The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-03
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advances to the farmer. and who sells the necessities of life.
 Mir. Jordan drew forcfbly true picture of the farmer and his life, and the lives of his children. gaining nothing but bare sustenance, no en- couragement, always opposition in low price. and with no future save the bare prospect of raising one of the two great world commodities, for someone else to get rich on."
 And this condition, as Mir. Jordan continued throughout his address, was almost entirely tl1e fault of the farm, CT himself. who sold recklessly, pat ronized the street buyer, laid himself open to every form of graft. and who was in business apparently, as Mir. Jordan said. for the sake of his hAalth."
 "Patronize the farmers warehouse. place your cotton in their hands. and forget 1t, tear away from the old-time methods of baling and selling and buying. and endeavor, as far as pos sible. to eliminate the middle-man," was the trend of the address of the great leader of. the ,octton growers of Dixie.
 Gin Compress Economy. The subject of the gin compress was broached, and the idea of a compress in connection with the union gin was advocated. The gin compress. 1t was stated, bales the cotton into more compact forms. so that it Is easily handled and shipped with greater economy. In the manner of baling by the gin compress 1t was shown, there Is none of the bulky wrapping, but a uniform covering. which protects the cotton altogether from the weather, and from loss from many vandal pluckings from the opening. or from the so-caIled "sampfinR'' Following the speech of MT. Jordan a branch of the National Cotton Asso- citation was formed in Montgomery county. This association includes the old Southern Cotton Association and is formed of farmers and all business men interested, on the growth aud profitable distribution of cotton. It is different from the Farmers Union in being c non-Becret body. The books of enrolment were opened at the meet ing yesterday, and many of those pres ent were enrolled. The county will be organized further for the ass6cia- tion.A and to Dr. McI.ain was given the task, of enrolling members. ,s,S sv
 In ahe effort to inaugurate wider holding of cotton, the project was preached that every person favorable to holding pledge some cotton to the union, to be held at its discretion, an- til a better demand is created, and a. better price offered. Tn this manner 1t was thought that the stable might be collected to be distributed in a scienifc manner.
 On to Corn Subject.
 From cotton to corn and fertilization the discussion branched. and the as- sembIy was addressed by J. c. Phelps of the Government demonstration corps. Mir. Phelps, in talking or fers tntzers, advocated the more exteneiV6a ! planting of leguminous plants, such as cowpeas, alfalfa, peanuts. hairy vetch etc.. for the purpose of fertilizing the ground. These plants he declared, drew nitrogen from the air. conducting 1t to the soil and as nitrogen is the only compound which soil lacks from being in perfect state of fertilization, the growth of these plants would be beneficial. Potash acid .ph osphate and nitre are the three ingredients of fer ti1izer, he stated. the first two of which nearly all soil contained, and only needing the nitre.
 In the course of his address, Mir PheIps stated that sthe farmers of Ala bama spent $3.000,000 each year for | terially decreased by ahe introduction of leguminous plants. MT. Phslps also took occasion to announce that none of the Gevrnment experts advocated the method of corn culture, to which Mir. W. H. Seymour replied in a defense of the method. Mir. Seymour, in a forceful speech, showed of in- has proved eficaclous, and brought out various evidence to substantiate his advocacy of the method.
 Mir. Ph elps declared that the method tended to stunt the corn. Mir. Sey- mour declared that the method invari-