The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-29
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duce the acreage the cotton production will take care of itself"
 Grass Conservea Soil.

duce the acreage the cotton production will take care of itself"
 Grass Conserves Soil.
 The supreme relation of grass to the fertility of the soil was the subject of q great part of the speech of MT. Har- rfs He said grass Is the great con- servator of the soil and that 1t heals the scars that wise and imprudent ag- riculture has inflicted on this earth. He declared that no land can be per rnanently rich except by constant at- tention on the part of the tanners to the grass.
 Reference was made to his travels over rural England where he had view ed with delight the magnificent hus- bandry of the little island He told of stretches of land where the great bat- ties shaping the history of England were fought and these very lands offer as fertile soil as they have ever offered. Tho secret of 1t all Is the careful at- tention to the grass.
 Blue grass Is regarded as the acme of health but it Is not the only grass. Alabama has as good varieties as could be desired. The great need IS that 1t be constantly cultivated and be used to restore the fertility of the soil.
 Mir Harris declared that the high est duty of man always has been and will always be, the love of the country. The greatoSt need in the South and other sections of the United States Is to stop the exodus of the young men from the farms and make the country attractive to him.
 The Argentine Confederation was al- luded to as the country with the great est cattle that ever went on the mar. ket. There they have the purest sires haf of n The breeders in that nation find a large continental market. Over there they plant alfalfa and clover and have good cattle on good pastures. Advice in this connection was given to the cat tlemen to plant every variety of whole some grass that can be found and top dress as much of it as possible.
 The opinion of MT. Harris was ex- pressed just here that the tick fever which is the great menace of cattle raisers in the South can be exterminat- ed. He said that 1t was working of the law of compensation that the Gulf States, with their balmy air and highly suitable climate for live stock indus tries should encounter such a dreadful enemy as the tick. He had talked with the Government officials at Wash lngton in search of conclusion as to whether the tick can be exterminated. The officials encouraged him and prac- tically all scientists agree that the pest will be exterminated. He thought that the progress against the tick that is now making in the South is very creditable as it is his understanding that by inoculation the loss Is reduced to about per cent.
 Talked of ShorthOrns.
 MT. Harris almost went into ecsta- cies over the Shorthorn cattle. He ex- tolled them above every other breed on earth. He declared that they deserve the supremacy they have gained. He said the Shorthorn is to be found all over England and Scotland. In fact in every country where the industry has any sway the Shorthorn is to be found in the lead. Their supremacy dates back 200 years. They are found in abundance not only in the United States. England and Scotland, but all over New Zealand, Ireland, the Wales and Argentina.
 Advice to use the Shorthorn in cross- breading was especially given by MT. Harris. He said cross-breeding is a profitable practice. He is also a great advocate of "baby-beef," making the declaration that be does not. even let his steers live over eighteen months. He cautioned against allowing calves to get poor once. He said that 1t was almost an insurmountable difficulty to restore the thrift of the animal. He differed with the opinion of Mir. Hall already stated that bull calves even in the dairy industry should be knocked in the head. MT. Harris said he was shocked that he should find such an ad- vocate in MT. Hall since he had heard so many words of practical wisdom a l.. ae the dairy industry.
 Never again will beef and corn be as cheap as they now are" was state ment forcefully uttered by MT. Harris and one that is calculated to startle many agriculturists into raising their own food products and as much of their meat as possible This is especially applicable to the state of farming in Alabama. 1t was regarded, and the au- thority of the man who uttered the words Is sufficient to cause the farmers to think of raising cattle.
 In support of the proposition of MT. Harris he said that reciprocity be- tween the United States and foreign countries is destined to come sooner or later and instead of America export ing 20 per cent. of the beef there will be 40 per cent. and more with time.
 The speaker here took "a hot shot" at the protectionist policy of the Republi- cans which he declared could not last with the thin veil that now sur rounds 1t.
 Mir. Harris was vigorously applauded
 "Biggest" Cattle Man.
 A paper from w. c. Little of Living ston, introduced by Dr. Cary as the biggest" cattle man in the State, fol- lowed the address of MT. Harris. He spoke on Beef Cattle and Alfalfa, in which he referred to the four years that alfalfa had been under practical observation in Sumter County. He said that alfalfa Is one of his greatest foods for beef cattle and that 1t can be grown, in his opinion, without artificial inoculation. He would put the forage against Johnson grass and if it is cut at the right time there Is no reason why any injury should be suffered by the grass. He cautioned that if the alfalfa is allowed to stand, however too long between cuwing it will be ruined.
 Good ventilation for the barns was recommended by MT. Little. The venti- lation should be obtained by ventila- tors even if some expense should have to be undergone. The opinion was ex- pressed that the food value of alfalfa Is fully equal to wheat bran.
 over an hour was consumed in the discussion of alfalfa. Joseph E. Wing of Chicago, editor of The Breeders Gazette, and a practical cattleman of great prominence. by request of Dr. Cary, put himself up as the target for pYmerOuS questions from nearly every.