Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1909 — THIS PART OF MISSISSIPPI IS HEALTHFUL. [ARTICLE]

THIS PART OF MISSISSIPPI IS HEALTHFUL.

A great many people are of the opinion that the alfalfa land in Mississippi which we are advertising is so unhealthful that nothing but niggers, alligators, and water moccasins can live there. Thd following quotations from some of the most noted men in the south may help to set these matters aright. “The lime country is as healthy in my opinion as any portion of the U. S.”—Prof. W. R. Perkins, A. & E. M. College, Miss. “The climate is good, Very good, and the healthfulness of the inhabitants is proverbial.”—Prof. W. L. Hutchinson, Director of the A. & A. M. College, Miss. “The country is very healthful, the complexion of the inhabitants is first class.”—Dr. H. D. Rodman, Louisville, Ky. “I have had better health here than elsewhere.” —M. A. Crosby, Supervisor of Gov. Experimental work. EXPERT OPINION. “Washington, D. C., Aug. *19,1909. Mr. W. H. Pullin, Rensselaer, Ind. Dear Sir:—Replying to your letter of July 23rd, which I find on my desk upon my return from an extended trip, I will state that the black prairie soils in northeastern Mississippi and central and western Alabama will offer, I think, the cheapest lands upon which alfalfa can be grown succesfully, of any in the United States at the present time. You want to be sure, however, that you get on the black prairie soils, and this strip is not much more than twenty miles wide and possibly one hundred miles long in both states combined. I am sending you our latest bulletin on alfalfa.” Yours sincerely, J. M. WESTGATE, Agronomist.