The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-11

way Help max roads goods now
and use them well, and it will
not be long before autos will be within, the
price the farmer can well payfor one.
The good reads movement gains moment
UNI as it progresses, and the money and
time invested in building the roads will
pay as large interest or greater, as is
invested in the best of honest labor or
property. The farmer is the very man
that is deeply concerned and interested
in real good wagon roads, and needs
them more than any other creature alive.
He raises crop and he must take it to
market; and the smoothest trip he can
make with it is the best and cheapest
every way to him.
Let every reader of the News write a
post card to the United States Govern
ment Department Of Agriculture at WASH
ington, D. c., and ask for copy of Far
mers Bulletin No. 3a1, "The use of
the split-log drag on earth roads"
The world does not owe US living;
but every man owes the world work i
"There is so such good in the worst
of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
1t little behooves any of US
To criticise the rest of u.s." j
+ The secretary of beat one Fair has in
formed us that the program of our beat
fair will soon be ready. We presume
some arrangements viii be made for the
distribution of copies of the program, and
we hope our people will feel deep in
terest in having fair that will arouse
enthusiasm enough to plant the fair on
ar6rm permanent basis, farmers, mechan
les, stockraisers, no gardeners, truckers,
housewives and all X others may feel and
believe they are doing very1well just now
in their, various. and respective lines. But
they will find themselves lacking when
they bring displays into competition with
these brought in by others They will see
there is better ahead of~them. They will
be able to see at once that the beat scan
produce products worth trouble and time
to raise, and so much better and more
attractive than their own. And then their
pride and ambition are aroused. A fair
is in every way educative. In viewing
the displays an impressive object lesson
is received. Then an advance is stimu-
lated. Agriculture especially will be CIV
en- place of prominence, as it should be,
at future fairs Fairs should be man
aged by farmers largely. Fairs should
cater to the farmers's interest largely.
Of course we include the stockman-any
toiler who reaps from the soil, whether
of crops or of live stock No side show,
gambling privilege of any kind, or mid.
way attractions of any kind should be all
lowed. These agricultural and live stock
exhibits should always be to the trent
and become the first and main atEae7
tion at fair, or the fair in time, will
be failure We trust the managers of
our beat fair will consider these impoT-
tant points and act accordingly.
Remember that the county which main
l! tains a good fair permanently is of first
class The same can be said OF beat
In time such beat or county will show
better live stock, better field and garden
products, more attractive exhibits from
the domestic activities, than will the fair
less beat or county.
The mere prize for successful displays
should by no means be the stimulus tor
good exhibits. This is but small part.
But the real good comes in the broadened
views of agriculture and stock raising.
When one gives his attention to grow
ing and preparing exhibits he feels him
self growing better and he is on the road
to becoming better farmer. He sees
more in the soil and its capabilities than
he saw before He becomes -imbued with
an enthusiasm that becomes an exhilarat-
ing. tonic. He finds real pleasure in his
work. and loves his home and his farm
the more.
This writer enjoyed very pleasant
trip into Madison county, Miss, last week.
spending few days on The farm of Mr.
c. S.. Massey, above Canton, and six
niles from Pickens. We found cotton
alc'ng the I. c. railroad very small gen
orally. The boil weevil will master the
situation to some extent. The corn crop
IS fairly good on an average. Mr.. Mas
Sc; was highly co:np.Een;eI by the cocn-'
ty agricultural expert for the depression
he has made from operating regular
cotton and corn farm to live stock farm
in great part. Mr.. Massey has II
brood mares and is raising mules But
not having made the change till in the
last year or two he is not putting young
! mules on the market yet He uses the
mares to raise corn, oats and peas, and
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