The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-14

| you have on hand. and that are easily obtainable in all markets, can recom-
 mend no better proportions than equal
 parts by weight of cotton seed meal, I acid phosphate and kainit I know of l instances in which the application I of lime has increased the yield of sweet l potatoes, but this was on soil distinct ! ly acid. as indicated by the damp soil turning litnus paper from blue to pink Unless your soil is acid, as shown by this test. I think you would not be justifiable in making the additional ex- penditure for lime. When lime is us : i ed. it should not be applied in the 1 drills. but broadcast, and we'll harrow | ed in, not being allowed to come in contact with the acid phosphate be- cause 1t tends to. make the acid phos- ! phate less soluble.
 Varying the Distance With the Variety A correspondent in the Tennessee Valley asks whether he should plant Cocke's Prolific corn at the same dis | tance as his large. native, one-eared variety. It is claimed for the Mosby corn thal | 1t can be planted somewhat closer than native large cared corn, and this Is probably true for Cocke's Prolific whish i has not an especially large stalk. However. the difference in distatce should be very slight if any. sAali 1 be glad to learn how this variety 'suc- lceeds on your bottom lands and krust that if you find it suitable yoT will carefully select seed for another year.
 J. P D. Cotton without Hoeins. l J. M. Arnold. Starkville. Miss--Ir Southern Farm Gazette, May1. 1906. I will state few facts aboT having geese graze down the grass tn cotton rows. instead of hoeing out fhe grass, having had some experience. As many will remember. the years 1907 and 1901 were very poor cotton years in this sec | ltion. Owing to the excessive rainfall in 1900. I fenced ten acreS of land to confine geese in my cottph patch. EaEiy in May I chopped my cotton. putting it to stand. ' Then I ran two furrows with 12-inth sweep. The I22nd day of May 1t comnleaced raining. land never plowed my cotton any more tin the middle of JuneJ
 l The crab grass then was about three Tor four inches high. | gave it thor ough blowing, leaving grass only in the. drill Thirteen hea4 of geese were kept in the ten- acre field: and their work took the place bf hoeing so well. that the next time I5riowed the cotton lthere was no grass.e}
 This crop produceA 1000 pounds of seed cotton per agre., In 1901 cotton Twas grown in this field with one hoelng and produced 1,2a0 pounds of seed cot ton per acre whik other lands on my lplace made nothing. The crops In oth- Ter fields were ruifed with grass.
 If any brother farmer questions this statement, let Tim fence his cotton field with wovey wire fencing or two l6-inch blanks Snd one barbed wire at the top: leaveb all the crab grass he can in chopptag out his cotton; and keep 1t well pIow,ed. If he has to pick his cotton h the grass, will pay the dan1eges. Besides he can pick This geese evtry six weeks. The featn- CTS will pay all cost of feeding them ] in the winter mcnths.
 | Those wlo want to use boards to make fence can put the lowest board ond one foar Inches above that one. and one wifs six inches above the top foard. The only difficulty in using tail fence for this purpose Is Ithat between the rails or between the bottom rail and the ground there are likely te be holes so large that geese will get through. Geese will not got over such fence unless they get to flying.
 If they do start to flying. one wing Imay De clipped without injury and will stop the flying. It is scarcely neces- sary to call attention to the fact that a fence to hold geese does not have to be strong like 1t does for hogs. etc.. since geese do not root under or push agalnst it.
 | For those who desire to try this plan and desire to know how many geese they will need, I will say that fifteen geese do the work of one hoe lIand I consider that d goose to the lAcre Is what is necessary to make a lcrop-that is. for ten acres use ten 'lgeese, for twenty acres use twenty geese. Geese never hurt cotton at all 1 Any kind of pasture will do for them during the remainder of the growing season when they are not needed in the cotton. Many persons will imagine that the geese will need much water. but trough of water placed in tho lcotton patch will do for them,
 It may be to the point for me to state that I am planning to grow cot- ton this year by using geese instead of hoe hands.