The Tupelo journal., 1907-06-28
BY H. e. BLAKEsLEE, Jackson.

- 49, WV Al Shlti GU
Crystal Springs, says:
From the above it is readily seen
that the old poor hills OF our State have
a reserve force for yielding to man and
labor a handsome return for energy
and effort far in excess and bounty of
our boasted cotton plantations. IT'S
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 few
crops. We are very much of the opinion
that by establishing a market for this
class of farming in Tunica counS the
property owners would reap a much
greater profit from their lands than de-
pending entirely upon cotton which,
like any 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 a 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. From
a small patch Of Il rows in onions some
90 yards long, he has already sold SIS
worth and says that he will get n
thirty bushels of dry onions for ship
ping purposes. From another small
patch he has sold more than SIS of mus
tard and turnip greens. From about
an acre of Irish potatoes, after selling
locally some IS Oh 30 bushels at $3.50
per bushel, dug and shipped rs bushels
the past week to Memphis that netted
him S1.25 per bushel. These are only
a part Of the truck he has sold, a con
siderable quantity of beets, radishes,
lettuce, peas and other vegetables hav-
ing been disposed of at fair prices. He
has already realized more from these
few acres a 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
ly, and to supplement the experiences
from Clarksdale, the experiment sta
ton at ~Stoneville, as well as other
places. Diversitication is the watch
word that will in the future make Mis-
sissippi the richest and most prosper
Gus State south of the Ohio river. The
good work being done will be acceler-
ated in the future and the one crop of
cotton in the delta will soon be a thing
Of the past. Hay, grain, hogs, cattle,
as we'll 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 diversifyins
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 26. The dates were
changed simultaneously, both having
dates including August LIST, and again
they are the same. However, it is tC
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 IN especially interesting
program, consisting of speaking by al
candidates for State offices, competitive
oratorical contests, farmers institute
races, baseball, etc. 1t is also expected
that a creditable exhibit of stock anG
agricultural products will be made
Both institutions arc worthy of the pa
tronage 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 thre'
hundred crates of tomatoes from a sin
gle acre and had as many more to b.
gathered. The sauce factory furnishe
a market for pepper and other truck,
large acreage in pepper especially, bein,
planted. CentreHlle is prospecting an,
growing daily.
Kosciusko is building the second Of
mill and the prospects for farmers t.
receive top-notch prices for their see
this fall are exceptionally good. Com
petition guarantees good prices if tn
mills do not come to an agreement tina
knocks out competition.
Three years ago Mr.. Gardner of W
zoo City planted a large fig orchard o
the coast near Biloxi. The orchard
doing finely and ten thousand pound
of figs We're recently sold on the marke
at a fair price. There is money in fig
and the industry promises to receive
great deal more attention in the futur
than in the past.
Only five weeks of political strife III
til the first primary and then a suppl
mental three weeks, then to begi
afresh a campaign for a Greater Mi
3 s~issinni."