Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-11-10

Hon Walter Clarke recently gave out
ne following with reference to the low
o,ice being paid by the mills for cotton
seed and the proposition TO organize the
mojuccrs for a better price;
81 have recently received several let
ers asking me to call TO the attention
of our farmers the present low price OF |
ootton seed. and ask their cooperation
IN rajsng the price. I find that on the |
bssis @ Of GOOD sound seed the mills are !
rayipq from Sl2 to $l3 per ton. The !
sscoj damaged by recent raips are bring
ra from s. to SIS per ton, and, think OF |
4 o1r farmers are selling seed at these |
,ricest Are the mills to blame for this
large number of farmers in many sec
lions m of Mississippi have put their money |
in oil mills and succeeded in advancing
tbe price Of seed materially. or recent
wears tha mills have not made money;
h flet lhay all lost money, due to the |
low price Of oil and the comparatively
hiob prioa for seed At the present price
far ojl, There can be no doubt that good
~oj are easily worth from $lj to SIG
per tom. but the mill men having lost
money In too much competition, like
sensible men, got together and by some
mysterious process OF cooperation, sue
cppipd In huying seed for less than the
market value and the farmer fool that
he is. supplies the demand How long
will Il lp before our farmers learn the
y,me and necessity Of cooperation?
Aside from tbIs, what are seed worth to
tbe hnl,2 The chemical analysis of cot
ton seed shows a fertilizer value Of $12.20
per tom: this does not take into consider
alton the vegetable matter in seed, which
is worth rom SIS to Sj per ton of seed,
making tHo seed easily worth as a fer
tlizcr SIj to SUI per ton, and yet, thou
apds of our farmers are selling their
seed -rlbbmg the soil of its fertility
and decreasing its productive capacity
each ana every year by this process OF
robbery The soils of Mississippi are
growing less productive, and our children
will inherit a barren waste unless We
sop .fi, insane policy Again, one
pound Of cotton seed iudiciously fed to
cattle !. worth as much as one and one
quarter pounds Of corn. one TON OF corn
at so cents per bnshel, when 1ed TO cat
tie is worth SlG81. one toh OF COTTON
seed fed torattle is worth S22,30. Again,
after the rtLIe have been lea on coI'oi,
seed and IN, manure properly saved and
returned ta the land, 1t mas a 1ettlllzer
value Of SI' per ton OF cotton seed, mus
making d combined feeding ana iertlllzer
value Of Sla3O per ton, as compared to
corn, which has no fertilizer value ana
feed value If only Sl7S5; ana yet, our
farmers vii. sell this valuable product
for from 50 to SIS per ton, The price OF
seed would be easily solved II our farm
es would pursue a rational course ana
veil one halt Of the seed at S&o per ton
nd return tbe other han TO the lalla'
Can We. by "l@nl2atlon, bring about TINS
result ! sincerely hope that our fari-
Ous county organizations Will take inns
matter up which is so easy OF solution
and solve 1t in a rational manner
A correspondent of the Southern Plan
htiou writes as follows about the flower
Of a wrl known plant; II have dis
covered 70 remedy for pulmonary con-
sumption 1t has cured a number OF
at the lungs, and the hectic flush was
already nu the check. After trying TINS
remedy 70 my own satisfaction, | have
thought philanthropy required that |
should er it he known to the world.
It's the common mullen, stepped strong
and sweaDaned with coffee sugar ana
drank freely, The herb should be gath
ered before the end of July, II conNen-
lent
"loung or old plants are good dried IN
the -.ala and kept in clean bags. Inc
medicine must be continued from three
to six months, according to the nature
Of The disease. 1t is very good for the
blood vessels also. 1t strengthens anu
bniId, MP the system, instead of taking
away strength 1t makes good blood
md takes Inflammation away from the
lungs Il is the wish of the writer that
every periodical in the United States,
Canada and Europe should publish this
receipt for the benefit of the human fam
n.y. lay this up and keep it in the
house ready for use"
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AS the unest Of the NcComb CITY Fair
/ nF thn
fair and the promoters are well pleased
with tho showing made A number of
the agricultural exhibits were exception
aIly GOOD 40 wos also several in each Of
the other Departments. The attendance
was very 0attering indeed. and more es-
peoiallv whom Il ;s tol,cn into considera-
ton that tbe storm and bad weather had
put the farmers behind with their crops,
and that everv effort was being made to
catch mn with the gathering. The fair
IN Pike is ON a firm basis. and already
plans for next wear are being perfected,
Extra Inducements win be offered for
exhibits Of agricultural horticultural,
stock and otber farm products. 1t is eX-
pected tbat tbo nresent buildinp will be
entirely filled with these and that othera
will he croctod 10 take care of the over
flow, The neonle are enthusiastic in the
effort ia mako tbe fair next wear twice
Ns ,,,oI a., 4L; ,.I;ah ;ncrrns If hpiun
among the very best In the whole State
The commercial and manufacturing in
terests of Jackson, Meridian and Other
Mississippi towns are calling for en-
for,, r IL - ,;tI, reannct tC