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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-10-24

In many cases the manure applied
will supply the nitrogen-gathering
bacteria although it is regarded the
safest plan to inocu1ate the land with
soil, 200 pounds to the acre, from a
field where alfalfa has been success
fully grown. 1t may take some pa
tience, much perseverance, and success
sive efforts to procure the crop, but
once stand and crop are secured, the
results will many times remunerate
the farmer for his labor and expense
The first seasons growth should be
frequently clipped to encourage stool
ing and strengthen the plants.
It often happens that an exceeding
1y dry fall forbids the seeding Of
alfalfa, in which case an early spring
sowing would be expedient. There are
many early weeds, as horsemint and
chickweed, which battle with the
springsown alfalfa and make an at
tempt to get this crop more hazardous.
Grab grass is the arch enemy of late
spring-sown alfalfa. However, with
the preparation recommended for fall
crop some excellent results have been
gotten from spring seeding
In case the land to be devoted to
alfalfa is foul with grass and weeds,
two seasons should be used in prepa-
ration for this crop. Prepare the first
year as outlined and SOW fall oats, bar
ley, wheat or rye, after taking off peas.
The following June plow the cereal
stubble and fal1ow the land until the
latter part of August Special care
should be taken to conserve the mois-
ture during July and August by sur-
face cultivation after each rain, or by
frequent civilizations developing
mulch in the absence of rain Sow to
alfalfa from midAugust to mid-Sep~
TENDER, preferably in August, if the
season is propitious. Try half to one
acre in alfalfa near the barn, to be
devoted to hog pasture. It will be
found remunerative, and this acreage
will give an opportunity of becoming
familiar with the habits of growth and
the real value of the alfalfa plant
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-10-24

nave you Illcu alfalfa! Ii HOl, WHY
not? Experience has shown that i
does better on a firm, heavy soil, bu
it has been proven that it can be sue
cessful1y and probably grown in Flo
rida even on Our light sandy soil, anc
therefore if you need any forage, il
will pay you to try alfalfa. The Savan-
nah Weekly News tells how to prepare
the soil. The way indicated is nc
doubt the best, one, but it is too late
to begin now to prepare land by that
method, for this season, rather thar
not test it, we should use small plot
of the best soil on the place and pre-
pare it as best we could, but get the
seed in this fall.
Alfalfa is one Of the most nutri-
tious c1overs, writes Prof. H. A. Nor.
gan, of Tennessee experiment station
It's range of growth has within the
last few years been grately extended
and it has been grown upon land anc
under climatic conditions that the ear
lier students of alfalfa thought i'll
adapted to its growth. Alfalfa sue
seeds best upon sitter lands, we'll,
drained and Of deep subsoil, although
lighter lands, under favorable condi
tons, have produced fairly remuner-
ative crops. For the first year, ano
until wel1-rooted, alfalfa is rather
tender plant, sensitive to the encroach
ments Of native weeds and grasses
For this reason, land to be devoted tt
this clover should be carefully pre-
pared In the experiments conducted
in connection with alfalfa culture the
following preparation has proved the
most successful up to date:
In the spring set aside two to -four
acres, the most available on the place
soil conditions being first considered:
apply from 20 to 30 loads of goo(
farmyard manure to the acre, and
when needed, from 200 to 300 pounds
acid phosphate, 1916 per cent phos
phoric acid P1ow this under as deer
as possible, and run subsoiler OF
bull-tongue in the furrow after the
plow. Disk 40 to so bushels lime, anC
prepare the land for a crop of peas
which will shade the land, kill out the
weeds and put the soil in fine condi
ton the following fall for alfalfa.
Late in August or early in Septem
Der cut the peas off clean and disk the
land two ways. Do not pillow, for If
this way innumerable weeds are agar
thrown to the surface for germina: on
Harrow until an excellent grass OF
clover seed bed is procured. If the
soil is very loose it may be we'll tc
roll the land, after which run a small
toothed harrow or Weeder Sow from
20 to 30 pounds alfalfa seed to the
acre, and cover very lightly with {;
weeder or brush harrow. With g
favorable season, with seed OF norma
vitality, and with the preparation above
described, good stand of alfalfa ia,
be expected.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-10-24

