The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-18
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GAR, OF THE ALABAMA POLYTECHN f. of the ffteen-year period, the work has been supervised by the writer, as direc- tor of the station. and the practical de- tails have been superintended con- tinuously by James NJ. Kimbrough, the agriculturist of the station.
 ! The steps necessary to secure early Imaturity are then discussed by Colonel Bedding in the natural order of cul ttural succession and In a manner which
 Is at once so complete and so clear as to furnish the maximum amount of use ful information. The whole of this
 discussion cannot be given here, of Icourse, but an idea of it may be gained from the following summary of recom- mendations:
 First-Prepare the soil thoroughly and early beginning with fall blow ing.
 Second-Fertilize liberally and judi ] ciousiy, carefully avoiding an excess of
 nitrogen. On rich dark and alluvial freshly cleared soils, phosphoric acid
 Third-Apply fertilizers in the drn1. and bed on them. Broadcasting is l rarely. if ever. expedient.
 Fourth-Choose an early maturing and productive variety of cotton and [ plant on the beds and as early as pos
 sible. Apply In the seed furrows forty
 to seventy-tive pounds per acre of quickly available fertilizer, preferably l of soda.
 Fifth-Reduce to final stand as 1 sixth-Let cultivation be frequent
 and shallow.
 | Seventh-Narrow rows with wide 1 spacing of plants in the rows will re-
 suit in a greater yield than will wide l rows and close spacing.
 Farming on the Island of Jersey. By F. s. Peer in Jersey Bulletin. You will naturally wish to know how il IS possible on farm of S1z acres to carry twelve to fifteen head of cattle and horses and in some cases twenty th head per acre for every acre under cultivation. and many of the farms carry carry oyer two head per acre and pos.
 is most productive: 300 bushels of half grown potatoes for early market) is a good average yield. Following this gels. and I would be afraid to tell you the number of tons they claim to take from an acre; They cut from three 10
 is very interesting They blow a fur row about four inches deep and fifteen
 horses. Following in this same furrow comes six-horse team with a heavy
 breaking blow that goes dSwn eight or
 nine inches deeper in the same firrow. This makes the total depth of furrow | twelve to fourteen inches. Their blows instead of being built as all AmerG an
 boards with a view of making taeID light of draft. are just the reverse The mould-board of these Island blows is almost at right angles to the beam; at leasts l should say to guess at 1t, that | they were at an angle less than 45 de- grees to the line of draft.
 The blowing season is one of great importance and the farmers change work with each other as very few If any farmers have horses enough to. do their taeh own own blowing. There is q man at each corner or turning there is man to spade up the ground to the reauir- ed depth where the blow BeaiDs to run of the field and carry a-the furrow across the ends. Other men follow the last blow and knock to pieces with on the surface, so that 1t requires ten horses. and eight to ten men and hoys, to do bit of piowingi but when it ia tzed that fhe whole seed bed Is like loosely deposited ash-haap. It is not only ,plowed. but narrowed and pulver- on 1t afterward until it is planted.
 To an American who is accustomed DedaSse Sw tha df dUns Sn at thPe Pl0TnS bsH work with the lightest draft, these un- gainly looking machines look behind ll0 llNlcS1 Dul when you come 10 tnlnK of 1t you begin to realize that the most scientifically constructed blow as to draft may do. the most unscientific 0nn work; n You You begin to think also that all. but instead are just turning a furrow of earth upside ddwn with hardly 2 break ip 1t: The soti- hardly disturb it, Is this blowing? ask you gentlemen to think this question over carefully and perhaps you will the best and most serviceabie blow that money can buy according to the American standard of excellence does not guarantee the best or most scien-
 Stock Treatment and Feeding. The The horses Eor are kept up the year crops in summer. All the young cat ing crops during the summer. the cows instead of being turned loose. they arc secured by tethers." -t .--,' s--2:. .
 The tethers are made of rope and swivel ;pnk--and are about ten feet in lengthy These are fastened to a chain about the horns and an iron pin about ten inches long is driven into the the animals in place. These pins are pulled. up and moved few inches or a day according to the growth of the grass in front of the tetheFed animals. herd of milch cows in that way will start at one end of a field ten feet apart and each one eats a swath across the field, when the part first eaten over Is ready to be gone aver again. in this way field Is gone over a dozen times or more in a season If tae grass in June-as fl usually does-gets the start of the cows 1t is cut int, hay. The winter feed Of the cows Is a little look of hay night and morning, possibly four or six pounds. and a bushel or more of cut mangels.
 It Is safe to say that 75 per cent. or more of Jersey cows feed iu winter, by weight, is roots
 l think l have now sufficiently ac- counted for the ability of the Island farmers to grow such immense crops and to keep such a great number of animals on such small acreage.
 Time will not permit of our going into details in regard to this wonder l ful breed of cattle. I may say. how ever, in closing. that in the art and l the Channel Islanders have no superior among breeders of dairy cattle any | where in the world. Their methods | of selection are all especially interest | ing and instructive. How 1t has come | to these simple people to set an exam | pie to all the world in both farming and | breeding. Is mystery The Islanders | clai m they are living in Gods country, | and one can hardly question but that | they are blessed above all the nations, | for not only do the islands excel in the | art and science of farming and cattle | breeding, but in natural beauty. They | surpass all other places the writer has | ever visited