Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-06-27
From rei-rts received and tabnlated

yomery with loss, ,667 pounds. and
Union with i,24s.521 pounds. While il
IS very likely that other counties will
show up with larger amounts, these
ihree give something Of an idea OF the
AMOUNT Of hog and hofniny produced in
This being ,he first year
that the gathering of sucl statistics
has been attempted, and with the re-
uctanee with which some people gave
them in. it is possible that even these
figures do not do the counties full JUS
lice. Suppose that each sounty in the
State produced million pounds Of
meat. had thought been given as to
hat that alone would mean in dollars
and ceutst II would aggregate In TIE
of eight million dollars
And it is believed that this figure is
pretty nearly correct Quite fine show
ing indeed
Friars' Point j. nOl content with or
dinary Improvements and the general
run of things. but goes in occasionally
for the best there Is going. Announce
ment has been recently made that a
stave plant i to b. located in
that thriving town. The capital for its
construction and operation comes from
outside sources. Several hundred hands
will be employed and the pay roll Of
Friars' Point greatly enlarged This is
good news for the citizens of that town
and it only could be better ii the slaves
were to be worked into barrels right
there before shipping them out. This
will come along later, however, and all
will BE- we'll
A great many people will say that
goats are profitable in Mississippi
and bring argument to prove the truth
Of their assertion OF the several eouu-
ties that have forwarded bl.nks. Bon
ton is ahead in the number o: goats r.
ported, the Fifth district of that coanty
listing 100. The animals have not been
them "a profitable as they should be-.
but there Is promise that in the future
goats will prove TO be one Of the most
profitable Of the stock growing lines.
The Angora is being introduced in some
sections of the State and Is no doubt
one OF the best breeds for this section.
The Department Of Agriculture and
-. tho.
interested in the formation Of cane
growing associations and road improve
ment clubs. So soon As the campaign
is over the Commissioner hopes to or
ganize several communities in the State
along both lines. Think about these
matters and talk it up among your
neighbors. They are both coed things
TO tie TO.
D. Wollerstein, manager of tine fair
to be held in Yazoo City this fall, con-
tinues to create interest by displaying
each week n sample of what will be
shown at the fair. Last week he put
on exhibition two cabbages that weigh
ed eighteen and twenty pounds respect
lively. Quite a unique idea TO- creating
interest and one worthy of emulation.
A correspondent in the Gloster Rec
ord writes entertainingly about crops
and roads, two of the most important
matters now under consideration by our
people A general discussion OF the
road problem, such as invited by this
correspondent, would be good means
of bringing out the people and getting
an expression from them. Talk about
and in the end build better roads.
The question has been asked, why do
the state farms buy meal for bread
when the corn could and should be rais-
ed on the farms! This is a pertinent
question, and one that applies to every
farmer in the State as well.
Hattiesburg expects to get a nev
railroad from the direction of Birming-
ham during tn. next several months.
There are already seven radiating lines
from that thriving city, as many as
any other city in the State, and it is
to be hoped that the new one will be
forthcoming in ample time.
Cotton seed meal sprinkled where the
chickens take dust bath is said to be
remedy for lice and mites that never
fails. II is a simIse and inexpensive
remedy that might be well worth try
ing.
Better roads is the progressive cam.
paign slogan OF the people of our State
at present, and must be kept prominent
ly to the front.
Speak well of ytur neighbors or keep
your speaker shut. Your neighbor is
Just what you make him and nothing
more.
Write your experience in farming,
trucking or stock raising for this d.
partment and let your neighbor profit
thereby.
Cotton has shown a decided advance
in condition during the past week OF
favorable weather, but corn is not do
ing SO well. 1t is slower TO recover
from unfavorable conditions, but great
deal has been planted during the first
two weeks of the month that may prove
all right.
Present indications as discovered by
the dope artists point to a crop of less
than twelve million bales. Then, not a
bale of it should be sold for less than
fourteen cents per pound.
The boil weevil for cotton and the
green bug for wheat will make the rul-
ing price of both commodities high this
year.
One woman says that there is only