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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
Another Bulletln on AIfalfa.

This time it is from the New Jer- sey Experiment Station and has the usual merits of the publications of that institution. It contains a discuss sion of the nutritive value of alfalfa, directions for growing the crop un- der conditions prevailing in New Jer- sey. and feeding experiments with milk cows. in which alfalfa hay was fed as q substitute for purchased food It is calculated that a ton of alfalfa hay, supplemented. by an equal weight of corn fodder (stalks and leaves). will furnish to 8 milk cow the full amount of all the nutrients required by the accepted feeding standard for a period of 1O1 days, that one ton of alfalfa hay fed in connection with three tons of corn silage, will supply all the needs of COW for 110 days.
 The free use of stable manure is advised. this preferably being applied to the titled crop preceding the alfalfa, or if directly to the alfalfa 1t is re- commended that 1t be withheld until the alfalfa has pushed ahead of the weeds. Thirty to thirty-five pounds of seed per acre is recommended while in Ohio Mir, Joseph Wing has found twelve pounds ample. The usual and think, the preferable amount in Ala bama Is about twenty pounds.
 Of forty-four farmers who attempted to grow alfalfa Tn New Jersey twenty seven had more or less satisfactory experiences while seventeen made -abso- lute failures. It is stated that the stands were as a rule best on sandy lands. which at once raises in my mind the question whether crabgrass- grows Tn New Jersey.
 In the feeding experiment tho use of alfalfa hay charged at $6 DOT ton reduced the cost of the ration of a milk COW 6.3 cents per day as com pared with purchased foods, or the equivalent of saving of $6S9.S5 per year in a herd of thirty milk cows. The saving fin cost from the use of homegrown alfalfa hay at the above price was B per cent in the cost of milk and 34 per cent in tho cost of butter.
 Averaging the results of three feed ing experiments with dairy cows made at the New Jersey station the average saving in the cost of making butter has been 27 per cent and in producing milk it has been 2s per cent as the result of using home grown alfalfa as substitute for purchased food.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
DIES OF SNAKE BITE
JAMES HARNHILL OF EsCAMBIA
 POISONED BY RATHER.
George W. Cruit Killed By Accidental Discharge of A Shot Gmm--The News of
 RrcNyfOu.

Brewton. March 1l.-(special.) )-- While out hunting. a few days since near his home nine miles east of Brew ton, James Barnhill was bitten by q large rattlesnake, and death resulted the following day.
 The reptile crawied out of a gopher hole to sun himself. and in stepping over a log Mir. Barnhill did not see the snake in time to prevent it biting him He killed the monster rattler, which measured several feet in length, and had fifteen rattles and a button. MT BarnhiIl was a middle-aged man and leaves family.
 Work has been commenced to rebuild the turpentlne still of J. H. Newton & Co.,, in Alec, winch was destroyed by fire recently, resulting in a loss of about S1,600 to the firm.
 News has been received here of the accidental killing of George W. Cruitt an old and highly respected citizen of the northwestern part of the county Mir. cruitt and his son, Ernest, were preparing to go hunting and while mounting his horse Ernest was thrown to the ground and both barrels of his gun discharged, the loads taking effect in his fathers body killing him in- stantly. Mir. Cruitt was well known in Brewtop. and was one of the members uTAWn on the gran Jury AOi @hS ap- preaching term of the circuit court.
 Fruit trees of all kinds are bloom ing, and gardeners are busy. Farmers are about rea1y to put in seed Some of the track farmers have shipped some radishes.
 Walter A. Tippin, mail carrier on Ru- ral route No. 1, out of Brewton, and Miss Josie Hoones were happily mar r'od at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs M. IIoomes, near Teddy Rev. L. c. Duncan, officiating. A large number of friends of the young couple were present.
 The new Methodist parsonage in East Brewton Is nearing completion. and Rev. L. c. Duncan, pastor of the Brew ton circuit, expects to occupy it with his family the coming week.
 The new hotel building on the cor Ter of St. Joseph and Parker avenues has been leased, and will be opened in A few days. This gives Brewton two first-class hotels, together with several good boarding houses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12

