The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02
nlace for such lnnd as might be needed

nlace for such land as might be needed
 for the diversifcation farm.
 The Governments policy In regard 10
 these farms Is to furnish the planter
 with the seed and half the fertilizer
 for the first of the year and to give the
 farmer the benefit of all returns from the farm On his part. the farmer fur- pishes the soil and the labor and in ad- dition he keeps a close record not only of every lick of work struck on the farm, but of matters which relate to the diversification farm. Diversified Crops. s=-::-. The farm on the Munford place em- braces forty-four acres. It Is an ob- | feet lesson in opposition to the policy of one crop and only one crop. The l authorities of the Agricultural De- partment at Washington have gone on record in opposition to the one crop idea whether 1t be of corn, of wheat | or of cotton. They think the policy of
 a farmer. putting all his eggs in cne l basket is unwise to say the least of 1t. l The forty-four acres which are de-
 voted to the diversification are large- l ly given over to forage crops Here.
 too. alfalfa has the call. Nearly half ' the farm. or twenty acres. are planted in alfalfa. The diversification farm
 has shown not only that alfalfa may be grown profitably but 1t has demon- strated the fact that hogs can be pas tured upon alfalfa without destroying
 it's hay producing capacities. In one
 small field of alfalfa on which fourteen hogs have been pastured and five tons | of fine hay have been cut. MT. Mum I ford has on his place forty-three fine Berkshire hogs Of these fifteen are | pastured and fed on the diversification farm as part of its work.
 Alfalfa is only the principle not the exclusive interest. Corn, oats, sor- ghum. Johnston grass and other for | age crops are produced. The corn Is cultivated according to Western ideas in check rows and Is plowed instead of hood And improved farm machin- cry is used. The plantation under the supervision of Mir. Munford, both the diversifica- tion farm and the regular farm is cleanly and intelligently cultivated. Mir Munford is increasing his stock interests and will in the future raise a considerable number of mules as well as of fine Berkshire hogs. MT. Nun ford recently bought from the famous Vanderbilt farm at Biltmore . Berk-
 shire SOW for which he paid s125. but he has already found the investment a profitable one
 With such a splendid farming coun- try surrounding 1t Uniontown could not
 be other than a solid and prosperous little business center HIS COHliHoI- cial and financial solidity Is convinc- ingly manifested in many ways which impresses the visitor The high stand ing of the merchants of the little Canebrake city on the ridge needs no comment.
 A word should be said. however,
 about a distinctly local enterprise, a
 local enterprise which is just now of
 more than passing interest. This Is
 the Ellawhite Cotton Mills. an enter prise which even now Is engaged In the necessary buildings and work to double its capacity. Every dollar of the capitol of this prosperous mill is focal dollar. This mill has increased
 it's capital until now it amounts to
 s175. .00O When the work of putting the new spindles in has been complet-
 ed the mill will have 10000 spindles at work and it will consume about 4,ooo bales annually. The cotton for this mill is bought in the local market and this fact has given Uniontown fine reputation as a cotton market. In the future 15O people will find employment in the null