The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-24
BREWTON'SNEWIDEA
EXPERIMENTS SHOW TOBACCO MAY
 BE GROWN.
Judge Wilkinson and Mir. Dave Visit Little City and See What Is Done on Mir. Lovelace's
 Place

Brewton. June 2s--( Especial. )-Brew- ton Is stirred to its depths with a new idea. The new idea Is that in addi- tion to all other successes, Brewton re- fuses to have the cut-over lands around it remain unproductive.
 This idea began to take form in the minds of the lagre land ownersabout three years ago. Instead, however, Of throwing great blocks of land on the marktt at triiing prices, with result ing disappointment to strangers who bought 1t but did not know how to farm in the strange home. the new idea has been to prove beyond all dis pute what Brewton lands could do: then. with such facts established. to begin a campaign to i'll the lands with thrifty men from the Northern States where winters are longer. op- portunities fewer and prices lower. Three hundred acres of peaches set out three years ago are yielding a first class crop this year and a good one. too. Not a single feature has been left to. chance. A man who knew peaches thoroughly has been paid to care for orchard. To make the land pay at once strawberries were planted between the trees and at last plowed in. The strawberries have paid for land. trees and labor, leaving the peach orchard of permanent value without an &C., cuniulared charge of three years prep aration.
 This is an indication of how the pro- greasive men of Brewton are getting ready for the growth that is surely headed their way. Experiments have also been made with corn varieties. to- matoes and true kof all kinds. each experiment showing that Brewton soil IS capable of almost any reasonable re- EnOnQa Vuhaa Al
 This week has seen the successful outcome of an experiment whose effect may mean millions to the town. A few months ago q mysterious fence, tight and high around two acres was erect ed on Lovelance's land. Then began hammering and saving within the enclosure and at last the appearance of wire braces outside the fence. as though a burden rested within, It was bewildering to those not in the secret, for after fence and wiring were com plete then tens of thousands of laths were woven with wire to roof the en- closure. Viewed from above 1t looked like slat box two acres large. In this strange place by day and by night since April 18th nature has been at work giving growth to Sumatra tobac- CO., Seventy days from seed-planting to stripping. This week the slat box has opened to reveal a triumph. Graceful plants of delicate green stand in long rows eight feet high and men are fiocking here to see the proof that Brewton soil can raise just as beauti- ful tobacco of the expensive grade as any spot of the country.
 It Is triumph whose significance will be better appreciated in tobacco states than in Alabama itself, Brew. ton, however, known this; that thou sands of acres of exactly similar soil lie all around. Some of it to be still bought for less than S10 an acre. Brewton knows that such land made productive by satisfied buyers means a new accession of growth and wealth. Therefore BreWton smiles serenely as the new idea has at last prepared the town for a successful advertising campaign in which all parties will be satisfied.
 Today the town was visited by Judge Wilkinson of the Agricultural Depart ment and G. Grosvenor Dave, Secre- tary of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial Association. They were ac- companied to the experimental field by D. w. Lovelace, T. R. Miller, Judge Brooks, c. F. Rankin, W. J. Holland, J. M. Rabb, Dr. Lovett and many other citizens of Brewton. They went care fully into the whole plan, and several photographs were taken to illustrate circulars that will be sent through Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Wis consin and other tobacco states.
 Under the guidance of Mir. Lovelace they afterwards examined closely the local sawmills and other industries, returning to Montgomery by the late afternoon train.