How often do we hear women say: 's1t seems as though my back would break, :" or Don't speak to me, am all out of sorts"2 These significant remarks prove that the system requires attention.
 Backache and the blues" are direct symptoms of an inward trouble which will sooner or later declare itself. It may be caused by diseased kidneys or some derangement of the organs. Nature requires assistance and at once, and Lydia E PinkhamsVegetable Com pound instantly asserts its curative powers in all those peculiar ailments of women. It has been the standby of intelligent American women for twenty years, and the best judges agree that 1t is the most universally success full remedy for woman's ills known to medicine.
 Read the convincing testimonials of Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Cotrely.
 Mrs. JIG. Holmes, of Larimore, North Dakota, writes:
 Dear Mrs. Pinkham:--
 1T Ihave suffered everything with backhche and female trouble-I let the trouble run on until my system was in such . condition that was unable to be about, and then 1t was l commenced to use Lydia Pinkham's Vege- table Compound If had only known how much suffering would have saved should have taken it months sooner-for few weeks treatment made me well and strong. My backaches and headaches are all gone and I suffer no pain at my monthly periods, whereas before I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound suffered intense pain. ?
 Mrs. Emma Cotrely. 1oo East 18th Street, New York City, writes:
 Dear Mrs. Pinkham:--
 'I feel itmy duty to tell all suffering women of the relief have found in Lydia F.. Pink Ao2, Msa Dsnkhorns0 AAvIrMA Man,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12

Corn Experiments at the Georgia Ex-
 pertinent station.
 At the Georgia Experiment Station in 1905 twenty varieties were tested. 5. First in yield stood Albemarle, with d yield Of 47.3 bushels per acre. This was followed by Marlboro, Hastings' Prolific and Weakley's Improved. The last mentioned is the variety that stood at the head of the list in the test made at the Canebrake Experi- ment Station at Uniontown. Ala. in 1905. The varieties included in the Georgia tests last year were with three or four exceptions new or little known varieties. a fact that largely accounts for the absence of familiar names near the head of the list As usual the early varieties were at the bottom of the list
 Three hundred and twenty five pounds of a complete fertilizer in- creased the yield of corn only A bush. els. the increment costing in fertilizer nearly eighty cents per bushel. In an other experiment the same amount oi fertilizer increased the yields S.1 bush els. An application Of 500 pounds per acre to the preceding crop of cotton did not increase the yield of the suc- ceeding crop of corn. commercial fer tilizer showing here as usual. little tendency permanently to increase the fertility of the land.
 A part of the cottonseed meal in g complete fertilizer was withheld ant applied May 19 with a slight loss il the yield from this attempt to feed tht plant. This is in accord with our ex' periments at Auburn as published 1T Bulletin No. 134. Neither did 1t pay In the Georgia tests to substitute nj trate of soda for a part of the cotton seed meal.
 Cottonseed meal afforded a larger yield by 2.3 bushels per acre than dic an amount of cottonseed containing ar equal amount Of nitrogen. From thu financial standpoint the advantage wa. even more strikingly in favor of th' meal. though the prices used as beins the current prices in Griffin, Georgia when the bulletin was prepared, name ly s22 per ton for meal and $19 fol seed. can scarcely be considered al average prices for the season. I F. D
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
BURNED TO DEATH.
TerrIbIe Suffering of Child of Mir. and
 Mrs. BreVvtOn.

Scottsboro, March 11.-(Special.)- little daughter of MT. and Mrs. w. L. Brewton of Sand Mountain, near Psgah postoftice. was so badly burned that she mas since died
 Her parents in writing note of thanks to their friends who helped nurse and attend to the little girl, say 'Wo have just witnessed in our homo one of the most horrible and tragic deaths, in our judgment, ever wti- messed in all the past. It is one that causes the pity of the whole world. The burns of our little daughter. Stel- Ia, were so terrible that there was no skin left except about twelve inches. On the head. face and feet. the burns were very deep. She was very patient through all of this Our friends were very kind and we extend our thanks %
 Miss Katie, the 16-year-old daush- ter of Mir. and Mrs. George F. sims. died al their home near Scottsboro. re- gently. of pneumonia.
 MT. John Gibson. a substantial citi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12

