Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-01-30
Stock Interest Of Noxubes County.

TINS county the STATION iliyulanueT,
owned by Mr. 7. X. Thompson. q good
horse but not p~atronized sufficiently
to justify the expense of keeping. lie
was sold to DR.. J. 3. Allgood, who al.
SO finding him Improbable altered
him when he was seventeen 'years OF
age. Judge Fcote owned Hiawatha,
n fast PAGER and finely bred horse, that
never rsid for his keeping. Simeon
Orr owned two magnificent bay hor-
see, finely bred and fast trottcrs. Both
were Improbable and died young of
neglect and starvation. DR.. Minor
owned old Black Hawk aud Mark and
for a long time used them rs his dri.
wing horses. In 1873 and IA Black
Hawk was Pct in the stable of Boggess,
Holman n NclIatiie and in two years
| think sired sixteen colts, hence he
wa. sold in 1876 or ". Borgess. 4
Holman bought the fine, fast trottcr
Cady, and lie sired eleven colts in the
two years they owned him.
From:his limo on until 1882 there
was no stallion of note that Il re-
member that was worth his feed. AT
this time, 1882, DR.. Holman bought
jeff Davis, a splendid specimen OF a
horse, well bred, fine looking and OF
most remarkable docility of temper
lie has been quite a success, has been
well patronized and there arc q large
number of his progeny in this aud adj
Joining counties. From about this
time quite change seems to have
come over II people. Many began
to breed horses aud cattle and now
there are eight or ten good jacks, over
thirty stations and there are being
bred every year about 1900 mares,
suppose resulting in at least 700 ioals
every year. There were shipped from
this county last year about 5000 head
of cattle. Now let us note the chan
gcs that have taken place in q few
years. DR.. Holman in 1880 sold twen-
ty. six carloads of mulcs, horses over
500 head. In 81 eight carloads. In
50 about three car loads. LII '83 he
sold comparatively none, but bough I
and shspped away that fall l43 head
Since then tho number brought here
has been gradually reduced until at
this time there is hardly any demand
at all, and in q few years more we will
have q surplus here aud will be sellers
instead of buyers.
Maj. Mum, John Cunningham, Clio
YER Tripplett, John Wootten, billiard
Hardin, Jno, r. Cockrcll and many
others arc breeding as good mules as
we get from Kentucky and Tennessee,
and nearly every planter is raising
few mules and horse colts. Besides
this we will soon have as fine horses
tnckiuns get. Moab Scales has bought
the Simeon Orr farm and will return
it to its proper use. lle will make the
rich pastures teen agaln with fine cat.
tie and horses. He has bought a splen.
did son Of Onward, 2.25s, and sire Of
fifty colts in the $50 list. lie also
owns Mississippi Wilkes, son of Tenn.
essec Wilkes, with a record of 2:27 and
several high bred. mares. lie will put
them upon this farm md with his en-.
ergy and good Judgment cannot fail Of
success.
N, Ii. Harrison is devoting n large
nart of his fine farm 10 horses and cat.
tie. He has a very fiuc and promising
young sire in Lafayette the son of Hap,
py Medium who has seveuty.one sons
and daughters with records better
than 2:30. and there are many othurs
will mention in o future article on this
subject.
In Il conversation with Col. J, W.
GartlNtwo years ago he remarked to
me thai he had made that year 400
bales Of cotton, that he had sold $500
worth OF stock>and he had realized
more clear money from the stock than
from the cotton, and had far less ri.k
and much less trouble and far more
pleasure. NJ. ID.