Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-12-07

TIE crop HARVESTED.
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MrSrHis pe-. . The cotsoa crop
pa hecn harvested
The fa.hs - white have faded away
'rorl the cottoa patch.
[ Toe d~iis are brown now The hollis
srr empty. They have becn robbed -
he = arecv staple.
The cotton pirker with his saek and
basket. has disappeared frou the aeld
E lic ~ ienrer looks over his shoulder az
the setting sun. and siooPs again to his
task of plckin 20 the end ~ the rcw
before the last rays arr hidden hv the
western horizon. The cotton pieker's
work "a done until another crop j. ma
tur~d. lie has left the heid and ~.
turned 10 the city and some other avpca.
ton. The live stock have bcsa turned
into the fields. aud they are gathering
what has been left them in the way ot
fooi.
such is the story unfoiasi hy every
farmer or planter who csn.. TO tho city
aud who u asked ~ the condition.
J. n How're. prominent planter aud
merchant - Shsqualak. Miss. was 81
I tho Peabody yesterday afternoon and
eonversed a, length with a Commercial
Appeal reporter regarding the cotton
crop. the cotton planter aud tho cpndi.
tioa of the farmer generally. Nr nowse
"a planter on a large sale himself.
and does big furnishing business be-
sides
The cotton crop j. nearly all gath.
cred. said Mr. Howe. VERY little
remains outside the ginhouSe. In my
section the farmers hav, gathered the
crop and turned m. stock into the
fields We are not in the bottoms. how
ever. and may BE- ahead % the bottom
farmers in gathering the crop. In nv
country the crrp this year i just about
half what Il was last year should
say bale 10 three acres was about tac
average WELD
Arr the farmer. marketing the crop
a. they gather itf" asked the reporter.
rar~-r- IN '.sesi SHAPE.
unqpestionahly. said Mr. Howse.
The farmers have brought the las,
bale to the market. that l.. should say
nine ~ every ten have done ~. In some
instances merchants arc holding the
cotton for better prices. but these ner-
chants src not numerous. Those whu
think the price will 80 higher are do.
ing ~. but those " ho are satisfied with
the present price are patting tho cotton
IN the marset ~ fast a. il comes into
their hands"
w hat Is the coalition - the farmer
as compared with last year. after the
harvest o. th. cotton erupt
Much more gratifying. was the an.
sver. Nearly every farmer - my a.
quaintauc- IL ~ better share thi, year
than he was last year. ia spite Of the
short crpP. They have p.id out of deb;
and have something left over. Another
thing - hieh believe j. true. not only
Of my section bat other sections. the
planter has raised more hog and
tore. la that rcspscf - :. "a. u,.,s..
condition All things being considered.
I think the planter - Ill enter ON another
wear with more slueNs Of war than he
hsd at the beginning ~ last year. and
will be better prepared t. light the
battle before him
Mr. Haeze eumes FROM prairie cnun-
try. aud consequently he i not la
wholly cotton raising district. lie
nevertheless has great deal to da with
cotton producers. besides being
planter himself and he Is in a position
To know something ~ the cotton pro
duecrs' condition and prospects