The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-27

Selma Journal
 As the season for agricultural fairs approaches, every farmer should en- deavor to prepare an exhibition of one or more articles, and the more the better, provided they are good. says The Northwestern Farmer. It Is not necessary that every article be Of the best, we can't all have the very best, but any article that is a fair repre- sentative of it's class should be taken to the fair where 1t will help to make an exhibition representative or local agricultural interests and possibilities. There is no better way to build up an agricultural community than to convince the public that such commit nifty has productive capacity, and there Is no better way to convince the pup lie of that fact than by making an at tractive exhibition of the community's s products. Here again, the farmer must remember that farming is a business and if he wants to succeed he must adopt business methods. The busi- ness man of today advertises. The farmer of today cannot afford to neg feet the opportunity to advertise, not alone his business, but his communi- tvs business. by an exhibit at the State and County fairs
 The value of such advertising is noL always to be found in the immediate return of dollars and cents, though of ten such return well repays the out lay There are various ways in which the reward IS E6dllICu IIAC uAG tAdb competition is the life of. trade applies with as much force 10 the business of farming as to that of merchandising; the fairs stimulate competition; one farmer would like to show better fruI.. vegetables grain, horses, cattle or poultry than his neighbor; the result
 is he does his best to that end, and neighbors do likewise. Whether or not he wins q premium, the incentive to work for 1t has raised the standard Of nf connection and thereby worked not only individual but general benefit far beyond the value of premiums competed for. Besides, the benefit to be derived by these add ed values to the precincts, the exhibi- tion of meritorious products attracts new settlers to the community and the more settlers the better. for with em are afforded more anG better public conveniences and utilities, all of which tend to enhance farm values and in- crease the farmers capital
 It is therefore due that every farm CT, loyal to his community and to his own business, do his best to help out the exhibits at the agricultural fairs, both County and state There may be much cash value in single large cab bage or mammoth pumpkin, but the advertising value may be immense. The large pumpkin may not make as good pies as smaller ones but 1t will attract attention ana create wonder ment at a fair. Land that will raise large pumpkins, cabbages, etc, will raise large values in other crops, and so such advertising is not only attrac- tive, but 1t is fair and host
 w E. Sistrunk of Fillmore County expects to get 15O bales 2f cotton from loo acres of land. He has achieved this wonderful result by the simple method of studying his soil and care fully fertilizing and enriching it for the past six wears The land is regu- lar red land with good clay founda- tton and there are thousands Of acres of it in Alabama that are not raising bale to five acres MT. Slstrunk uses green cotton seed and acid phosphate and is showing the farmers who care to come and see just what can be done by giving back to the land in the shape oG seed something of It's pro- duce each year.