The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

| Remarks by Farmers Regarding the Farm Exhibits Which They Bring to the Meetings; s. How to display your exhibits at the Fair:' 2. How to secure the highest market price for your cot- ton crop: 10. September and October work for women: II, What, when and how to save forage crops; t2, Remarks by farmers and their wives regarding the exhibits which they bring.
 Experiment station Work.
 An important part of the Agricultu- ral Department of the school Is the experiment station established by the State Legislature of Alabama in 1896. The following board of regents were appointed to have control of the sta- Messrs. Geo. W. Campbell. Charles W. Hare, Lewis Adams. Tuskegee, and Booker T. Washington and Warren Logan Tuskegee Institute. The Sta tfon stan is composed of the director and instructors of the Agricultural Department of the Tuskegee Institute.
 Since the establishment of the Sta has issued a series of bulletins giving the results of his investigations end experiment. One of the mot import ant and interesting of these bulletins Is entitled How to Build Up Wornout Soils" This represents the result of
  upon a portoin of the school farm. Perhaps the best way of making clear the work of this station and It's im- portance to agriculture Is to reproduce a portion of the bulletin referred to.
 For eight years" Prof. Carver says, "the Tuskegee station has made tho subject of soil improvement a special study. emphasizing the subject of crop rotation, deep blowing. terracing. fer tilizing, etc. keeping in mind the poor tenant farmer with a one-horse equip ment; so therefore. every operation, performed has been within his reach, the station having only one horse.
 Location and Character.
 The field, ten acres in extent, had but little to characterize 1t other than its extreme poorness. both as to phys- ical and chemical requirements. In- deed. 1t was stated upon good author ity that it was too poor to produce even small crop of cowpeas.
 The soil Is very variable in character, the whole field being underlaid with yellow. red and mottled clays, which cropped out here and there to con- siderable extent.
 The surface soil consisting of a very light sandy loam varied in depth as follows:
 Southeast corner containing one-half acre was largely red and yellow clay lying directly upon the surface. Four acres running westward varied in depth from two to four inches before the clay was reached. was compara- lively level but much washed and con- tained a number of crooked, weedy and broken-d down terraces.
 The above Is joined on the west by one-half acre of apparently worthless, sandy soil, ranging in depth from six to thirty inches. Much of the sand for plastering and laying bricks was got ten here.
 The center of the field is traversed by a narrow basin running somewhat diagonally across 1t. varying in both width and depth from foot to sever al, extended over half its length. through which stream of water flowed constantly during wet weather.
 The remaining part lies to the north and gently rises to about thirty feet in height. The soil was practically sand and clay, and owing to its alti- tude' this hillside was badly washed. The whole ten acres was full of large stumps.
 Az another means of extending the work of the school, Farmers Leaflets, which set forth important facts with regard to agriculture in a simple, di- rect way which can be easily compre- hended have been issued by the school from time to time. These leaflets cov-- CT such matters as. The Farm MIX Cow, Improvement of Cotton, the For age Crop, Eggs, Care of Milk on the Farm, Buying Homes Among the Farm CTS, Raising Chickens, Barnyard Ma nure and other subjects.