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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
The Need of High Culture.

We can not obtain good fruit that
will have shipping and keeping quail
tiles from trees that are trying to
produce in an impoverished soil. Not
only should the rough cultivation be
given to soil in orchards, but the soil
may need the application of some fer
tilizer. If there is a deficiency of
mineral elements, fruit will have poor
shipping and keeping quality. Light
soils are usually deficient in potash
and phosphoric acid, while heavy or
clay soils may have an abundance of
these. For this reason apples grown
on light soils should be sent to our
home markets, while those grown
upon a clay soil can be shipped with
greater safety to foreign and distant
markets.
Another very important factor in
long keeping of fruit is a perfect and
healthy foliage upon trees. 1t is the
function of the foliage to elaborate
the food that goes to the building up
of vigorous growth of tree and
branch, to the development of the
fruit bud. If the leaves are eaten
and mutilated by insects or diseased
by fungous attack, there can be only
an imperfect development of fruit
that will be deficient in color and
flavor, that will slack in the box or
barrel and will not hold or keep long
in the market.-Cor. American Agri-
c~u1turiSt.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
Phos-

1t will be noticed that there is a
wide variation in the total amounts of
plant food, due to the fact that some
many times that of others. Also, all
crops of the clover family are, omit
ted, as they store up atmospheric nj
trogen, and therefore contain plant
food over and above hat actually
necessary for their growth. On this
very account, fertilizers contain less
nitrogen than the crops they are in
tended to grow, as compared with the
potash and phosphoric acid, simply
because the clover is meant to sup
ply rather cheaply too, more or less
plant food nitrogen. There is one
more point to take into considera-
ton. Phosphoric acid when applied
to the soil very quickly takes insolu-
BILE forms, which means in effect, that
it has become largely unavailable as
plant food. On this account, the
amount actually contained in the
crop is doubled in judging a fertilizer
for same, this as a rough sort of COM
pensation for this tendency towards
taking insoluble forms. 1t is not very
accurate, but it is all we have, and it's
error in all probability is on the safe
side.
Omitting the nitrogen in the above
table, and doubling the phosphoric
acid, we have the potash and phos-
phoric acid needs about as follows:
Potash. Phosphoric
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
FARMERAND PLANTER
CROP FERTILIZATION.
Crop Fertilizers by the
Progressive Farmer.

We all understand that plant food,
nures and fertilizers, is composed of
three materials or elements-potash,
nitrogen and phosphoric acid; also.
we know that these three elements
must be used in quantities that bear
a certain reference TO each other. We
tain amounts of nitrogen, potash and
phosphoric acid, and also if one-half
of the potash be taken away, though
even the nitrogen and phosphoric
acid be doubled, the resulting crop
will be only a half crop or less. That
is, every pound of nitrogen used by
plants in their growth must be ac-
companied at the same time by Ger
tain amounts of potash and phos-
phoric acid. This being true, a very
important matter is proper compost
ton of manures and fertilizers; that
is, the correct proportioning of the
plant food elements for any partic-
ula crop.
The actual plant food needs of
crops is very clearly shown by the
chemical analysis of the crop. n this
We must take the whole crop, as
plant food is just as necessary for the
stalks and straw as for the salable
portions tf the crop, and the one can
not be grown without the other.
Reckoned in this sense, we give here
with the actual plant f cd contained
in good crops per acre, of the more
widely cultivated plants:
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12

Freeland, Hans, Mar. 9th;-One of the
most prosperous farmers in Harper County
is Mr.. N. H. Mead. Some thirty-four years
ago be left his home near Clarence, N: T.,
and came to Kansas. Here he has thriyed
splendidly and last year harvested over one
hundred and forty acres of wheat alone.
But everything has not gone well with
Mr.. Mead, for his health has not been good
for the last few years. He has suffered a
great deal with Kidney and Bladder Trou-
b however aNq .0 he las has improved a great deal and
he says that he has none Of the old symp-
toms left and is feeling splendid, again.
He used Dodd's Kidney Pills and this rem
edy seemed to work wonders in his case.
He says himself:
"Dodd's Kidney Pills have made me well.
They are all right and a reliable remedy
for Kidney Trouble. They helped me right
from the start, giving me great relief, and
finally cured me-"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12

