The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-05

the northwest, as opposed to the IN
terest OF the agricultural States. The
| corporations had. however. enough IN
| fluence to secure the opening Of these
lands and now they were being sold at
$3.50 an acre and were growing fine
crops.
warehousc Receipts.
| He spoke a good word for the GUS
| ton which had grown UP in some CEN
| ters of accepting warehouse receipts
: for cotton as collateral. These re-
| ceipts were taken by the banks and
| rs per cent of their face value was
paid them. The banks Of Waco Texas
and other citieswere allowing
that much on the cotton re-
ceipts. Cotton receipts he said were
the finest collateral In the world.
They were even better than govern
ment bonds, for the collateral could be
| disposed of any time. The adoption
of this system throughout the South
would permeit of much OF the cotton
crop being held.
In closing Colonial Jordan warned
his hearers that the spinners were well
organized and that II the farmers
rushed their cotton into the market az
| they had been doing they might be
prepared to accept eight cents pound
for 1t. II the farmer had anything
to sell the buyer always put the price
upon II. If he had anything to buy
the seller always put the price on It.
His weight was never accepted. 1t
| did not matter whether the farmer
bought or sold. the weight Of the other
fellow always prevailed. 1t would
look. he said. as II the farmer had
neither the respect nor the confidence
| of the commercial world.
| you must make your corn crib and
| your smoke house be the bulwark be-
l u -. <-uy1
| he said "and cease to be the farmer
who only owns his bale OF cotton
for the time he rides on 1t from the
| gin to the warehouse"
| At the conclusion of Col. Jordan's
address the meeting adjourned and the
| crowd gathered at the pavilion where a
lunch of watermelons. peaches and
barbecue was served to stay hunger
until dinner was served. The orches-
ira was in attendance and while the
older people gathered about In knots
discussing various matters the young
people enjoyed a delightful hour of
dancing on the pavilion floor.
At the conclusion of the fine dinner
the men were given an opportunity of
finishing an after dinner cigar be-
fore the beginning of the afternoon
session.
Lecture ON "Corn Growing.
| the crowd reassembled in the Casino
Theatre to hear the lecture of Pro-
lessor G. L. Christie on Corn Crow
| ing"
Professor Christie Is from the great
| corn belt OF Iowa. He Is young
man, so young that some of the crowd
felt a difficulty In reconciling his
youthful appearance with his reputat-
ion as an expert on corn. II there
| a., n pa
| an expert on corn 1t was fully dispell-
/ ed In the minds of those who listened
| to his instructive lecture on corn.
The layman wondered that there was
| such a store of knowledge to be learn
| ed about the growth and cultivation
of one plant. Professor Christie. rigor-
| ously limited himself in the delivery
of his lecture. He took up only three
quarter of an hour although he ex-
planned the delivery his full lecture oc-
| cupied an hour and half.
4" He said that while cotton was king,
IL was - be remembered that corn fur
nished the, brain and sinews that mace
Alabama. he said, was thirteen bushels
to the acre. In Iowa the yield OF corn
was thirty-two bushels to the acre.
So an acre. In Iowa last year two
| more bushels of corn were made to the
acre than was required to pay the cost
|
ence learned that on the average there
who raised corn, He told Of Alabama
so, SO and 20 bushels to the acre. In
Iowa be explained that the corn was
planted in checks. each hill being three
said. should be sure the VARIETY, of corn
II they S W wanted to find out what sort
| of corn best suited their soil, they
could get the information from the ex-
pertinent station. Alabama had been
4 the, pioneer State in the establishment
/ OF experiment stations.
Selection of Seed Corn.
most important consideration was
hearers to Insist that their. seed corn
was an injustice to the farmer. to have
farmer never. knew what he was buy
| Ing. Much of the seed corn came from
Iowa and he . had known seed con-.
bearing various and different brands.
He impressed upon his hearers the
kernels which they were going to use
fer seed. They should not use any de-
cayed kernels nor should they use any
kernels unless 80 per cent tos Of them
should be tested in simple germinator
made of wet newspaper in which 10O
| kernels should be rolled. These kerr
days. If. at the end of that time. gu
per cent of the kernels had not germ
mated, the farmer should use other
seed corn.
Professor Christie had with him Il
number of large canvas illustrations
which showed what sort of kernels
| would be used. and what sort of ears
the kernels should come from. He
| attached great Importance to the selec-
| ton of the seed kernels, advising that
| only the kernels from the middle Of
the ears where they had reached their
full growth be taken. The tip kernels
and the butt kernels. he said. never
| gave satisfactory results.
He advised the audience to study
corn breeding. and suggested that in
| each community some men or set OF
men should engage in breeding corn
| that was especially adapted to that eli .
| mate and soil. He suggested, too. tina.
| when an inferior kind OF corn was near
another field of frst-class corn. the
| stalks should be cut near the top as
soon as the corn began TO tassei, to
prevent the pollen from the inferior
| corn blowing over to the good corn.
| At the conclusion of his lecture, Pro-
| fessor Christie said that he was ready
to answer any questions that might DO
| asked.
He was asked what variety Of corn
was best suited to the country around
| Montgomery He replied that he could
not personally say. but he had been
| told by farmers that the Jackson red
| ton fourished I'm this section.
| Upon the suggestion Of President
| Houghton. rising vote or thanks was
| rendered Governor Cunningham. Colo
| mel Jordan and Professor Christie for
| their addresses
The meeting adjourned ana the
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