Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-11-22
NOxUBEE FARM NOTES
The Banner Boys Club.

The Lynn Creek boys took practi-
cally all the prizes at the boys ex-
hihN. Mr.. C. Y. Scroggins brought
the pigs and their owners over in q
t-1ck. The club will be awarded q
banner for their exhibit Cash prizes
were paid for the following:
Best male hog-Walter Perkins
$40; second, Walter Boykin, 81.
Best Sow Pig-Willie Minor Kemp
$3.50; Bates Tripplett, $3.50
Best Record-Walter Boykin, $5;
second, Wade Lipscomb, So.
Cheapest Pork-Pelham Cade, IS;
second, Walter Boykin, So.
Pig and Record-Wade Lipscomd,
$500.
Acre Corn and Record-Andrew
Cotton, $3.50
All these boys submitted reports.
All club members are expected to
submit reports. In case they have
no booklet the County Agent will fur
nish one. These reports must be in
by December 1st.
Another Potato Shipment.
SO many have asked to ship sweet
potatoes since announcement was
made in the last Beacon, that anoth-
er car load has been decided on.
Many South Mississippi growers are
shipping potatoes in, thus glutting
the market. For this reason we hab
to delay the shipment day or two.
Feeding Value of Sweet Potatoes
potatoes are worth more to feed pigs
than to sell at IS cents per bushel.
Potatoes feed out similar to corn. but
since they are bulky and watery only
about a third ration can be used.
One bushel Of corn may thus be re-
placed by about three and half bush
els Of potatoes. Thus corn at $1.5O
makes potatoes worth about As cents
to feed.
Sweet Potatoes Profitable.
Those who have lived North know
that sweet potatoescannot be raised
there with the quality that comes
from Southern grown potatoes. The
demand for the Southern potato is
bound to increase as the North comes
to appreciate this fact. It will pay
every shipping point to maintain a
storage house for winter trad
The market alweys deme ads -.he
yellow potato. This is because white
potatoes some times, through light
exposure, shows green under the skin
and consumers object to this. Farm
ers should save seed, as was pointed
out a few weeks ago, accordingly.
In sandy soils, especially as in the
southwest part of the county, pota-
toes should grow profitably. yield
of 100 bushels per acre even, mark
eted profitably, should return at
least $50 per acre. What other crop
will do more on sandy land?
Cotton Market PrOspscts,
We are in receipt Of communica-
itons from the Department of Agri-
culture relative to the future pros
poets for cotton. We quote the fol-
lowing from DR.. Knapp of the Exten-
tension Work South: eve think that
the farmers and the people gener-
ally should understand that the best
authorities in the country feel con-
fident of an increased demand, and
therefore, that there is no reason for
sacrifice of present holdings on the
part of the farmer"
Europe is almost denuded of cotton
and cotton goods. Thepotential buy
ing power of the world which will be
aided and hastened by the establish
ment of the necessary credits will
quickly assert itself.
Plant Your Orchard Week.
The week of December 2-8 has been
designated as "Plant- Your Orchard"
week. Order your trees now. See
your local deaer, or write some good
firm. A number of nurseries that
are considered reliable are printed
in another column of this paper.
Planting the Trees.
Get trees in the ground as soon as
they arrive. Dampen the roots.
Lay out the grounds first, leaving
plenty of space for growth. Dig the
hole large enough. Pile top soil and
bottom soil separately. Put two
inches of rotten manure in the bot
tom of the hole and two inches of top
soil on top. Loosen the soil several
inches deep with the spade after the
hole is dug.
For all trees, except peaches, prune
off half the limb-growth. Leave
one center-leader long than the rest
Leave about three branches coming
out from the side. Cut the rest off
at the base. Always cut just above
a bud. Cut all damaged roots back
to sound wood. Leave peach trunks
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