Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-11-08
VOL. xxx.

price being paid by the mills for cotton
seed and the proposition TO organize the
producers for a better Price:
Il have recently received several let
ters asking me to call to the attention
OF our farmers the present low price Of
cotton seed. and ask their cooperation
IN raising the price. I find that on the
basis of good sound seei the mills are
paying from sf2 to sl3 per ton The
seed damaged by recent rains are bring
ing from IS to s. per ton. and. think Of
IT, our farmers are selling seed at these
prices. Are the mills to blame for this /,
A large number of farmers in many .ec-
tious of Mississippi have put their money
in oil mills and succeeded in advancing
the price of seed materially. Of recent
years the mills have not made money.
IN fact. they all lost money. due tn the
low price Of oil and the comparatively
high price for seed At the present price
for OIL there can Be no ioubt that god
seed are easily worth from SIS to sfs
per ton; but the mill men having Iost
money by too much competition, like
sensible men, got together and By some
mysterious process Of co-Operation. sue
ceeded in buying seed for less than the
market value. and the farmer, fool that
he Is. supplies the demand How long
will il be before our farmers learn the
value ard necessity Of eo-operationi ,
Aside from this, what are seed worth to
the lands, The chemical ANALYSIS of cot
ton seed shows a fertilizer value Of sis- 20
per ton; this does not take into consider
alton the vegetable matter in seed. which
Is worth from 50 to s5 per ton of seed.
making the seed easily worth as q fer
tilizer SIS to SIT per ton. and vet. thou
sands Of our farmers are selling their
seed-robbing the soil of its fertility
and decreasing its productive capacity
each and every year BY this process Of
robbery. The soils Of Mississippi are
growing less productive, and our children
will inherit a barren waste unless W.
stop this insane policy. Again. one
pound of cotton seed judiciously fed to
cattle Is worth as much as one and one
quarter pounds Of corn One ton of corn
at so cents per bushel. when fed to cat
tle i worth siT.s5. One ton of cotton
seed fed to cattle Is worth s2230. Again,
aft-r the cattle have been fed on cotton
seed and the manure properly saved AMI
returned to the Land. il has \ fertilizer
value of SIS per ton Of cotton seed. thus
making n eumbined feeding and fertilizer
value Of 5000 per ton. as compared to
corn. which has no fertilizer value and n
feed value Of only Slrs5; and vet. our
farmers will sell this valuable product
for from s5 to SIS per ton The price Of
seed would be easily solved IL our farm
ers would pursue a RATIONAL course ana
sell one-half Of the seed at $50 per ton
and return the other half TO the land
tan We. BY organization. bring about this
result. I sincerely hope that our vari-
ous county organizations will take this
matter mp. which is - easy of solution
and solve il in a rational manner
4 correspondent Of the Southern Plan
tation writes a follows about the flower
of well known plant: 4 have dis
covered a remedy for pulmonary con-
sumption Ii has cured a number Of
eases after they had commenced bleeding
at the lungs. and the hectic flush was
already on the cheek After irving this
remedy to my own satisfaction. | have
thought philanthropy required that |
should let il be known to the world
Il is the common mullein. steeped strong
and sweetenei with coffee sugar. and
drank freely. The herb should be gath
cred before the -:ii Of July, If conven-
lent
Young or old plants are good dried in
the shade and kept in clean bags The
medicine must be continued from three
10 six months, according to the nature
OF the disease. 1t IS very good for the
blood vessels also. II strengthens ard
bstfl. . h.a sar "A
away strength IL makes good blood
AMI takes Inflammation away from the
lungs. IL i the wish of the writer that
every periodical in the United States.
Canada and Europe should publish this
receipt for the benefit of the human fam
ily. Law this up and keep it In the
house ready for use
The writer By invitation spent a day
a. the guest Of the McComb City Fair
last week This IS the third year of the
fair and the promoters are well pleased
with the showing made A number OF
the agricultural exhibits were exception
ally good. a was also several IN each OF
the other departments. The attendance
vas very Gathering. indeed. and more e.
psciaIly when it i taken into considera-
ton that the storm and bad weather had
put the farmers behind with their crops.
and that every effort was being made to
catch up with the gathering The fair
in Pike is on a firm basis. and already
plans for next year are being perfected
Extra Inducements will be offered for
exhibits of agricultural. horticultural,
stock and other farm products 1t Is ex-
pected that the present building will be
entirely filed with these and that others
will be erected TO take care of the over
flow. The people are enthusiastic in the
effort TO make the fair next year twice
as good as this, which insures It being
among the very best In the whole state
Ths commercial and manufacturing in
tsrest, of jackson, Meridian and other
Nfississippi towns are calling for en-
forc~uent of the law with respect TO
blind tigers and vagrancy, claiming that
If this was done it would not be 50 hard
20 get labor for all purposes While the
complaint made by these interests is no
doubt well founded. they themselves are
70 blame for the condition of Affairs.
The laws OF any community are Just a
well executed as the communities want
them TO be. When the people elect men
Who they know to be in sympathy with
the gambling and blind tiger element
they NAV expect that these vioiators WIZ
not be disturbed. There IS an increasing
demand throughout the State for men
who are fearless in doing the right, and
when men Of this character are elected
20 ill the offices then will lawiessness DC
put down and the yagrants put 10 worki
and NOT until this Is done
The Clarksdale Register Gently u,
sued handsome trade edition that would
have been a credit TO any of the larRr'
cities of Mississippi. and last week tne
Jackson Evening News issued Z lofty
eight page exposition number that was
. dandy. Our newspapers are alive TO tht
opportunities of doing good for them hem
selves and the communities IN which the:
are heated and take advantage oil snen
~ they eome round