The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-18
Letter to The Editor
A Successful Experiment. Farm.

A Successful Experiment. Farm
 I am. sstisfisd. if the active people of being done--in Baldwin County. Aia-,. near Lumber company' that the stats. would willingly As 1t would wisely. subsidise the
 Estsbiiahsd . dozen years ago by this concern as . Idemonstratins rather than than sn. Of sSe ost mnSataat n ss a' t E anlons at .isasI in the southern part of the state. MssnSs IF 'sss RsSes Sss st boras Ss aa eonspfcaoS; part of the remarkable deyelopSnsut wh.ch most potent factors n the enormous growth which Baldwin has shown.
 Here waa first estapiished the Hereford strain ia the state. . notable gathering of puresblood cattle. brought htther from the best sstsSlishsd heEds of TexaN. and whcss thsir si whitslfsesd % dsseendants. I which ap- pear on hillside and in valley all alon& the county aF well as in the EseambIss of this state and Florida. The imeptus here given bama hes been of great value to the State. q value which @ augmsn9 sna ineTsases as as srswg srs sAG n Iss su of se ney o woods" dwarfs ts illustrated. For these big Herefords, crossing easily with the na. atatin not lass than double. eftimss three riod d % of srowth: @ two er th three times times the weight and double the value. or a three fold profit And wherever the white faces brakss or show wandering on tho hiii sides of South Alabama 1t is literal evidence of S osSsfs .stasssd RSs das to aid f' i the s ssttls ment of the 300. .0oO acres of ''cut-ovar'' RnS Eses%s eountss 1a and Eacsm bla County, Fla.s this end was long since ssta,1sS ss ,sS a5st the tsrm Is si eHss watohful interest as to the facts engendsr-
 Perhaps the most complete cane syrup mili now in operation from Mobile to River, Junction Is tn operation at Magnolia SsaSS .ss ss' hs eaop ss tssss soils and eomuiands high prices where it's excellence. fine flavor and rars merits bO- cataipa trees have been set out and show . height Of thirty feet and efrth of twelve to fourteen inches in their third sastasna orange tfssa are In evidence and pecan trees may be seen in thrifty pres-
 4 splendid strain. of Berkshire hogs were introdueed some years since and now an- put, while yards of Piymouth Rocks illus trata with what ease. poultry is grown. the Visitor today: the growth Of profitable crops of cane from stubble. and the erection a S ssa: G s ss tAi 4nt S'Hs stsabS: sa: yaiuasls astsils to ss seen Today thrif:
 
 stubble is showing big stalks and promisins liberal returns, while that from the thtrd year supplies e famous crop. Remembering with what certainty it has always been claimed that cane in this coastal region must always be planted yearly. it is easily. seen what 1t means when tt can be tndubi- tably shown that crops may be anticipated up to at least five (Sl years without re- The shed of sumatFa tobacco is today of Gurprising size. the taller stalks peep ing out through the top of the seven-foot shed. This field promises a handsome
 Nearly all the crops indigenoug to this lat: itudA arc grown at Magnolia Ranch. and the big white barn. the long rows of cattle sheds tho ample yards. the abundance of excellent water. the wide stumpless fields of oats. of corn. or rye. barley, potatoes and sugar cane all illustrate what can be done in South Alabama And supplies a demonstrating farm wherein the state could wisely participate in a substantial allotment and subsidy.
 I have had neither speech nor intimation from the owanrs 6f Magnolia Ranch. and have no idsa how they will view this sug- gestion It is made merely with regard to the development of the state in which we
 C. E. Packard.