The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-12
LIVE TOPICS DISCUSSED
BY MONTGOMERY FARMERS
Agricultural Association Has Meeting and Hears Re-
pOrt--Stil Considering the Matter Of
Rural Telephone Service.

4 the field, ali of which showed the same
| 1uxuriance. The division line separat-
onst the upper side of the field toward
i which there mad becsl no drainage. Is
as distinctly marked as the boundary
OF field. On those portions OF the
ton the alfalfa has been of pale
yellow color and very much OF II 50
feeble and stunted that It will soon
die out unless assisted. have pro-
| cured more soil with which to inocu-
| late these remaining parts of the field.
II would urge those who attempt TO
sure sure way: do not take chances. Where
one man will succeed without syste-
| matte incubation score OF men VIII
fail TO depend on the in rSs when zen
| expensive and usually entails the loss
OF the use of the land and labor for
Injected soil can be procured for so
contse per 100 pounds and the freight
added. This Is enough for an acre. I
procured both lots of soil that / used
| 1t may be procured from well estab-
1ished alfalfa fields where there Is an
abundance of root tubercles. There is
ain and the PATH Il Srds us
/ cast by hand II you like, one handful
at d throw, sow a. the time of seed
| ing and harrow 1t in; the little fellows
On motion of C. g. Abercrombte
resolution was adopted for the APP
| pointment of a committee to invite the
Southern Cane Growers Association to
hold their next meeting in Montgom-
cry.
Commissioner Poole said he had at
tended the last meeting in Jacksonville
| that there were about a thousand men
present and that such a large and in
| telligent gathering would be of great
interest and advantage to Montgomery
The resolution was adopted and the
president authorized to appoint the
committee and he named c. @. Aber-
crombie, w. d. Westcott and j. c.
Adams who are to cooperate with a
committee fro mthe Commercial and
Industrial Association.
Commissioner Poole was anxious to
see a large Farmers Institute this sum-
mer held in Montgomery and would see
that speakers of eminence would be
The Annual Barbecue.
The time of the annual barbecue was
deemed a favorable period for holding
the institute and about the first of
August the time of most leisure as
crops will be laid by.
The following resolution was read by
the secretary and referred to the Execu
tive Committee for report:
That the producers of cation fully
appreciate the work of the United
Agriculture in collecting and collating
prompt and reliable information and
statistics of the acreage, growth and
production of cotton in this country
and we further favor these depart
ments publishing monthly or weekly
the movement and consumption of the
crop as 1t Is marketed with such other
information based on supply and de-
mand as will enable the producer to in
diligently market his valuable crop
without the Intervention of fakir crop
guessers and cotton gamblers.
That this Association respectfully !
requests these departments to fully in
Vestigate the effect on the legitimate
cotton trade of so-called cotton letters
made by individuals or firms and when
found not based on actual and care
full inquiry to forbid their dissemina- |
ton through the mails, placing them
schemes and other gambling devices"
For Rural Telephones.
]. A. Sellers chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee. presented through the |
Secretary, the following report in ref |
.erence to rural telephones:
Your committee submits a. letter
from Mr.. Woodruff, Superintendent of |
the Bell Telephone Company, as a part |
not advise nor recommend that our AS
ISOLATION commit itself to any plan of |
operation at this time, but leave that to |
the company when 1t has been organ |
ICED. We thank Mr.. Woodruff for the |
interest he has manifested in the enter |
prise, but advise that we form the COM |
adopt such plans and rules for the man |
agement thereof as they deem best.
Your committee will ever be ready |
to give the officers of the company any |
assistance in their power. We believe |
this company can and will be organized |
soon, and that we will have several !
telephone lines in the country before |
the dawn of new year. We further |
more think that when we have grown |
accustomed to the convenience which |
they afford, we will never give them |
up.
1T is with reluctance that we ask for |
more time. but when people live at |
such distances from each other as 10 |
the farmers. the work of enlisting them |
in any enterprise must necessarily be |
slow"
The report as Indicated was accom- I
panied by a business proposition from
the Southern Bell Telephone Company. |
1t was received and filed.
President Houghton read paper on /
alfalfa and other food products, when
was given marked attention.