II temporarily relieve catarrh
A have been devised from time to
time, such as sprays, ~snuffs, creams and
other local applications, but, as a rule,
the medical profession has little or no
enthusiasm in the treatmentof catarrh.
It is generally pronounced by them
to be incurable,
1t therefore created a great sensa-
ton in medical circles when DR.. Hart
man announced that he had devised q
compound which would cure catarrh
permanently.
The remedy was named Peruna and
in a short time became known to thou
east and west.
Letters testifying to the fact that Pc
runa is a radical cure for catarrh began
to pour in from all directions.
Thousands of such letters are on file
in the office of The Peruna Medicine Co.
Rev. E. Stubenvoll, Pella, Wis,
writes: 81 feel obliged to extend you
my personal thanks for my complete
restoration. All through the winter
suffered from throat and lung trouble,
but recovered my entire health by the
use of your excellent remedy, Peruna."
The following letter from a prom
inent gentleman of Los Angeles, is q
case in point:
Mr.. j. w. Fuller, President of the
jewelers. Association of Los Angeles,
CAL. has been in business in that city
for seventeen years out OF the forty-five
that he has been engaged in business.
Concerning his experience with Peruna
he says:
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To Prevent Called Shoulders.

Called shoulders are very common
in the spring when the horses are
first put to work, and are easier pre-
vented than cured, especially if the
animal is kept at work. 1t is very
important to see that the collars and
harness fit properly; then the collars
should be kept clean; keeping the col
lars well oiled will be a help. Wash
the shoulders at noon and night with
soft water after removing the har-
ness. When the teams r stopped
for a rest in the field, pull the collars
away from the horses shoulders; in
this way gals may generally be pre-
yented.-Midland Farmer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
PROFITABLE WINTER WORK.
During h Cold and Stormy
Days of WI Inter

It would be impossible for me to
outline a plan of profitable winter
work that would be suited to all
farmers, since the environments and
requirements of various farms are so
different. / am never at a loss, how
ever, to find plenty of work for the
winter season that will prove profit
able at any season of the year, and
| have noticed that the farmer who
plans for work in the shelter usually
keeps his surroundings in good con-
dition. During the cold winter days
the stock need extra attention, and
i. the stables have not already been
made as warm as possible this matter
should be attended to first, as it is
better to keep up the animal heat by
providing warm stables than to have
the animals eat an extra amount of
food in order to keep from freezing.
Corn and oats r costly fuel. Then
there is the manure to be taken care
of. This can be drawn to the field
and distributed to advantage during
the winter months. On most lands
the manure is better spread early.
Then there is usually some sod to be
turned, and all favorable days for
blowing may be p%rofitably spent
in turning the sod. The freezing and
thawing will help pulverize the soil,
and the water from melting SHOWS
and spring rains will sink down into
the subsoil and remain there for the
use of the crops. When the summer
drought sets in this stored-up moist
ure will be drawn upon and the crop
will be much more able to resist
drought. As the work is done at the
farmers leisure, the blowing is o
likely to be well done than if left I'M
til the spring rush. But during the
winter there are likely to be many
days-perhaps half the time-that is
more profitably spent in the shelter.
1t is not profitable to work in the
fields during the cold stormy days.
Those days are better spent around
the fireside. If the day is not too
cold there may be machinery which
can be repaired under shelter, but if
this can not be done the time is bet
ter spent in reading and studying
agricultural books and papers and
planning for next years crop. This
time is by no means wasted; in fact
it may be made as profitable as the
days spent in the field. We need this
study more particularly at this sea-
son, as it will help us to arrange for a
better plan of managing our crops
during the next summer. l have
made it a practice to plan for a GER
tain amount of agricultural reading
each year. l undertake to study a sub
ject and limit the time in which this
work is to be done. Then when this
is complete / take up some other
subject pertaining to agriculture, and
this, with the agricultural papers that
come to my desk, gives me plenty of
reading matter to profitably occupy
my spare moments.-A. j. Legg, in
Agricultural Epitomist.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
Farmers Waking Up.

Farmers are beginning to wake up
to the importance of keeping their
soil fertile. They have found out that
they can not go on indefinitely taking
crops from their land and returning
nothing to it. As a result of this
more and more are rotating their
crops, seeding down more land to
clover, are keeping more stock to
produce more fertilizers, and are
learning that instead of their land
wearing out and the soil becoming ex-
hausted, that they can improve the
fertility of their land and raise heav-
Ter crops with less labor, and make
more than they could under the old
system of robbing the land.-Midland
Farmer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
LOOKING FOR A RIVER.
Senator Depew's Conception of b
Rio Grnnde and What the
Reality Was.

