Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-06-05
A TRIP TO LESefBEZi FARMS


Nsss-s- E o. Davidson a1e
Jauss stone having formerly
visited this stock farm and De-
lisving II would be beneficial x
our county tor cur farmers 70 So
What vas going on ia to- way 81
stock raising a-i Ug-to-Gare
farming within sixty miles Of =.
and on laa9 similar 20 ours.
struck up1a the idea OF furnish
Jag i free trip 70 = number OF
representative farmers of the
county to visit this properly
through the u r : BanS and
the Bank % Oxford and private
subscriptions they raised sufficient
funds 10 pay the faxes CT our I've
supervisors and ten farmers from
each beat. selected oy sns spaer-
vIsors. or Z setai OF Gt.y-Eve
fares
A car Was charts-sd and n
number OF others took zdvairars
Z of the llw rate 50 on arrival AZ
Hickory Valley, Tenn. the party
sotals3 50 men.
The party vas net a. the sta
ton by Mr. Combs. the manager
Of L=spedeza stock farm. with
c-nveyancss sufficient % 1ccou-
1,O-ats the entire party. aud We
we're driven over the main farm
u1loa-Ing At different places OF
interest Mr.. Combs assisted by
DR.. TaiE Butler. editor Of the
Progressive Farmer and perhaps
the 0ess Informed man in the
South On agriculture, busted
themselves Exp aiming aud an
sEerLlg questions, en- route.
some OF the things we saw in
farming way were, i traction
engine with four double disc
plsEs breaking ten acres Of land
a day. dOCb.s cuItIvas0rs cult :
vatIns Exo rows Of corn At once
and doing about 10 acres . day,
corr planters. planting Two rows
NJ once Or from Il u Is acres !
day.
Ne szx das alfalfa growing On
and that vas not good pea Iaad
three years .g0. We saw a. lze
red clover, rye and cats a. cln
&c grown anywhere We saw
that al this ~z= done OF land no
better t1zn our average land and
with every CONDITION as 10 eli
1a-s. character OF sol, &C.. a.
ours We saw intel i--uce dis
played on he farm We saw 70
mysteries We saw nothing be-
in- done that could nat be done
IN Lafayette county by deep
blowing thorough CULTIVATION ami
crop fsrEihzIng-
They fertilize by ps1xing under
crops rather than commercial Ter
tiliz=rs- They take one crop on
AMI pl1w one under each YEAR.
that - they will save a crop OF
oats aud pION under y crop Of
peas on the same land in one
year and do the same Nth other
crops
Il was explained that with an
investment OF from $40 10 SD nar
acre tina, alfalfa csuId be pro-
duced that would bring from $50
to SlOO per acre each year.
We learned the results of deep
blowing We were informed that
by actual demonstrations that
psOving from twelve to fifteen
inches mad increased their crops
IN some instances as much as one
hundred per cent However, this
farm Is being developed rs a
stock raising proposition and
they have some Of the very best
blood to be found in the short
norm breed Among their herd
OF 1000 head they have some of
the best show cattle of the conn
try. having taken prizes every
place they have been shown.
SsvsrI Of our party bought eat
tie while there. two bulls going 10
Beat 4. and several others will
buy later
Ali food grown on this farm Is
fed 10 stock. none scId. They
have a number of large siIo's and
feed a great deal Of food tnaG way.
Everything in their stock raising
department. Is sanitary and up TO
date Inc manager o; this prop