The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-11

hitched double. four in hand or any other way. In fact he had the record of never having done a wrong thing
 in his life. One day the owner of his near relative and counterpart in looks. H2ack Douglass, camo to see my horse
 and walked coolly in beside him fer a | close inspection. The horses name had always been regarded as a joke. but he instantly merited 1t and was. in fact, veritable Black Tiger MT. | Thrasher. the owner of Black Doug To ss,
 was a tall athletic man and escaped by climbing while rushed to the stall door. Thrasher indignantly asked why had not warned him that the horse was ugly, and was plainly incredulcus as to its being the first manifestation of temper. Tiger was then along in years, and as that was his first attempt to Kill so 1t was his last. I did not punish him and have never been able
 to satisfy my own mind as to tbe
 cause of his sudden accession of rage
 If it was the smell of Black Douglass
 1n Thrasher's clothes why did not IT, ser manifest temper towards the hand lsrs of other stallions?
 l Years after had a stallion of an- other tribe whose docility was so mark ed that his stable name was Baby" One day terrific outcry brought me on the run to find Baby trying to kill | content with one attempt and. being a horse of dauntless courage, was a se- rious proposition. I offered to give I him to any man armed with the best buggy whip he could buy that the horse could not drive out of his paddock without turning tall. The parties who tried 1t saved their lives by being ex- pert climbers. and yet he and all his l kind can be turned in abject terror for l OQe- fifth of a cant retail
 You can buy fifty blank cartridges at almost any hardware store for ten l cents. They make a great noise and 1 spout stream of flame. Do not try to use them in a revolver, as the stick ing of a cylinder might mean death and one discharge is all you need at a time. Get small pistol; they are sure and no burden to carry. Aim at the nose. or you are liable to put out an eye for the flame will burn through heavy cardboard a foot or so away. l On the sensitive nerves of the nose the | shock. pafn, terror will suhdue the worst man eater that ever wore leath- CT. I have In mind savage stallion | that loved sugar. One day he crushed the hand that held the sugar. Later while drinking, quicker than the hu- man eye he grabbed the hand that held the pail The next grab he made he caught the fire, flame and deafening roar of a cartridge, sprang in terror | to the corner of his stall and grabbed
 no more. It Is more humane than whip or club and unlike them is certain. 1 Tomorrow in Agriculture.
 l Much American farming is conducted l larlegiy upon a basis which ignores the future welfare of the industry 1 Many of the systems employed in
 wrestling wealth from the soil presage | 1ar
 make a bright and prosperous today. They are makeshifts which no farmer 1 will adopt if he has a quickened con- | science and a respectable understand ing of his relation to unborn genera | tions. Landowners are under an eth Heal obligation to leave the soil as fat as they found it. Certainly their owner
 ship confers the right to rob it, but
 those with an enlightened conscience and a proper consideration for their defenseless successors are instinctive- ly opposed to that form of grand lar ceny which bears the dignifed appel lation of farming.
 Sections of New England and the
 South have been blighted by soil rob bers, and even a more voracious horde is displaying ominous activity in the cornbelt Here the pilfering of fertil- | ity will last longer than 1t did in those | regions. as nature is better equipped for self-defense in the deep rich soils | of the West; but even in the heart of
 this garden spot there Is limit to its l ability to endure abuse. Land can not
 yield crop without relinquishing ele- mental substances which are called 1 plant food. Yielding Is giving; land 1 constantly engaged in giving up ele- f ments which are exhaustible inevita-
 bly, reaches degree of poverty which
 precludes profitable crops. Soils that I .a..-.l .I,- | CT receive will darken tomorrow Tor
 some one. It may not be- the present lowner, it may not be his posterity, but
 & coming generation shall pay the penalty.
 In so far as our farm practices are | larcenous as to soil wealth they are that are to come. Simple crop rota- tion, good tillage, live stock husbandry and the judicious use of commercial
 and home made manures are the farm | CTS means of insuring a tomorrow that | will yield both profit and happiness.
 Failing to use these intelligently, when | he leaves the country it will be for its
 good. His life will have been lived in
 accordance with the supreme selfish ness typif1ed in the phrase, Every man for himself" The result of his work
 will have been the making of bad to- morrows for future farmers.
 l Agriculture should be as safe and se cure from diversity as Gibraltar from
 storms It may be so if every farmer
 will have more regard for tomorrow,
 which means that he should do the best he can today. The first step in placing the industry on an impregnable foun l dation Is soil Improvements; the second
 step is the maintenance of soil fertil-
 ity. Get the soil right, keep 1t right
 and tomorrow will be Increasingly l bright and enjoyable Grow clover
 alfalfa, cowpeas; give this field rest
 from corn, that one from oats. the third from wheat: seed each to a Iegume, | sprinkle manure on them and try a little phosphorus experimentaily. Lay
 tile drains in low level lands. Feed the grain and grass to stock on the
 farm. In this way the soil receives | and gives.
 The best paying farm crops are those which walk to market. Grow a vari-
 ety of forage crops. Convert these and the grains into pork. beef. mutton,
 milk butter. Do not forget poultry,
 fruit and honey. Save all the manure from stock feeding and top dress pas
 lures and meadows What Is left may go onto the corn land. Make every
 acre work hard every day of the grow | ing season. Increase the productive capacity of the land to the highest point. The largest returns from land | are possible while effecting this bet
 terment Herein is a powerful incen- | tive to work along this safe sure route
 to permanently profitable agriculture.
 Rid the farm of deadheads, Make
 every animal pay literally for good
 board. Raise your standards. Syste- (