The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13

 and all of them with energy.
 There must have been something about the land which has heretofore, been undiscovered. or which h dis covered has remained unappreciated. It must give not only some manifest promise of richness to the grain grower and the cattle raiser, but proofs that the promises have come to fulhHment at the command of industry.
 The prairie land for immemorial years has been the typical cotton land. Cotton and prairie land have ever been linked together in the minds of the people of Alabama. Black prairie land and a bale to the acre--these things have been the talk of the Montgomery farmer when he was in p boastful mood. But land that raises a bale to the acre and a climate that materially assists In the producing of bale of cotton on one acre of land must be of some good for other things. Why should 1t not be good for the growing of hay and the raising of stock?
 UnexceIled for stock.
 pr. s. H. Saul an experienced horse- man. man whose profession Is the constant study of horses, cattle and of the conditions which best suit them and of the food which most benefits them had this to say of that section of
  | suburbs of Montgomery along the Carter Hill Road for ten miles: Tt Is the best hay country. the best cattle country I ever saw. I am | familiar with the famous grain coun- tries of Tennessee and Kentucky. I know other stock raising sections of the United States have never seen any superior to this section right here | for the growing of hay and the raising of horses, sheep and cattle The finest pastures l ever saw are fight. here.
 | The chief advantage of this section over Kentucky and Tennessee is that we have practically ten months Of open grazing for horses. cows and sheep. In Kentucky and Tennessee snow is on the ground and it has been on the ground for several weeks. They have had to build stalls and cattle sheds for the housing of their stock and they have to feed their cattle from their store of hay and grain for four and five months.
 1 Look at that pasture over there. Notice that green growth of rich clov- CT and here 1t is in January. Why. there are thousands and thousands of head of stock in Alabama pastures that never get feed from years end to years end, and they remain strong and hearty throughout the winter. And the best stock. the stock the own CT wants tos take the best care of, he 1 never has to feed them more than two or three months if that long in the winter And then the stock raiser | does not have to build any big and costly sheds and barns for the housing ] of his cattle. All this goes to show that I am right when say that stock and cattle can be raised cheaper right here than anywhere else.
 As for the hay, no better hay is | grown anywhere. It does not make any difference whether man wants to grow alfalfa or Johnson grass. he can not do any better anywhere than right here. There is an unwarranted pre- Judice in some sections against John l son grass. Now, you take the bulle- tins from any experiment station. from any agricultural college and they will tell you that Johnson grass is more nutritious. that 1t has more clements of fat In 1t than has any other hay. You hear some people say, WeR if Johnson grass once gets in you can never get rid of it. Who wants to get rid of it? What does anybody want | to get rid of 1t for? There is more money in raising Johnson grass than there Is in raising cotton. If there was not money in Johnson grass hay do you suppose farmers like W. D. Peck. Hunter Vaughan and Frank Holt I would be devoting their time. their farms and, their money to 1t?
 Three Cuttings of Hay.
 You see. it is, possible to. get three cuttings of hay a year off a Johnson grass hay field in Montgomery County. It has been frequently done. These men that are raising hay always get two crops off the land And both crops are not always hay crops. More fre- quently the first crop is an oat crop 1 We have passed a number of hay fields which have been narrowed and sowed in oats. But even if the oats are planted later they are cut in June and the field Is allowed to grow up in Johnson grass, and Lit never fails to make a fine crop. But if 1t Is allowed to remain in Johnson grass one crop of hay Is cut in the early summer and a second crop is cut in August or Sep tember.'
 Practically all the hay grown in that section is Johnson grass, although J A. Barnes. on the Woodley Road, is raising alfalfa easily and proftably Cattle raising Is yet in its infancy With its growth will come. too, the growth of alfalfa. Jesse Jones will this year devote many of his acres to alfalfa and much of the Hagan place Will be devoted to the same crop. One of the new corners who has valuable herd of cattle said convincingly: "The solution of the agricultural questions in this section is the growing of all falfa."
 On the big hay farms where Johnson grass is grown the yield is about a ton and half to the acre, that is the general average. Two tons of hay, 1t is said, can be raised to the acre with some effort.
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