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Record-Breaking Yields of Oats Are Made in Mississippi 



ton per acre each cutting. It is cut once every forty days from May to November. 

 Alfalfa in the hands of a skilled farmer will yield an income equal to cotton. 



Oats is another of the staple crops grown in the State and in the production 

 ofwhich the Delta has broken the record, as the following figures from the Experi- 

 ment Station at Stoneville would indicate: 



Bushels Bushels 



per Acre per Acre 



Black Tartarian 42.2 Hastings One Hundred Bushel . 118.2 



Swedish Select 82.8 Bancroft 119.0 



Sensation 91.0 Red Rust Proof 135. 6 



Appier 118.0 



With a fertile soil, abundant rainfall, a healthful climate, excellent drinking 

 water, good drainage, there slumbers in the lap of this great alluvial valley, 

 awaiting the touch of the trained and experienced homeseeker, an OPPOR- 

 TUNITY, which, if seized, will lead to FORTUNE. 



