Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-08-22

culture gives the following review
OF State bulletin BY W. l.. Hutchin-
son. W. II. Perkins and Z. b. Ferris
on the soils Of Mississippi:
Chemical and mechanical analyses
are given of as samples Of representa-.
tive soils from different parts Of the
State. together with a map showing
the location and extent OF the differ.
ent soil areas and discussion OF the
analytical results. A comparison of
the analytical results with the OBJ
served productiveneSs of the soils
shows that other things being equal.
soils containing the iarges,
total amounts OF plant food
will have the most plant
food available for crops and
the deepest surface soils give the best
yields. However. other conditions. es-
peciaily a uniform water supply. are
also essential to productiveness. In
the soils examined o.oT to OIL per cent.
of phosphoric acid was apparently
sufficient for maximum yields. Soils
containing 0.o5 per cent. OF phosphoric
acid or less. required applications OF
phosphoric acid. All Of the soils ex.
amined. except those consisting large
ly OF organic matter. contained a
sufficient supply Of lime. There is no
evidence that the application OF potash
as food for plants has helped or in
creased the yield OF any crop on any
soil in the State The use OF legumin-
Gus crops to increase the nitrogen sup
ply Of the soil and improve the water
conditions is especially recommended.
Attention is called TO the unprOdue-
uyeness Of recently exposed subsolIs.' .
No man in Mississippi has a more
profound respect for the fair sex. and
few have greater admiration for a
woman who Is an expert rider and
driver. than the writer. But we can
not refrain from adding our protest to
that OF the Meridian papers. in the
matter Of reckless driving by inexperi-
enced parties One day last week this
style OF driving by two Of the promi-
nent ladies Of Meridian came near
costing Young man his life. He was
carefully guiding his ox-team down
one Of the principal streets. when the
ladies. tearing along at break neck
speed. drove into him. literally. \
shaft caught him just under the
shoulder as he walked BY his team.
unconscious OF their approach. knocked
him down, under the horses feet and
before ha could extrscate himself the
sharp hoofs of the animal and the
wheels Of the vehicle had passed over
his body. iniuring him seriously. The
published account OF the wholly un-
necessary accident states that the
ladies drove on without even an in
quiry as to the fate OF the victim Of
their carelessness. Such -earelessness
as this-eyen though prominent
ladies" are in fault-shouId be prompt
ly investigated. and punished. Few
women have sufficient strength in
their wrists. or experience in the art
of driving. to control a horse under
extraordinary circumstances. An oe-
eurrenee in California last week. when
young mother, with her two-year-old
child, went for drive during which
the horse became frightened. should be
warning to every woman. This horse
became unamanageable from fright at
part OF the driveway which Law
along a preeipiee one hundred feet in
hs1 nNfh h.ar In
alarm. sprang from the buggy to hold
the horses head. but before she struck
the ground the frightened animal had
backed the buggy over the precipice
The little child went with il. and. Of
course, all hope OF finding IL alive left
the hearts Of all observers. But when
the mother and two or three parties
had climbed down the rough sides of
the abyss. they found the horse dead
the carriage in splinters and the baby
calmly viewing the scene. without a
bruise on its little body. We wouldn't
advise any other mother 10 run similar
risks. as one such miracle is sufficient
for a generation.
Messrs.- John McGrath & Son Of
Brookhaven. one Of the leading firms
in Mississippi. hate offered five prizes
for the first bales of new cotton de-
livered at their store. The first prize
is twenty-dollar gold pieee. This is.
of course, in excess Of the amount they
will pay for the cotton, and we NAV
expect to hear of an interesting con-
test in the farmers efforts to get
there" first.
On July Is the twelve National banks
in Mississippi had: Cash capital paid
in. S1.030.0o0; surplus, $50I. ZOO; in
dividual deposits. s3.s15.764.ss. The
III State banks have 1886 depositors;
the IL National banks have 1O.OO9 de-
positors- The State banks have gold
on hand. sI4s.I5e20: the National
banks had s75.244. The total resources
OF the l3 National banks STOPS, ,6O2. SO.
Ellisville is about to become the
home Of another OF those town-build-
ers. Of which our state needs so many.
H@S sAA-4t - - a SAuc AdAlOW y,
which. IT is hoped and believed, will
soon supply the Southern States with
the Jones side harrow, a light and
serviceable harrow which experience
has proved the best in use travelling
men will introduce them. wholesale
houses will furnish them and a num-
ber Of families will gain a support
from the men employed in the manu-
factory.
The following item ia beginning to
go the rounds of the press. and while
We do not recall the name of the paper
in which 1t frst appeared, we feel COM
PEELED to give it space. because Of the
sound sense and good advice it con-
tains: One hundred dollars will buy
four hundred hens and four hundred
hens will lay 5000 dozen eggs in one
year and & (lO0 doxen aooS will bring