The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-13
DAIRY PLANS HURT
 BY QUARANTINE Two Memphis Hotels May Have to Sell Cattle CANNOT BE REMOVED Quarantine Laws Interfere With the Removal of Milch Cows From One
 County to Another in
 Mississippi
CANNOT BE REMOVED


 cial.)-The Peabody and Gayoso hotels Of Memphis Understood to be one and the same) have run up against a sna g around which they will have to navi- gate carefully. These hotels maintain a great dairy farm near Horn Lake, DeSoto county, Mississippi, near the l Tennessee line. Here they have built magnificent quarters for the cows, which are to supply their guests with milk and butter. The buildings are of concrete-the stables, silos, milk rooms. etc, being built with a view to permanency, and it Is the intention of the mana cement to enlarge and ex- pand the business till it brings in milk during the year about 500 cows of high grade.
 Some time since this DeSoto county enterprise purchased a herd of cattle near Grace. Issaquena county, and on attempting to move them discovered that quarantine lines must be crossed and that they were up against Uncle Sam" as well as the state of Mississippi Being in a quandary as to what to do an appeal was made to Commissioner of Agriculture Blakeslee at Jackson, and that gentleman has just advised the hotels at interest that the cattle cannot be moved from Issaquena to Desoto-the cattle tick fight having been waged there for two years, and their pastures being free of the pests and uuarantined against all counties that have not made the fight against the tick.
 l Commissioner Blakeslee has advised the hotel men that the only thing for them to do is to sell their Issaquena county cattle where they are and pur- chase other cattle in those counties ad- iacent to the Tennessee line, or out | of the state, where the cattle tick is not quarantined against
 Apropos of this subject, MT. Blakes- lee was asked what he had done in the case of Warren county, where the fight against the cattle tick was in augurated a month or two ago, and where the board of supervisors have suddenly called 1t off He replied that he knew nothing except what he had 
 seen in the newspapers, as no official report had been made to him. War ren county had entered into writ ten contract with the state and United States government to assist in ridding that county of ticks. The state and the government had done its part so far and was prepared to continue to successful end-so far as the state is concerned Warren will not be held to her contract, but the commissioner did not know what view the govern ment would take of the matter
 Messrs. Witty and Scott, couple Of capitalists from Indiana, who have been down this way some time stirring up in- terest in fig culture, were visitors to- day at the office of Commissioner of Az | riculture Bakesee. Mir Witty retired from active business year or two ago. 1t seems, having been engaged in can ming fruits, vegetables, etc., at Indian apolis, and came down south to spend last winter He was delighted with Mis- ] sissippi and Jackson, and after the Win | ter was over determined to remain through the summer and look around. The summer crop of figs with mix ana sugar for breakfast made him hungry | for more figs and he set his heart on seeing great fig orchards established with a view of preserving. He does not fancy the idea of canning figs, believing l that process would destroy the delightful l flavor, but has made arrangements to do preserving on large scale in course or | time.
 The town of Ridgeland, few miles north of Jackson, is made up largely or | NTr "a succeeded | in interesting a number of them in ngs' | He has purchased a piece of land there l and will establish a first-class cannery | and preserving plant. He will plant ~ acres to fig trees this winter and other | citizens of the community have agreed | to plant 75 acres more so that Tn the | course of two or three years Ridgeland will be the fig-preserving center of the | state.
 The cornerstone of "Carters Hall," | large and handsome three-story and | basement pressed brick and stone trimmed addition to the Baptist orphan age of Mississippi, located in the north ern suburbs of Jackson. was laid few days since with imposing but simple cer- emonies, and marks new chapter In the life of this more than successful in stitution, but about which too little is l known.
 The Baptist orphanage Is at the end | of the Bailey avenue car line, and IS vls- tied by numbers of people every day In the week, especially by members Of the Baptist faith, whose contributions large ly maintain it, and who are vitally in terested in its welfare. It was estab- lished in 1901 through the efforts Of the Rev. J. R. Foster, now of Alabama, on a tract of 112 acres of level land-then | in the country, and worth little per acre. but now valued at a young for tune These acres are under the man. | agement of O. l.. Broome, competent | farmer, and who with the assistance of the larger boys of the orphanage, make good crops of corn peas, potatoes, cane, molasses, vegetables of every kind, hay, fodder and a little cotton. The orphan boys are thus taught practical farming and by the time they are IS or 20 years of age are ready and prepared to go out into the world and paddle their own canoe'
 THOUSANDS PAY
 FINAL TRIBUTE