The Jones County news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1909-1924, 1913-08-07

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ca rly and suffered from the dry spell
BE sides MIR Snsby says be made a
mistake IN putting the fertilizer next
to his corn instead OF in the middle
OF the rows, for the drought fred IL
badly. But since the rains set ia his
corn has come out wonderfully and
is taking on large ears. He has also
some excellent cotton, and which is
fruiting heavily We counted on
several stalks dozen or more grown
polls But Mr. Busby is man who
makes his farm sustaining and he
has ali manner OF food crops planted.
Between his corn rows he has velvet
bean, but like other farmers In that
section, says the rabbits are destroy
is getting 10 be great nuisance in the
country and is ranking with the boil
weeyil as pest. We notice that Mr..
Busby plants sorghum to cut for his
hogs, and says it is valuable crop.
He also grows potatoes, cane and
rice. He says rice fed in the sheaf is
great food for stock and makes
them healthy. We also strolled over
the crop Of Mr.. Charley Busby 1t
seems that when the boil weevil came
In such countless number he gave up
any hope of raising cotton, and after
partly working his crop accepted
work from saw mill But that cot
ton has held its own, and is very
we'll fruited. He has also good corn
crop. This shows what our Jones
county lands can be made to do with
out much work.
Mr.. M. l.. Harden, son-in-law of
Mr. Busby, has nice home and a
very fine crop. He carries Il. f. d.
route, but has some Industrious little
boys to look after the farm.
This is a thick settlement, with
splendid people and farmers. The
land is naturally strong, and with
scientific tillage can be made to pro-
duce large yields of all manner Of
crops.
Mrs. Busby served us one of the
incest dinners we ever sat down to
and her guests certainly enjoyed it
The table was loaded with everything
nice to eat, and each dish was so
deliciously prepared. We never spent
more enjoyable day than with our
"A MI
OF meeting several lady friends, who
dropped around, in the afternoon,
In the afternoon Walters hitched up
his team and we visited other farmers
and friends in that section. We first
stopped at Mr. Alfred Walters, and
who is nndeniably one Of the most
progressive young farmefsY IN Jones
county. You see around his home all |
every sign OF peace and prosperity.
We walked over his crop, as also the
crop OF an old colored tenant on his
place. There are few of any better
all-round crops in Jones county than
Alfred Walters has growing on his
place. His corn is extra fine, and we
also saw patch OF upland rice,
planted in fat, and which is equal
TO the best grown in the low-coufltry.
Mr. Walters has another farm on
the creek bottoms, that we did not
have an opportunity to see But we
understand that both his corn and
cotton are extra fine. The old |
darkey's crop was as clean as agarcen
and he will make u fine yield. But he
is an ex-slave and not one OF those
young latter-day negroes, who are
not worth feeding on saw-dust.
Alfred Walters is the kind of farmer
that win build up any country.
But the best crop we saw in our
rounds was that OF our old friend Mr.
a. b. Walters. And the old gentle
man tells us that the work was done
by his own hands, he paying out only
$50 for hired labor. We do not be-
lieve there is better corn in the coun-
by than Mr.. Walters has, unless it be
some prize acre. On many of the
stalks are two or more large ears,
and to walk between the rows is like |
strolling down a green lane. Mr..
Walters says he put his fertilizer in
the middle of the row, so that dry
weather did not effect his corn in the
least. He says the roots will take up
every particle of fertilizer even when
at some distance from the stalk.
This is a pointer for our farmers.
Nh, w altare has not a etanr ~ co,ton