Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1916-04-20

oe induced 70 raise, az home, the
things for which they send away
enormous sums annually-and let
these big amounts apply to the general
school funds for couple Of years
these states would have the finest
school grounds, buildings, furniture
and other equipment of the most mod
ern kind, best teachers could teach the
very best courses, of any state or
province in the world.
WHAT Is SPENT YEARLY.
In 1915 Mississippi sent to Wis
consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and
ether states, millions of dollars for
butter and condensed milk alone. In
addition, other millions OF dollars
were sent away for feed for
livestock, hams and bacon, lard,
-four, meal, etc, for the families-and
various other articles for man and
beast; all of which can be and most
certainly should be raised In Missis-
sippi at much less the cost of sending
north for it.
Mississippi's cotton crop in 1915
brought the farmers about s67 ,00O, 900,
figured on the same basis mentioned
above Cotton is the big crop in the
Magnolia state nothing else comes
near it in value. Yet Mississippi sent
ss4, ,O00, 900 in 1915 to the northern
states for different products for fam
lily and stock, every item Of which
thrive in home soil il given a chance
ami little more thrift is put behind
the farmers work than is necessary
in cotton culture
100 HENS, COWS, 2 sows.
If every farmer in Mississippi will
put Just 100 hens, two dairy cows (pre-
ferably Holsteinsl and two brood sows
on their farms, this very year, not a
single dollar will have to be sent out
Mississippi one year from today for
anything that has heretofore been paid
for with cotton money. The hens,
cows and sows viii pay this ss4, 600
900 bill every year easily-read the
figures for yourself.
There are, in Mississippi, an average
of 5000 farms in every one OF the 50
counties. Just for the sake OF
argument, let's say that beginning
April 20, every farmer adds the hens,
cows and sows TO his place. First
take the hens: 1t is reasonable to
expect the commonest kind of hen to
produce los eggs in 365 days In q
years time, if each hen produces her
nine dozen eggs, the eggs, at only Is
cents a dozen the year round would
net each farmer sl35; total revenue
of s405, 900 in each county, and the
state, s32, 400, 900. No more conserva-
tive estimate could be made. But this
Is not an estimate-it is fact
THE cows AND sows.
Not every dairy COW is heavy milk
giyer. Une tnat yields only
five gallons of salab!e milk per week
seven days-ought to be sold for beef
In fact, a dairyman can't AFFORD to
a keep a COW that gives so little returns.
But for argument, again, let's say
that the two dairy cows on every
Mississippi farm only yield four gal
Ions of milk every seven days. The
two cows, then, would give 4l6 gal
Ions of milk in a year-salable milk -
which ought to be worth to the farmer
20 cents a gallon any day. A net re-
turn Of ss3.2 % for two cows on each
farm per year. The value to the
county would be s24s,6 800 and to the
whole state, s1s, ,s6s. 900. Have you
any cows that don't give more than
four gallons a week? II so, get rid OF
them.
A good SOW will produce two htters
every year. The size of the ltters
varies. Some experienced hog men
declare they would not have SOW
that does not deliver eight or nine
pigs twice a year. But for the last
argument, let's say the two brood
sows-to be placed on every Missis-
sippi farm, and cared for, will yield
only eight pigs in both itters that can
be sold for meat when matured. That
is reasonable enough. Almost any
kind of pig, at year old should weigh
$50 pounds if given necessary atten-
ton. The eight pigs, on every farm
would be worth, when sold to the
butcher or shipped, at only seven
cents pound, $40 to each farmer,
per year. To the county, $4,000 ana
to the state sss, 100000. You can't
get around these figures-they assert
themselves.
Therefore, the 100 hens, two cows
and two sows, on every farm, would