Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-03-24

ern capitalists have recently organized
100000 stock company for their promo.
cation on a la;ge scale at Nugent, near
Gulport, and will plant zoo acres in
trees. The following information con,
cering the pecan industry will likely be
OF interest to persons who contemplate
going into the business;
The first question asked is, how soon
will pecan trees begin to bear? A seed.
Ne ling may be grated in February, and
n the following fall it will have as many
pecans as there were blossom buds on
The branch grated Crafts or buds will
usually bear in four or five years from
two to ten pounds. At ten wears of ace
they will bear from rs to 100 pounds
= and keep on increasing proportionatcly
through the years. Pecan trees live TO
q green old age. Some of them in this
State are from 100 to 200 years old. and
! ont at Pecan Hill :here are numbers of
r them Is years old. These trees would
s make three saw logs if they were felcd
& The paper shell is as different to the or.
Z dinary pecan as Thoroughbred stock is
& superior to scrubs Among the fine vari.
cites now on the market many of them
measure from one and one.half to two
and quarter inches in length and from
ono to one and a quarter inches in diam.
F ctcr The price of pecans range from
E 10 cents to Sl.50 per pound, according
u TO size, and so far short is the United
Il States on its nut crop that it imports
S2S,O0O,000 worth annually. 1t will be
seen by this that over.production is not
q liable to occur in this country. Pccans
s arc the fayoritc table nut ali over the
& country, and for dressing turkeys and
y chickens there is nothing to compare
with them. Some are ticking of the
ii adrlsablllty of manufacturing a salad
# out of the oil Of pccans, and if this il
# ever done olive oil will no longer be a
necessity save to those who cannot afford
Il the luxury of pecan oil.
Il Pecan orchards thrive and do well in
q almost every section of Mississippi, and
experience has shown that there is no
4 better annuity than bearing orchard
Il TO leave the widow and orphans,
III The planting of two large commercial
orchards near Pontotoc by men with
means and experience will likely bring
to the front that industry in the north
end of the State 1t has long been CON
ccdcd that there is no better fruit coun.
\ try in the world, and that all that was
necessary to bring this fact prominently
before the public was for parties with
money and experience to demonstrate
what could be done. Apples peaches
% pears, grapes, berries and other fruits
" grow spIendidy, and with the proper
n encouragement the business could be de.
3 vcloped until that whole section would
4 blossom as rose. At present thousands
upon thousands of acres of land that
could be utilized with profit, is lying idle
\ and bringing nothing to the owner, the
county or State. H0werton Bros, at
Guntown, and Prof. A. B. Mckay and
others at Pontotoc, are undoubtedly
4 philanthr0pists in more ways than one.
Their example will no doubt mean mil.
lions to be people of that section, and
thousands in revenue to keep the wheels
OF government oiled and running. There
is entirely too much land in our great
State that brings the owner no revenue
and pays nothing to the State
About the middle OF next month Mo-
bile will hold big telebration over the
completion OF the Mobile, Jackson 4
Kansas CITY railroad An elaborate pro-
gram is being prepared and officials of
.iabma, Mississippi and Tennessee will
participate. While this line has one ter.
\ minus IN Alabama and the other in Ten
nesSce, Mississippi IS undoubtedly en-
titled to the greater portion of the iub-
4 latlon. Only few miles lie in either
Alabama or Tennessee, while Mississippi
can lay claim to nearly 400 miles of the
road, IN immensely rich section Of Our
State is pierced aud its wonderful re-
sources brought to development. Towns
are springing up as if by magic along
its route and the prices OF property have |
gone up with remarkable rapidity, Yes,
4. Mississippi should be in that celebration |
BY o handsome majority.
80
There IS no room IN Mississippi lot
we sour, cross gra'ncu ana ulS'ou'rI'!,i 'p1 !, |
luiIuw VINO c'l never SEE aIt s"ou !"
Hnf ''''S' rus room Is Heeueu lo' I,'upl' |
WIZ nl can anu no see Eoou ." cNc'S n'i''
~, 10 no c'a,s OF cll1ch9 IS uut an I snt
''cuIt lor .hc present prosperity un'.
rAlS'S III MISSISSIPPI; EscIf % ni"n "aI u,
'art 10 perform IN tne great ul'l"a ,. 'Ia' M
Is ON the stage OF OF action A'e ~" uo
,ng your Palt II no', NOW - !he4 t"c ',na n,
10 oesnn. Lev everypouy Mo" lnav ao"
n.r M proud thao you are u nlss'sa'PIi"n, o
cit OF the many soou .nli'ss W. nav
10 70 1her Wheh opportunity "no,u' ,,';I %|
s'll'c,rnt frequency, n,"Nu ."'u, ,Lo,snnl S"il
T. tho '"Sv o"e Ill 1V~ u,r;to Ictter teling
of tho Inducements we had TO offer GOOD
citizens, and do this each working day
in the week? 1t would mean an aggrc-
slte ot nearly @,Vo0 letters per u"l' VI
i-'oVv lo' 'ne WeeN' m az, aha.ontor
womIJ mo- J"nht ho wordcrful
80
Tho Aberdeen hutton factory re.
Gently sold a Thousand gross of buttons
IA NI;ss;ssinn; deolor receiving for
thcm fair nrice This bepins to look
botter A Nississinni dealer buys but
fms to ho sold to NI;ssissippions for use