Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-08-22

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not drained Tho friend whs 7 -e,-
tlnaed shove -. IN ks fr~t string -
tile s~veral wears ago llis hns va
~ the save Kind as that ~ his neieA-
hor across the fence. and thrv each lad
about the same sixesi tracts uhirh ~~-
vet The frst year was a very fns on
for cotton, and there vas uuiv a slight
diferenr. IN the amcu-t each trar.
yieided. The neighbor. Of enur.~. fes.eI
nv friend about sinking his roei money
in tile The next YEAR wss vet ami
after a strong fight the neighl-cr across
the fence was eorreiled 20 abandon his
land to the weeds. Nv frieus'. lani
prosiuced about three-eighths q a hale
TO the aer~. The nest year my friend
completed his system by adding two
more strings of four-ineh tile. and .incs
that time he has raised fne crops ev-
cry year. The Comparison il really
amusing. for the neighbor across the
fence will NJ, pa; in tile. The ca.e now
stands something like this. Tract No.
lmy friends hndl has about 81 acres.
During seven s-ars IL Ia. pr,.iured us
hsies Of cotton. although u has ben in
corn and peas three years out Of the
seven. IN Tract No. > during the same
period bis nsighhor acro-s the fence IN.
gotten It's hales Of cotton ard No er-r
and peas. II he keeps on farr.jng th.,
land without tile. how nluch VII he lo.~
on IL in the next ten year~s
No~. there is nu-h food fer rrse--
tion IN this incident. Suppose ycu-
county has $4,000 acres Of vet auI
which u farmed every wear at a lpss
and suppose that land SHOULD \. Ill.
drained and made to yieH this profit ~
y per year per acre. The difference
m your prosperity wouh - thc differ
ence h~tween ste0.Ooo gained and the
Lord only knows Row rnueh lnsf The
moral of all this Is that 50 soon "a
prosperity rnule- again in the Delta. a.
u did IN 1904. When your people went
viii over having hnd and laid the fovsa-
dstion for wears and years 81 debt sni
blasted hop~~. ad tne shadow of the
mortgage over half your plantations
crippled your puhiic works. took h-sv-
and giri> out Of schools. checked the
growth Of your towns and ended TIE
Improvement Of your land~-ius; .o
so"n a. prosperity comes again let vrur
planters begin tn tile their lansi<. Then.
AAAa NAANAtt# WV VIII ~MafN 10 Tmf NWTtf
vhst the Delta really -: a kineiou,
IN itself; country where there i les<
waste hnd than any other country
know of and the moss valuable trae; Of
cotton Land on the Western Hemisphere
When Coahoma county i tiled il will
te demonstrated that IL will not take
three. but a DOZEN oil mills TO handle
the cotton seed produced: that Clarks-
dale will ship not 10000 baies Of cot
ton. but four times 10000. Ciarks,iale
will BE- the financial center of the nsi-
Ia; railroads will he built. even II thev
have to b. built with home capital. and
n food Of energetic. ambitious people
viii flock to Carksiale and your eoun-
~. There j. money to be made there.
snd unlimited opportunities for he who
will work.
Georgia i already pointing the wsy.
and all things considered. the Delta has
every natural advantage over Georgia
iEs the production Of crops Your future
i wholly agricultural You have no
chance 20 hecome a great manufacturing
country and you DO not need f. When
YOUR country begins to grow from FIVE
20 eight millions of dollars worth Of
agricultural products there viii h. a
powerful lot Of money floating bose
around Ciarksdsle. and somebody j. 60
ing to make a fortune. As matters now
stand YOU are hanging on to the ragged
edge OF ruin and will continue to hang
there indefinitely. until YOU realize that
TO farm in a country Of heavy rains AMI
hong drouths YOU must adopt some sys-
tenn which will save You from the rains.
tide you over the drouth<, and that tile.
more than anything else that man has
been able to discover, will bring about
this result
There Is undoubtedly a great deal in
what this Illinois man saws with refer
enee to drainage in the Delta The good
people of that section are fast awaken
ing to a realization of the necessity of
doing something to drain their hni. a.
has been evidenced BY the formation Of
a number of drainage districts Also. a
number of the farms are already tile
drained or in the course OF completing
system The late Senator George
wisely provided for this in his will. and
the scheme is being carried out from
year to year. The Delta will be drained
and. as the gentleman says. it will be
by far the richest section of the West
ern Hemisphere.
road. Twenty miles of good road can
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