The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

in foreign fields. The resolution passed
Agriculture at Jacksonville was read and
made a part of the record and the dis
cussion centered upon the cotton portion
of the bill under consideration. The OPP
sachusetts, who defeated it with amend
ments including specific appropriations
for boots, shoes, onions. cabbage and
miscellaneous articles. Mr.. Livingston,
of Georgia, was in the forefront of the
champions of cotton, and was given able
backing by Messrs. Livingston, of Geor-
gia; Thomas, OF North Carolina; Rich
ardson, of Alabama, and others. The
vote in the house was very close, Sc to
II, and it is still hoped that the appro-
priation may be replaced when the meas
ure reaches the Senate and be concurred
in by the House. Letters from Wash
ington hold out hope for this. In the
meantime it would be well for all inter
ested in this measure, and every man
who is interested in cotton should be, to
write the Congressman from your dis
trict and the Senators urging upon them
unusual effort to have this measure
made a law. More than 65 per cent. of
our raw cotton is exported and $780,
100000 in foreign gold received for it in
return. 1t is larger than the combined
exports of all other agricultural prod
ucts in the United States. 1t is the ex-
port that throws the balance on the
right side of the export ledger and makes
ours a creditor nation and absolutely
safeguards the financial institutions OF
the country against monetary panNs.
Every man in the nation should be inter
ested in the extension of the field for its
use, and when the Congressman from
other sections are made to realize this
there seems to be every reason why they
should readily aid our own Congressman
to secure the recognition at the hands of
our government that it so richly de-
serves.
W. NJ. Bamberg, special agent of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, recently stated that the boil weevil
was sure to cross the Mississippi river
during the coming year into the cotton
fields of Mississippi, and that it was
time that our people were beginning to
arrange for its reception. He said:
with these facts before us, it be-
hooves our cotton growers to adopt a
method of planting and cultivating cot
ton which provides conditions unfavor-
able to the cotton weevil, for this is the
only means by which that insect can be
combatted. 1t cannot be poisoned or
r+o,,~oJ ort VNb,, hos hoan InDon,
strated. Planting early maturing seed,
and at the proper distances in the drill
and between rows, and cultivating shah
low and frequently, is the only means
of making a crop when the weevil
reaches us. 1t will not do to await the
invasion of the weevil before
ing this work. 1t should be commenced
at once, for by so doing, the advent of
the cotton weevil will not be followed
by devastated fields, the abolition of
credit and its consequent paralyzation
of business"
Some un~easiness has been caused cot
ton planters about the proposition of
English s%pinners to purchase large tracts
of land in the South for the purpose of
raising cotton for their mills. The
writer believes that our people should
nave no fears from such an attempt. 1t
is hardly probable that any great sue
cess will attend such an effort, and even
if it does succeed it will be under the SUI
pervision of an experienced cotton grow
er and worked with the regular cotton
labor. 1t is much more likely that these
gentlemen will be brought to the belief
that it will be better to remove their
mills to the South, which is the logical
place for the manufacture of cotton.
They are experienced in handling the
mills and would be more successful in
running them than our home people, who
have not had the training necessary to
make it successful in the face of such
keen competition. We welcome the Eng
Iish capitalist in either capacity of grow
er or manufacturer.
Fancy poultry raising is a growing in
dustrv in our State. Those engaged IN
the business are finding it profitable and
others are encouraged to 90 and do like
wise. The show annually held at AbeF-
deem has proven a great stimulus to IAN
ciers and it grows in extent and patron
age from year to year. There is money
in it for those who know how to get it
out. and this number is increasing very
fast.
Greenwood has granted a franchise to
home people for the construction OF an
electric street railway. An expert en-
gineer has gone over the ground and
made an estimate of the cost. The eiti-
zens of that delta city are very enths-
siastic and it would not at all be sur
prising to see a railway in operation be-
fore many more moons.
y
The ruling prices for eggs and chick
ems should prove an incentive for num-
bers to go into the poultry business for
a livelihood. There is no doubt but thai
a few hens are a most profitable invest
ment for every family, but those who
profess to know say that one hundred
dozen hens cannot be handled as profit
ably as one dozen. Some actual expe-
riences along this line would make inter
esting reading for this department. 1t
would prove a pleasure to give such gen.
eral publicity. Let's hear from some OF
those who have made q success OF the
poultry business.
Incalculable damage has been lone our
State by the wild reports that are great
ly exaggerated and almost without
foundation concerning the trouble In
Kemper county between the whites and