Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-08-24
FARMER ANDPLANTER.
LANDLORD AND TENANT.
4 >-or. ftf-srr.sf-s How usny Of
tie rreuef-- Cen.rf-fues OF
Nay &c Avoided

I - cAlAl4- III ElN % AWQtt lH@El- IL
suegssssd IN the folIcEfrg story. which
Is tsker frc7 true eAarlcts-s q the
writer's acr-1i1rancs-
A farmer wkcm we sAau cal lIr
ThcCrsc1- Owls ! big farrr in Md
iscr county. Georgia He IS big
ss1r-s@ u1a- ard vas considered 4
snct farmer atts- the old methods he
had his farm arranged in ocs-hcrSs
crurs e ahcut e acres. WITH 4 h1use
for s1eh -s-1zt F0r uarx Years his
hands r-1te .hour ter bales q Cotton
10 the plcx which vas o1e-t1ur-k TO
c-=--kirf hale per acre II took al. n
eeS-. % r1E for =uaro. mat. corn. four.
= Glasses er- and Afforded only a
ha-t-sr-1i-st living a. hat rs l1-t
sn- pccT. washed ard xCrr His white
-snarts tscane discouraged and went
70 seek wo-k = cotton mills and else
vhsrs His eo.orsd ,abcrsrs had rur
INTO Re habit q attending al the fu-
-e-1ls. r-setings- Dicnics. secret orders
src- his uecsssirArst couveyarces.
sunday clothes. extra cooking Swing
s-arrhl-Z- iruEfrE- etc for thenselvs<
Also rlade rgeh loss % time. caussd
them 70 - ssoTsrIv ard disseminated
Th-y lat hezn happy OF 40 cents a day.
eu, row this became high and urpru1t-
ahis labor i-F the farmer. ard insult
eisrt f. n. rodsrr wants u -he n
borsrs- Tnsv ksgzn 10 20 to the brick
yards rock GuarrieS. saw-fIHs- rail
ruads- etc Es=re they ccuid g=t 80
ara 81 4 las The olf-tiua hcu<e
ssrvaurs. -.i+ ard female. we're Eu1e.
NJ Tho-rS0n had 20 worry with Ms
1si1 work stock tools. bis fsccf-E
hu'ifirSs. ard everything else cut cf
tcorS Mrs Thompson could =zr o-rv
poor kslp n high price. ever IN tine
q Sickness Or cehzr emergencies. Pc
sides there WIS 50 uue1 IourEi-g- loaf
trS and ftleress u vas unsafe for be-
tn he aIo-s even IN tlxti-s- Al these
were stubborn facts wkic1 al s1x. hu-
few eoHl1 remedy Saighhors we're
rsn-frE cut their farms AID moving rc
to~u. thsrs 70 b without smployusrr
for thsmseIvrn and children Their
incomes Srs smaller and their farms &C
sfisridatsd tkar IL vas sad even &c
see TIER
Mr. TaoupsOn-S ssxfele. practical
judgment and SDcgs-hsarrsd. su-ry
Christian disposition suggested <crs-
thing different He exPerin@utst on 4
snail scale Until he HEalv resolved 70
ADOPT he practical intensive. seisn-
t1Sc methods Of farming
Az this time a man whom re shall
call BErrsIl vas a tenant on an al
Joining fzrE- He vas Industrious art
honest A. With n1sr cthsrs q his
class he had such 4 poor crop his
landlord agreed for him 20 give IL u
and move n Au-uS- He vas 80 A.
cu=roueE % tzscuuraEsusnrs thai h
had drawn his face or=-sfss6 into 4
h1hsrEal fro1r- HIS wife rhluzh
vrHzG vas STOPPED and fade-t- rs
ch5l1rsn shT and f1rb1rn Thfs rccr
-2n err ard split wood = ~ Old azlEs
f-1- AIEus- % O'c-cesr Thsr - wsrr
. Mr. Tho=pson for . hO-s &C. -hs
Essr yszr- NJ Tho@rsC1 --s5 hz- ~.
