Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-14

Ihe second annual meeting % IN.
mississippi Industrial Exposition ha.
p4sseu into history. and a. vas the
even last year. IL ~as grand succeS-
from every standpoint. With HttI@
more than month in which TO max.
we PREPARATION Quarantine restrictions
interfering until the middle of October.
the exhibits Eere from a r.s1.-h la-,r.r
territory than last year and r,presen,ed
greater range of interests. Agrirul-
turaI and Horticultural productions Of
snur>ss we're in the a--,endanrv. but the
held OF Mississippi possibilities x.S
pretty veil covered ami the visitors
given an idea ~ what the state can do.
The Old capitol building was devoted
TO exhibits OF this character and every
room was nlled tooveriowing. \ large
tent accommodated the chickens ducks.
turkeys. geese. etc. more than four
hundred biris being on exhibition aud
IRON the o.sst pens in the state. An
ether tent accommodated the dogs.
which were on hand in large numbers
and attracted mOr,s than ordinary A.
tentlou- An immen>s. tent wa- required
10 shelter the porSers that we're plased
tor show and sale. \ lony row OF stall.
we're filed with the finest stock that
the State possessed and Just n good A.
could b. prOiucei anywhere. a row Of
hoo,hs 10 feet long we're occupied by
'osnuercial exhibits OF firms FROM Jack
son. Hattiesburg. New Orleans. ~.
Louis and el>ewhery- The grounds
~ere hlled with machinery exhibits.
conc'>S>iOrs AMI everything that yoeS
to make up a sucs,.ssfGl State fair. 4
large carnival COMPANY with twenty
attractions furnished amusement. which
together with the two bands AMI cnupl..
Of steam ealiopss made times lively
every minute The race track wa.
placed IN excellent euuditiou and grand
stansi with stating eapas,ify ot e.so
people erected together With sixty stalls
for the raners~ This part Of the ex-
position was 4 losing card, although
splendid racing for handsome purs<.
were provided The receipts did not
pay the Purses. let alune the several
Thousand dollars expended in building
the track and stand More than g6.-
90 people passed through the satss at
the exposition xrounds ansi several
tho1s1nd attended the raees who did
Eos enter the main grounds. While
there may have h.er SOB. little de-
that was hs-king in al instance Or
tWo- the fair was q grand slp,r-ss from
every standpoint and tknse attending
expressed themselves a. delighted IL
was n revelation 10 thousands frurn our
own >tars xho did not realize the Won
eerfal rs-oar'ses po>ssss..s1. and WiAl be
worth huustres4S OF thousands % dollars
alone rI<As here NJ Acre. ~ say 10th
ing Of the train lnAis OF Northern visi-
tors Who viewed the splendid display
While the reseipts did uot quite cuuls
up 20 the expenditures. the stocxhoi9-
err vii begin AZ once the work for q
larger and better fair for rext year. in
csSe the State dos not take up the pro-
Iecr and push il along ~ some Of thOse
IN authority express themselves a.
fAvoving There i do doubs Of the
great value Of such an institution to
the State IN general. and il xiu be made
a permanent exposition
The ffrh annual exhibit by the Mis-
sippi Poultry and Pet Stock As-rcia-
tion will Dc held at Aberdeen from the
18th to the 3oth Of this month This
organization i in excellent condition
and growing every year. The exhibits
are excellent, more than a thousand
birds being expected At the coming
meeting. About fifty Of the best breed
ers of the State are interested and will
redosble their efforts TO bring in all
who are in the poultry business
Begin right now TO prepare for the
State Fair next year. Don't be cha
grined by the fact that other sections
are represented and that yours Is with
out a showing. The cost Is very slight
and the benefits great. Try il one time
and YOU will never miss again.
One OF the Yazeo City papers thinks
probably the writer Is not posted a. to
the fact of Yazoo having a splendid
warn mill The suggestion was brought
out by a recent notice in this depart
meut of q large sale of long staple cot
ton at Yazoo City and the remark that
Yazoo should have a mill TO manufac-
ture this excellent staple into articles
ready for use. Yazoo has a large mill
that spins yarn and sells To other con-
Germs to be manufactured into the
finished article. These articles go as
high as s-pe per pound as demonstrated
by the Cotton Associations exhibit at
the State Fair. The writer appreciates
the fact that Yazoo is in the finest long
staple section OF the South and would
ike to see = mill built there that would
make this lace and other high priced
goods. increasing the price received by
our home people from possibly p cents
. pound to slO0 and 500 per pound
One thousand bales of Monroe county
cotton cousecutiyely listed by Mr.. 5 A
Dalton a few weeks since proved that
ouly soweighed under 500 pounds There
were sl3 bales weighing over 60
rounds and less than 100, and six bales
weighing over 100 pounds. That i
pretty good average for the prairie sec
zion and one that goes to show that Mis-
sissippi will raise more 50opound bales
than we are credited with
Wes, Point Is again agitating the
question Of locating a fertilizer factory
in that progressive little city. lt Is 10
be hoped that the good business men
will NOT allow the proposition to so BY
They have the crude material and
splendid market for the product Every
section of the State should manufacture
A. least. as much fertilizer as IS used
Newton Is building $1,000 hotel
along with the many other improve
menrs under way. IL Is one OF the most
and fast growing towns IN
The State. and will be heard from often
in the future
A recent report Of the Agricultural
credits our great State
with an average yield of hay of one and
tons per acre while the
average for the United States is only
one and one-half. The Aberdeen Ex-
.miner. published in the having section
Of the State, contends that the estimate
Is entirely too low; but after all it Is
gratifying to know that We rank above
me general average. This is an indus
rrv thar is due to develop largely dur
ing the next few years and when a
reoord Is made again we confidently ex-
pe,s, to go ny much higher.