The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-07-03

The cotton crop gathered In Missis-
sippi for tho year 1907 was not quite
what it was the year before, but was
pretty good when the disadvantages
We're considered. Bolivar leads again
with 68,593 bales, Washington comes
second with 65,197 bales, Yazoo with
$500, Kinds 5l,767, Holmes 50,802,
Coahoma 49,7l9. Other counties come
along with Jackson in the rear, only
reporting q bales. The total acreags
for last year was 3,252 900, which pro.
duced l, 442,S 1881 commercial bales, or q
requirement of 2.3 acres to produce q
bale. This was the same average a.
required for the year before as shown
by statistics compiled in the depart.
ment of agriculture and commerce.
The acreage as shown by government,
reports for Mississippi is the same a.
last year, although from reports re.
ceived at the department of agriculture
and commerce it is slightly less.
Plans have been made for special
poultry building at the Mississippi
State Fair to take care of the twelve OF
fifteen hundred birds that will be shown
this fall from Oct. n to Nov. 6, inclu.
sive. More than six hundred of the
finest ever shown anywhere were or
exhibition last year, but space has
already been asked for to the amount
OF twice what it was formerly. Missis.
sippi is one of the best situated poultry
States in the Union for several reasons,
and 1t is gratifying to note that our
people are taking more interest in the
industry. In 1905 we were eighteenth
in poultry production, our products for
that year amounting to S7,7l3, 1855.
There can be little doubt but that ii
has shown healthy increase for the
past three years and is now nearer nine
million than eight million dollars.
With proper encouragement it should
reach ten million by the time Uncle
Sam again sends his enumerators abroad
in 1910.
The school census of Laurel proved
the population OF that thriving metrop.
oils to be 8, 404, an increase of 5,211, OF
263 per cent since the census was taken
in 1900. BY 1910 it is expected that il
will go beyond the 10000 mark, or q
gain of over 300 per cent. Hattiesburg.
Jackson and possibly other towns will
show a phenomenal increase OF some
thing like 300 per cent. 1t is safe tc
predict that in percentage of gain in
population and wealth Mississippi will
be right up at the head of the process.
sion, if not leading. Put forth every
effortto bring about THAT state of affairs.
The Farmers Union officials have
planned an extensive educational cam.
paign that embraces almost every
county in the State and will put it into
execution right away. The educationa.,
features of the Union, one OF it's strong.
est points, is never lost sight of for 6
single moment and the officials are
always active and alert along that line
Every other interest conducts cam.
paigns OF education for its members
and this provision in the Union is espe.
cially commendable. Unframed sol
diers would stand but poor show be.
fore drilled army, hence the neces.
sity of preparing the farmers for bus.
mess battle.
Prof. E. r. Lloyd, director of farm.
ers' Institutes at the A. & NJ. college,
will accompany President Hightower
OF the Union in an educational cam.
paign of Mississippi this summer. Mis-.
sissippi never had more popular and
competent man than Prof. Lloyd, and
this fact is testified to by the people in
general. His interest in the Union, as
we'll as all other matters pertaining tc
the agricultural prosperity of Missis.
sippi, is most highly appreciated by the
citizens, be they Union or n-Union.
Adams county recently let the con.
tract for working her public roads for
a term of two years for the sum of $780,.
23e, or an average $50. so per mile. Glib.
son & Hale, contractors for goodly
portion of the grading on the Missis.
sippi Central railroad, secured the con.
tract and will begin upon it immediate.
ly. Good results should be secured
from such an expenditure and espe.
cially when placed in the hands OF such
experienced contractors. 1t is perfect.
1y safe to assume that Adams will take
her place in the forefront of the good.
roads counties of Mississippi.