The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-05-09
By Il. z. ELAKESLEE, Jackson.

Mississippi are unlimited and almost
every condition is favorable. AS good
stock is produced here as anywhere,
and the pity it's that our people neglect
to take advantage of the splendid OPP
portunities offered. Read the follow
ing from the Water Valley Herald on
some valuable Mississippi stock:
"The. Jackson Clarion-Ledger notes
the sale of a Kentucky mare in that
city this week and says that the price,
81 800, is probably the highest ever
paid in the State for q horse. The
Clarion Ledger is badly mistaken. AL
vim Swift, a Yalobusha county horse,
raised on a Bermuda pasture n mile
south of Water Valley, was sent to
Memphis for training and while On the
circuit in Buffalo, New York, vas sold
for 1876, 600. He "a a harness horse
and showed a. record of EOS. Missis-
sippi horses and mules are as good as
can be found in the world and the only
trouble is that there are not enough of
them. But the number is increasing
from day to day, which is gratifying to
say the least"
Lincoln county is one OF the several
counties in Mississippi that works her
public roads by contract, and while the
result may not exactly be what is de-
sired by the citizens, the roads are I'M
6ovbta61y in n much hattor condition
than when worked under the old over
seer system. The Brookhaven Leader
some days since contained the follow
ing, which is a testimonial to the con-
ditions prevailing in Lincoln:
"True to his word, Ebert Lowell of
Fair River, brought the champion load
of visitors to the field day exercises
yesterday, and arrived in good shape
in spite of the rainy, gloomy morning.
This extraordinary aggregation con-
sisted of an eight-wheeled wagon al
most as long as a fiat car, fitted up with
seats and covered with cloth and fancy
bunting, decorated with flags and drawn
by six yoke of large oxen. Even the
oxen had all of their horns tipped with
brass. The wagon, which was loaded
with one hundred merry, happy stu
dents of Fair River High School,
stopped at IL o'clock in front of the
Leader Office. while Photographer Lay
ton two pictures of the remarkable
sight, from two view points. The safe
arrival of the wagon on schedule time
in town with it's big load of jolly human
freight, was incidentally a fine tribute
TO the condition of the Brookhaven and
Monticello road"
Besides being a testimonial to the
road over which this great load of chill
dren came, it is also splendid evidence
of the interest taken in educational
matters by the good people of Lincoln
county. The annual field day by the
pupils of the public schools has been
held for a number of years and has
grown in interest until it is the one
great event of Lincoln county.
Newton county, due to the good work
of Superintendent Mabry, was n of
the first this year to take up the corr
club work, and is now agitating the
subject of locating one of the agricul-
tural high schools as provided for by
the legislature. This is a highly COM
mendable move, and one that is being
made by q number of counties in the
State. If the legislature had an idea
when that law vas passed that none OF
the counties would call for the appro-
priation as provided, it has a surprise
coming when it convenes again. 1t
now appears hat possibly a dozen will
be in shape to ask for the sum promised
and the number may exceed that.
It is estimated by those in a position
to know that it will be worth millions of
dollars yearly to the people of Missis-
sippi to have the cattle tick eradicated
from the tate. And the work to be
done to bring about this muchly de-
sired end is not SO intricate or ex-
pensive. While only five counties have
beer blocked out to begin on, after the
campaign is we'll under way and more
funds become available, larger areas
can be taken care of at a time. 1t is
not at all the intention of the board to
adopt rules or regulations that will
work serious inconvenience or hard
ships upon the people, but on the other
hand to get them interested in the
work and secure their cooperation. A
great deal of work can be done in ad-
vance by individual farmers Kidding
their cattle and pastures of the tick.
The cost of Kidding with grease is very
small indeed. Full and explicit in-1
structions for this method can be had
by applying to the secretary of the
board, Prof. Archibald Smith, at the
Agricultural college. Remember that
the postoffice to which your letters to
Prof. Smith should be addressed is
Agricultural College, Miss.
Superintendent Waldrup of Jones
county has begun a systematic cam
paign for the location of an agricul-