The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
BY WILL T. SHEEHAN.

BH WILL T, SHEEHAN.
 Enterprise, Feb. 11.-(Special Cor respondence. )--To paraphrase verse of Scripture, the farm lands of the differ from each other as one star differs from another in glory.
 These lands. practically all of them. are firm and consistent wealth pro- dueers, lands which are not given to failure in the production of crops and lands which assimilate and grow stronger with intelligent fertilizing Naturally there be Acres in the Wire grass which are neither strong nor fertile as there are such acres in ev- cry State and in every section, but their proportion Is inconsequently small when compared to the wealth of strong and fertile soil that abounds in this favored section.
 The main run of land throughout the Wiregrass is clayey and sandy It is oftentimes mixed, this clay and sand. And in this the clay or the sand so predominates that there is of- ten a clay streak and 8 sand streak running clear across the Wiregrass if not entirely across the State. The may be likened to the streaks of fat and streaks of lean found in a neatly Drowned piece of breakfast ba- con. There are men so familiar with the Southeast Alabama lands that they can tell where the red clay streak begins and where 1t ends, and where the sand lands begin and where they end. The lands with the more clay in them are called stiff" lands, and they are reported to be of more value for farming purposes than the sander soil, although both, as the expression goes ''lie well" and both hold fertili- gers well. To '1ie well" means that the land is not so level that it is sand blot nor so hilly that it rains These lands whether they be red or sandy have a clay subsoil which gives them durability and which stores and economlzes the fertilizer the farmer entrusts to them.
 My attention was called to the spe- cial richness of the soil about Enter prise. Hartford, Dothan and Headland. The soils about these towns I was told were the richest of the Wiregrass. The distinction, which was given to these particular soils and which may or may not be true and just Is not my own. It was pointed out and argued by mar chants and by farmers of the Wire grass with whom I stopped and who Ut n CGIldihlg hHOW NhC SOllc thereabouts.
 It Is worthy of note that wherever popular voice assigned the most fer tile whereabouts would be found one of the newly risen and prosperous towns. Such belts of territory were given to Hartford, to Dothan, to En- terprise and to Headland. the latter being an old town that is being moved forward by new strength and new vi- tality.
 At Enterprise they claim the pret- tiest farming section in Southeast Alabama. Now, this is a patriotic claim made by loyal and interested people and it may be susceptible to a refutation. However that may be it is not to be doubted that about this new town is a big garden of farms so fertile, so we'll kept that the coun- try never fails to make deep impress sion upon all who see 1t. And the visitor who has passed through it and failed to tell its praises when he pass ed out of 1t has gone unrecorded.
 This particular section is either un- usually fine or 1t has an extraordinar- fly industrious set of farmers. The general satisfaction the financial strength of the farmers of Enterprises S particular territory Is not open for argument. At every turn 1t is im- pressed upon the visitor,
 An instance to emphasize this fact was brought up by an attorney who was familiar with the incident. An Enterprise farmer in January lent an Enterprise merchant the sum of &5,0O0. This particular merchat needed the sum to carry forward his business. Instead of going to a bank ne made his need known to a farmer friend with the result that he got the money immediately. Of course the country is not full of farmers who have $5,000 to lend at a moments notice ,but the