The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-24
LOADED WITH SUPERB sPEcI-
MEMS MISS. CENTRAL TRAIN
LEAVES FOR NATcHEZ.
EXHIBIT ASSEMBLED In
one WEEK BY R. D. MOORE
Mrs. McLendon's Exhibit Contains
1926 specimens-Merldian Fertilizer
Works And Other Hattiesburg Con-
Germs Represented.

Iu0 MlSSlSblplp Oculrdl ABTlCul-
tural and Live Stock train left Hat
tiesburg at $50 this morning for a
three days institute on wheels, in (
tended to arouse interest among the
farmers along the line Of that road
between Hattiesburg and Natchez.
The train is under the special care
of R. D. Moore, general freight and
passenger agent Of the line, assisted
by H. R. Wilson, the travelling freight
and passenger agent of the same COM
pany.
Commissioner of Agriculture H. e.
Blakeslee, r. S. Wilson, agent in Mis-
sissippi for the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, and Prof. E. B.
Ferris, of the Mcneil Experiment Sta
tion, will accompany the train to
Natchez. These three gentlemen will
lecture at every point along the road
at which a stop has been scheduled,
while Mr.. Moore and his assistants
point out and explain the features Of
the very excellent exhibit that has
been arranged in one Of the cars Of the
M. c. R. R., especially fitted up for
the purpose. -,. ~
This exhibit was gotten together by
Mr.. Moore in one week from along
the line of his road and the variety OF
products gathered in so short a time
in the mid-winter season gives splen-
did testimony to the unlimited agricul-
tural possibilities of South Mississippi
When the spies returned from view
ing the promised land, they brought
back the account that the land was
one flowing with milk and honey
and as evidence, exhibited the grapes
and pomgranates to demonstrate the
possibilities of the land.
In this southland of promise, it is
shown by the Mississippi Central Of
ficials that along its line from Hat
tiesburg to Natchez the spies could
not only secure the grape and pom
granate evidence, but other products
of the earth that tax the mind tC
remember.
One exhibit to be found in the cal
. obtained of Mrs McLendon, of Brook
haven, contains fully 1875 specimens o.
fruit and vegetables, covering range
of everything from figs to canned col
, lard green's. In this exhibit are found
whole peaches gathered in May, June
July, August and October; seSera
varieties of grapes, the same of figs
with Strawberries, black berries, mul
berries, raspberries, plums, apricoti
and cherries. This feature Is not onl!
: an evidence of what is possible in the
limitless variety of South Mississippi
, products, but is a splendid tribute Il
the skill and industry of the gooC
housewife who prepared it.
: Another feature of UNIVERSAL interes
} is one OF kiln-dried sweet potatoes
) produced on the farm of Pink M. Ma
| son near Brookhaven and, as HI
. states, were stored and dried in |
: house built especially for this pur
? pose. These potatoes were not shriv
eled or shrunken. but were as smooth
: plump and fresh as the day they wer'
: taken from the ground and absolutel.
free Of any blight or rotten spots. MI
Mason advocates the building Of on
of these potato dry houses on ever
farm in South Mississippi. The spec
mems furnished for this exhibit by MI
Mason seem to warrant the value @
this suggestion.
Some bottled cane syrup put up b
]. A. Travis Of Forrest county is absC
lutely free of sugar crystals and ha
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