The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-17
Patronize Home Industries.

| Every man, woman and child in Mis-.
sissipp is offered an opportunity of aid
| ing the farmers of South Mississippi in
creating market for their splendid
syrup, about which so much has been
said and written by your commissioner.
Tho farmers are putting up more of it
each year, and some work will be neces-
sary to create a demand that will pro-
vide market at fair prices. In this
movement everybody who has an inter
est in the future welfare and prosperity
of our state can do something to assist.
The department of agriculture has for
three years, or ever since its organiza-
tion, been endeavoring to create market
for this syrup. The people can assist in
ers and using it themselves, if they do
not make their syrup at home. If you
are going to buy, call for Mississippi
syrup. Ask your neighbor to do the
same thing. Call on your friends in the
towns, and suggest to them that if they
would aid the farmer that they buy and
use Mississippi syrup 1t is excellent and
absolutely pure. While it cannot be
bought quite as cheap as the glucose
compounds on the market, it is far bet
ter and worth more money. 1t is being
put up in quart, half-gallon and gallon
cans for the general market. Every can
is guaranteed to keep.
The strongest competition found comes
from the Georgia cane, a syrup similar
to what we have to offer-that is, the
Impressed Georgia syrup. A great deal
of it is processe1 and mixed with glu-
cose, and sold at a lower rate. Hun.
dreds of thousands of gallons of this
syrup are brought here and sold each
year. Let's use our own syrup in its
stead, and give to our farmers market
for what they produce. The farmer in
North Mississippi can use the syrup
made by his brother in South Mississippi,
and the South Mississippi farmer will
reciprocate by buying of the North Mis-
sssippi farmer what he has to Offer
The department has conducted seed
exchange on this plan during the present
year, and found it effective. We have
lot of Farmers Union peas to offer
now, and hope that those wishing to pur-
chase will allow us to place them in COM
munication with parties desiring to sell.
By aiding our fellows we help ourselves
at the same time. Think of this propo-
stion and act upon it.
The Crop Acreage for 1909.
The matter of crop acreages for the
year is in the limelight of public atten-
ton, as is usual at this time of the
year. While it is too early to correctly
estimate the acreage, good idea can
be had at this time. The department of
agriculture for Mississippi believes that
it has one of the best reporting systems
in the South. The experience for the
past two years strengthens that belief.
Last year its estimate was proven to be
the most reliable that was made, even
the United States officials conceding this
when the season had ended. The boards
of supervisors consider the matter of
acreage and condition in their meetings,
and make the reports to this office.
The reports received during the first
week in May indicated that the cotton
acreage would be about the same as last
year, with possibly a slight reduction. A
number of the southwestern counties,
where the weevil has arrived, show de-
cided falling off in cotton acreage, even
to cutting the crop in half, as Adams re-
ports, and one-fourth, as shown by the
Warren and Wilkinson reports. Those in
position to know do not discredit these
statements. 1t has been done, and the
land planted to other crops, largely corn,
The corn acreage has been decidedly
ncreased--nearly doubled in Adams and
increased from 10 to rs per cent in 9th.
ers. Forage crops will show a large in.
crease also. Diversifcation is taking q
strong hold upon our people, even where
the weevil has not yet arrived, and will
not for some time yet. The people gen
orally are taking a decidedly sensible
view of the situation, and will win the
fight without serious trouble.
The fig crop is reported to be excellent
this year, and is getting to be one Of
Importance in the south end Of the state