Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-12-08

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We feel that if the business men of
Oxford will get actively behind the,
promotion of dairying and the devel-
opment Of a system of practical. con-
structive agriculture that they can be
of material assistance to that section
in developing hustling, independent
community and Oxford into a progress
sive thriving business town. If the
country around Oxford is prosperous,
Oxford will prosper and the opposite
results in the surrounding country
will likewise give the opposite results
in your town. The success and failure
of tn etwo are inseparable.
To put on hot air campaign over
the county and then come back home
to sit down and wait for the farmers
to bring in the harvest from seed
sown will yield a poor crop. Our
business people in our towns must
make themselves actively interested
in the agricultural development of
the country which supports them
This interest has been too much of
passive nature in the past in far too
many of our towns. 1t has too often
died in one big puff of hot air. l
would strongly urge that they work
out some practical service which they
can render toward helping the farmers.
of that territory to make more prof.
table crops and greater yield per
acre, that something be done to put
more acres to work and stop one cul-
tivated acre from having to pay taxes
on six idle acres! To figure out some
one or two practical things which
they can put over, even if they be
small, then go to work and put Them
over before they begin on something
else.
If it be dairying that they want to
promote, and | do not know of any
thing which would mean more to that
section, | suggest the following as
being some of the things which are
being done by business men of other
towns in Mississippi and which [
consider would be practical for Ok
ford: First, the bringing iG of good
cows and desirable bulls for the build
ing of profitable herds and financing
worthy farmers. would like to re-
fer them to w. d. Davis of the
Brookhaven Bank & Trust Co., who
was one of the first bankers in Mis-
sissippi to loan money to farmers
for the purpose of purchasing OF dairy
cows. He bought the cows on his
own initiative and let the farmers
have them at cost on per cent notes
and taking as security the purchased
cows and an equal number which the.
farmer had on hand. Mr.. S. L. Bur
well of Lexington has financed several
carloads in a similar manner and has
also financed boys and girls pure
bred Jersey heifer club. The Citizens
Bank of Hattiesburg has done some,
SiJiCilOIu WVlh diOitS tlilS iillC anu hheAo
during the last five years financed
the purchasing of dairy cattle to the
amount of some $4,000. They have,
also financed heifer club. The board
of trade of Meridian has done some
good work.
Second, | will mention a service
which has been rendered in another
way by man who did not have
finances at his disposal but who had
the upbuilding and development of
his section at heart and who was will
| ing to spend some of his own energy
! to this end. This man was Dr.. w. l..
Little of Wesson, Miss. In the spring
of 1912 DR.. Little noticed that the two
or three dairymen at that place were
able to pay him for the professional
! service rendered their families while
the majority of the farmers and towns
men were not. Being a man full OF
energy and a practical disposition,
| he began to talk the dairy cow TO
other farmers of that section. he
began to familiarize himself with
the successes of those who were
milking COWS and to study why they
we're making good and to tell the
story to others. He was never TOO
busy to talk cows to down ana out
farmer and never too busy to get IN
his car and drive out several miles to
see such a farmer. There is no neeo
for me to state that such eHor's
brought results. When l state tnae
the dairy business around that littie
town has amounted to daily pay roif
for milk and cream of as much as
So 10000 l feel that enough has been
said. This little doctor deserves the
credit.
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