The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-01-27
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IODIctO INDUSTRY
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stas fm fhsi chmsss
Ter 0f efswih
THE EXPERIENCE
or ONE PLANTER
Bat lltils Tins Needed 10 Rslss
Hsysns tobacco IN Wilkinson
County..fo Experiment On
ststs Convict Farm.

rbe last lisue ~ me Haiietln.
gYtten nnf under Tie sutefeisiun ~
the state Agrcuf0fn Department
~ JHess1n. foni tins the fuiiuwi0s IN
tsfesiihg iui0fmolo ~ nh fnlaee col.
tufe IN the state ~ Mississippil
Atvpflous times during TIE lsst few
ycafs, 1ftiriea have been published IN
The tmletin concerning tptacco rails.
ing 10 Mississippi The general upin.
iun " thnso uifn have givtn The crop
trial is. inst " can ba fe4souabiy
considered . good cfup 20 q small
scale, NJ least enngb 10 care fnt
hone consumption Judge W "
Hardy contributed comprehensive
article on the subject and gave the
result of his experience Others have
contributed tiieif mite also. The
following from John Seaburv ~ vii.
kinsGn county, Is Interesting ~ this
time:
Under u separate cover | am send
iug you -aniples Of dfied tobacco
leaves. The seed was from imported
Havana crop NJ last year, 1909. / got
: over thirty pou1ds from 2I0 plants
c THIS Summers long vet spell was
e hard eu the young plants, but thosc !
succeeded in pulling through, did
Hne. In October last sold few
II hundred acres uf my land 70 people
i" who conduct an extensive Burley To-
y bacco fam in Grayson county, Ken
n tucky. When they looked at my
is plants and the land IN which they
d were grown, they said that this soil
j. will surely he fine for Burley tobacco
when he Havana did 30 well. They
W expect to have a large patch here hy
IN 1912
N "It takes very little time TO raise
IS, enough for our own use, for chewing
and smoking. Curing can best be
ne done 10 rainy weather. 1t takes from
n ten to twenty dollars per year for each
to tobacco user to buy from stores. The
state Of Mississippi has 1,797, ,ll4 10
n habitants. OF this Dumber, perhap.
an 10000 use tobacco II each only buys
IA ten dollars worth during the year, i
OF makes the big sum OF 81 800, 900 which
to goes out OF the state for something
that can be raised here at home. The
. state farms certainly ought to make
the tobacco for the prisoners, es
pecially now that cotton is on the
decline.
y, "There is no income tax on tobacco
for home consumption or sold in tht
rough state, but as soon as The stem.
III are taken out it is considered as man
ppI uractured' and can not be sold with
- out license and revenue tax l an
not advocating people to go into thi
business for market before havini
nk' gained experience, for IL is plan
that must be taken care OF when th
caterpillars come, which they ar
sure tn do. For Il short period on
ts. hand can not handle more than tw
or three acres, but that time come
after corn is laid by and out OF tn
way"
1t may be news to some to know
hing ,ho, tho e,.,, oo,,,o, to,s mi,
ner. make an effort to raise enough tObacc
for the convicts. An experienced tt
bacco man has been secured for thi
- purpose, and considerable quantit
will be planted this year. Let u
hope that the result Of this exper
ment by the stale will be such tina
Others will be encouraged to give it
. trial,