of alfalfa was plowed up and piantea to cotton. but on account of the insec. ravages of that year. 1904. the yislo was not large The following year the same land was replanted to cotton ano yielded an average of z.70o pounas of seed cotton per acre. which is eqaiV- alent to 800 pounds of lint cotton. The total yield, therefore. from the twenty acres. figures thirty-six bales or eoV pounds each.
 similar land adjacent to this tract. but which had previously grown corn and cotton. yielded only one-half the above figures.
 It would seem. then. fair inference that tine extraordinary yield was que l to the fertilizing influence of the all falfa---Farnl and Ranch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12

zen of the county. died at his home Wednesday at Garth in upper Paint Rock Valley, Mir, Gibson leaves q wife and four children.
 Married at the home of the brides parents. Mir. and Mrs. Everatte. Mir. w. B. Brewer to Miss Co"nelia Ever cite. The young people are both Ot prominent families of thls county.
 Dr. W. C. Naples. one of the most prominent physicians in the county. is dangerously III at his home in Scotts- boro, with pneumonia.
 MT Rufus Polk Blackwell died of pneumonia at his home at Bridgeport last evening at six o'clock. He had been sick only a few days, and was not considered dangerously ill The funeral services will be condlAted this morning by Elder c. w. c. Hall and the burial will be at Rock Springs cemetery. Mir Blackwell came to this county in boyhood with his parents. from Mulberry. Tennessee.
 The deceased was 45 years old and leaves three sons He was good cit- izen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
Raw Phosphate-Mixlng Fertilizers.

Raw PhOsphRte-MixIDg Fertilizers.
 From the Tennessee Valley comes a list of questions, answered below. rel atIve 10 the most practicable means of improving the soil. the advisability of substituting raw phosphate for acid phosphate and the conditions under which one ,cSu afford to buy ready mixed fertilizers.
 Your letter of February is at hand. The liberal use of cowpeas. crimson clover and other catch crops of the clover family Is the most practicable way rapidly to restore worn land It vii be necessary to use some phos- phate under tho cowpeas. On most as Tennessee Rock, have given much poorer results with cotton and corn than has acid phosphate. However. we have gotten good results from these raw phosphates by composing them with manure Probably the same re- suit would occur If they were applied to land where recently a heavy growth of cowpeas or similar material had been plowed under I should not mix acid phosphate and raw phosphate. since In this mixture some of the acid phosphate would become less soluble. Instead. I should use acid phosphate on land deficient in vegetable matter, and use raw phosphate in compost ex- perimentally or on land rich in vege- table matter
 Tn the mixture that you allude 10, containing 400 pound of kainit per ton, you can decide whether 1t would be profitable to substitute 100 pounds of potash, by estimating the cost of one pound of potash in kainit as com pared with one pound of potash in muriate, which is four times as con centTated Probably not all of any phosphate applied in liberal amounts is taken up by the plants in the next few years. some of 1t entering into insolu- able compounds However, after many years the pplied phosphate may practically all come soluable. Answering your last question, I would say that in general ther are decided advantages in the farmers mixing his own fertilizer provided he has an idea of the varying needs of different fields and different crops. If. however, he does not know what he wants for different crops and can get the mixed fertilizer within one or two dollars per ton of the cost of the home mixture, he can probably afford the difference on account of saving the labor of mixing and the advantage of somewhat more complete mixing in the factory. The constituents, acid phos- phate, kainit, and etc, can usually be bought from the large fertilizer con cerns. and frequently from local fertil- izer factories.
 J. F. D.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
NEWS OF HUNTSVILLE.
Report of the City Hospital is Pub
 IIshed.

Iished.
 Huntsville March l1.-(Special.) )--The semi-annual report of the Board of Control of the Huntsville City Hospital has been published. showing the op- erations of the institution druing the preceding six months.
 Seventy-nine patients were received, forty-seven surgical operations were performed and seven deaths occurred. Several charity patients have been re- ceived. number of them being strang- CTS who had no friends nor, money. The hospital Is not self-suporting yet, and the Board of Control is trying to form a perpetual fund and is organiz- ing an infirmary association with membership fee of a dollar a year.
 At least twenty valuable hunting dogs have been found dead on the streets of this city during the last week, their death having been caused by poisoning. Owners of the dogs are looking for the poisoner. and if he is found he will have several fights on his hands. Some of the best bird dogs in the city have been found dead
 Bud Moore. mlll operative. had his arm torn off by machinery In the West Huntsville Cotton Mill yesterday after
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
TroubIe wlth sewernre.

