Home Made Fertilizer Plan to Boost Cotton Yields
Department of Agriculture outlines a method to save cotton growers thousands by optimizing home manures. Emphasizes saving barnyard manure, proper storage, composting, and using litter to reduce loss, plus comparing costs with commercial fertilizers. Includes practical steps for heap construction, layering manure with phosphate, and applying compost to increase yields on poor land. References North Louisiana Experiment Station results showing doubled cotton yield with compost.
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South
North Louisiana Experiment Station
Calhoun
Governor Urges Expanded Prison Labor Lands
The call for more convict labor on public roads is debated as the legislature weighs the penal farming system. Governor urges acquiring additional lands while noting the system is a strong revenue source amid state finances. Hawkins proposes five cents a day for convicts, yielding $15 to $20 yearly for each inmate. The piece urges farmers to value soil nutrients and reduce nitrogen waste, stressing soil as the farmer’s bank and farm manure as essential to fertility.
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Lauderdale County
Board of Supervisors
Hawkins
Warren
The Great Wall of China Revisited in London News
London News reflects on the Great Wall of China noting its vast length of about two thousand five hundred fifty miles and structures once and still standing. It discusses the cost labor and political will required, giants towers and watchtowers, and the claim the wall could be seen from the moon.
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China
Europe
Rome
Hannibal
W. E. Gell
Chin
London News
Largest cotton sale check in Yazoo City history
Messrs. L. G. and J. T. Montgomery sold 634 bales to T. H. Craig and Co. for $68,478.62. The check, drawn Friday, is the largest ever for a city cotton sale, averaging $108 per bale. The staple lots reflect Yazoo County’s strong market and wealth, with the Montgomery brothers having the check photographed. Three people were killed and several injured when a Bloomington gas plant explosion occurred.
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Messrs
L. G
J. T. Montgomery
T. H. Craig and Co
Herald
Yazoo County
Yazoo City
Montgomery
Yazoo Herald
GoES 10 Jail Fine Assessed Against Him
A jail fine totaling 2680.67 dollars was assessed against GOES 10 with the specified amount recorded.
Embezzler Scott Receives Federal Sentence In Vicksburg
Frank Scott of Rosedale Mississippi nephew of Hon Charles Scott pleaded guilty in federal court at Vicksburg to embezzlement for pilfering a registered package from the Rosedale post office. Judge Niles sentenced him to 2680 dollars and six months in Warren County jail, warning that association with a lewd woman led to his downfall. Gen T C Catchings defended him.
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Frank Scott
Rosedale
Miss
Charles Scott
Vicksburg
Niles
Warren County
Delilah
Sampson
Scott
California
T. C. Catchings
Died of a broken heart in Spring Valley Illinois
Mrs Charles Erminle of Spring Valley Illinois widow of a Cherry mine horror victim died of grief doctors say case exceptional as death from heartbreak. Begin work now and your crop will be doubled. We have farming implements tools plows lines homes bridles chains everything to work your crop come to us at once Jackson Hardware Co.
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Charles Erminle
Spring Valley
Ill
Cherry Mine
Jackson Hardware CO
Notice to Those Owing Tay Taylor and Son Debts
A notice from R. M. Taylor of Jackson Mississippi states that few have settled debts to Tay Taylor and Son and that he will be away until December 23. If not settled by January 1 his lawyer Mr Peyton will pursue collection. Mr Gay of Pelahatchie is authorized to give receipts for payments.
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Taylor and Son
Peyton
Gay
Pelahatchie
R. M. Taylor
Jackson
Miss
For Sale Property near Brandon Mississippi
For sale my residence and 15 acre lot with barn and well water in Brandon plus a shop and lot on the southeast corner of the public square. Also two acres of land, 60 acres under fence, 40 acres woodland one mile west of Fannin. If taken at once this property will go very cheap. Call or write F B Waldrod Brandon Miss.
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Brandon
Public Square
Fannin
F. B. Waldrod
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Penses
Department of Agriculture
Addi
Ton
L. G. and
Owensboro
W. G. Barnes
Bloomington
Young Pris
A J. Mlaurin, JR
Brandon, Miss
Henry & Henry, Attorneys At Law
Court House
S. L. M’laurin Attorney At Law
Tally Heslep
May
Merchants Bank Building
Florence
R. May
J. W. Birdsong
Rankin County Bank
CG. R. Garraway
W. F. Willey
T. B. Doxey Merchant
Gailor
Steam Cleaning and Dye Works
E. Capitol Street
Mississippi
Physicians and Surgeons
Pelahatchie, Miss
DR. H. J. Burnham
W. P. Darnall
H. A. Busick CO
Rankin County
Jackson Lumber CO
Jackson, Miss
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