The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-11-07
Opportunities IN Mllsstsssppl

! sky ouSheis OF corn N,r acre The So
caiIed WORKOUT fields OF Mississippi may
all be resuscitated. and nowhere can
be found greater opportunities for in
tenslve, intelligent and profitable agri
culture than is found in the old farms
OF Mississippi when the fertilitx of the
soil has been restored. as it NAV be
under scientific methods Thirty wears
ago the pine lands of Southern Missis
suppl were drug on the market at 81
per acre. ihey We're considered the
poorest lands within the state. and Vet
only last year Crystal Springs, Miss.
shipped DO less than 1925 carloads OF
vegetables, ANA every market of any
note in the United States il familiar
with the splendid products that are an
nualiy shipped from Crystal Springs.
can appreciate somewhat the de
sure OF young men, so soon as they
have finished school. TO settle in some
far-away country, not because Of great
or commcrciai, industrial and agricui-
turai opportunities, but because of the
desire every young man has to see
something new-a new country, new
scenes and new faces. and [ would not
discourage ambitions of young men to
see something of the world. but when
they are ready to engage in any of the
business activities of life, let me sar
that the Opportunities in Mississippi -
are unsurpassed by any of the states
and territoTie SO widely advertised
You have within the borders of Missia-
sippi the Yazoo Mississippi valley. now
recognized as the richest valley in this
hemisphere, with its 5000, coo acres of
the choicest alhvial lands, only haif
Of which are under cultivation. These
unlmproved lands are yet ON the mar
ket At prices ranging from $I5 to $40
per acre, every acre of which, without
an ounce Of fertilizer, will under intelIi-
gent cultivation produce a bale of cot
ton per acre, the net proceeds from
which, at the present price of cotton,
would in a single year pay for three
acres of land. Young men of Missia
sippi. can YOU not see the marvellous
possibilities of these valley lands?
/ am Just in receipt of letter advis-
ing that some Of our Mississippi friends
in the valley have become so alarmed
over the invasion of the boil weevil hat
they are selling their plantations for
80 and even as low as $50 per acre,
that one year ago could not have been
bought for twice that sum Who are
buying these lands? Bankers from FL
linois, men of judgment. men who have
seen lands in Illinois that will not pro
duce in value one-half what the lands
of the Nazoo- Mississippi valley viii pro
ducc, advance from $40 TO $500 per
acre within twenty years. In this same
letter of advice the party stated thai
unless MissisSippians wake up and stop
this nrofira+e sale of LANDS at sucn
foolish and absurdly ridiculous prices
Illinois men will within eighteen months
own one-h half of the Yazoo- Mississippi
valley. Thirty I'VE years ago, when the
erasshoppers invaded Iowa in suep
sWarms as to destroy all vegetation
farmers were found who would sell thei,
handsome homestsais or farms of a
quarter section or more for $500 or even
less. Far-sighted Illinois men did then
in Northwestern Iowa Just what they
are doing in the Yazoo Mississippi vals
ley today. They knew hat soil So
fertile could only be temporarily pre-
empted by grasshoppefs. and for months
the country was overrun with Illinois
men, who purchased thousands of acres
Of these splendid Iowa lands that are
now selling at prices ranging from $75
TO $50 per acre. All honor to these
courageous Illinois men, but what shall
We saw of the bankers. the business men
Young men iii college, in store and shop
throughout Mississippi, who apparently
with folded hands see these friends from
the N.r1h sy2ik away with piumls :ast
belong TO the men and boys of Missia,
sippi? 1t is hard for one to have pa