The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30

HAZEL
EYES
BY HAZEL eRANNoN

Those in position to know In thu
oil industry r of the opinion thai
Mississippi is destined to be one O,
great oil and gas producing states ir
the Union, said Doug Kenna, who
was for thirteen years the capable
head of u state highway depart.
ment. Mr.. Kenna is now associated
with a major oil company.
With this great future in prospec,
1t is certain that laws must be enact
ed at the next session Of the legis-
lature protecting the development OF
these u by the use of proper
conservation laws.
Mr. Kenna is the authority for the
statement that the Tinsley Field
first field developed in the state
may have yielded twice as much oil
as it does with adequate conserva-
ton.
Our state has a proven ser OF
700 million barrels Of oil and proven
reserves Of gas in excess of two tril-
lion cubic feet.
II the state Is to be developed in
dustrially so we can raise our eco
nomic standards protection of oil and
gas reserves is a must on the legis-
1ative calendar.
Another step has been taken for
ward in the development Of the
livestock program for Holmes coun-
ty and this section.
The Holmes-Attala County Arti-
fetal dissemination Association for
improvement of dairy cattle in this
area has been formed with the CO.
operation Of county livestock men,
extension workers and the Illinois
Central Railroad.
The Illinois Central Railroad main
tains a Jersey Bull Farm at York
vile, Tenn, for purpose of supply
ing semen to associations along its
lines.
The Illinois Central Is the first
railroad in the United States to start
dairy improvement by artificial in
semination along it's lines. This rail
road has ~cooperated over a long
period of years in development OF
dairying in the fourteen states serv-
ed by the system. Something over
800 dairy bulls have been loaned out
to farmers by the l. c. The dairy i'm
provement program of this railroad
Is now to purchase sires out of high
producing COWS and maintain them
ut its Yorkville Bull Farm from
where semen can be shipped to any
artificial dissemination Association
along its lines. In this way the own
er of n cow or more who belongs
to an association in Illinois Central
territory can have the service of as
good a bull as can be obtained any
place.
This method Of dairy improve
ment Is well established in such
dairy states as Wisconsin, New York,
Tennessee, and others. Farmers find
it much better not to have to bother
with a bull, and, too, they can put
such money for bulls into cows. A
dairyman can maintain two produc-
ing cows for the same cost of main
tanning one bull. The owner OF a
few cows can not afford to pay the
price for such a bull as he gets
through artificial dissemination. As
far as type and quality of a bull is
concerned the or more COW own
err is on a par with the large dairy
man and can improve his stock just
as fast as the large breeder.
Anyone in the Durant, Lexington,
Sails, MacAdams, Pickens or Good
man and West communities who
owns one or more cows a become
a member of the Holmes-Attala
County Association. There are some
people living in these towns with
only a family milk COW who can also
belong to this association.
The &c is to be congratulated and
commended for this service designed
to improve the economy of the area
it serves. Such a program merits and
will receive public support and good
will.
An UP dispatch from aboard the
USS Mississippi in Sagami Bay on
Tuesday, August 28th, says the band
played "Dixie" as they raised the
Stars and Bars over the "Old Missy