The Pulaskian., 1921-04-28
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IT Aas n# IGea f9 aDffEHae 1n ngT war home immediately. hef bv the true had gotten ny information from Fred Adair. the station agent. H r Clay. tlae merchant appeared and TnvIGed ne se take drive over some of the Roland farming lands. which 1 had never seen. l of course aeeepted the invitation Dr Brooks $ just ready to go . his place. he added and we can ride with him 2 Dr. May also accompanied ns
 From the depot there does not ap- pear fe be aav land between Roland and fae river because 3 bayou wifh wooded banks runs almost fo the railroad creating the impression that tie river is nearby.
 Cur course lay ID tbe railroad for a mile, where we crossed it and entered npon the old SniBes farm. This farm consisted of foaF hundred aerse. bnf k now divided Up into four Dne hundred acre farms. every acre of which is in cultivation. I re- rnensber that there vas quite 2 little competition for fhe purchase of fEe laaf one hundred acres of t fo be offered for sale. do not know what t sold for. but al the time I heard that hsd Of something ike S200 an acre had been offered for f and re- fused Later l was informed that fsis was erroneous
 Ne crossed these four farms. each q which $ q long strip running to fiae river IH fhe order named below. E 4. Lee. C E. Iaman. }. 5. Clay and R E. Harris
 Next came the old Gribbs place. which is owned In three hundred and thirty acre tracts as follows fl. P. Clay, Dr. C M Broo<s. and Dr. x. A- Nowiin. When theY bought f four years ago between fhree and four hundred acres of t was in Johnson and Bermuda qFass. They hougt1f traetsF and pEsaed F ID. lhen dIsced #. cutting the sod up. then narrowed t, tearing Il all to pieees- and then rented t out. charg- ing nothing for the above work. The first year Il averaged a bale Of cotton to the acre.
 They oen a gasoline hay press. which turns out one bale of hay minute Formerly this grass was all baIed. but now alfalfa has been large Y substituted for f. Every tenant on tfle land owning teams is required to raise enough alfalfa for his own stock The owners also have tracts Of alfalfa of ten acres CT more on each of which is a high shed. The hay is moved and put In these. After t is cured sufficiently It is then baled and hauled to barns. # The weather is suitable, f too damp to stack if Up outside, 1t is put back under the sheds when baled. and hauled 10 the barns later. The sheds are only large enough to hold one cutting off ten acres. The first cutting turns out about bale and half and subse- quent cuttings one bale. The annual crop varies from four fo six tons. Usually t Is cut four times a year and occasionally five cuttings are se- cured. Only once have they lost a cutting because Of rain The work Of harvesting the alfalfa $ ali done with machinery as far as possible. There are teaders, I0aders and hay forks to unload with. which run on tracks in the top Of the sheds. and deposit the load where desired, en- abling them to fill the sheds to the roof.
 When MT. Clay had decided to put his Bermuda and Johnson grass land in cultivation he inquired of a young county agent how to get rid of ig- There k only one way he re- piled. move off and leave 1t. This was the general opinion Of 1t Up un- n recently, but Mir. Clay knew there must be way to kill t out, 50 they bought the tractor and tried is. It proved to be a success. The disc was the main implement though that did the work Without 1t. t could not have been killed. To kill Der fauda lwo things are almost neces- sary. They are freezes and shade, h1i inc shade alone if sufficient will de the work, hence their success, for the son was % rich that the growing crops soon furnished sufficient shade fo kill the grass and hardly a sprig Of Il was Jeff al the end Of the first year. Nothing is superior to these grasses for cnriching bottom lands, for when an occasional overflow came an extra amount Of sediment Nas deposited amonss it. Overflous Il :. U U.