The Neshoba Democrat., 1908-06-11

weight, ST.; largest yield per single
stalk, 81: best ten stalks, So: greatest
number OF perfect ears to the stalk, 81;
best five ears of any named varieties,
two or more competitions on each va
riety, 50.
The poultry show will be encouraged
by Increased premiums and it is co: fl
IDENTIFY expected that the six hundred
birds displayed last year will be more
than doubled this year. A comfortable
and commodious building will be pro-
vided for their accommodation. This
is one industry that will be featured
all along the line. Mississippi is
poultry State, and must be developed
into such. Live stock premiums will
also be greatly enlarged and an effort
made to bring good showing into the
ring OF our cattle, hogs, horses, sheep.
}. I'll. Richardson of Port Gibson pro-
poses the organization of an association
OF truckers and offers the following in
support of his suggestions:
"One of the first objects OF the State
truckers association is the marketing
OF our produce. The immense amount
that can be saved and the numerous
ways in which this saving can be done
are almost countless. How many of
our communities, especially the newer
ones, have invested their time and
money in plantin. and cultivating and
preparing their produce only to find
the available markets overloaded and
the prices offered for their crop, the
product OF their hard labor, too low to
pay the expense OF packing and ship
ping? 1t would be the purpose of the
central Office to seek out new markets,
to broaden our field, to reach a larger
number of consumers. Can it do that?
Can big commission house in city
lind more markets, or more BUYERS,
than the local dealer in the country
town? Can the life insurance specialist
tell you more about the insurance busi-
ness and write more policies than your
local agent who handles the agency as
Slue line! MOST aSSuredly.
Mot only can this be done, but it
can be done at an enormous saving.
Just an instance: Let US say for illus
tration that there are twenty commun-
tiles interested in trucking and that
there are ten available markets for
their produce. Say that each of these
twenty communities offers its produce
by wire to each OF the ten markets,
there you have 200 kilograms at an
average cost of SOC each, or SlOO. Now
let the State association handle the
matter. Each community wires its
Offering to the central. That's twenty
kilograms. The central office wires its
offerings to each Of the ten markets.
That's ten kilograms more, or thirty in
all which at the average OF SOC each
would amount to $15-a saving of $S5.
Let US suppose that it was necessary to
make this offer only once week dur
ing the shipping season and that the
season lasted twelve weeks. It's simple;
twelve times $S5 or 81, ,O2O saved. This
much on the one item alone"
The suggestion of Mr.. Richardson is
worthy of consideration by those inter-
ested in trucking. Something of the
kind has been tried at Laurel and pos
sibly other points. Let's have the ex-
perience OF these points.
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A number of times recently the sub
ject of raising onions in Mississippi has
been broached and discussed to some
extent. This has been suggested prob
ably by the advertising matter being
sent out from portions of Texas calling
attention to the success of onion raisers
out there and inducing farmers to go
there and buy land. Numbers of our
people have bought land that has to be
irrigated, and paid as much as $lOO
per acre for it when they could have
had just as good land for the same pur-
pose right here at home for ten dollars
per acre and ample seasons. Onion
growing is profitable where facilities
are sufficient to get the crop to market
III 4ulCh ulLue, anu III UDdU respect we
are much nearer the market than any
portion of Texas. The Brookhaven
Leader recently contained an expert
ence in growing onions that will tend
to verify the fact that the crop is a
profitable one for Mississippi. Here it
is:
"Mr. w. E. Henderson was in Brook
haven Thursday with a small wagon
load of onions amounting to several
bushels which he had no trouble in dis
posing of at 81 per bushel. Inquiry
elected the fact that Mr.. Henderson
had one acre in pearl or silver skit,
onions, raised from the seed planted
last fall, which will produce 100 bushels.
Mr.. Henderson, who came from the
Northwest about two years ago, and
lives on some Of the old keystone lands,
says that he is new in the onions busi-
ness, but expects to bring the yield up
in year or two more to three or even