The Jones County news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1909-1924, 1913-08-07
THE NEWS EDITOR SPENDS A DAY
AMONG THE FARMERS.
How They Are Prosp ering.
Extra Fine Crops. Stock
Raising. Up-to-Date and
Progressive Farmers.

ing fall, for unprecedented crops OF
all kinds are maturing. Farmers we're
never more hopeful and encouraged.
Those who fought the boil weevil and
are still keeping up the fight, will
make good average crop of cotton
some bale per acre those whomade
half-hearted fight will make some
thing like a half crop or better but
farmers who let the weevil have his
own sweet way, will find their cotton a
total failure. But when It comes to
all manner OF food crops, like corn,
hay, peas, potatoes, cane, etc, etc,
etc, the yield record will be broken
in Jones county. We doubt II ever
before there was such bounteous crops
grown in Jones county.
Last Saturday our clever friend Mr..
j. w. Walters, according to previ-
GUS arrangement, carried out to his
old home and section, where he was
raised, some -four miles from Ellis
Vile. This was our first opportunity
To spend u day among our Jones
county farmers That is certainly
fine section, and settled with progress
slve and up-to-date farmers.
We first stopped at Mr.. j.
4, Haynes, who owns over 400 acres
of fine land and has nice home and
surroundings Mr.. Haynes was not at
home when we stopped, but our little
party MRS. Walters and her two little
boys also being in the surry), was
welcomed by Mrs. Haynes. Walters
made himself at home and we stolled
over the crops Mr.. Haynes has
large barn and every convenience for
caring for stock. He raises i'm
proved breeds of hogs, and has herd
OF eighteen head OF cattle, with fine
young Red Pole bull at the head We
met MIR. Haynes that evening, and he
is u believer in stock-raising, and
think 1t will yet prove the salvation
OF our Jones county farmers
He has an extra fine corn crop, be-
sides all manner OF food products.
He has not a hill OF cotton planted
Mr.. Haynes told MS he put in two
acres of the staple, but the boil weevil
appeared in countless numbers, so he
plowed that cotton up and planted the
land in sweet potatoes He says his
negro choppers have planted patches
of cotton, but 1t will make but little,
as they did not fight the weevil. Mr..
Haynes will turn his attention to cat
tie and truck crops for money and let
the boil weevil and cotton alone.
We notice that Mr.. Haynes and all
other farmers In that section, have
the Velvet Bean planted In
corn, as also COW peas. But they say
rabbits have taken the country and
are very destructive to this bean, eat
ing the young plants down, and they
are now stripping of the leaves. But
this Velvet Bean is wonderful pro-
duct, as 1t is legune, enriching the
land, and left in the field is rich
grazing for hogs and cattle in winter
After spending very interesting
hour looking over Mr.. Haynes crops,
we moved on to Mr.. l.. A. Busby's,
where our party had been invited to
take dinner, Mr.. Busby is one OF our
most enterprising citizens and farm
ers. Five years ago he moved to the
ate of his present home and settled
on tract of cut-over land. He has
now nice residence, embowered in
flowers and imported shade trees, in
Guiding the varnish and different va
rieties of the maple, with modern
barn, etc. We never saw farmer
better fixed for stock-raising than is
our friend Bushy. He has even his
cut-over land enclosed with substan-
tial wire fence, so that he can keep
stock confined when needs be- This
pasture is sodded with carpet grass
and well watered. He has nice herd
OF cattle, including eight Red Pole
young heifers and two Short-Horn
Durham bulls. He has also improved
breeds of hogs and flock of some 100
sheep. Mr.. Busby saws he once had
about 1880 sheep, but the dogs killed
of so many that he reduced his flock.
But Mr., Busby says sheep can be
chcaply and easily raised in our sec
ton. Mr.. Busby says he may buy
some improved rams to cross with
his common sheep.
before dinner Mr.. Busby showed