The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

unent that will advance the agricultural interests of the country or any par ticuiar section All that Is expected is that you pay the expenses of the experiment. they will guarantee you the scientific services.
 rho sciences of drainage and irriga- tion." continued Mir. Elliott. ''are CO., ordinate. am satisfied that there are parts of Alabama where the soil needs irrigation. An experiment. believe. wohld demonstrate that to irrigate your soil would increase the fertility immensely.
 we are now conducting an expeTi- ment of irrigation in the uplands of Arkansas at the instigation of Q big planter who owns 2,000 acres of land on which he proposes to raise rice. It looks as if irrigation will serve him @ precious use and that rice will be grown on his plantation with great profit. In the Yaxoo valley an experi- ment is going on in the science of drainage.N It looks as if great good will result from a plant established there to deprive the low land of its heavy burden of water"
 Mir. Elliott explained that the bene- fits of irrigation applied to the soil of Southern States as we'll as the West It was demonstrated by the speaker that the best results from experiments are obtained when the farmers co-op- crate with the Department.
 Addressed DS Major Key.
 Major T. J. Key editor of The Southern Agriculturist, also addressed the meeting for few minutes and gave some valuable facts of chemical na- ture calculated to conserve the fertil- ity of the soil in this State. He lived in this country seevral years at one period of his life. He did not agree with President Houghton that 1t is an unwise thing to raise as much cot ton as possible. He would encour- age the biggest crop that could be produced every year that is consistent with the proper attention to other crops which should occupy the land before and after the cotton crop.
 At the same time that he advised no curtailment of the cotton acreage next year he declared the necessity for or- ganization among the cotton produc- CTS in every section of the South with the determination to stop the rush of the staple to the market and hold it until better prices are given. To H. lustrate that this is not tmpracticable the speaker recalled the work of the Indiana Wheat Association which hoisted the prices of 75 cents per bush spot to q and $1.2o by cooperation in holding the produce of the members until their demands were compiled with by the buyers.
 There are millions of people out side of the United States who would be willing to pay twelve cents for your cotton." said Major Key. but the power of the gamblers and spectators to stop the staple from being deliv- cred to Europe and in other foreign countries will have to be wiped out"
 The immediate need of the farmers of Alabama. however, according to Major Key. is the turning of two or three more inches of soil in the win ter. He said that If this Is done, thus exposing more of the land to the sun and taking in large quantities of car bonic acid gas from the atmosphere, there would hardly be any need for rain as late as June for the reason that the moistvra would percolate to low CT depth than 1t had ever done be- fore. He also advised sub-soiling in
 J. A. Dillard next spoke on the pos- abilities of raising alfalfa in this State. He has been conducting ex- periments with this product in the Western portion of the county with a measure of success. He harvests his alfalfa crop and then invests the pro- ceeds in the raising of oats. He so much believes in the future of alfalfa in the county that he will enlarge his acreage.
 Hermann Young was voted a mem- Der of the association. After elec- ting officers for the ensuing year the association adjourned until the next regular monthly meeting in January.