Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-01-11


ti"n with the industry in this section:
The general belief exists that an
pss.> do iitt!.s or NJ go--i in ,ih. ,rsth
his l. true ~ a certain extent. hut
not IA T. entirety. In the search h,r
CAUSES why apples do not 40 well in the
section fIom which write. central and
south Mississippi. IL j. generally found
to he a Lack Of knowledge a. to the va
ristiss best adapted to the climate and
the diseases and insects that have TO he
combatted. The method Of cultivation
al-o has a great deal "a do with th..
sucressful culture Of apples. and there
l. much To be learned along this line
by myself A. well a. others. There
are not a great numher 90 varietie.
adapted TO this section. and some study
should he made Of this fact before buy
ing trees and planting an orchard. A
large majority of those that have proven
suitable are early. or summer apples.
might name the Red Astraehan. Horse.
Apple. Yellow Transparent, Day APP
pie. Rosebury Ru-sett and Bucking-
ham. named in order Of ripening. The
best varieties in late apples are the
Arkansas Black and Mammoth Black
rwig. but they, like all winter apples
here. prematurely ripen and fail To keep
as winter apple. We need summer
apples much more than the winter va
rieties from the fact that there are al
ways to be had an abundance of apples
IN winter from the Northern growers at
. moderate price. We cannot get the
summer and early fall apples on the
market. ~ il Is absolutely necessary
that we grow them ourselves.
ITO grow apples successfully We
should 90 at the business in the same
spirit and with the same eagerness that
Is necessary to grow a cotton crop. Sc
cure the proper varieties. those best
suited to our climate and other condi-
tions. plant property and cultivate a
the needs demand. spray 10 destroy in
sects. take ordinary precautions. and
there Is no reason why satisfactory re-
suits should not b. obtained. We are
yearly being brought face to face with
well as vegetables, so to be able To
combat them intelligently the grower
must keep himself posted and fight
them Systematically The most preva-
lent disease at present is the brown
spot. that comes on the limb and looks
like little pieces Of leather. after time
spreading To the fruit and causing spots
and cracks. This can be prevented by
liberal spraying in the early spring.
Another disease is the leaf rust, caused
by powder from cedar tree balls getting
try To raise apples on the same farm
with cedar trees unless they are long
way apart. Other diseases carry from
the leaves to the fruit, but do the
greatest damage by depicting the trees
OF their foliage. Then We have the
louse, that sucks both the limb and root
Of the tree. Spraying will do LITTLE
good in this instance, but liberal ap-
plication Of kerosene oil diluted ten to
one and poured around the roots some
two or three feet from the tree will de-
stroy them effectively. Blight Is a
small insect in the bloom. carried from
bloom to bloom by bees and other in
sects. and does q vast amount of dau-
age. BY closely watching the first
blooms 10 appear and cutting OF the
infected twigs and burning them. keep
ing UP this for time, the blight can
be prevented. The same applies to
pears. and care should be taken after
the trees are four and more years old.
The coddling moth that lays eggs in
the blossom end Of little apples when
two or three weeks old can be destroyed
BY two or three sprinklings, one before
and two after blooming, say two or
three DAYS after blooming.
There Is a great deal of land suited
To apple growing in this section. have
I.S0 trees from two to i've years old
and am still setting. I also have one
orchard sixteen years old. set apples
from the fruit and not from a pretty
picture. There is money in the apple
business for those vino have the land
adapted ro their culture and use cum
mon sense in handling the fruit
Don't forget to saw something good
for old Mississippi before the sun goes
down every day. Write some friend in
another state OF the good things in
store for those who cast their lot
with us.
The second large farming corporation
i being formed in Pike county, appli-
cation for charter being published at
the present time The company Is
compo-sd of well-knowu business gen
tleuen and viii no doubt prove a sue
ee--ful enterprise. Early in the year
sush a company wss organized in Pike
ami business begun This experiment
being closely followed by 4 second
shows that the people have faith in the
future succes- of the movement. IL Is
an innovation thas will be closely
watched for development by farmers
and business men all over the state.
The Hatriesourg Evening Eye issued
q splendid Industrial edition Just be-
f.,rr I'll. holidays that will be worth
many -oIid dollars To that growing city.
A notable feature about this edition
was that il was all prepared and print
Ell in the home Office Quite a credifa-
HE niece Of work indeed May the en-
ergetic and enterprising publishers
continue to reap success AZ the n ward
for thei. iabors-
The Mississippi legislature IS IN ses-
zion. and has the opportunity to do \
great york for our helovsd stats.