The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
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proyed and brought up to q high state |, of fertilization and on the yearly leas- ing system the land is growing poorer | and washing away, and each held is growing smaller year by year. Now, If inc landlords would put on these lands | req sonabte improvements ana lease this land for anywhere from hve to ten years. then the tenant would luiiy realize that he would get the beneht Of the land after he improved 1t. I am satisfied/ /he would have much better tenant. Everybody is saving, improve vour land. SOW peas and 1t VIII add so and SO to the yield the next year.
 which Is correct, but where Is the man
 that is going to do this unless ne
 knows he Is going to get the iruits oi
 his labor. The landlord will tell you his reason for not leasing ten years He hopes to get better rent. He VIII never ret better prices till his land IS
 made better. Everybody always hates
 to move. and as the old saying is. two
 moves are equal to one fire, and when
 you ret q man to feel he is settled. ne is a much better citisen. If Monteom.
 cry County could get every negro m it in A state of thrift every white man In the County could get rich in ten years but as long as 1t takes all he can make to pay his rent and his supply piiis H would take a lifetime to get anytnine out of him. Hard to get blood out or a turnip. I would like to see a longer
 lease system tried. and I tnink . ono" tried would stay for all time to come. We have plenty of land In Montgomery County that, If a man were to put 1000 nounds of fertilizer to the acre, in less than five years would yield ono bale of cotton to the acre. and now the same land is not making more than one bale to three acres. On land that Aa1 n E0Sy8 to grow one bale $50. and on the one acre that 1000 pounds of fertilizer put on. you can grow a bale for $20.
 Now. 1t Is a demonstrated fact, If we live in this country we have got to improve the land. and the tenants are not going to improve on short lease Alabama can be brought up to state of high fertility and could be made to produce under proper cultivation
 double what 1t does today--J. M
 stuckey, Montgomery. Ala, in Southern Agriculturist.
 Asr,culturaI Experiment. station Work. Bulletin No. 1o2 of the Illinois Agri-
 cultural Experiment Station in treatihs
 of the construction of silos prescripes
 the following essentials: There are several points that must be closely oo- served in making silage If 1t IS 10 pc well preserved. and the neglect or any one of these will make. in the hnai result. the difference between success and failure. These essentials are close packing, when the crop is at the proper stage of maturity. in an air-tisnt struc- ture having perfectly rigid walls. ''The stage of maturity and method of nankinR were treated In Bulletin No. 101 Ca copy of which can be obtained from the Illinois Experiment Station. Urbana, Iilinois.) Of equal If not
 greater importance. Is the proper con struction of the silo. If the sides of the sllo are not air tight. the air which passes through will cause the siiage to snoil. and if the walls are not perfectly rigid. the pressure of the siiage will Ca use them to spring out. allowing the air to enter between the silage and the
 wall.
 In either case the result will be the
 same--decayed siiage."
 Bulletin No a27, Michigan Agricul-
 tural Experiment station, fin a discus | sion of legumes, other than alfalfa
 enumerates the following as indicating | some value as green manures, especial
 ly on sandy soils: The lupines, kidney yetch. goats suet, crimson clover and
 the vetches; while the following gave | some promise as a food supply for | stock: Crimson clover, seradilla. van I l ing indicated no value for Michigan soils, peanuts and lentils. In an ex-
 pertinent in which soy beans and cow | peas were sown tide by side to com 1 pare their values as green manures with that of buekwheat, the yield in-
 dicated a rather greater value to soy
 beans.
 Bulletin No. 103, Maryland Agricul-
 tural Station, recommends. as a method of tobacco seed selection that two se- Iections in the field be made, and that later A more careful selection of those first set apart. The first selection
 should be made just before the earliest flowers begin to open, and before any polIination occurs. This work should | not be entrusted to hired laborers, but should be done by the grower himself.
 The grower must decide upon the
 type answering nearest his ideal and In order to preserve the selected plant from cross pollination or Injury from
 insects, the towering part of the plant
 should be covered with paper bae,
 sufficiently large for proper develop
 ment Of the flower bed. An ordinary
 12-pound nsriila bag Is recommended
 by the station.
 The Connecticut Agricultural Ex- l perIment Station, in Bulletin prepaieh by 4. D. Skamel, on the preparation of tobacco seed recommends separa- ton of large. heavy seed from tne
 lighter cnes. Tn a series ot experi-
 ments in the Connecticut Valley. sam ples of seed of the varieties of seed grown in that region were separated into light, medium and heavy grades In all cases the light seed produced the , earliest plaEts ir the seed bed. and
 these plants when set in the neio oe' yeIoped a large percentage of unde- . sIrable plants, which was almost totli loss to the grower. As many of the light. inferior seee are as large as the heavy and desir'
 able cnes, 1t IS not possible to separate
 them with any kind of sieve. Of tho , various methods of separation the Bul' fetin recommends the use of a curren , of air as the most simple and practical , Bulletin 1e4 Of the California Ex