Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-02-13
ARTICLE XII.
FINE FARMS NEAR EDMONTON.


the river makes in the country here,
we passed out OF Edmonton. She
has one bridge there that is a great
feat OF engineering and has two
decks the upper for railroad traffic,
the lower for cars and vehicles with
pedestrians side walks. We first
after mounting the bill on the oppo-
site from the city run through an
addition which in the boom days sew
eral years ago WAS staked OF into
lots, the markers for which We see
in the fields as we pass by. Our
driver is a prominent business man
of the city and also an owner of two
large farms. He is driving a Dodge
car and he makes it split the wind
over this land in which many differ
emit things are seen to interest
! Wheat fields in which threshing ma
chimes are busy Raw land being
broken with Fordson and other type
of tractors. Woodland in which wild
berries grow and we stop by the
road and gather some for car inmates
from the land to the South, who
wish to taste the Canadian wild ras-
| berries and others. They have a
specially fine blue berry growing
wild which is called Saskatoon,
we picN some and eat Them and like
| EN-. We 90 out about sixty miles,
he informs u.s.. and stop al an almost
model type farm They have silo
aud such fine barns aud good run OF
cross fences for stock. The barn
reveals some fine bulls and young
stock of the pure hereford type for
beet purposes. The value OF the
bulls and young bulls run up into
the thousands, as they are sold for
special breeding purposes. Some OF
the cattle run so much to beef oulk
that they tell us they actually have
to feed the calves at early age to
prevent them from starving as the
mothers do not yield sufficient milk
for their nourlshment, but one would
never think it looking at such moth
ers with such enormous bulky bod
les. We reached quite an elevation
at this farm. Turning to go back
towards the river higher up on 1T
than the city Of Edmonton is situa-
ted, we get magnificent view OF
the country looking IN towards the
river down gradual slant some i'll
w odd miles, and across it where
lies more of that level plateau extern
ding on and on to where Edmonton
is perched. The river has cut Diet p
gorge through this country being
many feet below the level OF the
bank on the lowest side, dong away
with any swamp or flats altogether.
We rush coward until we cross the
river back onto that level side and
whirl through some OF the fine wheat
farms here which are even better
than on the side where we have just
come from, as they are more level
and the land some richer. Despite
its high level as regards the river IT
has some ponds aud low places and
diJching is necessary at spots. The
woodland is easily cleared and the
soil reminds us both in snuff and
slightly darklsh color Of the Missis-
sippi delta lands. THIS gentleman
has tenant on his farm where he
raises not only wheat, oats and other
products but also has nice bunch oil
valuable sheep the clip from which
brought him big money this year.
We go in and take rest at his
bungalow seperate from the barns and
tenant house He had such mandy
place here where he and his wife run
out from the noise and roar OF the
city to the quiet and charm of the
farm. The rooms are we'll furnished.
+ He gives US fine field glass which
his son brought back from the army
in France and with it we pull the
Hastings 1920