The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-10-28
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WriDkleS DOT out IN any goo,
home.
The poultry department shove,
some exceedingly fine varieties o
ducks, chickens and other things. !
was gratifying TO note that Mr.. Tai
bert Stevens, born and reared il
Grenada County but now a citizen o
Jackson, Kinds County, had his chick
ems on exhibit. Mr.. Stevens took on,
of the first premiums IT the Stat,
Fair at Jackson.
There we're two barns given owe.
to the cattle and swine exhibit Of Ia,
Glenwild plantation. The cattle w.r,
sleek, fat and bore every evidenc,
Of that are which is necessary L
develop good cattle and hogs. |
might be observed in passing that u;
until the passage of the Stock Lew
some thirty years ago. it was tht
custom to turn young calves on the
range after they were weaned anc
to let them remain there until the
heifers became mixers or until the
young steers were ready for beef. II
was literally q case with the cattle
of root, hog or die. The passage
Of the n%o-fence law was the ~initiatory
step IN raising better cattle and bet
ter hogs, yet there were many who
kicked, just raised a howl that could
be heard all owe every neighborhood.
Following this law, there we're a few
years Of adjustment and then people
began to do n thinking and to
raise improved stock.
The Glenwild cattle and hogs were
a stock show in themselves. That the
public appreciated the worth and the
beauty of this stock was shown by the
way they fingered and looked. No fair
IN the South composed Of those of so
small an area as the Grenada Fair
can boast of cattle and hogs that had
so recently visited SO many fairs in
the middle and northwest, the very
places which are noted the world over
for the very finest in s~tock-raising.
and carried off so many first prizes
the Borden, or Glenwild cattle.
The hogs, too, were magnificent. They
were IN all respects equal to the cat |
tie. Besides this cattle and swine !
exhibit, there were many fine hogs |
and many fine sows and blooded bulls |
that came from other farms, all of !
show that this section is pulling F,
% the front and that the citizenship
realizes what a be done here in
he way of successfully using these
lands besides just keeping
IN planting cotton either for the boil
Veevil or for the bankrupt court.
1t is not a borrowed phrase to say
the agricultural and horticultural
Exhibits were before eQualled
t a Grenada Fair. The sweet pota-
oes, the peas, the corn, the cotton
nd almost every variety of the out
'uts OF gardens were on exhibit in
bundance, and were well displayed,
90.
Great interest was shown in the
xhibits from the State Plant Board,
hat body Of men who diagnose the
OF trees, shrubbery and vines
nd who prescribe remedies. The ex-
ibits showed many of the different
Of pests that prey upon all veg
tatlon and the results OF such de-
There were gentlemen
the State Plant Board to dis
matters with all interested ones
nd it was a bit surprising at the keen
nanifesed in what these
entlemen said. A few years ago.,
lch a proposition would have been
out OF court, so to speak, but
he public has about learned the les
On that it has been wrong about so
ANY things that science has since
them was as plain as daylight,
it has got to the point where
Will look and listen. Certain
this matter is deserving Of most
.rious consideration and general
edit is being given the government
n its efforts through the Plant
GARD to protect trees, plants and all
vegetation from the pests
at feast upon them.
The colored population showed up
ell with agricultural and horticul-
raj exhibits and a very great many
them took a very keen interest in
| Of the Fair. The Sentinel feels
at particular mention should be
ade of the exhibit from the Domes-
Science Department of the color
school in the City Of Grenada. The
,edle work showed not only excell-
t taste but remarkable skill. Many
d sundry articles and garments
IRE there to show for themselves.
also were there numerous things
itch had been made by colored
who were skilled in the use
carpenters tools. |
Quite q number of the white |
,ool, and several colored schools, |
}, had exhibits that were more than
Easing to all interested ones.
The street carnival Tuesday night
the Park on the public square
out about 1900 people who
70 be tull Of the spirit of
ity, laughter and play. The mask
parade created no little enthusi-
n. The ladies of the. different
arches Of the town had booths in
park where they sod, some candy,l
ne. balloons and other trinkets of
kinds. The Grenada Or
,stra furnished the music.