The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-06-28

the soil there are strikingly ike
those characterizing this Delta.
II is also a well-known fact that
timothy grows best on moist soils.
And so, it is by no means a vio-
lent conclusion to say that the
lands Of our Delta are likely TO
be valuable beyond any in Ameri-
ca for growing timothy hay-a
staple, too, that is not likely ever
glut the market.
Apropos Of grasses we found on
the the Sunnywild plantation o
twenty-acre field that was sowed
down in
ORCHARD GRASS
as far back as 1878 and which has
been grazed ever since not only
by cattle and horses but much of
the time by sheep; and yet to-day
there remains stand sufficient for
excellent grazing. There is more
over on the place a low woodland
of 100 acres that was sowed down
in red top four years ago and has
been grazed constantly ever since.
1t is still a first-class summer pas
ture.
IMPROVEMENTS.
As has been stated, when Mr..
Stokes took charge in person of
the Sunnywild estates he found
things sadly dilapidated, but at
once set about restoring the waste
places and making new improve
ments. In addition to the resi-.
dence built in VI, he erected a
a house-stable and a commodious
cow-house-the latter being a
comparatively unknown institu.
tion in this part Of the world. For
the next two years he was engag-
cd in repairing negro houses, SO
as to make them perfectly com.
Portable, and building a number
of new ones. In 1881 he erected q
barn that has no equal, perhaps, in
spaciousness or modern conven-
fences in the whole Delta, If in.
deed in the State. 1t is 80x120
with a 20-foot ceiling, cribs for
5000 bushels of corn and storage
room in the loft for 100 tons oil
hay. The stalls are admirably ar
ranged, with perfect ventilation
and with q most convenient and
abundant water supply. In the
same year there were constructed
on the estate nine miles Of plank
fencing and some new negrt
houses, besides q very fine saw
mill. In 1882, the year Of the great
overflow, he built large barn or
the Eureka place together with {
new two.story storehouse, .
church and school-house for the
negroes, about forty additional ne
gro houses, and gave the gin-hous'
u thorough over-haaling. This lat
ter embraced the putting In of new
stands and other improved ma
chinery, also the construction 0
q large room for storing sacke'
cotton seed, and another for gen
eral storage about the boiler
And, by-the-by, his S0-horse powe
engine has no superior in all Cot
tondom. Last year he
BUILT TEN MILES OF FENCING,
six of which were Of barbed wire
the balance rail. He has locus
posting now in the ground for a
many miles more. In addition t
the foregoing improvements h
has done miles Of ditching, an
had drained a large lake about
mile southeast of the residenc
and its former bottom will soon b.
seen green with timothy. In at
dition to the
IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL IMPLI
MENTs
already mentioned, we noticed Q
Sunpywild q magnificent 32-inc
Blackhawk separator with cl'
ver-hulling attachment, two ne
mowers besides hay-rskes and ha.
elevators. In fact there Is no far
in Ohio or Indiana that can sho
more model agricultural impl
ments or better machinery tha
Mr.. Stokes has at Sunnywil'
And what makes the contrast a
the more pleasing, there was NJ
q single improved implement 0
the place when he took charge
it.
LIVESTOCK.
In 1878 Mr.. Stokes came to Il
conclusion that stock.raising conl
but prove a profitable industl
in the Yazoo Delta, and so |
bought Guy Darrell and Lad
Montfort, both thoroughbred re
istered Jerseys,-the former |
Top Sawyer out Of Mandarin
| Fancy, the latter out of Consuel
End; also some grade Jersey he
ers, a number Of fine brood-mare
and the thoroughbred stallie
; Glenfall out Of Waltz by the IN