and did not bear until the second year
would be of no use in this country un
less it was frost-proof
At the American Cotton Manufac-
turers Association, which had it's an
nual session at Asheville, N. c., May
10th and 18th, Mr.. VIM. Whittam,
Jr, exhibited three specimens of the
Caravonica cotton which variety of
staple is attracting SO much attention
among the English and Continental
spinners. The sample in question
came direct from Queensland, Aus
tralia, and were accompanied by three
small packages of seed. These seeds,
of which there are several hundred in
each package, will be sent to the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical colleges of
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, for
experimental purposes.
The so-cal1ed "Caravonica" is a tree
cotton. Dr. Thomatis, a noted English
expert, is its originator. Four years
ago, he foresaw the need of a new
source of the cotton supply to English
splnners and he set himself to work at
once on his estate at Cairns, Queens
land He collected scores of varieties
of seeds from all parts of the world
and then began to select and eliminate
those unsuited to the soil and climatic
conditions of Australia After many
experiments, he chose two varieties,
both of the Sea Island family, one from
the boundary between Peru and Bra
I'll and the other from Mexico. He
crossed those by hybridization and
obtained successfully all the points
and results he required and expected.
The new variety of evolved cotton
possesses a very long, regular strong
fibre of decided woody appearance and
feel. So much so that it his been given
the name wool cotton" Having
reached this stage in his experiments,
Dr. Thomatis began planting this
new cotton, ''the Caravonica." Very
soon his discovery began to be noised
abroad and many cotton associations
in England and on the continent sent
their representatives there to investi-
gate the new variety. The Minister of
Agriculture Of France pronounced it
"a valuable substitute for wool. The
Associated Cotton Spinners of Italy,
Hungary, and Germany, declared it
better than the best of American
cotton and would buy all that could
be grown at double the current price.
The Caravonica cotton trees grow
to the size of the ordinary peach
tree in two years. They then begin
to bear their fruit The bolls are full
ly four times the size of the ordinary
specimens, and weigh 70 to the pound
he proportion Of the lint to the
seed ranges from 40 to SO per cent,
a remarkable showing DR.. Thoma-
It's believes that this may be increased
to 80 per cent and 80 per cent, and
even, in time, to a seedless variety,
similar to the orange The cotton
trees when fully developed bear from
300 to 800 bol1s each. With 900 trees
to the acre one can very easily compute
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-10-24

L ne men VINO are at the mead OF THIS
experiment are shrewd and intelligent
business men. They are endeavoring
to produce crops on cheap lands equal
to those on the more expensive areas
farther east.
Sometimes it is called ''dry farming
and sometimes the Campbell SYSTEM
but it is all the same thing, and is all
based upon the idea that frequent cult
walton of the surface will keep the
ground moist. H. w. Campbell origi-
mated the application of this method
Of farming through the high plains Of
the Middle West. He began in South
Dakota, and later operated in Nebras-
ka and Southern Kansas. Some cap
italists with large areas of land for
sale, and the Burlington Railroad with
land grants that it was anxious to dis
pose Of to settlers, backed him in his
experiments, and model FARMS were
conducted for several years without
attracting much attention.
In the last few months the idea has
been taken up by wide awake promot-
ers Of Denver and Cheyenne, and they
are endeavoring to show that the cheap
lands Of the Rocky Mountain foothills
are as valuable as the farms near the
Missouri River. At the basis of their
argument is the statement that twelve
inches of rainfall is sufficient to raise
crop, and this regardless of when the
water comes The rainfall of Central
Kansas and Nebraska is about forty
inches annually In Western Kansas
and Nebraska it falls to twenty inches
In Eastern Colorado it is twelve inch
es. Eastern Colorado is a mile above
sea level; clouds are rare, and unless
every particle of moisture is absorbed
it is impossible to raise crops.
Now" say these scientific farmers
Of the new generation, IF the top of
the soil is made fine like dust, it will
keep every particle Of moisture that
falls and enable the roots Of 4he grain
plants to receive enough sustenance to
produce a crop. It is all Il matter of
evaporation and a matter of expense in
preventing this evaporation
OF course, it is easy to see that in
the thoroughly cultivated field a finely
pulverized surface will retard the eva
poration of moisture and will likewise
absorb the moisture from above and
prevent it from running off to the sea.
The secret of success is to keep the
surface thoroughly cultivated, so that
it is pulverized the season through
without spending too much money on
it.
There are doubters. A prominent
railroad man of Chicago, interested in
one of the great railroad systems, said
confdentially last summer: 'It is
mighty good advertising scheme, but
there is not much in it. It will raise
crops, but it costs too much. If one
can raise $50 worth of wheat on S.
land he is very foolish to advertise the
fact. The thing for him to do is to
buy all the S. an acre land he can get.
When these promoters say they can
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
The summers sunshade.

