Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29
BY II. +. BLAKESLEE, JACKSON

The Delta Democrat, published at
Tuuica, after commenting on the Act
ol Mr.. Mathis SUCCESS In trucking at
Crystal Springs, says:
"From the above it is readily seen
that the old poor hills of our State have
reserve force for yielding to man and
labor d handsome return for energy
and effort far in excess and bounty of
our boasted cotton plantations. 'Tis
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 few
crops. Wea very much of the opinion
that by establishing market for this
class OF farming in Nunica coun~ 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 colored man, with
the result that since vegetables first be-
TO In, l, lag 1,ar 10
expenses to work his whole crop. From
small patch of q rows in onions some
so yards long, he has already sold Sl5
worth and says that he will get some
thirty bushels of dry onions for ship
ping purposes. From another small
patch he has sold more than IS OF mus
tard and turnip greens. From about
an acre Of Irish potatoes, after selling
locally some 25 or 30 bushels at $3.50
per bushel, dug and shipped rs bushels
the past week to Memphis that nctted
him $l.25 per bushel. These are only
a part of the truck he has sold, 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. Diyersiiicaton is the watch
word that will in the future make Mis-
sssippi the richest and most prosper
Gus State south of the Ohio river. The
good work being done will be acoeler
ated in the future and the one crop of
cotton in the delta will soon be 4 thing
Of the past Hay, grain, hogs, cattle,
as well as the small crops, will tend to
diversity the products of the delta un.
Til it will be alongside Copiah and other
counties that have been diyersifyins
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
,LopnoI eip,t,1touapu.l,~ both bovip,
dates including August 1st, 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 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 positio4 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 creditable exhibit of stock and |
agricultural products will be made. |
Both institutions are 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
trcts turn out and visit them.
Centreville i, trucking to consider
able extent this season and the result |
has been satisfactory so far. A. +. Hol |
combe had shipped at last report three
hundred crates of tomatoes from a sim
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. Centreille is prospering and |
growing daily.
Kosciusko is building the second oil
mill and the prospects for farmers to
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 that
knocks out competition.
Three years ago Mr.. Gardner of va
zoo City planted large fig orchard on
the coast near Biloxi The orchard is
doing finely and ten thousand pounds
of figs were recently sold on the market
at fair price. There is money in figs
and the industry promises to receive a
great deal more attention in the future
than in the past.
Only five weeks of political strife un-
til the first primary and then a supple
mental thnee weeks, then to begin
afresh campaign for "Greater Mis-.
sissippi."
A great many people know that it is
their duty to be civil and pleasant in
life; and some Of them imagine they are
doing that duty by exhibiting some of
the superficial signs of pleasantness, but
they fail because the intellectual COW
riction has not been accompanied by the |
cultivation of what the poets and emo
tionalists call the heart. When a per-
son cherishes ugly and hostile thoughts
seven days in the week, and when he
constantly acts in an ungracious man
ner, the sudden attempt to look pleasant