The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-28
NArE TRACK Is INDEED 4 MODEL
PIAETATfON.

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PlAETATfON.
Decidedly one Of the largest and
most u~p.to.date plantations Ia all Of the
YazOo.M Mississippi Delta territory il
thnt Of Hon. =, +. JOnes-kn0wn M tho
Rase Track plantation, sir miles north.
west of Grscnrood ON the T~allahatchie
river.
The Race Track plantation Is now
composed VI $500 acres, most Of which
Ia very fine buckshot soil, and all but
about 300 acres h"ihg in a high state u
cultivation,
The magnificent property has been
mostly OPENED up and improved by Mr..
Jones since he acquired several adjA-
cent tracts to Race Track. More than
half Of his holdings consisted OF vary
lo"Iand,, part Of same being q big cy.
pfcss brake and lake near his present
in'fiY plantation Romr.
Mr. Jonrr believed that he could TAX"
these lowIOuds. (which he bought fU'
$1,000 an acre., and by putting in n
complete system Of tile drainage, make
one Of the most valuable plantation
properties IN l"forc County. H. got
busy and proceeded with the work Of
having these lands thoroughly tiled n,
nm average expense Of 1880 per acre.
The great expense attending the vast
undertaking didn't 10 the least de.rl
him in his determination to make
Race Track in reality a model p!antn.
ton, and ne gave his capable and pro.
grcssivo manager, Nj. j. 7, Kerr, IN.
structiOns TO 10 ahead with the w9rH
of thing until the job Was complete
which aggregated a total cost Of 500.
900, and which Mr.. Jones considers one
Of the very best investments he has
made since he begun farming rs n bar.
footed boy in the vicinity Of the Oil
county site at McNutt (now SchIatcr).
1t is well worth a visit to Race Track
plantation and take a look at the wVn.
drrful developments made there By Mr..
Jones during the past fifteen or twenty
years; to inspect his tile drsinng' sys.
tenn and see its remarkable effects in
r%cclSiming lands that were commonly
worthless or useless, bcfor,
being cleared up and tile drained; TO
see cotton and corn growing there now
fine AZ were ever grown anywhere in
the world; to view the modern ginnCry
and milling plants; to note the splcn'
did homes for the owner and for his
managers, and the comfortable cabins
for his multitude Of negro tenants; and
to observe the superb system which
Mr., Jones has inaugurnted in tho op"r.
ating Of the vast business Of this mag
nihCent plRntation--whiCh produces
from 400 to 1900 big bales of fine cot
ton every year, and from present inlr
cations, we believe, will easily produce
from 1900 to 1900 bales this year, re.
gardless Of the recent protractcd wet
spell Of weather. In fact, the weather
doesn't seem TO have damaged the
crops but very little, if any, IS Race
Track.
Manager Kerr informs US that Rae"
Truck made enough corn last year to
run the plantation practically two
years, consequently they reduced the
corn acreage about one,halt this year
the greater part Of the place being
planted 10 cotton.
Besides Race Track, Mr.. Jones owns
a 20O0.ncre plantation over On Culver
river near Schlatcr, and is part owner
and has charge OF a lO00.acrc farm in
County, near Inverness. lie
ha, extensive business interests in
Greenwood, and lie successful with
everything he undertakes.
During the pleasant visit Vt the Ed.
tor Of The Commonwealth to Rae |
Track plantation last Thursday, he was
the fortunate guest of Mr., J. T. Kerr
and family, aud enjoyed one of the hes: |
he has had in quite a good |
and highly appreciates their gen
hospitality during the few hours
spent so delightfully."- with them, Mr.,
Kerr is one Of the clevcrest grntlcmeo
and most efficient plantation managers
in Mississippi; he knows how to handle
labor in a manner to get the best re.
suits, and the fact that he has been 50
many years employed by Mr., Jones on
Race Track evidences the satisfactory
in which he hss always dis.
chsrged the duties Of his position.
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