Into a speech Senator Depew interiected
an anecdote, says the Washington Post.
VERY early in my boyhood," said he, II
read about the great rivers OF the globe.
Having been born on the Hudson, ! was in
terested in the Amazon, with 5000 miles
OF navigation, and / took great pride in the
Mississippi, the Father Of Waters. ! studied
the stories Of the Nile and OF the Old Tiber.
| delighted in the descriptions of the Rio
Grande.
but it was not my pleasure to be near
the Rio Grande till five years ago. As soon
as our train reached Fl Paso l went out
to view the beautiful Rio Grande, to see
the floating upon its bosom, and
the crafts and palaces, such as go up and
down on the Hudson. | walked more than
an hour, and, returning, saw an aged man,
who. | believed, would likely be truthful.
/ asked him where was the Rio Grande.
"'Sir," said be, you have already crossed
it twice"
Senator Depew said, after that be was
forced to the conclusion that "the rivera
Of New Mexico have their bottoms on top"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
A NOTE OF
At Prevailing Prices Almost Any
Crop VIII Bring the Farmer
More Money than Cotton.

We feel called upon to raise a note
of warning to our readers. The pres
ent indications all point to an extra
effort to grow cotton. Very many are
arranging to raise from n bale to
two per acre. The efforts in this di-
rection are not single or isolated.
They are well distributed and quite
numerous. And they are praiseworthy.
They are on the line of progress and
uccess They look to the increased
productiveness of the soil and to bet
ter seed and better cultivation to pro-
duce these better crops. All of these
will help to cheaper the raising of
the cotton. This is highly commenda-
BILE, but still it tends to increase the
crop. Then, again, the fair prices of
the past two seasons are stimulating
the cotton growers to plant more.
Again, the gradual, yet steady, growth
of farming in the south will of it
self increase the acreage in cotton.
There will be much more land in cul-
tivation in the south this year than
any former year. Now, we feel that
it is necessary, in view of these and
many other reasons, to warn our
readers that there is danger in plant
ing cotton this year. Now, while SO
many will rush on to loss and ruin, is
your time to steer FOR a safe and sure
thing. Every other farm product is
bringing good prices. You can make
none by planting any and all crops
besides cotton.
At the prices now prevailing any
thing pays better than cotton. Heed
our advice and give attention to all
kinds of crops that feed men and ami
mails. Grow hogs, cows, sheep, chick
ems; anything that can be sold in the
market viii pay you better than cot
ton. This is one time when you can
take no risk in raising supplies; vege-
tables, fruits, melons, hay, corn, oats,
wheat, peas, pinders, sugar-cane
broom corn, sorghum, potatoes, cassa-
va, rice, and 40 other crops that grow
In the south.
You risk nothing in leaving cotton
entirely out this time. Cotton costs
about what you get for it. The profit
is very small.
But when we advise men to do this
they reply. I'VE are compelled to
raise cotton because we are in debt"
Well. that is the very reason you
ought to quit raising cotton. What
got you in debt? Was it not raising
cotton? Yea, verify. And raising cot
ton will keep you in debt.
Again, we are met with the argu-
ment that we must plant cotton be-
cause it is the only crop hat we can
get credit on. And we must have help
to make a crop.
Here it is again. This is the crop
that keeps you in debt because you
a mortgage it and eat it up before
you gather and deliver it. When you
quit cotton you will not need to go
in debt OF give mortgages. Leave off
or greatly reduce the cotton crop
this year.-Southern C%ultivator.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12

gle room in a tenement house reminds a
correspondent of the experience which a
woman had in the slums of Dublin. She
came upon a room in a tenement house in
which there were five families in residence
one in each corner and one in the middle
of the floor. The visitor expressed her
establishment to an old woman in one of
the corner locations, and wondered how
in the world they were all able to find room.
"Wisha, ma'am," was the reply, I'VE were
all right till the Caseys there in the middle
of the fure TUX in dodgers. -Tit-Bits.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
WASN'T ACQUAINTED.
Young Woman's First Experience In
Banking Gives Her a Thrill
of GnatiOH.

