The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

trees should never be cultivated or
 manured, and that the grass should
 De cut frequently and allowed to de- csY on the grounl. One of the best
 orchards we ever saw was one which
 had been managed in that way near " twenty years and was in very fine condition, but three miles away was another orchard equally good and of the same age. but the ground was in constant use as market garden and wag-a aload of stable manure put in
 each square every year. In our own orchard of two hundred trees planted in 1890 about one-third of the trees are as vigorous and thrifty as one could wish one-third have suffered
 more or less from blight, and nearly one-thtrd are dead A part of the orchard has been in sod and used as a chic.-en yard for ten years, and a part is cultivated as a garden, and the plight has been about the same in both parts Every winter we go over the trees carefully to cut out all df- seased branches and twigs. but have done nothing else to prevent the dis ease in the last seven years. Two or three trees die each year and are re- place with peach plum or other
 trees. Last year we sold about $50 worth of fruit. Pear trees bear so soon after planting and bear so heavi- ly that 1t pays us to plant them even though many of them die young. We have never yet seen any remedy which was generally effective, but we shall certainly give this carbolic acid treat
 ment fair trials. M. Tracy in Com
 mercial Appeal.
 When to Cut Corn for Best Fodder. Farmers who have live stock that can consume it proftably waste two fifths of the feeding value of their
 corn crop If they don't cut 1t and
 feed it either in the rough or shrewd it and put 1t in the soil. It should
 be cut when the early corn is well dented and when the leaves are be- ginning to turn well, saye WalIaces
 Farmer. If you cut it earlier than
 this you will lose feeding value. If you cut 1t later, you also lose feeding
 value. There is only about week or
 ten days in which corn at the same stage of maturity can be cut. Every
 farmer who intends to harvest most of his crop in this way should have fields ripen at different dates, so as
 to prolong this cutting period and cut as much as possible in its best condition.
 The size of the shock depends on the locality. The drier the climate, the larger t',n shock may be made
 to advantage. Farmers in the ex- treme eastern part of our territory should use a shock horse and build hollow shock and should not have them more than ten hllJs square In ioWa and other states where the rain- f~Al Is lighter, and where there are apt to be drifting snow storms. we think the shock is better built by laying bundle fiat on the ground and building around this, making the shocks at least sixteen hills square, thus making solid shock into which snow will not drift readily This would AdNiGa in the rainfall is heavy ana where there are no drifting snows Even in the matter Of constructing a corn shock much depends on the latitude and lon gitude, the amount of rainfall and iorce or wind. No one kind of shock IS adapted to all lontttudes and clim- ates. One thing however, is essential in all climates, and tsat is that when shock Is built 1t shall stand straight and shall be tied as Soon as possible after 1t Is built, and tied tightly, so that 1t will stand up and thus shed water.
 Cne thing we must emphasize in all climates, viz: the importance of feeding out corn fodder before Feb ruory Is. Many farmers are in the habit of saying that their cows don't like corn fodder after March l. There is good reason for it, in fact then
 COW usually has a good reason for everything she does whether she Is able to express it or not. It Is not because the cattle are tired of corn fodder but because the corn fodder has by this time largely lost its feed ing value, and the loss is heaviest in the most valuable part Of 1t, viz, in the nitrogenous or flesh forming ele- meat Nitrogen invariably enters into very loose combinations. Hence there Is a chemical depreciation in corn fod. der, in this element at least when 1t IS exposed for any considerable time to the weather This is the reason why the COW doesn't like it. The stun that she needs is not there, and she has too much good sense to pre- tend to like what she doesn't like
 Therefore feed your corn fodder out by February, and in the south ern portions of our territory earlier than, February. KeKep the other roughage, such as clover and tim othy. until near spring. The same Is true largely of sorghum. It loses tremendously in feeding value if kept till March 1. After that it is filling and that is about all We found last year in our experience that by feed ing cattle sorghum after February 15 as we were obliged to do we simply maintained weight. but made no gain, while on the same feed during the early part of the winter our cattle made satisfactory gains,-Texas Stock man and Farmer.
 The Canning Industry of the South. N. Fl. Rather in Farm and Ranch.
 can remember when cotton seediI were a nuisance on the farm. Away back in the ffties my father owned and operated q gin in Smith county, and he would not gin anyone's cot ton unless he would oblige himself to remove the seed l have seen hundreds of tons rottlng around the pin sood for nothing but breeding