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North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) is a livestock show held each November in Louisville, Kentucky and lasts for two weeks. It is billed as the "world's largest all-breed, purebred livestock exposition", with nine major livestock divisions with competitors from the 48 contiguous states.
Like Winston County, Louisville is named for Louis Winston (1784–1824), a colonel in the militia, a prominent lawyer, and a judge of the Mississippi Supreme Court. [6] In 1863 Union Colonel Benjamin Grierson marched 900 troops through Louisville during his raid through Mississippi. There was no fighting in Winston County. [7]
Tractor Supply Company (also known as TSCO or TSC), founded in 1938, is an American chain store that sells home improvement, agriculture, lawn and garden maintenance, livestock, equine and pet care equipment and supplies. It caters to farmers, ranchers, pet owners, and landowners.
The most noted cotton varieties (Belle Creole, Jethro, Parker, and Petit Gulf) were bred in Mississippi. In 1803 the United States had made the Louisiana Purchase, acquiring vast territories west of the Mississippi River. The lowlying delta area west of the river across from Natchez also became informally considered part of the Natchez District.
This is a list of some of the cattle breeds considered in the United States to be wholly or partly of American origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively American.
MS 15 south / MS 403 north (Horton Street) – Ackerman, Louisville: Western end of MS 15 concurrency; southern terminus of MS 403: 128.7: 207.1: MS 15 north – Maben, Pontotoc: Interchange; Eastern end of MS 15 concurrency: Oktibbeha 137.9: 221.9: MS 182 east – Adaton, Starkville: Western terminus of Starkville section of MS 182: Starkville ...
Cattle railroad map, American West, 1894. ↓ denotes Chicago, from where choice animals were re-shipped to ports on the eastern seaboard for export to England. From the livestock-raising regions animals were taken to market by train, mostly to Chicago. onto which 17 railroads converged.
Mississippi population density map. Mississippi's population has remained from 2 million people at the 1930 U.S. census, to 2.9 million at the 2020 census. [75] In contrast with Alabama to its east, and Louisiana to its west, Mississippi has been the slowest growing of the three Gulf coast states by population. [76]