Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-10-12

The suggestion to establish school
of cotton grading and classification in
with the \. q NJ. College is
one that deserves careful consideration
at the hands of the new legislative body.
Such an institution is badly needed. Why
should the cotton producer depend alto
gether on soHle one outside his profess
sion to grade his cotton and say where
it should stand in classification? As
part and parcel OF agricultural legisla'
ton, let the classification of cotton take
its proper place During the past few
wears there have been established num-
ber of schools for this purpose by out
side parties, and they have received the
most liberal patronage, although the IN
struction received was of the most SUI
perfcial kind and almost OF no value at
ALL Make this feature OF the \. & NJ,
and the benefits to be derived will be far
in advance of the small sum of money
required.
The Manufacturers Record, of Balti'
more. has compiled table showing the
percentage OF earnings upon farm IN
vestments for the States of the Union,
which places our great State in the lead
In Mississippi the figures are AZ, Ala
bama ala, Georgia 34.6, Arkansas $40,
South Carolina 1873, North aCrolina 800,
Louisiana 27.3, Tennessee "a, Florida
23.9, Texas 20.4, kentucky 20, Virginia
1871. West Virginia 19.7 Maine 1913, and
the other States trailing along III the
rear. This is very easy to understand
when it is taken into consideration that
the acre of land that will produce fifty
bushels of corn in Mississippi can be
bought for $40, while the same land ii
| the Northern States would cost three Oh
four times as much. At any rate, ole
Mississippi shows up mighty good in thu
comparison, and the citizen who loves
statistics can get great deal OF salts
| IhCllOll llOHl tucSt hS uitS'
| c. NJ. Murfr, of Monroe county, re
Gently brought to Aberdeen stalk Q
sorghum cane that measured i5l2 feet II
height. An acre OF such cane woul,
produce wonderful yield of syrup. Tn
Examiner states that ribbon and blu
cane are fast taking the place Of sol
ghum in that section OF the state,
proving more profitable and easy t
handle. 1t is an old saying that Louis
lana cane will make one hundred ga
Ions of syrup to every foot in heiSh
the cane will mature; that is, on ord
narily good land Ii this be true, an
the writer has no reason to doubt II
truthfulness, North Mississippi eountit
: could raise from two to three hundre
: gallons per acre with ease, the cane mi
turing to height to warrant that yield.
Tell your neighbor who might be 4
terested in road building and maint
nance that the demonstration OF maehl
cry for such purposes will be on Mover
ber sth and 9th at the State Fair. !
!, duce him to be OH hand to see what
offered, so that he can tell his neighbo
: about it,. We need roads just a hit
worse than anything else just at tn
time, and to get them at reasonab
9 cost is the question that troubles Z
q average citizen.
O There is a well defined movement
|, foot to dredge Yallobusha river II 7
government can be made to see the
cessity OF the same, and make it car
freight, as it undoubtedly would if
+ was in Massachusetts, Or other Northe
9 or Eastern States. A delegation
|. Grenada citizens recently called up
a Hon. D. &. Humphreys, member OF
Rivers and Harbor Committee OF