The styles In sunshades and parasols
change as much and as often as do the
styles in other departments Of dress. OF
course, the changes here are more subtle
and less apparent than elsewhere, since
the field is a far more limited one to
work upon. The later models are all of
them more widely extended and hatter
when opened than were those of last
year. The handles, too, are conspicuously
longer, some of them being yeritable
alpenstocks as to size and length. There
is quite liking for the natural cork
wood, bogwood and other sticks of con-
spicuously light eolorings, while as for
those that are enamelled to match either
the gown or ones favorite color, well,
their name is legion. Most OF the ex-
pensive sunshades are lined nowadays,
and the ribs are made to be as orna-
mental as possible. The tips, too, are
either In silver or in gilt, as may best
accord with the covering, while the use
OF crystal beads for n ball tip is little
fad that has caught on enthusiastically
abroad. The smart one pictured repre-
sents n white silk that has been covered
with a fiat layer of white Chantilly lace.
the lace scanned so that each gore is well
defined. Then a pale blue velvet ribbon
is applied In vandyke points, clipped ends
crossing each other in the center of each
gore, and nacre spangles applied to hold
1t down. thick putting of white chiffon
forms the edge. and the same is twisted
into a thick rosette for the top and an
other tackled on nalI way down the long
handle
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
CONCORD Or sTYLEf

"There are surprising lot of silk
waists on view in most OF the private
dressmaking departments of the big
shops" announced the inveterate shopper
the other day "And they are all of them
occupying the places of honor that few
short weeks ago were accorded TO the ex-
pensive handmade and imported lingerie
waist"
well. what of IT, asked the minister's
wife, who had a keen eye for the things
of fashion, albeit she was an earnest
church worker, and power In the boy
Bible classes.
''Oh, IT Just looks TO me as though the
fashionables had tired of the sheer batiste
and handkerchief linen, the cobwebby
affairs and decided that since the sewing
machine had become such clever worker,
and could duplicate the choicest of their
possessions fashion, and very
long way after. too--for any shop girl
who chose to invest her pennies where
they had put in dollars, well, they would
and could order something that would
prove distinctly different That's all.
guess"
HIM" calculated the minister's wife,
at looks as though we were once more
going to make fashion and comfort play
the Kilkenny cat game You may be
comfortable but you must be fashionable,
was what they used to say in the old days.
But If they are going to introduce silk
waists for wear In the dog days, just to
be little different from others, 1t ought
TO read: ''If you want to be fashionable.
you must be uncomfortable. Guess III
stick to my cobwebby little affairs for this
snmmsr thronah- at any rate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
SAUNTERING IN FASHION LAND

1.-THE shop windows are so misleading"
complained an elderly woman the other
day. You know, one always depends
more or less upon the displays In the
shop windows to keep posted as to what
is what and the latest styles. But all
this spring and summer they have been
the most misleading things that you could
possibly imagine
Now. of course, | know that the ex-
treme of fashion is not Invented or in
tended for women of my age and my
comfortable figure, bur, just the same, we
realize the necessity for smart and up
to-date and clever dressing just as much
as do our daughters and daughters-In-law.
Indeed, | wonder If we do not need 1t
even more. They have all the charm of
youth to assist them. They can dress
their hair In any style that is becoming
TO them. and so long as the slenderness
of youth elings 10 their figures II does
not matter so nightly just how and
wherewithal those same figures are clad.
But when once the figure settles some
what. and one becomes a mother-in-law
to some young man. then 1t is the time
to invoke fashions most insldious assist
ance and put ones best points foremost
Now, this spring pretty nearly every
shop on the avenue that makes a window
display at all showed princesse frocks
that looked as though one would have 10
be melted and poured into them. as we
used to say long ago, to make them fit.
Such shirtwast frocks as were shown
followed those same lines. and even the
little dancing frocks seemed skimp and
scant In the body part. where they used
TO be comfortably full and bIoused. They
all looked as though the 19-inch waist,
that used to be the admiration and the
goal of every girl had come back again,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
SMART SUMMER STYLES
sCRIPTION OF MODELS PICTURED ON THIS PAGE.
Partisan Type of Lingerie Prin-
cease,

