Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-10-18

in such matters. Mississippi has
number Of excellent men who are per
feeting their farms and supplying them
With all eouycniences. several having been
described in this department. in the past
few weeks This Holmes county farm
i unioabtsily . model and the example
Of Mr. Lundy Is worthy Of ensulatious
Editor Of the Times-It was nv Pleas
ure last Sunday morning. in company
with nv nephew. Sam Stigier. tn visit
the home and farm OF Mr. W Z. Lunsiy.
on the west side Of the corporate limits
OF Lexington. who took pleasure IN show
ing Us around his premises.
-Nr. Lundy bought this place five
years ago. has built a nice seven-rOom
eottage- Mrs Lundy has a nice flower
yard that would be IN honor to the
Kings palace; has one dne-favOresi
orange tree, two lemon trees. one with
seven lemons, several measuring fthir-
teen inches in circumference The back
yard has about n DOZEN nice pecan trees.
. few mulherries. Japan valnuts AMI
brown figs. Inclosed in net wire fence
was n pair of large muEe-earei rabbits
his magnificent barn and the surround
ing lots, wired OF into different depart
ments for convenience; harm 46xs6 feet.
Not like the rich man. he did not tear
down and build new barns. but simply
added to- Under this same roof he keeps
his fne stock, wagons and harness. Here
we saw Prince Albert, Jr.. his high bred
saddle stallion 16is hands high. a per-
feet beauty, kind and gentle. Just such
. horse as q farmer needs Next we no
ticed the two jaeks-Cortex- his Tennes-
see jack. and vanduke. his Kentucky
jack, both fine and god size. We also
saw a number Of fine mares and colts.
Mr.. Lundy Is hog raiser. too; showed
US . fine lot Of Berkshire and Poland
China hogs. MIXED breeds.
~He has an orchard Of 1--WE acres. in
closed with n net wire fence- in which
he has i've hundred choice fruit tresS.
iuelusfIng grapes AMI English walnnts,
one acre IN strawberries. Mr. Luniy gath
eresi OF this orchard four tons Of ine
prsviue hay He has about three arres
Of thin land adjoining his yard south
OF his house he has sowu IN peas for
four years IN sueees~ians cut E-sc year
four Ioais. second year eight. third year
twelve. and the fourth year eightesn
lcafs. That shows the increase N th-
fertility Of psavire-.
~Nr Lundy has abant ten aerss plant.
esi in pecans. He has an individual rrup
OF forty acres in earn hs>Rie all the~s
patches. with only cue va-- hand and ,
.ue pair Of mules. This one man has
done all this work and pioxed some fu'
share hansis on the plares .lso did 4
considerable amount Of Plowing on IN
plantation I've miles southwest Of Lex
irgton; besides. this man has cut and
saved twenty eight tons of psavine hav
fourteen tons OF Bsrmnsia hav. eufrinz
and raking eighteen tons Of hay fo'
other people The work Of this eroF
was done without the use Of q turnirl
plow. The secret i he used aoshfnz
but riding eulrivatars m making AM
laying By; the hand ouly walked wh~z
planting corn He broke his hHst viii
. heavy disc euirivstor harrow. planfe'
in the water furrow- Sav- that 4 erit,
cotton and corn stalks equal TO r-r1isi
stalk cutter
We forgot 20 mention that We we-s
shown along the e,tge OF the woods
number Of large pecan bushes thar wsr'
grated IN the OH native scrub hhrSary
He also showed Us n few native pse'sei
and apple trees that he kaAt dlf.res'
varieties of fruit growing he had hussaae'
into the limbs and body Of the tr~e- A.
this work Mr. Lunfv does himself
Mr. Lundy has the natural <ift- en
eryy and perseverance OF n bzsSres'
man There hes the secret Of fnanEr1
SUCCESS Others should profit BY his ex
perienee.
Before leaving We asked Mr. Luas.
il he belonged to the Farmers CassG
He said no. but had Thought that =
would ioin- I said tc hIm that be "a
the very man they needed to Instrsse
them along to the road Of suesesss In
dependence means success. and say q
my brother farmers your small or 1rs'
farms will have 10 BE- self-ssEstainiri;
and lift the yoke of mortgage before yo'
can challenge the financial world
Our beloved Southland Il fast comm.
into the rights that have long been hers
The initiative of the past few years )
b>xinning TO tell The world reserves 1t
big prizes for those who take the inirla
tive and the South Is taking it. We ar
now doing the right thing without bein;
told in a general way, and doing it ate
being told once anyway The Manu-
faeturers' Record paints the followin.
bright picture Of the past and also tn
future:
Give free rein TO your Imagination
and let it picture the future Of a section
vhirh has one-half of the iron ore o
th. United States. nearly three times n
much coal As Great Britain German,
and Pennsylvania eomhined- which hold
. world uonopoly on cotton produetloi
and ! rapidly becoming a great eosto'
manufacturing center. which dominate
the phosphate rock and sulphur trade o
the world. (which has much OF the riches
oil territory known. which has one-hai
Of the standing timber of the country
which produces all the sugar, all tn
r;re most of the tobacco, and add &
thes. 500 100000 bushels of grain I
wear and then think of its water powers
its splendid rivers, its great seaeoast- II
n,finv commerce and remember tina
it, cotton crop alone annually exceed
The total gold and silver production o
N. wcrIJ and that every dollar of gol'
.rr,,IIx mined Is not enough to pa.
tie Southrs bill against Europe tor cot
ton and YOU VIII 81 . A~-~
Of the future
Here are the materials for feedin;
and clothing an unlimited population
Here are an enormous supply Of those IN
dispensable sinews of all manufacturing
industries-eoal and iron Here are
wonderful profusion and supply most I'm
portant articles of the worlds eonsump
ton and therefore of the worlds com
merre. while the eountry's endowments 4
navigable rivers, in water power and
location make up a sum OF nAtura
wealth of resources unequaled IN an
other uart of the Union and Offering IN
limited opportunity to enterprise, la5o
And capital for the grandest prize OF a.
v,gopment to be found upon our sioos
Such without exaggeration or misrepse
eeutaticn in our South embracing VIA
-. long been known as the Souther
States Of the Unlon-