The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-01-20

ing 1913 the following:
Acres
Contour Tillage -7476
Cover Crops 3447
Crop Residue 8442
Permanent Pasture -5186
Properly Drained -3342
Terraced $40
Stock Ponds 1O6
Winter Grazing -326O
Woodland Management 2983
Effected Through Cooperation
These accomplishments have
been made possible, he said, only
by close cooperation of the vari-
ous agricultural agencies, civic
organizations, business and pro-
fessional men, the press, and
farmers of the county.
Certain sections in Holmes
county are adapted to various
types of agriculture, the report
brings out. The Delta is ideal for
row crops because of its natural
fertility and flat topography,
making it suitable for the use or
modern farm machinery.
The southeast section of the
hills and a strip across the east
ern part of the county, from the
flooded area of the Big Black
River and the hill section. is IDEAL
for grass and row crop farming.
Because of its rolling topography
it is more susceptible to erosion
and requires more complex farm
ing practices to maintain fertll1-
ty and prevent erosion !
The bluff section, adjacent to
the Delta, and the northeast seq
ton, are more adapted to trees,
grasses, and grazing. Because Of
the rough topography and the
highly erosive nature of the soils
within this area, it is very impor-
tant to keep them under a vege-
tative cover. Though limited
local conditions, there r cert
parts of all sections where r
crops may be grown successive
Flood Control Begun
Flood control work on the hea
waters of Black Creek was STAR
ed this year with considerable
progress. Extra personnel have
been added to do this work. Plans
have been made to complete all
practices on a small area in the
upper watershed of Terry creek.
These jobs will include the on
struction of diversion bitches, out
let bitches, the planting of kudzu,
sericea, l~espedeza, and trees, crop
rotation, and pasture improve
ment.
Farmers in the local flood con-
troll area being worked realize
that their row crop land is limit
ed and believe that their future
development lies in livestock,
dairy products, and trees. Flood
control work should increase the
value of the farms within the area
and at the same time protect the
land in the lower part of the
county from excessive floods and
silt.
1t is the objective of the Dis
trict to get some income from
each acre of idle land in the coun-
ty by converting it to the use for
which it is best adapted. ~
conservofionists Cited -
Sam o Hall of Goodman has
fenced and utilized part of his
idle land for grazing. He reports
this is paying him a net annual
profit of twenty dollars an acre.
Y. B. Bruce, of Acona, has fence
ed idle land from which he states
he is getting more than fifteen
dollars annual net profit from
each acre of grazing.
G.. H. Love of the Franklin
community, IAN area especially
adapted to grass and row craus,
a rotation of oats, legumes
and row crops. He says he has
receiver thirty-five dollars an
nual net profit per acre from the
land by grazing during the years
it was seeded to oats, legurues
and grasses, and states that keep
ing the land in close-growing
,rops three or four years in
creased the organic matter con-
'ent, improved the physical con-
1ition and fertility of the soil.
hereby making it much easier to
cultivate.
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