Partisan Type of Lingerie Prin-
cesse.
Perhaps the most fascinating form of
the princesse mode presents itself In the
sheer handmade frocks of lingerie ma
terials which the Parlsienne orders by
the dozen, rather than in single ex-
amples A pleasing variety is given to
the shape In the way that the corseet
portion Is opened in front to display the
chemisette almost to the wastline, little
straps of white velvet ribbon seeming
to hold 1t In place. The gown Is so de-
signed that It may be worn with sepa-
rate blouses, likewise of lingerie persua-
sion The fitting is accomplished by
means of vertical hand-run tucks, those
released when the curve of the hip Is
passed to form the necessary fulness of
the skirt. This is further increased by
means Of two shaped founces, deftly In
serted each under an entre-deux of lace
showing very much indented and irreg-
ular edge This lace is of the 3alen-
ciennes variety, the upper and lower
rows showing the usual Valenciennes de-
signs, while the center one is more elab-
crate, having the edges of the upright
medallions that form a part of the pat
tern finished with a heavy buttonholing.
The gown displays the new skirt length,
lying on the floor for an inch SO In
the front, a trife longer on the sides,
and just thought still longer In the
back The drop skirt of course, follows
exactly the same lines, and is well feath-
erboned beneath the finishing hounce, so
that the Partisan flare is softly accom-
plished.
The Trend of the Coming Mode.
Recent arrivals from Paris, by way of
Uncle Sans custom house, present Il be-
wildering variety of new styles. OF most
of them 1t may be said that they are on
trial, sent over ON approval as 1t were.
While the tout ensemble, as a rule, affects
simplicity, there is marvellous amount
of fine handwork and elaboration when one
comes to examine those same models In
detail. Several new features assert them
selves in the illustration, which will make
a charming model for those planning au-
tumn frocks when the dressmakers are not
oyerrushed with work. The material is
silk wolfe. sheer as yelling. and with an
embroidered coin spot well scattered at
far intervals over the surface. The shade
Is that hydrangea blue that suggests a
pinkish tone In some lights, and the color
charm Is heightened In the use of a laven-
der silk drop skirt and lining. The waist
is fashioned after 6olero blouse, the
deep girdle topped with Cluny lace, plisse
edged and well boned, with cording along
the edges to sustain the shape. The skirt
has the familiar hip yoke and tablier
front in one the sides shirred to the
hip shape. and boulllonne corded head
ing for the full and very elaborate flounce
that ends the skirt This skirt is weight
ed with two deep tucks above the hem.
and Irregular application of the real Cluny
are applied with plisse ribbon edging.
The whole costume is one of that dis
tinctively Partisan charm which only the
best makers on this side know how to re-
produce
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
Buttons and the CorseIet Mode.

