Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-09-16 | Page 25 | Mississippi Delta Proving Bonanza

MISSISSIPPI DELTA PROVING BONANZA By International News Service GREENWOOD Miss Mis Sept 15 Land in the Mississippi Delta has doubled in value within the last two or three throe years A few years ago land could be bought for from 10 to 15 an acre Some of the same land two years ago could be bought for 5 50 an acre Today It is selling at an acre In corn find md cotton some of the delta land Is producing single crops th that t bring returns of from to an acre each season Plantations of a thousand acres have been known to more more- than pay for themselves in one year