Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-01-23
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M1sSissippi division Of the Southern Got.
ton Association. recrntly gave out the
following on general divsrsi6cstiou Of
crops. IL Is worthy Of consideration at
the hands Of our people. coming. a. it
d"~s. from a man who has made the
subject one Of lifelong study:
am now and always have becu op
posed 70 any and all resolution. for a
reiactioa of the acreage in cotton. 4
have always advocated the growing on
each and every farm Of all necessary
fo"d erop-- sn~, after this sH The cotton
Ps-sibis- The high price Of food pro-
di'cis ought to teach every farmer the
present urgent necessity for an in
creased acreage in these crops the con-
ing ~eason-
There are thousands Of people in
every town and village throughout the
south Who viii fns IL necessary. within
the nett sixty days, to Ieave their pres-
ent place of abide and se-k a Iiy.,i.
hood somewhere else. These people ~iIl
nec~ssariiy 20 to the farms. and I pre-
art greater abundance Of farm Labor
Throughout the entire South for the
present year than for many wears past.
and unless il + brought to the imme,,,-
ate attention of all the farmers. We will
have Large inrrra.e in the cotton
scrrage.
While thu present Indications are that
fse worst - 6sancial conditions arp
over. am still fsrsfuI that normal con
ditions will not come about a. speedily
as some think The return to normal
conditions Is more in the hands Of the
farmers than any other class OF people.
Hard times hurts the man Iesst who
mas plenty at home to eat, and I urye
upon every man in Mississippi. no mat
ter what his vocation may BE-. to take it
upon himself to keep this idea in front
of our farmers.
With 50 many thousands Of p.ople
out Of employment. necessarily the de
msnd for cotton goods for the coming
season will be lessanei and a small cot.
ton crop only will be needed. A man
may he out of employment and unable
to buy dry goods, and vet must eat
hence there will be no iiminution in the
demand for food; and the cotton grow
ers OF the South, above all people. need
cheap food crops if they would main
tain the price of eotton.-
As Mr.. Clark truthfuIIv saws. A de-
preston in business will first affect the
consumption OF, cotton goods. but the
family must have food at auv pric-
Then it bscomes imperative that Missis.
sippi raise an abundance OF food crop.
for the coming year. Thus fortified a
financial depression will affect them less
than IL the foodstuffs to maintain life
were to be bought. Think about it.
That great army of men known as
the commercial travellers of Mississippi.
have perfected an organization for the
betterment of their condition. and have
given out the following notice that is
worth while:
The Mississippi Travellers was or.
eanized at Jackson, Mississippi, on De-
eember 18th, with a membership of
about fifty. The organization now shows
an enrolment Of more than two hun
dred members, and President Holder
reports a very lively interest shown by
the travelling public in this organization
throughout the State.
The Mississippi Traveller Association
fills an urgent need and mush felt want
among the travelling fraternity in Mis-
sissippi, and gives promise TO become
a most efficient agency in the upbuild-
ing of the State. a. well as looking TO
matters more directly touching the in
terests of the travelling salesmen. en-
sbiing them, throsgh their of6cers and
committees, to make known their ideas
and wishes, and to efectually bring to
bear their united strength, officially. in
matters of common interest.
The membership consists exclusively
of those Who travel in Mississippi, en-
Tracing not oaly those who sell com
nnereiai commodities. but the solicitors
Of insurance, travelling elergymen.
school and college men, in fact all men |
who travel and have an interest in com
mon in upbuilding the State. Psrrxu-
ant to a resolution that wss adopted at |
The time Of organization, general meet |
ing was held in Jackson at the Pythizn |
Castle Hall on the night of January
18th, at which meeting the general pub |
lie Was invited to attend
The officers are a. follows. h. II.
Holder, president; ]. r Noble. seere-
tary; J. p. Farrell, y. n Burger and |
c. l. Ware, vice presidents; Dahney |
Parish, treasurer. and an advisory |
board consisting OF J. X. Holder, W. III. |
Waddell. J. J. White, T. l. Henry, A.
Lewis. H. A. Rawlings and o. A. Love.
All travelling men are invited to be-
come members of the organization and |
add their mite to the success of the |
movement
: Hon. G.. II. Afford of Pike county,
special agent for the United States De.
partmen. of Agriculture and one of the
best posted and level-heaGed agricul-
tursl workers in the State, gives the
following valuable article on fertilizers
that is worthy of a place in every pa
per in the country and careful eonsid-
Grafton at the hands of our people:
Experiments hsve proven conelu-
sively that by far the larger part of
the soil in this country is deficient in
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
However, we are interested osiy in the
soil of Mississippi, and the bulletins
issued by the experiment stations show
that our soil shows the greatest lack L
of nitrogen and phosphorie acid Pot
ash in any form is useless upon the
lands of larger portion of this State.
Nitrogen is supplied in one class of
materials and phosphoric acid in an
other. Nitrogen is supplied from cot
ton seed, cotton seed meal and stable
manure. Acid Phosphate is the chief
source of phosphorus acid A high grade
Is far preferable to n low grade IL L