The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-24
INSPECT FARMS
 OF MONTGOMERY Fine Conditions Are Found
 By Experts HOW WORK IS DONE Moss and Other Workers Take an Eighty-Mile Trip Looking Over the Various Demonstra-
 ion Farms

party made up or B. l.. Moss, state agent: J. T. Watt and J. c. Phelps, dis trict agents, and Jesse Jones, local agent for Montgomery county, in the farm dem onstration work, made aA s0-mile trip through Montgomery county Thursday, inspecting MT. Jones demonstrations and looking over the crop situation generally The demonstrations are showing up re- markably we'll according to the men, and are being closely watched by everybody in their respective localities.
 The farm of Jesse Jones was visited first and his herd of fine hogs inspected. MT. Jones has about 50 head of the best l registered Berkshires, and finds it hard l to supply the demand for the choice ani- mals that he breeds. He is also making a speciality of seed corn breeding. and his exhibits at the annual state fair are always an attraction.
 Walter Hills place. managed by w.. l.. Atchison; was visited next. Mr Hill and MT Atchison have five demonstra- tions of five acres each in cotton that are every one showing remarkable su- periorty over the old methods. Last win ter, on a piece of extremely poor land that last year made one bale of cotton to six acres. a iye-acre plot was care fully measured off, well prepared, the rows widened, and a fertilizer mixture of POD pounds of cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of acid phosphate and 100 pounds of kain- if was applied per acre. This was then planted in Triumph cotton. Mr. Hill states that the stalks on this land now are bigger than they ever got last year. and the outlook is for three-fourths of bale per acre, with average weather conditions. on land that last year made a bale on six acres. A number of other tenants on Mir. HITS place became en- vious and told Mir. Hill they wanted some 'of them speriment patches The re- suit was four other demonstration plots on the place, and the difference between these and the cotton adjoining can easily be seen a quarter of mile away.
 Another remarkable demonstration was that of MT. J. T. Davis, who lives about 20 miles south of Montgomery on the Mt Zion road. He has five acres of Christopher cotton, which he fertlized with some barnyard manure and mix ture of 300 pounds per acre of 1G0 pounds of cotton seed meal, POO pounds of acid phosphate and 100 pounds of kainit. MT. Davis planted this cotton May l, and it is now nearly two feet high and shows wonderful contrast with that just across the road, on which the old methods have been followed. MT Davis has cultivated his cotton shallow and on a level, and attributes his present fine outlook very largely to this.
 Richard Johnson, Banner Route l. has a two-acre demonstration plot of cotton that was fertilized with mixture of 100 pounds of meal 150 pounds of acid phosphate, 15o pounds of llainit, which is showing up well: as has also J. F. Rytls plot in the same neighborhood.
 M O. Rushing, near Ramer, has four-acre corn demonstration on poor, sandy land that Is showing up splendid ly MT. Rushing also mixed his fertilizers at home for this plot making a mixture consisting of 150 pounds of acid phos- phate, and 200 pounds of meal per acre, and later applied 15o pounds of nitrate of soda per acre. MT. Rushing has worked this corn shallow and on level throughout and easily has a promise of 40 bushels per acre.
 MT. C. E. Stanford, near Sprague, is following demonstration methods very largely over his entire place, and has 8 most excellent crop of both corn and cotton. In fact, he has one of the best fields of corn seen during the oay. This consists of seven acres on sandy-loam soil which he fertillzed with 4o0 pounds of an S-3-3 mixture, 20J pounds of cotton seed meal and 100 pounds of nitrate of
 
 this corn with shallow. light running cul- tivators throughout the season, and his crop looks good for DO bushels per acre over the entire seven acres. His crop of cotton, which Is worked according to the same plan, is also showing up finely.
 Mir c. C. Abercrombies place was visit ed late in the afternoon. He has 4l acres in cotton which he broke ten inches deep and fertilized with mixture of 300 pounds
 
 acid phosphate per acre, ahd expects to make a bale per acre on the entire Al acres. The visitors agreed that MT. Aber- crombie has the finest 15 acres of corn seen anywhere in the state. The land for this corn was broken from 10 to l2 inches deep, thoroughly narrowed, and fertilized with 2o5 pounds or cotton seed meal and 100 pounds of acid phosphate per acre. at planting time, and side dressed with 200 pounds of cotton seed meal and 1G0 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre. .Jespite the dry weather, this field now presents a magnificent sight, and with sufficient rainfall ought to make so bushels per acre over the entire 10 acres M- Abercrombe is working his entire plantation Mlths shallow running cult, ators that never disturb the roots or the piants.
 Mr Moss stated that one of the most encoura gins features noted in connection with the demonstration plots over the county was the facs that the demonstra- tors had bought their raw materials and mixed their own tertiizers at home Tn preference to buying a factory-miNed product It has been plainly shown that bv doiny this saving of from g. to so per ton can be etfected, and this Is one of the points tat the demonstration agents will especially stress in the fd- ture
 The rains over the county have been somewhat local and there are rev io- calities that ale still suffering HOW ever taking the corn crop as "hoie over Monts somery county, while II Is no, as good pe..1 IDS as last year. 1t IS stlil xer, nron,ising. Evorybody is agreed that if has been many years since We have had a cotton crop as promising as the present one