
ground, will leave the field even
in one year capable of growing a
bale OF cotton TO the acre.
So sum up what is necessary
10 do IN order 10 answer the
caption Of this article. Under
drain II necessary. u, better
work on the land. Rotate crops
Consume crops at home. Per.
sonally supervise work done.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-10-01
kaffir Corn Report

/. ~ lIlis. Port Gibson. Miss.
Farmers 10 Miss,ss,ppi will
make no mistake 10 planting
ksfhr corn. As food for hogs
il is simply superb, and | be
l,evc will yield more to the acre
than anything that we can raise.
! had a small pateh-lcss than
OF an acre-ihat fed eight
grown hogs for nearly two
months during the Stu IN and
il was planted IN very poor soil.
a patch OF peas planted by the
side OF it was comparatively
worthless, though they pro-
duccd an average crop.
II strikes me hard that this is
one OF the solutions OF our
great meat problem. which
farmers will necessarily have 10
look 10 in emergencies of the
coming boil wccsil. get the
idea frem Farm aud Ranch. tha,
some OF the creates, hog ranch.
crs in Texas depend upon kanir
corn for their hog feed: and from
my experience doub, no, ,ha,
Mississippi can raise i, as we'll
as Texas.
r. A.. Parker. OF Glostcr,
sounds a kncll in your Septem-
Der Is issue OF com mcrcial Ter.
t~llikcrs. and there are thousands
OF others who could sing the
"a me song. Chemical fc~rtillxiue
does not pay.
Editorial comment This re-
port on kafiir corn IN very en-
couraging. Who else can make
az early report? Gazette read
ers need information on this
subject. Commercial fertilizers
can be made profitable or un-
profitable according &c how
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-10-01

Breeding stock from St. Louis
prize winning herd. Choice pigs
>rcgistercd) ready for prompt
shipment. Age 10 to - weeks
Did. Price $4,000 per pair. $27. so
per trio. Have five filters Of
same age and can ship pigs that
are 40 kin. Safe delivcryguar-
anteed.
GEO. l.. GAyDEN, Gurley, Ia.
Y. & NJ. V. Ry.