waiting in the bank directly in front OF
me was a charming woman OF 20 or SO who
was having her first experience in banking
said the merchant as he lighted his cigar
after luncheon, relates the New York Times.
''She was asked the questions usual for one
who is opening an account; her NAME, adj
dress, whether married or SINGLE, and her
fathers and mothers name she got along
all right until the clerk asked:
Mothers maiden name, please"
AZ don't quite understand, I'm afrsin,'
she said, hesitatingly.
40 mean your mothers name when she
was a girl explained the clerk.
How should | know? | don't like I'M
pertinenee, SRI How should | know? l
didn't know her when she was a girl. The
ideal Are you trying to make fun OF me,
Sir1 "
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
Severe and long standing cases should
take advantage of free Medical Advice.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. II, 1903
received the trial package of Doan's Kid
ney Pills promptly and can truly say they
are all and even more than recommended.
[ suffered continually with a severe pain
In the back, which the pills entirely over
came, and I am able to work, which would
not have been possible but for Doan's
Kidney Pills. Mrs. J. A. ScHLAMB, 955
Buchanan St, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
Qevoud Endurance.

The slender woman faced the burly bur
glars deadly revolver, without a tremor
Of terror, for, as is well known, the weakest
are often the bravest.
"Tell me where the money is hid" he
Kissed, most truculently, "or III firei'
"Neverl" she answered, determinedly,
and with a marked accent on the "r." XIII
me, if you will, but ! viii never reveal the
hiding place of my husbands hard-earned
hoardl Villain, do your worst"
81 Wilt" snarled the scoundrel, baffied
for the moment, but not beaten. "Tell me,
instantly, or I'll drop this big, woolly
caterpillar down your neck!"
In three minutes more he had bagged
TIE Doodle, and was splitting the midDiG at
darkness in a northeasterly direction
Smart Set.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12

This final table gives a key for a
systematic study of crop fertilizers.
From same we can figure out about
what the analysis Of a fertilizer ought
to be for any given crop in general
cultivation, but it is a question how
many farmers will take the trouble
to do so, important though it is
Farmers Home Journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
OF the Skin and Blood
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rREE-sEAIEp WITH PUBLIC APPROVAL.
Wal of the Pessimist.

When you dig my little ~gravelet / pray
you dig it deep and tuck me in quite snugly
for my long and snoreless sleep. For 1
would be free forever from the guys who
want to know if / think twill rain to-mor-
row or if therell be more snow. I'm not
afraid of bunko men, of turf or mining
sharks, but plant me deep beyond the reach
Of human question marks.-Chicago Daily
News.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12

Aching backs are eased. Hip. back. and
loin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
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Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness,
headache. dizziness.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12

COLUMBUS CITY, IA, Feb. 10, 1903. Il
received the sample package of Doan's
Kidney Pills and took them according to
directions. They did me so much good,
| procured a 50-cent box at the drug store
and have been greatly benefited. / had
the backache so bad / could hardly walk /;
also had urinary troubles, that caused me
to get up two and three times of a night.
I am all right now. Long may Doan's
Pills prosper. Yours truly, A c. sIPE-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
practicaI KnowIedge.

"What," asked the party with the conun-
drum habit, lis the difference between an
avenue and a street,"
"Oh, about $50 on a months rent, re-
piled the man who knew whereof he spoke.
Chicago Daily News.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12
Food for

Miss Minnie Millions Showing her dia-
monds)GTn never want for bread while |
nave these. .
Miss Caustique latter looking at them)
Or for pastry, either, | imagine.ICleve-
land Leader.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12

az was troubled with cafarrh of the
head for many years. 1t affected my
sense of smell, hearing and sight. !
spent lots of money with doctors and
the use of local applications to relieve
me but to no purpose, until my affen-
ton was called to the wonderful effects
of Pernna.
az must say that I met with most
surprising and satisfactory results.
Peruna took hold of the complaint and
drove it entirely out of my system.
"AIfhough well along toward the
allotted span of mans life I am
pleased as a child owe the results, and
feel like a young man again."-L. w.
Fuller.
Such letters as the above are not used
for publication except by the written
permission of the writer.
A pamphlet filled with such letters
will be sent to any address free. This
book should be read by all who doubt
the durability of catarrh.
If you do not receive promptand sat-
~isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa write at once to DIR. Hartman, Civ
ing a full statement of your case. and
he will he pleased to give you his val
liable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12

1t is a pity that we do not give more heed
to the still small voice, but it must be ad-
mitted that Conscience is far from being a
delightful Observation-Disclosures
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12

An Afflicted Goat-"That last poem / ate
has given me an awful pain" said the first
goat. "Ha!" exclaimed his companion;
you've got writer's cramp."-Philadelphia
Record.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-03-12

Purchaser-''So this is an improved type
writer" Asent-"Yes; if you don't know
how to spell a word there is a key that will
make a blot. "-Philadelphia Record.