Buttons are finding an enthusiastic ac-
ceptance In the later order of things, and
the dressmaker uses fully as many If not
more than the tailor does. The imported
model that forms the subject of illustra-
ton is fashioned in corselet style from a
silk wolfe showing a small check In one
of those indefinite shades that 1t were
hard to tell whether they are lilac or
gray. This illusive effect Is heightened
In the use of Furnished copper tint of
taffetas for the foundation, while the lit
tie ribbon plisses are formed of a shot
gray and lavender weave. The skirt Is
built up in corselet style to halfway be-
tween the bust and the natural waistlne,
MISUNDERSTANDING pleats forming fulness
below the hip line. These pleats are delft
ly shaped In to accentuate the waistline,
and the trimming buttons of lightly
smoked pearl seem to hold them down.
Above the deep hem at the foot there is
a broad bias fold, this interllned with
haircloth-the new linen warp kind-piped
with an uncorded fold of satin and round
ed at intervals, buttons once more seem
ing to hold Ii in place. There is clever
little bolero top to the skirt, to be worn
over a lingerie blouse when the gown Is
intended for outdoor use. The lining of
featherweight princesse haircloth serves
to hold the sheer material In shape, and
the sheer yoile Is tucked and shirred over
this The sleeve Is the usual half-length
puff, with a fancy cum adorned with but
tons and pleatings and fiat collar to
match.
Some Dainty Uses of Dresden
Ribbons.
Ribbons are the hall mark and Sign
manual of the later seasons modes, and
there is no end or limit to their appli-
cation upon the flmy and gauzy frocks
that rule this summers styles IL
takes deft touch, though. to apply
them to the uttermost advantage, and
ribbons form a mode of trimming that is
all too easily oyerdone. The charming lit
tie frock that is pictured gives some
smart suggestions as to the uses of rib
bon in strict accordance with novel
styles. The gown itself is of a pale
creamy yellow chiffon cloth. as it is
termed over here. the French retaining
the more expressive term of chiffon
double. or double-wove chiffon. The
ribbon is one of the new gauze weayes
with a satin stripe. and the printngs
SO ceverly done that the pattern APP
pears with equal clearness upon both
sides. The little waist is shirred bebe
pattern. with a deep draped girdle that
shows II marked point In 'front.' a Chan
tIlly lace fiehu, and a half sleeve, lace
and ribbon trimmed. But 1t Is on the
long skirt that the ribbons are used to
the best advantage. Little ruffies. cut
on the bias. are tucked and lace edged
at the hem. and these are applied in
panel fashion, spashing bow of ribbon
with floating ends marking the spaces
between. There Is broad sash In the
back. several loops of varying length at
the top. and four broad streamsrs for
anieh
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

and that hips were to be the least con-
spicuous parts of the anatomy.
And right side by side and cheek by
jowl with those same skimp and skin
tight dresses were shown coats that 1t
were no exaggeration to say fitted like
meal sack. The shoulders were all
broadened out, and the garment widened
In Its every line from the shoulders to the
hem. In the best OF them there would be
room for two such as l am at the waist
line, and in the long ones the hem was
full enough to make good-sized walking
skirt.
Now, will you tell me, which Of the
two styles was right? Both of themf
Why, that seems impossible Either you
are expected to lace and have the frocks
made TO conform to the figure, as In those
skin-tight princesses, or else the com
Portable straight-front corset is worn with
an agreeable looseness, as the coats would
seem TO Indicate What Is the use of
having the gowns made skin tight to
display the qluring curves of the figure.
aud then covering 1t up with coat that
displays not even a hint of hit anywhere?
I've been wondering about it all summer.
and guess I'll give it up now
There seems to be no wane or let-up to
the use of those fascinating little plisse
frills of silk or ribbon or lace. In the
coming modes these are mostly posed up
standing They head deep tucks and
folds. they define the edges Of the girde,
they trim collar, cum and vest alike, and
they describe conventional designs and
patterns on skirt hens aud panels. There
seems TO be hardly any mode or method
of trimming into which they cannot be
introduced, and that with excellent re-
suits. too.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

summer ResOrts, Hotels and Cot
taEes, Present BexviIdering
Display of Dress-The Acme of
Extravaganza and the Height
of Simplicity Vie With Each
Other-HnndwrOu Gowns in
Lingerie Style-ReaI Laces Much
Used for Trimmlngs-The Chem
isette and the Pinnfore Dress,
Gloves, Ribbons, BOas, ChapeauN,
Shoes and SiIiSen Hose to Match
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-30

with interest to the public. 1t COM
bines an ample rolling surface and a
perfect rolling action, with an open
surface which keeps the bearing clear
OF dirt. For durability, economy Of
power, simplicity Of mechanicism
and cheapr ess Of manufacturing 1t is
positively stated to be unequaled.
1t is impossible for it to run hot and
it needs no fabrication or even at
tention whatever, and saves 65 per
cent Of the power. The Fonda steel
is used In the manufacture Of this
bearing which stands to the inch 3d.
900 pounds more pressure than any
other untempered steel on the market.
Hannibal in securing this factory at
absolutely no cost other than the
agreement to furnish the factory site,
is exceedingly fortunate. 1t will
have large pay roll Of mechanics,