The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
SPLENDID YIELD
OF CORN PER ACRE
Result of FertiIizing and Rotat-
ing Crops Is Remarkable
SOIL SURVEYS PLANNED
Agricultural Department at Washing
ton Has Sent an Expert to Jack
son to Discuss Future Work
in Mississippi.
SOIL SURVEYS PLANNED

The rural press of Mississippi has had
frequent mention of extraordinary yields
of corn and other crops during the pres
ent fall, and will have many more such
notices as the harvesting season comes TO
an end. but the best piece of corn, out
side the Boys Corn clubs, heard of is
that produced by j. R. Anderson of Lin
coin county, and who has just finished
gathering. The best acre in the field so
far as could be judged, was measured
and gathered separately, showing 12s
bushels. 1t is explained that this crop
would have been about 160 bushels to the
acre had 1t not been for a severe storm of
wind and rain that struck it during July,
when it was in silk and tassel.
This corn is said to have been produced
on land which a year or two ago was
hardly able to sprout peas or raise
trouble, but has been improved by a sys-
tern of rotation of crops, and the applica-
ton OF good fertilizers under the direction
of special agent of the United States
department of agriculture.
Last year this same land produced 1910
pounds of lint cotton per acre, and that
is nearly three bales per acre.
c.. E. Dunstan Of the forestry bureau
of the department of agriculture arrived
In jackson today to hold a conference
with DR.. Lowe, state geologist and during
which they discussed a plan of campaign
for the state of Mississippi.
The department at Washington has very
generously proposed or agreed to under
take a forestry and soil survey of the
state and now proposes to go even fur
Their and assist in getting data that will
give the amount OF timber and the value
of the different merchantable woods, the
best methods of treatment of the forests.
their preservation and their renewal; what
timber bearing trees to plant and encour-
age on different kinds of soils and Sec.
lions, etc, just as has been done in some
other states where attention is being paid
to forestry.
The railroad commission met today for
the first time in a month. and with little
in the way of important business on the
docket The accumulation of correspond
ence was gone over and work mapped out
for tomorrow.
The only railroad men present were Maj.
John D. McInnis. general agent of the
Mobile and Ohio and the New Orleans
and Northeastern, and John g. Jones of
the Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mis-
sissippi Valley, but they found very lit
tie to interest them.
The following annual reports we're re-
ceived and filed:
Louisville and Nashville shows operat-
ing revenues of $1,O95, 1879; operating ex-
penses of s74s,02o.
The New Orleans Great Northern re-
ports operating revenues of $37,9o2; OPP
Grating expenses not stated.
The Mobile and Ohio reported operat-
ing revenue of s3,119,6S1; operating ex-
penses of s2,113,SO0.
The Mississippi Centrars operating rev.
1924, CPS.
The Taft day committee, having charge
of the arrangement of the programme for
the reception and entertainment of the
President, held a long and laborious ses-
sion today and agreed finally on the pro-
gramme It was necessary to curtail the
programme as agreed on some time since
for the reason that Mr.. Carpenter, the
Presidents right hand man, had written
asking that all unnecessary stunts be
omitted SO that the President might get a
little rest.
The chief features of the day are that
the President will be escorted to the fair
grounds at II O'Clock in the morning,
where he is to make his principal adj
dress, and where he will be greeted by
thousands. From the fair grounds the
President will go to the governors man
sion, where he will be the guest OF honor
at dinner, or luncheon. and at the con-
cIusion of that function will visit the
state capitol, where a general reception
and hand shaking will be INDUCED in. At
night there will be a right royal banquet
at the Edwards house, 200 guests at $2o
per plate.
The features of the original programme
eliminated were the receptions at the Elks
and Mississippi clubs and the address TO
the negroes.
Ex-Governor Vardaman has been invit-
ed to come, or go, up into the state OF
knows about the negro and the best and
safest way of keeping him from meddling
in political affairs, and 1t is understood
here that he is going. On this subject
Governor Vardaman Is authority, or he
thinks he is, and that amounts to the
same thing. He has a greater vocabulary
of adiectives that are disable in connection
with a discussion of the NEGRO Prob
lem" which he insists exists. than any
other citizen of the United States, and
weaves them together in such way as to
make them really interesting even to
those who decline to follow him in his
demands for the repeal or the amend
ment of the federal constitution. and the
voters of Maryland will enjoy little of
him.
The Mississippi friends of DR.. w. b.
Murrah, president of Milsaps college, are
preparing to present and to urge his name
before the next general conference of the
Methodist church, which meets at Ashe-
vile next year. for one of the vacancies
in the College of Bishops, and have strong
hopes of success. Dr. Murrah is one of
the most distinguished churchmen in the
state, the head of great college. the
success of which has been largely due to
his efforts and executive ability. He was
the bosom friend of the late and lamented
Galloway and there is no reason he
should not be his successor.
To Prepare Infants Food.
From Judge.
Mix one pint of Dope Digesto. one
ounce ~ cream three quarts of pounded