Athens is having considerable trouble with its sewerage, which was built by a company in NashvIlle two years ago. It Is claimed that the city was i'm posed upon by the concern that built the plant, and the city cannot get damages. It is thought that most of the plant will have to be rebuilt. This will mean a very heavy expense. The city has just sent the City Clerk to Johnson City. Tenn. Co inspect the tanks at that point and his report shows that they do finely but nat the tanks here are not at all as complete as those there, and hardly a starter in completeness. The City Council is wrestling with the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
AIsaIfa Fert,l,red Cotton.

Apropos of the recent article in Farm and Ranch concerning intensive cot ton raising In Georgia wherein. by heavy Fertilization, yield of forty two bales of 450 pounds each were raised on twenty-eight acres. it may be well to add that a still better yield was made in the Brazos Valley last yeag by Glass Bros. of Hearne. Texas, with out any fertilizer except alfalfa.
 The facts of the case, as related ver- bally to the writer, are as follows:
 Two years ago a twenty-acre held
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
J. C. HIHATFUHU
 Asst Cashier.

noon. Moore is at the city hospital in a critical condition.
 Mrs. Thee. Hereford. wife of a well known citizen of New Market. died yes terday afternoon.
 w. A. Bird. of Chattonooga, died at Court1and yesterday at the home of his wife and the body was brought to Huntsville today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
Corn Culture.

Bulletin No l34 of the Alabama Ex- pertinent Station is entitled Corn Gull ture It was prepared in December, 1905, but was greatly delayed in the printing office It is now (Mareh S) being mailed to all addresses on our mailing list. This publcaton VII be sent 10 any one on application.
 A summary of the bulletin follows:
 During the past ten years htty-two varieties of corn have been tested at Auburn. Ala. Among these the most productive varieties were Mosby. Cooke, Henry Grady, and Sanders.
 Varieties of the prolific type, two
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12

hams Vegetable Compound, When I com menced taking the Compound l suffered everything with backaches, headaches. and female troubles. am completely cured and enjoy tho best of health, and owe it all to you"
 When women are troubled with irreg- ular, suppressed or painful periods, weakness, displacements or alteration. that bearing-down feeling, infiamma- tion of the female organs, backache, bloating tor fiatulence), general de- bility, indigestion and nervous prostra- tion. or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excit- ability, irritability, nervousness, sleep- lessness, melancholy, "all gone" and "want-to-be-left-alone feelings, blues and hopelessness, they should remem- Der there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn pound at once removes such troubles. No other medicine has such record of cures of female troubles. No other medicine in the world has received this widespread and unqualified endorse. ment. Refuse to buy any substitute.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
TO CONTROL GAS.
Efforts to Stop Flow in Kansas With. out Avail.

r Caney. Kas., March 11.-An attempt to cover the hugh gas well six miles from here with q great iron hood ups on which week of preparation had been spent was made last night and failed The hood. with it attached pipes and weights, it weighing more than thirty-five tons, was thrust aside, bent and broken by the mighty rush of gas and flame.
 The cap was placed partially over the stream of fire only after strenu- ous efforts and with hardship to the men who suffered intensely from the heat. Following the effort. the gas spouted from the we'll with renewed force expelling rocks and shooting d flame over l50 feet into the air %-
 The well has now been burning for fifteen days, and millions of feet of gas have been burned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
FREE ADVICE TO WOMEN.

Remember, every woman is cordially invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham if there is anything about her symptoms she does not understand. Mrs. Pink ham is the edaughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham. her assistant before her de- cease. and for twenty-five years since her advice has been freely and cheer fully given to every ailing woman who asks for it. Her advice and medicine have restored to health innumerable women. Address. Lynn. Mass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12

Bright Eyes-As you are not strong enough to work you might learn type writing. A pretty face and good hear. ing only are necessary. No. You dG not require knowledge of spelling and punctuation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12

Ask Mrs. Pkhams AdvCc-A Best Understands Ksmans Ills.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
neWS and UieWS
 For Farmers

CONDUCTED PoLYTEcHNIc : INSTITUTE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12

A bOOkworm will turn-ths leaves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-12
MANIIRE.

