The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-13


ton was organized for the direct purpose
of educating our people and interesting
them in the business, as well as devils
ing means of marketing to secure the
best available price. The next meeting
will be held in Jackson next fall during
the State Fair. Those desiring to at
tend can take advantage of the low rate
made at that time. 1t is hoped that a
good exhibit of bee-keepers' supplies will
be made at the fair, which would be well
worth coming to see, and at the same
time the program will contain the names
of men who are qualified to talk on the
various phases of Bookkeeping.
Cane Syrup Prices.
At what price can cane syrup be sold
and net the producer a profit There is
diversity of opinion on this subject.
The writer has talked to a large number
seeking information. One man said that
so cents would only net the producer q
small margin, while another insists that
it can be sold at 25 cents and equal
cotton at 10 cents per pound. Here is q
short letter from the gentleman referred
to last month who made $50 gallon bar.
rels from ten acres and sold in bulk to
mixer for Is cents:
"Yours of the Goth inst. to hand, and
will say in reply that I only received
25 cents per gallon for my syrup and
made fair profit at that / made lit
| tie over $500 net on the ten acres.
am sure that syrup at rs cents will beat
| cotton at 10 cents. l sold all that
made last season at 60 cents and could
have sold twice as much at the same
| price if had had it. put mine up in
one-gallon cans. 1t makes a nice package
and will keep fresh all through the sum
mer if properly made. There is no place
in the South that will equal South Mis-
sissippi on good syrup"
| The work of this department has been
to induce our people to put their syrup
up in cans, ready for use, thereby insur.
ing better price than if sold to the
mixers. This subject has been thorough.
ly threshed out time and again and there
is no need of again explaining, but there
is something in it for our people if they
will handle it properly.
Walter Robertson of the Wesson En-
| terprise tells of successful farmer in
his community, as follows: Zone of the
most successful farmers in this vicinity Is
| r 10 Go, ,,, @ha
edge of Wesson and lives at home. He
never buys anything ON credit. He has
been farming twelve years and during
that time has only gone in debt $40.
Talk about controlling the cotton mar.
ket; that's the way for the farmers to
do it. Stay out of debt" And that's
| just what the Farmers Union is teach
ing its members to do, not only to stay
out of debt, but to raise the things at
home that they have so long been in the
habit of sending their money away for.
| 1t is a good work that deserves the aid
of every man, woman and child in Mis-
sissippi, be they farmers or not.
The meeting of the Supervisors Asso.
citation this fall promises to be much
more largely attended than the meeting
last fall. Dozens of supervisors have told
the writer that they did not come last
year, but would be on hand this fall.
There is not a county in the State but
should have one or more representatives.
1t is an organization that promises to
become of az much value as any ever
formed in the State. Make up your
mind to be on hand this fall and bring
your fellow-member with you. Not only
attend, but take a part in the discus
sions and aid in making it the success it
should be.
Remember that the meeting of the Live
Stock Association will be held at the
Agricultural College during the "round.
up" in September. This organization
ought to have at least 500 members. II
you have neglected to join, don't put it
off any longer. Write the secretary,
Prof. Archibald Smith, Agricultural Col
lege, Miss, today and give him your
name.
Money carefully spent in developing
the agricultural resources of our State is
only an investment that will come back
many fold. 1t is creation of wealth
and the foundation for taxable values
that viii bring back several times the
amount of original investment. Don't
forget this when something is done to
help the agricultural and kindred inter.
ests.
The Wesson truck farmers have closed
contract for their cabbage crop for this
season at $1.50 per crate f. o. b. cars at
Wesson. The crop will bring the people
of that vicinity approximately $4,000,
which will be handsome sum of money
to turn loose there in the early spring.
That is one of the attractive features
of trucking section; money crop in
the spring and another in the fall. More
cotton and corn is raised per acre on
land where truck has been grown than
where it is not grown. 1t is in a high