The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

farm into fields or divisions so that a three to five year system Of rotation of crops may be employed. It would be best to begin with three year rota- tion system. The first year grow cotton on about one third of tIe best land; corn and peas on another third; and COW peas followed by wheat oats or rye on another third of the land. The second year shift the cotton to the corn and pea field and the third year plant the cotton in the other third of your land. The other crops may be changed to fit the cotton changes. It this way the farm will produce grain, forage and hay for feeding cattle, mules, horses, hogs and sheep. Ser muda and carpet grass pasture should be developed Do not expect these ex- cellent grasses to grow in 'ths shade and on soil that will not sprout COW peas. If necessary use commercial fer
 tihzers--especiaIly some nitrogenous fertilizers to get the grasses started.
 Few farmers evr use fertilizers on pastures, but 1t pays if the soil is poor. Remember you cannot get along in any sort of live stock farming without good pasture, tether four or five good pastures.
 The cheapest growth or gain made in horses, mules cattle, sheep and
 hogs Is made on a good pasture The cheapest butter and milk are made On good pastures. Remember also that it. pays to feed some grain or cotton seed meal or other concentrate while the animals are on a good pasture. Never stop feeding tn ebeef animal or the pork animal or the mutton animal or the milk and butter animal until it is ready to be sold. Especially never let meat animal get poor.
 The Hog Business.
 T.. sv.k nH1Gf hA careful to get wellbred male and if possible secure wellbred sows. It costs no more to feed wellbred hog or other animal than 1t does to feed scrub. The wellbred animal will breed we'll and produce better quality of meat than will the scrub. Never feed a, hog for pork after it @ year old. six to ten months old,
 In starting to raise and feed any kind of live stock always secure a reg istered male and use hfm on the scruf females. In the course of three or four years dispose of him and secure anoth- er In fact 1t is best to secure a new registered male to head the herd of cattle, hogs or flock ot sheep every three or four years. By so doing the grade will always be drawing nearer and nearer the pure bred males. The time will soon come when the entire
  ducing a fine quality of meat as pure bred animals.
 The live stock breeder and feeder should not attempt to raise too many kinds or varieties of live stock, beef cattle and hogs or daIry cattle and hogs or mules and sheep may go well together.
 When once started cling to the bus mess until you win success. The longer one sticks to live stock the greater will be the returns ana the farmer or owner or breeder of live stock becomes more and more expert and richer and richer become his lands.
 Live Stock in 4slabama. Alabama lands arc alsJ wei adapted to live stock industry because there is an abundance Of fEesn water to be found in the form of rivers, creeks. lakes. springs and artesIan wells. Our climate Is such that shelter from cold rains is about the only Kind of protec- tion our live stock require in the way of buildings Many farms still have sufficient timber to make all the lum- Der required for farm buildings. The worst enemy to the cattle busi- ness is the cattle tick which brings an annual loss to the South of $7l,0OO. .000. But the cattle tick and it's train of losses must go The federal authorities and nfany of the states are now at work eradicating the ticks. With federal in- spectors the work has been started in Limestone and Madison counties in Alabama. Other counties (especially Baldwin and Mobile) wnl be inspected this winter to SC if the work cannot pc started on the south side of the state The state must cooperate with the federal authorities in tnis good work.
 The Montgomery and Selma agricul- tural fairs have been good illustrations of what Alabama can do in cattle and sheep, and hogs and coach horses. The short horns, the Herefords and the Jerseys were well represented by Ala bama bred herds. The alabama bred Berkshire and Poland China hogs were exceptionally good. There will be in future fairs Alabama bred mules and horeses.
 Were 1t not for unlicensed and worth less dogs sheep would be on more farms in Alabama. If this coming leg slature will tax the dogs and put that tax into the school fund there will be more money for educating A abama children and more shsvp in the noun tain lands and in the coast region than ever before in the history of Alabama. Sheep are great soil improvers and mutton and wool are high. Why not trade worthless dogs for money mak- ing sheep.
 The forthcoming Mexican boil wee viii and the necessity for soil improve ments may force or lead farmers into diversified farming and the live sto"S industry. But Alabama stands with her gates open to receive all kinds and conditions of live stock. Diseased anil mals along with healthy ones come into our state every year. Time and again have I found glanders in horses and mules and cholera in hogs and in nearly every instance I could trd@n these diseases to recent shipments of horses. mules and hogs into Alabama state law supported by some money to carry 1t into operation will stop the shipping of diseased cattle into Ala bana.
 But what we need to bring about the desired changes in Alabama's agricUi- ture and animal industry is a great and enthusiastic aRricuitural campa gn. One that will reach every white far mer and every white man who has the best interests of the state at heart. Is it not better for the wealth of state to make all the horses. mules corn hay beef, pork mutton and but