Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-02-14

islature appropriated money for the
establishment Of an agricultural exper-
iment station in the hill section Of
North Mississippi. After spirited
contest the station vas located on some
thing over two hundred acres Of land
near Holly Springs. IL was especially
fortunate that the station was located
ss this point, as Marshall county Is one
OF the first settled in the State, aud the
lands are badly eroded by time and lack
OF attention II was even urged that il
vas . useless waste Of time and money
10 try and reclaim these lands. bu.
what has already been accomplished
there shows the erroneousness Of such
. contention Prof. C. 7. Ames is in
charge Of the station and the excellent
progress made is . monument TO his
ability. What three years ago was a
veritabls area Of red gullies is today
fast becoming q model farm and pro-
ducing lavishly of the worlds needs.
The land has been properly terraced
and drained, the gullies smooshed over
and hlled, the bushes cleared away,
and in . short time Prof. Ames will
show that Marshall and the surround
ing section is still one Of the richest
and best in the State. The old Normal
school, for negroes, abandoned in 1904,
has been remodeled and made into \
splendid residence. A coumodious
barn has been erected and the stock
carefully cared for. The land is plant
ed in varied crops and the yield is be-
Ing brought up TO q high standard.
Fruit trees command q central place at
the station and several acres are plant
ed in Strawberries. Demonstration plats
show the relative value of varied fer
tilizers and methods Of handling as
well rs the adaptability Of certain
crops to that section This spring the
station will be ready for visitors, and
IL Is the purpose Of Prof. Ames to in
vite the public at large to come and
see for itself what has been accom-
plished- Excursions will be arranged
on the railroads entering Holly Springs
and thousands should take advantage
Of the opportunity to visit the station
The writer recently spent day at this
station and saw for himself something
Of the work being done by Prof Ames
and and his assistant, Mr.. Flowers
Those interested in the development OF
agriculture, horticulture and stock
raising should visit the station by all
means. Il viii prove OF inestimable
value to the section in which is Is
located II the people will only take the
proper interest and profit by the exam
pie set
Columbus announces the location Of
N immense lumber plant and planning
mill that will represent an investment
Of something like s3so, 900 and employ
ment for more than loo laborers. A
Pennsylvania concern IS back Of the
enterprise and has ample capital to
push is 10 q successful termination A
number Of locations in this and other
States were investigated and the offer
Of Columbus decided upon as the best
That enterprising city on the Tombig-
bee has experienced wonderful period
Of industrial prosperity during the
past few years, and has not become dis
couraged At failure or so, but con-
tinues TO hustle.
Some time ago the Kinds county
board Of supervisors bought traction
engine for the purpose of pulling
road machine to build roads. Il has
been announced in some places that the
effort was q failure. This Is only par
TALLY true The engine was of thirty
horse power and necessarily very heavy,
and the trouble experienced was in get
ting over the ordinary county bridges,
which generally are not constructed to
carry 50 heavy a load. With better
bridges the engine and road machine
would do excellent work. Four men
with this outfit could build as much
road in . day as thirty men and thirty
mules The machine will continue to
be used by the Kinds county board of
supervisors
rate on rural telephone service, the
newspapers of the State are doing
splendid service A large number of
the best papers have indorsed the idea !
A farmer Is not able to pay the rate |
that will soon be charged everywhere |
and is already charged in many places
II the service Is to be extended TO the |
rural communities in general it IS alb
soluteiy necessary that an equitable |
rate and reasonable regulations be put |
ip force. The railroad commission is |
willing to do what Is right In the mat
ter and the people should let them know |
what is desired Through the commits !
sion Is the only hope of relief
Friend Ellis of the Walnut Grove
Dawn Of Light makes mention Of a col !
lard that was brought to his Office and
measured four feet He does not state
whether this collard was four feet in
diameter or circumference, but it
weighed thirteen pounds and was a
whopper anyway. Leake i one of the
most productive counties in the State
and will raise anything in the greatest
profusion that will grow anywhere.
Work will soon commence on a large
lumber plant at Hickory with stand
ard guage railroad of several miles in
length to bring the timber to mill. The
plant viii work something like half
hundred hands and will prove q vzl2a-
BILE addition to the enterprises Of that
town
The Newton woodworking plant Is
increasing its facilities to accommodate
business that Is enlarging das by day.
Sueh il the experience Of almoss every /