- hAt 1eei6et E1r 2. alllz RE -h.z
- .c-ss % ~ pl1T NJ B,1rrszI xc-bs
- Sszt 20 Hvs WITH Mr. Thr-p=oz
hG- - feared Ae cuuE1 mr. r1E cut u u
50 little a crur- Mr. rhrrapson ma
I'm that there vas b5sS q Iazd thers-
au- Z ~ wu1lt rak= IA. 1zE follow
lis ztvice - x1Eit sz-n L euzrr.Ef
thar 4 - I'D rcr u-ake +. sncd living
- vcul1 give I'm zk1s WIS E1eks-z
He rcuk his word for r. NJ Thorr-
scr ssr I'm ave 4 -1Ecr Irt team
% move Wi-h Whs- tksT arrived -
u111@ thsE visfz and found hey had
brought Al their belongings n ere
Load Mr. BurrsIl presented n ucts
drawn for So The $50 odd r,cusy hav-
ing bssr left CT IN favor q The r-an
n tsft- II heHrg rhs balance q FRO
vfSscr acccu,F Nr Thompson WIS
s<ksd 20 sign Nc. - vas sorry rha-
h. Mr. Bursllf. was rcr abs 70 raw
for hCrssr Ezea- AMI bread but h did
ncs propose % do Eacrs than he had
c,Erraefst
He seat them feed ard other irrs-
fi3ts necessities trcu his hors II
short time e haEtst them IS. AMI
-ulc than 70 20 % toxin a.d ezy what
thsF Essttsd They kes5sarsd II rakfa<
vh,t Nes % them Saeh A biz sun %
sno1- When shsF returned Mrs 7 IN
vitsd Mrs 3 over - hsr h1uz that
she would BE- glad 70 assist har ard
give her TIE use q her sswirx rashirs
IN u1kirg re- winter cI1chirS S,e
gave tnem some spare mIIx and hut
ter ard Other things wh5eh thar the--
sssvss c1ult EcE uss- AFTER CHRISTMAS
Mr. 7 1sSsf Ms B whether sae would
Ike = have 4 COW. ani aaou- a paIr us
his tsu-rusAers1 psgs Q. rs 60
enurs= hey Eoult- h1- they feared rhsy
could 11c 211rd 50 EUch Vel said
Mr. = = -rue ycu- aeccg-r IS row
sl-5- e2- ! promised ycG . Izvlcg- ara
yuu S1aM lave r He atvlssa -her 70
s~-1 Their Children . school Al VIZ
ter n the zsazCiEe Nr- :. h4s gor
TIE rrtvIsss q Mr. ? 20 81 the -uI=
Ct 1z1-ss- &C rs C-a-hcrSe share erun-
rsrs . pI0x k1lf the tine He rhor-
oEsAly prepared win ru-u ps1x ana
suhscilsr th-se Of the - aerss for
What borrowed scne eotrcn ssss. md
eru2tr1sc=zt them bought so-@ acid
phcsre1rs azt potash his half Ct
wAteh 1s r2it fer Il ScfnS sons ear
rs=rsrss work GarinS The winter He
harvested rAe grain which was Al
e1sAzAs 70 rs salf- Ard <cxed the stub
IL n peas ard sorghum for rs COW.
Mr. 7 Ind furnished al the plcxs- he
g-a-- 6rll ard binder so also Ms
.GTer 1-t kav-rakz Thz o-h@r harf
q tA@ sratr Mr. 3 pEr IN Mr. Is
srz-arv- E71 TIE hay II his barn vita
cC- -<-rZc-1c1- wu--y CT expense. ard
-c-z e il shaa he lad ever masz xFsh
- nsg-0 ahorsEs- According 10 Mr..
: izSrrue.flr Mr. 8 prepared veil
All planted seven aerss in corn- which
r-asz fer bis Fart 81 bushels Two acres
-111= al The strip, melons. potatoes,
I VERSAILLES. etc the family could use.
M 7 furnished fruit from his owr
/ orch1-1. ard Mrs. g and family dried