Corn on the best of the lands has yielded anywhere from 40 to 220 bushels per 

 acre; all depending upon the fertility of the soil, the seed, the preparation of the 

 seed bed and cultivation. The 220 bushels were produced on an acre that had been 

 given special care, but it demonstrates what can be done, and that the soil 

 responds to good treatment. 



Oats has yielded 91 bushels per acre on a field of 40 acres, with an over- weight 

 of four pounds to the bushel. One county in this portion of the State produced 

 over 3,000,000 bushels in a single year. Oats as a rule is seeded in the fall, from 

 September to November, and harvested in May or June. As soon as the crop has 

 been harvested, the land is plowed and some other staple crop may be grown the 

 same year. This may consist of sweet potatoes, cow peas, soy beans, or corn, 

 and if Lespedeza is sown in the oats, a splendid crop of hay may be had in the 

 early fall. June corn with cow peas may follow oats the same year, furnishing 

 ample roughage for the silo, providing an abundance of feed for live stock, which 

 is so important in the economic production of meat and dairy products. 



Oats an Important Crop in Mississippi — Yield 91 Bushels per Acre 



Soils Prolific 



All of the soils in the above-named divisions are very prolific in crop yields 

 when properly handled, and are very responsive to good treatment. With proper 

 crop rotation, growing clovers and other legumes, raising of live stock and the 

 liberal use of barnyard manure, Mississippi soils have made tremendous crops. 



A Versatile Soil 



Nearly every kind of fruit, vegetable, grass, forage crop and staple crop grown 

 in the United States can be grown on Mississippi soil, although it is not claimed 

 that wheat or apples are grown for commercial purposes. Nevertheless' there were 

 42,000 acres planted to wheat in the fall of 1917 and a larger acreage was planted 

 in 1918. 



Fruits 



Some very fine apples have been grown in the extreme northern part of the 

 State and grapes have also been grown successfully in the same territory. Many 

 small orchards of peaches, grapes, figs and pears are cultivated in every section 

 of the State. Strawberries are grown in large quantities and are shipped in carload 

 lots to the Northern markets early in the season when prices rule high. 



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