Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10

The suggestion to establish school
at cotton grading and classification in
connection with the \. & VI. College J.
one that deserves careful consideration
at the hands al the new legislative body
such an institution l. badly needed Why
should the cutton producer depend alto
gether ON some one out side his profe.-
sion To grade his cotton and say where
1t should stand in classification ~ a
part and parcel ot agricultural legisla-
tion, let. the classification OF cotton take
it, proper place. During the past few
years there have been established mum
ber of schools for this purpose by out
side parties. and they have received the
most liberal patronage. although the in
struetiou received was of the most su-
perticinl kind and almost of no value at
all. Make this feature OF the \. 4 NJ,
and the benefits to be derived will be far
IN advance Of the small sum of money
required.
The Manufacturers Record. of Balti-
more, has compiled table showing the
percentage of earnings upon farm in
vestments for the States of the tnion,
which places our great State i'm the lead.
In Mississippi the figures are ~, Ala
bama 4I.i, Georgia 34.6, Arkansas 34.5,
South Carolina 33.s, North aCrolina 29.9,
Louisiana 27.j. Tennessee -. Florida
23.9, Texas 2O.4, Kentucky 20, Virginia
l9.l. West Virginia 1871. Maine i9.3, and
the other States trailing along in the
rear. This is very easy To understand
when 1t i taken into consideration that
the acre Of land that will produce fifty
bushels of corn in Mississippi can lie
bought for $40. while the same land in
the Northern States would cost three or
four times much. At any rate. old
Mississippi shows up mighty good in this
comparison, and the citizen who loves
statistics ean get great deal of satis-
faction from these figures.
{. NJ. Murtf. of Monroe county. re-
Gently brought to Aberdeen stalk of
sorghum cane that measured l5I. feet in
height. An acre of such cane would
produce a wonderful yield Of syrup. The
cane are fast taking the place Of sor-
ghum in that section nf the State. il
proving more profitable and easy to-
handle. II is an old saving that Louis
III
Ion, OF syrup to every foot in height
the cane will mature; that Is. ON ordi-
narily good land Ii this be true. and
the writer has no reason To doubt its
truthfulness, North Mississippi counties
could raise from two to three hundred
gallons per acre with ease, the cane ma
turing to height to warrant that yield.
Tell yOur neighbor who might be in
terested in road building and mainte-
nance that the demonstration of machin-
cry for such purposes will BE- ON Novem-
Der sth and 9th at the State Fair. In
duce him to be on hand TO see what Is
offered. that he can tell his neighbors
about it. We need roads just little
worse than anything else just at this
time. and to get them at a reasonable
cost Is the question that troubles the
average citizen.
There is well defined movement on
foot to dredge Yallobusha river if the
government can be made TO see the ne
eessity of the same, and make it carry
freight, as it undoubtedly would if it
was in Massachusetts OF other Northern
or Eastern States. \ delegation of
Grenada citizens recently called upon
Hon. d. 6. Humphreys, member OF the
Rivers and Harbor Committee OF the