Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-04-11

Of Hoard's Dairyman:

aowed oats. The oats will he harvested
June lat and th:n the land plowed and
planted to corn for the silo. or at least
what may he needed IN FIJI the silo.
This is an illustration Of the practica-
bility Of growing two crops in twelve
months here. when we grow live stock
and apply the manure and also grow
lepume crops to be fed of bv live stock
and plowed under. There Is a rapidly
growing interest being taken In i've
stock here, and right nov many that
wish tn buy female cattle cannot hnd
them. Three years ago we bought grade
Jersey cows at an average cost OF S22
that would now sell at S35 to $40. The
demand for lespedeza Japanese ciover)
.eed has exhausted the supply in this
locality where II has been grown for
MANY years BY some A a money crop.
This Ia a wonderful little clover which
il the most deceiving yielder have ev-
er seen. raw fields last season where
Il was not more than Is inches tall that
cut two and one-half tens per acre
The stand was no thick that 1t would
slip over the mower bar and stand up
as IL did before IL was cut. It being 30
thick that il could not fall over. Les
pedeza grows we'll on acid soil and Is .
great soil builder. II never loses out
when pastured or cut for hay "a II
seeds all the way up the stalk at every
leaf intersection and Ia ce-fa'n to per-
petuate itself. have never seen STOCK
In more perfect condition than they be-
come when pastured on grass. They
will have the appearance Of animals
that have been blanketed and groomef
daily.
We have just finished blowing a 200
acre field that has been pastured -four
years, q part Of which Is seeded to oats
One hundred acres will be planted to
corn.
The tick quarantine is removed from
part Of U county, the part that en-
tered heartily into the exterminatin'
work. The part Of the county that AZ
tagonized the work Is still under qua'
antinc. A few years will see the ratt'
ticks exterminated In anithe gulf stat'i
and then we will show the North thai
we can grow beef, pork, mutton. horse
and mules at less cost than can be done
in the North. The dairy COW Ia certain
to become q winner here. In fact, sht
Is now q winner,
Our negro laborers make good milk
ers when taught by. some one that
knows how to teach them. Thy sr
children. in fact, and the majority Of
them will be for generations to come
They have the greatest respect for .
person that knows how to do things
and can teach them by doing things for
them to initiate. They are excellent
imitators.
This county Noxubee) is building
hard roads. using q gravel from the
northeastern part Of Mississippi that
has the greatest cemsnting properties
that | have seen in road material. !
have just paid Sl25 in hard road tax
and was very glad indeed to do so, as 1t
Is n Of the stepping stones that Is to
make this prairie section as desirable a
place to live as there 10 anywhere.
Saturday, March 22nd, we held a
meeting at Macon to perfect a cream.
cry organization. We have the cows
and must have the creamery.
know some northern dairy and
creamery men do not believe the dairy
or creamery business will be prosper
Gus. but they will waken soon to the
fact that We have q more desirable 10
cation for dairying than there is in the
North.
| remember we'll when it was not
thought that dairying could be made
profitable in central Illinois. We have
q better grass country than Illinois is
Also It is q better corn, clover and
legume growing country and these
prairies are as healthful a place to live.
After living here five years. l am thor
oughly convinced that the time is not
far distant that we will be producing
more per acre in dollars than Illinois
now is doing. BY thing, 1--WE have a
tile factory ct Macon now). growing
legumes, keeping live stock, applying
the lime rock we have at hand, we are
certain to surprise the North in a few
yesrs.
Nature has done more for this section
than any section l have ever seen and
have seen most Of the United States
east Of the Missouri river.
When | came here in 1907, | predicted
my grandchildren would live to see
these lands selling at 500, now l pre-
dict they will see them selling for $500
per acre.
am going to close this by telling
you about our little flock of 1875 sheep.
They had the run Of the whole planta-
ton Of l4OO acres during the winter.
They were brought to the barn occa-
sionally and offered hay. Of which they