Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-06-11

J. II. Richardson OF Port Glbsoa pro-
poses the organization OF an aSsocia ia,ioa
OF truckers and Offers the following in
supPor, OF his suggestions:
One OF the tirst objects o, the state
truckers association 10 the marketing
OF our produce. The immense amoan,
that can be saved and the numerous
ways in which this saving can be done
are almost countless How many Of
our communities, especially the newer
ones, have invested their time and
money in planting and cul,ivatIng and
preparing their produce only to End
the available markets overloaded and
the prices offered for their crop, the
product Of their hard labor, too low 10
pay the expense OF packing and ship
pingl IL would be the purpose Of the
central Office 10 seek out new markets.
% broaden our field, to reach . larger
number OF consumers. Can il do thatg
Can big commission house in city
md more markets. or more buyers.
than the local dealer in the country
town. Can the life insurance specials,
tell you more about the insurance bust
ness and write more policies than your
local agent who handles the agency as
side line! Most sssuredly.
Not only can this be done. bu, il
can be done At On enormous saving.
Just an instance: Let us say for illus
trstion that there are twenty commun-
tiles interested in trucking and shat
there are ten available markets for
their produce. Say that each Of these
twenty communities offers its produce
by wire TO each OF the ten markets,
there you have DO telegrams ., an
average cost of 5oc each, or sl0o. Now
let the State association handle the
matter. Each community wires its
offering to the central. That's twenty
kilograms The central Office wires its
offerings 20 each OF the ten markets.
That's ten kilograms more, or thirty in
all, which at the average OF soc each
would amount to si5-a saving OF ss5
Let Us suppose that il was necessary to
make this offer only once a week dur
ing the shipping season and that the
season lasted twelve weeks. It's simple;
twelve times ss5 or 81, ,0eO saved. This
much on the one item alone"
The suggestion of Mr.. Richardson is
worthy of consideration by those inter
ested in trucking. Something o, the
kind has been tried a, Laurel and pos
sibly other points. Let's have the ex-
perience Of these points.
A number of times recently the sub
iect Of raising onions in Mississippi has
been broached and discussed 70 some
extent This has been suggested prob
ably BY the advertising matter being
sent out from portions OF Texas calling
attention to the success of onion raisers
out there and inducing farmers to 20
there and buy land. Numbers o. our
people have bought land that has to be
irrigated, and paid as much as slO0
per acre for it when they could have
had Just As good land for the same pur-
pose right here at home for ten dollars
per acre and ample seasons. Onion
growing is profitable where facilities
are sufficient to get the crop to market
in quick time, and in that respect we
are much nearer the market than Any
portion of Texas The Brookhaven
Leader recently contained an expert
ence In growing onions that will tend
to verify the fact that the crop Is a
profitable one for Mississippi. Here il
is:
.'Mr. W. E Henderson Was in Brook
haven Thursday with q small wagon
load Of onions amounting to several
bushels which he had no trouble in dis
posing Of 1t 81 per bushel. Inquiry
ELECTED the fact that Mr.. Henderson
bad one scre in pearl or silver skin
onions, raised from the seed planted
las, fall, which will produce loo bushels.
Mr.. Henderson, who came from the
Northwest about two years ago, and
lives on some Of the old Keystone lands,
SAYS that he is new in the onions busi-
ness, but expects TO bring the yield up
in q year or two more to three or even
four hundred bushels to the acre. Even
At 100 bushels at sl per bushel il beats
cotton raising, most Of the work being
done in cool weather with time to make
. good crop of something else on the
same ground when the onions are of.
Experiments have proven that our
soil will produce onions in great guam
titles, the only trouble having been that
only Q few have engaged in the busi-
ness, the facilities for handling we're
not sufficient. II any considerable num-
Der of parties would org snize and make
the industry worth while, the railroads
would furnish the facilities necessary
to get the crop on the market in good
shape -.
The bulletin from the department OF
agriculture and commerce this month
will be largely devoted to road build
ing and maintenance. While the larger
portion Of this matter has already been
published, i. should never grow old,
and is well worthy of reproduction.
Roads and their maintenance Is one OF
the important subjects before the peo-
pie Of Mississippi. Ifyou are interest
ed in the matter and have neighbors
that should be, send for . few copies OF
this bulletin and hand to them. In
this way it is possible 70 get thei- At
tention attracted also.
c. II. Afford, author Of the law pro
vid'ng for agricultural high schools ir
Mississippi, delivered very instructive
and interesting address at Walkers
Bridge, Pike county, on the subject OF
agricultural high schools.
A number OF enterprising citizens oi
the western part of Carroll county have
organized q drainage district in that
section, which ia one Of the most fer.
tile spots in the famous delta section,