The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-06-29
BY Il. E. BLAKESLEE. JACKSON.

.Iunica, after commenting on the fact
of Mr.. Mathis success in trucking at
Springs, says:
"From the above it is readily seen
that the old poor hills of our State have
a reserve force for yielding to mar n
labor a handsome return for energy
and effort far in excess and bounty OF
our boasted cotton plantations. Ills
true that fortune not every year favors
this class of husbandry, yet with the
above results, a yield of over $500 per
acre, or an average of $50 per acre for
ten years, they can afford to miss a lew
crops. Wea are very much OF the opinion
that by establishing a market for TINS
class of farming in Tunica county the
property owners would reap a much
greater profit from their lands, than de-
pending entirely upon cotton which,
like n other crop, often meets with
unfavorable conditions, both as TO
growth and market. We have watched
with much interest the past spring a
small truck patch consisting OF four or
five acres between Evansville and Clay
ton, conducted by q colOred man, with
the result that since vegetables first be-
gan to come in he has more than made
expenses to work his whole crop.
a small patch of q rows in onions some
so yards long, he has already sold $50
worth and says that he will get some
shirty bushels of dry onions for ship
ping urposes From another small
patch he has sold more than So of u
tard and turnip greens. From abou
an acre of Irish potatoes, after selling
locally some 25 or 30 bushels at Sl.5O
per bushel, dug and shipped 10 bushels
the past week to Memphis that Melted
him s1.G per bushel. These are only
a part of the truck he has sold, a con-
siderable quantity of beets, r%adishes,
lettuce, peas and other vegetables haV-
ing been disposed of at fair prices. He
has already realized more from these
few acres of truck than he expects to
get from his fifteen acres OF cotton"
Reproduction of this article is made
to show that the delta section of Mis-
sissippi does grow vegetables splendid
Nv, and to supplement the experiences
from Clarksdale, the experiment sta
tion at S~toneville, as we'll as other
places. Diversification is the watch
word that will in the future make Mis-
Sissippi the richest and most prosper
gu State south of the Ohio river. The
good work being done will be acceler-
ated in the future and the n crop of
cotton in the delta will 20 be i thing
of the past. Hay, grain, hogs, cattle,
as well as the small crops, will tend TO
diversity the products of the delta I'M
til it will be alongside Copiah and other
counties that have been diyersifylng
for years.
Two important events in the State
during July will be the Neshoba Fair,
held eight miles west of Philadelphia,
and the Patrons Union held two miles
north of Lake. Both have the same
dates-July % to %. The dates were
changed simultaneously, both having
dates including August LIST, and again
they are the same. However, it is to
be hoped that the attendance at both
places will be satisfactory. The Ne
shoba Fair will be larger and more
comprehensive than ever before, and
although the season for making a dis
play of crops is rather early, a great
deal of interest has been shown and the
display this year will be good. The
management hopes to make a highly
creditable exhibit of live stock and are
in a position to do so. The Patrons
Union has an especially interesting
program, consisting of speaking by all
candidates for State Offices, competitive
oratorical contests, farmers institute,
races, baseball, etc. 1t is also expected
that a creditable exhibit of stock and
agricultural products will be made.
Both institutions are worthy of the pa
Sronage of all people interested in the
development of Mississippi, and it is to
be hoped that all in the respective dis
tricts turn out and visit them.
Centreville is trucking to a consider
able extent this season and the result
has been satisfactory so far. A. F. Hol.
combe had shipped at last report three
hundred crates of tomatoes from q sin.
gle acre and had as many more to be
gathered. The sauce factory furnishes
"a market for pepper and other truck, a
large acreage in pepper especially, being
PLANTED. Centreville is prospecting and
growing daily.
Kosciusko is building the second OF
anill and the prospects for farmers tG
receive top-notch prices for their seed
this fall are exceptionally good. Com
petition guarantees good prices if the
mills do not come to an agreement thai
knocks out competition.
Three years ago Mr.. Gardner of va
zoo City planted a large fig orchard OF
the coast near Biloxi. The orchard il
doing finely and ten thousand pounds
of ,os were recently sold on the marke