Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-05-08
NOxubss's Recent Progress.

recent improvements in our coun
ty. He is correct in saying tina
Noxubee has much to be prout
of and much to be hopeful of
One thing he does not mention
which is largely responsible 70.
much that he does mention, il
tick eradication. The growth il
our dairy and beef cattle, our 81
los and grain and hog products
were brought about and made
possible by the eradication of the
tick.
Editor Of the Beacon:
Sometimes a pessimistic criticism i
heard on Noxubee county. You heal
them; we all hear them. Such a re
mark sometime ago led the writer t.
gather some data for his own satisfac.
ton as well as your information. W.
are doing things in Noxubee county
A change is being brought about thai
is making a NEW Noxubee. No phe-
nominal growth is going on, but a
steady march forward.
Let US make q summary of some of
the things you have had a part in and
of some things you are doing now
There may be some inaccuracies in this
resume of our progress, but if there
are they are not much exaggerated, to
say the least.
A little more than two years ago, to
the writer's knowledge, there was not
an Angus COW in the county; today
there are Is bulls and 10 COWS and a
few calves. There was not a Hereford
IN the county; today there are three
bulls, six cows and six calves. There
were two herds OF Shorthorns; today
there are five herds. There were no
ked Polls; today there are three herds.
The total of the four beef type breeds
gives US thirty five herds.
Two years ago we had no good roads.
Today we have bonds issued in four
''strlcts and a contract system of work.
x roads in n district. We have
about fifty-two miles of graveled roads
nd about twenty five miles of graded
lrt road with sand and surface.
Two years ago there were nine silos
n the county. In 1913 fourteen were
'"lt, making twenty-three in the coun-
y. There are about forty prospective
los to go up during 1914. We need 100.
'ast year a tile factory was put in.
A number of farmers are thing land,
ne man as much as 60 acres.
A creamery was started last August
and is doing a good business.
A truckers organization was effected
in the early winter of 1894.
The county has a number of new oat
har, esters, thresh1ng machines, silage
cutters, good gasoline engines, one
peanut picker, a Buckeye tile ditchinp
machine,
A large acreage is being grown to
corn, oats and other feed crops than
for years, Fully 1000 acres of mellilo-
were sown this winter; also a good
acreage to lespedeza.
Miles and miles and mics of good
wire fence has been put up during the
past two years. More people are ap-
preciating the value of sheep and hogs
part of the necessary live stock
every farm should have.
We have inc rural consolidated school
in operation and another to begin in
September and three others under con-
s~ideration.
Our County Agricultural High School
is o than two years old, but is still
school in its beginning. 1t is doing
good work and is working diligently to-
higher attainments. We can't
its influence, because we can
never know the value of boys and girls
worth until after they have lived and
died.
The dairy interests are better than
Two years ago, because many dairymen
are grading up their herds, and most all
are feeding silage as a winter feed.
New dairymen from the northern states
are coming in and some are bringing
high bred cows.
Many things, | am sure, have been
omitted, but this article was hurriedly
written. But enough has been said to
show the knockers and unbelievers that
they are living in a county that has a
future and a present that is
The envy of nearly every other county
in Mississippi. Noxubee county is as
we'll known in farming sections as is
Mississippi. Yes, we are just viewing
The horizon of an era for our dear old
Noxubee that will make every one who
lived here say, II am glad | lived
there at one time" AN OBSERVER.
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