A. D. McNair in Farm and Ranch;
 In the cora discussion which ars now going on in the agriculture press of the United States. many writers have pointed out how easy 1t would be to add five bushels to the yleld ol each acre of corn in the country by breeding and selecting the best va rieties; and that such an increase would add from s20O.0oo, 900 to ss0o,ooo.ooo to the value of the crop in these United States. |.
 True as this is and important as lt is it is surpassed in magnitude by the gain that would arise from saVlDs manure which now goes to waste. The value of different manureS per top iS StaAad aS follows.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-08-16
Clerks Mct-"NothIn, poin.,

The Arkansas Clerks Association
held it's annual meeting in Little
Rock. The association is composed
of large number of the county and
circuit clerks of the state, and many
OF them were present. The session
was devoted largely to a discussion
OF the work in the clerks Offices, the
members exchanging ideas as to
methods of keeping the records and
other details of the work. No mat
tiers of special Importance were TAX
en- up. 1t was expected that several
questions which may come before the
next General Assembly would be dis
cussed, but the association adjourn
ed until the third Monday in Deem
Der, and it is expected that these
matters will be taken up at that time
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-08-16
A Giant Tree.

l. N. Norwood, of Sewer county,
has scaled the largest log ever scaled
on the De Queen and Eastern road.
The top cut, II feet long,, scaled
1925 feet. The lower cuts had been
made into boards by Runnell Bros,
on whose land the tree was cut. The
tree was "a giant oak, which stood
probably centuries. This top cut is
larger by 200 feet than any cut ever
scaled on that line.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-08-16
Died of Texas Tick Fever.

Several deaths are reported to
have occurred recently among range
cattle in Fulton county. 1t is believed
that the cattle that died were from the
infected portions of Texas. Precau-
tionary measures are being taken to
prevent the spread of the disease.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-08-16
NEWS OF The WEEK
AN EPlTOME OF THE MOST I'M
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
SITUATION IN RUSSIA.

In the light of developments, the
general strike called in Russia may
almost be regarded as a fiasco. The
railroad men and others refused to re-
Spond. :.
The former deputies composing the
social democratic and labor parties,
Polish and Jewish committees, and
various revolutionary bodies in Rus
STA, have issued joint manifesto, call
ing on al to join in a general strike,
for land and liberty.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-08-16
A Worthy Compliment.

Al recent reunion of Ben T. EN-
uiy camp, U. c. ". at Atkins, the ac-
" non OF Miss Agnes Lee, of Nashville,
,enn', who was discharged from a
~ stock company for refusing
~ appear in a character in the play of
ohcie Toms Cabin" was endorsed
oy resolution. ~
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-08-16
What's the Matter. Anyhow?

The people of Chicago and st. Louis
pay about SIS a crate for peaches.
Mammoth Spring shippers send fine
Elberta peaches to Kansas City on a
direct line and receive only rs cents
for a two-third bushel crate. The
Mammoth Spring shippers are of the
opinion there is screw loose some
where.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-08-16
State Sup't Public instruction
A Novel Suit.

]. NJ. Griffin, of Argenta, brought
Suit recently in Chancery Court to
require Prosecuting Attorney Lewis
hhoton, of Pulaski county, to render
an accounting Of all money received
and dlsbursed by him since he went
INTO office, and to require him to pay
INTO the treasury of the state and of
Pulaski and Perry counties all money
received by him in excess of $1,000 per
dnnum. The complaint also attacks
me authority of Police Judge Peter
ochmuck, of Little Rock. and Police
Judge j. B. Sibeck, of Argenta, to tax
ana collect prosecuting attorneys
Zee IN misdemeanor cases, and asks
mat, If the court should find these
COSTS Illegal, the police judges be en-
!oined from further collecting such
ices, and that Prosecuting Attorney
nnoton and his deputies be required
~ pay into the court all such fees col
iected by them.