The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03
 FOR FARMERS Letter Is Issued Covering
 Agriculture. FERTILlzING IS CONSIDERED Statement Made That Good Sees
 Is Essential. Attention Of Alabama Planters Caiiea To Importance Of sewing Cotton
 Seed For Next Years

Carrying with 1t suggestions ae to more scientific culture of oats. anu care of seed cotton and corn, letter has been issued. by J. A. Wilkinson, Commissioner of Agriculture and m dustries. The methods of preparation and fertiiizing of oats. and of picking and selecting seed cotton and corn are outlined. The letter says:
 |' "The work preparatory to sowing oats should be done as soon as pos- sible. Deep breaking is essential ano thorough narrowing to insure best re- suits. If~possibie. use the grain drfn for sowing, though there Is no op3ec- ton to disiking in. provided you pre- fer to SOW broadcast. Where land is well broken oats can be turned m several inches deep. have often used a two-horse blow and several times have turned under oats with disk blow and have secured good stands Tn this way. There is but little danger from frost or freezes when oats are plowed in several inches deep. Though the open furrow has been resorted 70 as the best and safest mode to protect from freezing.
 How To FertsIi.e.
 "Phosphoric acid and potash should be applied liberally at planting time; cotton seed meal will do we'll to use provided 1t is used before the wealth. CT gets too cold. Tn case the lands are wet Or craw- fishy lime will add materially to the yieid--as much as 1000 pounds can be used per acre, though in most cases 300 to 500 pounds will be sufficient. In case you use stable manure apply it broad-casr before breaking the land. Probably the best form of nitrogen or ammonia is nitrate of soda, which should not be applied before February or March, Or just about the time the oats are ready to begin to run up for heading. in case you use cotton seed meal In the spring 1t Is well to drag tooth harrow over the oats ,srrv7 applying the meal. having the teeth of the har- row set back so as not to in5ure the stand of the oats.
 | Good Seed Essential.
 ''The most important thing to se-
 cure maximum yields is theA KFe of
 good home grown seeds sne ola se1s~ss
 Rust Proof, if from seed grown hsre
 are good, also the home grown Applsi
 oats are very fine: there are some oth- | CT splendid varieties, which are most ly improvements on the old Texas red oats. would not suggest the use of the Burt oats. except you wish an ex- tra early variety which can be used to good advantage as an early hay feed and can be harvested for this pur- pose by May 1, if sown in the fall.
 If parties having home grown oats for sale will write me the Kind and price I think I can assist them in dis posing of them.
 Every farmer in Alabama should SOW a good crop of oats: fall sowing Is much preferable to spring sowing. "The attention of the farmers of f;Alabama is called to the importance of saving their cotton seed for next years planting. The present high price being paid for seed by the mills may induce many of our farmers to sell their best seed. The second or middle picking Is generally the best seed to save for another seasons planting; these should be carefully put away and kept entirely dry; the danger in saving the seed from tho last opening of this years crop of cot ton is that large per cent. of the late picking will be from small and immatuBe bolis and hence only par tially developed seed.
 Seed Corn.
 "All farmers are urged to select from their field all corn necessary for their next years planting, so as to se- cure the best ears and from those stalks that are of proper size and shape and from stalks containing two ears, as We think the two-eared va rieties are generally the best: this se- lected corn should be kept apart from the general crop. After you have made this field selection of course, 1t will be necessary for you to make what we commonly term the barn se- lection; this can be done in the spring when you are ready for planting."