The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-30


Under the old system of handling
cotton and allowing outside parties
to determine the price, the cry of over
production was worked at will to the
detriment of the planter.
For instance; The crop Of 1904 was
a little more than nine and half mil
lion bales and brought, exclusive Of
seed, $617, sol ,548. The next year,
although there was great decrease
III the cotton on hand and available
for use at the beginning of the pick
ing season, the price was hammered
by crop of thirteen and half mil
lion bales to receipts Of 1928, 195, 1859.
The less than ten million crop of the
year before brought practically as
much as the big crop Of 1905. The
following year, 1906, produced crop
of nearly eleven million bales that
brought $641, 72O,435. The stock on
hand for the year closing May LIST,
1906, and on which the price is pre-
dictated for the year closing May 1st,
1907 as we'll as the indications for q
yield. was hardly larger than for the
beginning of the year with the bump
er yield, but we do know that the
price suffered thereby. It is up to
the farmers to arrange warehouses
for their cotton so that the price can
not be made to suit the fellows who
have for so long profited at the e1
pense of the producer.
The Mississippi Fair Association
was organized at the office of the Com
missioner Of Agriculture and Com
merce in Jackson on the goth repre-
sentatives of a majority of the fairs
OF the state being present. The OBJ
Jeet OF the organization Is to bring
the secretaries of the fairs together
er at least once each year, discuss
ways and means of making the fairs
better, securing creditable exhibits,
advertising the events, fixing dates
to prevent conflict and etc. After
formation of Temporary organization
and thorough discussion OF the
matter permanent organization was
affected under the name as indicated
above. Ell. E. Blakeslee was elected
president and d. WoAerstein Of va
zoo City secretary, the secretaries Of
the various county fairs joining the
body being vice presidents, said vice.
presidents together with the president
and secretary to be the governing
board. It IS to be hoped that every
fair will come into the organization.
There is no more active force for the
Improvement Of agricultural, horticul-
ural and stock raising conditions in
the state than the fairs and every
county should hold an annual event
of some character.
The towns and cities along our wa
tersways. are beginning to agitace the
matter of restoring the use of these
same rivers for commercial purposes.
Years ago, before the advent Of the
railroads, they were pied by steam
eres that were the large source of sup
ply for the country. Since the roads
became so numerous, affording a
quicker means of transportation, the
rivers have been forgotten, although
freight can be handled by water
cheaper than by rail- The question is
again being brought to the front and
1t IS probable that the next few years
will see great increase in water traf
flc.. Our streams could and should
be made to do portion Of this trans
porttation thereby lesseni ng the strain
upon the railroads to handle the vol
umn Of business offered, and at the
same time tending to reduce the cost
of transportation. Vicksburg, Nat
chez and Yazoo City and other places
too numerous to mention are taking
the subject up and it is to be hoped
that hey will not allow i to lag un-
til steamers are again plying the wa
ters of our rivers and lakes, carrying
commerce to all parts near them.
y. MI. ROPER. OF Lee county brought J
to the Guntown Hot Times Office an
ear of corn that is something of Gu
riosity. The corn has "a rows on it
and measures nearly one foot in cir
conference. There are six separate
cobs one ear, all Joined together at
the end, and all having covering of
n fYro1 e~ro,pr Tb.s e - =
now on exhibition at Jackson in the
office of the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture and Commerce.
One of the greatest losses caused
by the recent rains has been from the
washing away of fertilizer already in
the ground. One fertilizer man was
heard to remark some days since that
the greater portion of the output