The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19

to take evsrythin' away. then they don't never put nuthin' back on tn soil I goes in there with turn blow to do | winter ploughin'. Tn first thing do is to lay hit on in rows. leavtn' on each row a turf of oats bout twelve inches wide, wid tn rows bout i've feet part. an all tn oats between these rows blows under fer fertiiix. er maxim tn center of tn middle a water furro', which is very deep an roony."
 ''rhen what about the oats thas you have left on that high ridgeT"
 They keeps on growin". Jes as soon as tn w'ether permits of 1t in tn early part of spring. I plants my con down in tn deep water furro' or in th' middle of each row. and by tn time tn con is eight or ten inches high tn oats they are ready to come of. and Jes as soon as tn oats are of, plants my oott'n"
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 T plants my cott'n bout the middle of May. The con and cott'n's worked together, tn con bein' head of tn cott'n. 'cause hits planted first Then soon's th- pollen falls frof my con. l know that 'tain't goin' to make any more. so I cuts of tn tops jes 'bove tn eers so as to give the cott'n some air an sunlight. Then I works my cott'n till it's made. Remember that all the con tops Is put back on tn Ian as a fertilizer. too. wherever there is . vacant spot. On tn banks of the ditch l grows velvit beans. All this goes back to the soil. With tn trash. and cott'n stawks. beans. etc. 1 makes my oats. with the oats ploughed under, l makes my corn; and with the green corn tops, barn yard manure. drainage from the lot, and water from the chicken house. makes my cotton. In addition. all them drains leads 70 my plot of groun'."
 DO you use any cotton seed for fer tilizer7"
 ''No-sir-ee! Mine is sol before they are gather'd at s2.0o Q busheL"
 How much did you realize from your two acres last year, 1908T'
 T Eather'd three bales of cotton. one hundr'd bushels of co h."
 I noticed that he had running the whole length of the plot very tall The folio wing Is the substance of what he said:
 You see. son. ain't got no edjuca- tion. but they all tells me that tn hi'her the plant Is the more nitergen you get from the air. so 1 planted my 'soger' beans on his and put all tn litter on tn lan'."
 Now the old farmers theory was not just straight. but his practice was all right. He thought that his success was due to the height of the bean vines. The truth of the whole matter is, of course, that he had planted q legume which restored some of the ni- trogen taken up by the other plants.
 After looking the plot over. asked McCord where he got notions of farm ing so different from those of the oth. CT coiored farmers in his neighbor- hood.
 Tn slavery Times.
 "When was 6 small boy. in slav'ry time." he said. my job was to keer th' white fo'kses ya'd clean, Bn' I used ter take up all tn trash an put 1t over tn fence round the cott'n, and when the cott'n grow'd up 1t was always tn best in the fier. Right there's where I got my less'n an ever since then I've heen knowin' that trash would make
 Noticing that there was a we'll in the centre of the plot. I spoke to the old man about 1t.
 What was your object for putting that we'll in the middle of your plotT" I asked
 "You see.~ he replied. "some yeers we've got dryer Ian than other years, an dug that well 50 I cud water my crop when we couldn't get rain"
 I see. but how do you apply water to all parts of your plot?'
 "I does 1t through these little trinches you see runnin' all 'roun' here."
 T notice you have . ditch about three feet deep,>, circling the brow of the hill there. What is that for?"
 Well" he said, T dug that ditch there to ketch tn water, so's when it's all gone in tn other places. can feed all tn plot below tn ditch that can't get to with water from tn we'll"
 What do you do when you get too much water In your ditchT'
 T jes let 1t off at tn ends. Some times after a rain" he added tits | several days befo' can get in here to | do any plowin'. but tn farm don't sui