The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-21
TWENTY YEARS OF AGRICULTURE <
 M ALABAMA- ---1885- -I9O5S
BY HON MARTIN CALVIN

v v have omitted the cotton. and cerd for a time be centered on the fouI crops too often regarded of little ina1 we have not reached the point oA just appreciation tof the hay crop. We have all along under-rated the. grea1 value and the immense possibilities
 The live stock Industry. shall not go into details on tht2 content myself with total valuaton& Tor certain epoc1l years. .l asse ass in at isds ssssasSss s5cssi dOo 0 lsss The per capita Valuation in 1sso& s4s;; in 1sss. s2s; in 1905, sas; .,
 trouble to read between the lines lines tns fo anssis G sns nspr9ns % sGms 6saa Sa | The live stock Industry shoul4 of Aiabansa than has been given tos EyeTy young man, whS ,,, will 7. |, dsyGss s,,9s, eyes A the o absolute % necessity for Iivs3 stock. In steadily increaminE the num1 bers, on the farm. Begin as your3 gin. Get the. best--at any rate al good grade of stock and work to a4 high point of excellence.
 point segys o sainatio ns oI pracsieaily cn no gress in live stock during the twenty years in hand
 In 1880. Alabama had i,74s.sai swine l "a per capita of ls1.
 In 1885. she had 1,s51.152-a per
 ffn he 1905. i.is75o1--a per capita ot I s2. Note the large and inviting hel0
 Improvement naIA in live stock should,
 command reader and more unifornsj yo.sfss ysr sig Es va. ssrssg ggofssa ss ! sive of transportation. sf.ooo' He Is
 ss.ooo' SS mn in ten a years. a shoutd @ that mas1 added siooooo to i've stock yaiuesi
 exaggeration. but 1t is strongly con-lt
 ss Agriculture and manufactures go' Along with railways. they write thel commercial and industrial history ofl
 During the past decade, Aiabarna's s I agricultural products amounted tof sg1,SS7, 409; manufactured products,j
 ssO.7A1, ,4Ss-ap advantage of 1s.i perl
 Among the eight strictly cotton States. Alabama stands number four1 as to gross amount of agricultural products: number five as to the grosSl
 amount of the products of nlanufac-sI I lures. Manufactures are steadily forgingt manufacturIng establishments in thei State are daily encountering as great
 diiicultiss as those which threaten n tel
 are battling with a serious situationt ! fri the matter of labor. These mapa-l
 gers have taken the problem in hand 1 but purrose) fo solve it satisfactorily to themselves and in furtherance Of valuable interests committed to theft The same problem Is with the far,i mers of the State. That they VIII
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 called attention in the beginning os'
 Previous @ to 1sas. twenty per cent.
 only of the cotton crop Of Alabama that lime. they have plcked forty peFF cent of the whole crop
 The negroes picked sixty per cent.
 pickers have little, if anything. to do
 Ing the crop Has 1t ever occurred to you what the pickers get in actual cash for picking cotton Each picker hundred % weight or or sT.sa for seed cot- %
 ton, n,. equal to 2 500 pound bale .: so:
 % Said in S cash % ssy.sS6. ooo; Ns for a picking
 Sixty per cent of the crop of 1908. k5, 500, ,D8O.
 mention these facts for the rea- son that the pickers being paid for | their work daily and never later than lSaturday afternoon of each week, net- ther the Scotton producers nor the fcotton factors ever think of this in- teresting phase of the industry | The story of Alabama's achieve ments and progress In agriculture be- tween 1Ss5-1905 is full of encourage ment On every page of that won- drous story is indicated the high-ti of prosperity noticeable on every hand In this good year of 1908.
 The decade just passed. mean 1e96- 1905, is rich in material. Illustrative 1 of grand possibilities in every branch of industry to which men devote their 1 thoughts and energies.
 I They are so inviting, I find 1t diff I ficult to turn from them. Having told, in some fashion, the story of Alas bama's victories in the domain of ag- rieulture between 1sS5-i905. I must leave the subject with you.
 Augusta, Ga.