Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-11-14
THE TRIP TO AICEON7 VALLEY.


On Thursday Nov. It'll, in order
to familiarize ourselves with tho
cattle business as conducted in
territory similar to Lafayette
county we made a trip to Hicko-
ry Valley, Tenn, and inspected
the Lespideaa Stock Farm.
Words canrot describe the
beauty OF the cattle that we saw,
but We want the citizens generally
to know ,hatia that section where
land IS g. poor or poorer than La
FayeIte county lands. there mas
been developed n her'i of fine full
blooded Short Horn cattle that
equals II it does not surpass any
thing in the United States. We
saw "a seven hundred pound COW
Of the common scrub cattle with
a nine months old calf az her side
out II "A full biooted bull. the calf
at nine months weighing nine
hundred pounds, two hundred
more than its mother and two
years yet 90 grow. This indicates
the possibility II breeding our
common cattle 10 fun blooded
bulls. This calf would bring
6;ty six dollars on the market To-.
day. We ssw fui. bIooded COW
weighing a ton aud measuring
nine and one half feet around her
body. We saw numbers Of full
blooled bulls weighing from
eighteen hundred to twenty-onc
huudre! pounds and as gentle
ant tracta6lr as Q pet Gals, show
ing 80 viciousness in any way.
We saw the fine FED fair exhibit
/ cattle which Il picture even cam
not describe, but We also saw cat
tie running on lespedeza pastures
without 0,her feed ot any kind
and rolling fat. with backs broad
and lat enough tn make = bed on.
I We found that the poor lands OF
/ that section wore being reclaimed
and made 10 produce bumper
crops simply with the dripping
, from the cattle aad diversified
crop rotation.
/ We saw Alfalfa that had been
Icut four times aAI as green ana
pretty IS Il meadow in June.
/ We We're treated in such friend
/ ~ manner by the manager Of the
! farm and his vie IS t0 make II.
feel perfectly at home and were
given an invitation 70 visit then
lagain and bring any number d
I citizens from the county or town
We saE all the latest improved
farm implements and were show.
| how the work was done with then
80 - 90 prepare Il deep seed be,
before painting and then to cult
vdte shallow and often and max,
i crop in spite Uf rain or d.outh
We saw barns built according Z.
plans 70 suit this climate with al
. s!iUs and stalls and sheds so ar
ranged as u TT into the genera
plan 81 -seiClnes5 and convent
| ence. In fact it is impossible t
describe What We cid see. BG
we want % uege every farmer il
this county - make ! trip Of 81
- miles at some time to Hickorl
\ alley and see what We did Gee
When we would think we hat
seen the very best there was OF
earth in cattle We would be taker
70 another field or barn and b.
shown finer and better than ~
had seen before and tits certainly
; worth the time and expense t.
: any farmer to sea what we saw
almost right here ut home. ",
want the public to know that thit
county eau recover from depres
sion and waste or present meth
DDS of farming by going into tn
cattle business where every foo
of ground IS made 4 producing
. foot to feed and care for an ami,
nal that IS more readily convert,
ed into money than cotton ans
that this animal natures every
month Of the year.
The gardens ana fields at Hicko
y Valley show the possibilitia.
Of making a living on poor lane
Jaat would be an object lesson I,
any one seeing them and the fin,
cattle are an attraction that ap,
peals to man more strongly THAI
q words can describe and we be-
came convinced that this deve!,
ment and improvement is posi-,
ole right here at home in LaFay
cite county. Mississippi. a mum.
Der OF fine cattle were purchased
by members Of our party and vii
be shown in our county later.
We believe the public will b.
interested in the results OF on
trip and for that reason we pub
lhsh-a short statement attemptin!
to indicate some Of the man,
things we saw.
Respectfully,
". J. Lovelady, J. S. Furr
J. Q. Brown, O. \. Hartley, J
\. Parks, Jas. Stone, II. T. Smitl
Harper Mathis, j. B. Anderson