The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-12
THREE BALES FROM ONE ACRE COTTON Clarence McEIroy Is SkiIIfuI
 Farmer RATE ON MIXED CARS Ginning is Practically over-cuba Crate and Basket Company is Preparing For Good Sea-
 son Next Spring.

Cuba. December 11.-(Special )-Three
 bales of cotton produced on one acre With
 very small amount of fertilizer of com
 mercial variety is the accomplishment or Clarence McElroy, who is counted one
 of the best "book" farmers in this sec-
 ton. For some time he has been eXper-
 imenting in the improvement Of lana without commercial fertilizers and is at
 present engaged on tract Of ten acres from which he expects to harvest So
 bales next season. The three bales made this year was on land first planted to truck.
 The sales of fertilizers will be much less next season than last judging rom the expression of farmers that use the
 heaviest They say, for the most part
 that 1t is impractical to use such ex- pensive agencies to produce Scent
 cotton Several of the more progressive ones are planting peas and other leg luminous plants so as to bring the land up without so much expense.
 The good roads leading out from this
 town have added largely to the ship ment of cotton seed from. this section. On yesterday Alex StuMevant received a load of seed from the lower edge of
  . nearly 45 miles. These seed had been contracted for by him when the price was at 28 cents, whereas only 20 could be obtained at river points. Farmers are well pleaser with the price obtained this year which will average around 2f cents. Shipments from this point are
 more than double any previous year, due to the price and the good roads attracting so many here.
 Inability to obtain a rate on mixed cars of vegetables will lead to a marked reduction in planting this season, so
 truckers gay and especially will this
 be true of cabbage, several cars of which
 were thrown away last year As rates now stand a shipper has to pay on
 full car of each commodity. For instance, a car may contain 300 hampers of beans ] and 50 crates of cabbage and yet the shipper must pay on a full car of each. The railways are not oensured for this condition of affairs as it appears that 1 MT Conner and his friends so hedged | them about with restrictions that they do not know where they are lat. Ship pers here are pretty well worried out
 with regulation for every time any com plaint is made to the railways they seem l to have the papers to show right on the 1 spot that It Is the fault of the com
 mission and that they cannot help it If . they desired. i#4
 1 Ginning is practically over, the local i gin now -,,ns our two days in the week !; It Is doubtful If g. bale will be ginned ! here after the first vof the year. Mer- 1 chants state that receirts are dropping i off at a rapid rate and that they will { not get in any more cotton than last ! year. McGowen & Go state that their edition ccnjns in on accounts shows a i faiijng off ce sN per ceut as corpared
 with last wear for the month of Decem-
 Der Prio- f that time receipts had been : running nuch ahead. All indications : point to a crop the equal of last year.
 The Fobson Literary society gave a de i 1ightful entertainment at the schon 7 building lat night. lt was well attend i ed and the bows participating made the
 welkin ring with their well prepared | speeches.
 | J. W. Walker. othe Cuba Crate anc Basket factory, has taken advantage oi 1 the dry fall to get in his logs and has
 now on the yard enough to make 2oO.0O' l hean hammers orders for which are now
 being hooked from points south. He vii 1 start I'D with additional machines and g larger force on the first of the year. Fol 1 the past two months the force has beer busy saving the lumber for the bottoms