Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-12-13

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200 b.l.s - -, - : - =. -.
Of the -puox,r~,, -. ~ 80.
c..,td -, 49,, ,ss.s,,.- -
!. $50 ~, -. '''0'h
.i tae s'west seerm zr.As
scoaxnt s-so, whsch was fully asae-half
r thfee4nafters of oeent above the
ua1K street prices ffsr sneh ccstesu It
TIE time. The farmers had the sitna-
tson well IN hand and the snccsss Al !
eatned further derosstrttei the worth
OF organisatson. "A few bales cofFerci
wo1h oziy bring rr-pail,av rrices hut
m large lots the top of the market Is
easily Sstaized. Estimaiiax tis inercss-
N price by pooling at one half ceat per
Pound on the i,xo0 bales soh the pians !
f~rs Retted $4,000. ] II this IL not a con-
vineing argument of the benefit. 10 b.
derived from oorzznization It is nothiur.
just snch undertakinzs or agreements
have made the great trusts with yhich
hiteiy necessary that the farmers or
eaniee to ocounteract their rnanencc.
. 80
The Harvey farm near NeCor,h fritv
( Is m aexsr,r,,s AZ ,,,h,, %, ~, -.
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sr.--.-.... ha'Hi,ias OF our
AAas. NJ recently Pcofucet
naif a -oushel of sweet potatoes that
contained only six of the tstbers. Mr.
Morrow, the manager, has airextv
picked seventeen bales Of cotton ffronr
sixteen acres of land. ami will Father
two or three bales more. On this sarne
land he raised enough cabbage m the
spring 10 pay for the entire cost of e,,,-
tivation and hanilinv for the vear. Over
100 hogs have been eoH thi. vear an.5
a bountifal rzppiy of milk. butter mi
chickens provided Some Of this lan.I
4 produced as hixh AS two AMI "a half
for by reliable men. This Is an cx1u,pl.
Of real farming. ami h a testiu,ariaI
to the prodnetiveness Of the lands In
Pike county. What has been dome ,r,
the Harvey farm can b. done ON thru,-
sands Of ethsrs with the saune iatsIl,-
gent hlndlizg
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The Tupebo Iaurnal ami Aberdeen
Examiner have notices last week con
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from low grades ami eorzusent fsvorab{v
On the feasibility of using storm cot
ton and hnters fer such a purpose. Yet
there are those who will content that
@snch a scheme is a sophistry and fns-
practicable. 1t is a pity that the mo-
( tives Of ssich parties cannot he made
public. The inte trust has run the
price OF ordinary bzcxinv to where there
Il ~
used IL the people wouM stand behind
the Promoters of the project. There
the interests of big rnanzifacturers sand
trusts, but what Is greatly desired rirht
now is fer men with backbone % assist
m checking the schemes cof these fei-
Ensiand made a total Proat oef sai
manufactured. of when the raw mate
nal was bought m the South. COf this
enoru,ou. sum 442 million adiiars wss
made from the cotton pcofrce,i m the
State of Mississippi and exported. More
than half of what was rreesived bv cur
planters fer the entire crrop. rs this
not an enormous sum % be alsgvel %
| leave ms when It eccs,H AMI sbou,H ee
kept here at bcrneY Our cotton soo,h
be manufactured rizat here and tits
belongs. 1t j. hirh time that cur peooi.
were beconinv alive 20 the irupcrssncs
of x,,ch work au,i ineerestrrvi Themselves
/ IN a movement that ,SoaH insure a
change 30 our advantage.
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