The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-04
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It is q pleasure to receive such let
tiers as that which follows. An expert
ence is given that should prove of profit
to all who may have IN opportunity to
read. Mr.. Sledge gives a conclusion
that has been reached after q long Ell
perience. Read and carefully consider
what he says:
~ have a plat Of red DIT of three
and one-half acres which l am breeding
for seed. I have been breeding it for
several years and q decided improve
ment has been noted in that time. 1t
is deep red and especially we'll formed.
l broke the land as deep as two horses
could pull a pillow and narrowed several
times before planting. 1t was checked
and narrowed again O after coming
up, being planted on a level. 1t has
been cultivated on a level and without
use Of a hoe. Laid by with a sweep
and harrow with dust board attached.
1 never save an ear unless there are
two good ears to the stalk. Every stalk
without two good silks will be detassel-
ed. | am too old to raise cotton. There
is much hard work and too little profit
in it. There is a larger per cent Of
profit in a lamb four months old than a
bale Of cotton. and a great deal more
pleasure. l have today (the 10th OF
June) finished gathering SO bushels of
Irish potatoes from one-half an acre OF
ground and am planting the ground in
my red corn. I have not bought q
horse or q mule for many years. Raise
them at home. I think all farmers
ought to raise their own stock.
&c. w. SLEDGE, Duck Hill"
Yazoo City furnished an incident
some days since that should prove of
interest. The city council offered for
sale bonds in the amount of SIS, 600 for
the purpose of constructing a school
building for the negroes. When the
bids for these bonds were opened it was
found that A. J. Cakes, a negro citizen
of YazOo county, had the best bid.
They were promptly awarded him.
Cakes is said to be q Woodworking ne
gro who eschews politics, attends to his
own business and has succeeded in
gathering together a considerable sup
ply of this worlds goods. While this
was taking place in Mississippi there
was another bunch of negroes from the
State in Chicago whe were attempting
to gain recognition by the Republican
convention. Mississippi needs more
such negroes like Cakes and fewer of
the other kind. The good negro will
always have a place here.
The agitation in behalf of agricul-
tural high schools goes right along.
gathering interest as the summer grows
older. The Alcorn county Union re-
Gently gave the movement endorsement
in regular meeting and sent up q reso-
ution to the county school board urging
the location of one and providing for its
maintenance. With the endorsement
of this splendid organization there a
be little doubt of Alcorn falling into |
line as one of the first counties in the
State to authorize the building Of a
school.
The numerous drainage districts be-
ing formed throughout Mississippi will
bring into cultivation many thousands
OF acres of rich land that is not avail
able al present for agricultural pur-
poses. 1t was . wise provision of the
legislative bodies to allow this to be
done. The plan is one purely local in
its application, the land to be benefited
being taxed to pay the expense in
cured. Under . previous law several
of these districts were formed and
proved signally successful, thereby en-
couraging the lawmakers to pass an act
general in its application.
President Kolb of the Monroe county
Union is still agitating the question OF
road improvement and is backing the
proposition to issue bonds. He is a
great road enthusiast and will no doubt
have a great deal Of force in bringing
about progressive movements in this
section.