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PRACTICAL TILE DRAINAGE.
I.—Introduction—The Great Ne cd of the Work and the Increas
ing Interest in It—Soil Improvement as a Profitable Invest
ment.
By A. I . French.
DURING MY summer institute
trip over North Carolina, I
was gratified at the evidence
in every section of a greater appre
ciation of his land by the man own
ing it. It is a
great factor in
the improvement
of farming condi
tions this grow
ing sentiment that
we owe more to
the land than we
have been giving
it, because — as
we have said so
a. l. fhench. many times be
fore—“permanent prosperity for
all the people and especially foi\
those engaged directly in agricultur
al pursuits, is founded upon increas
ing soil fertility.” Thinking men
everywhere in America realize that
the end of “new land” farming is
already in sight and that the old,
neglected farms must be groomed
and trained toward greater crops
per acre at less expense for culti
vation.
This opens up a new field in the
South where we have such a large
amount of land that has never been
given a really good show. The little
“Dixie” has scratched the surface of
many a fine virgin slope, stirring up
just about soil enough to make a
good showing when it floats off
down into the swamp or into the
creeks and rivers. This last is lost
to the world for the present except
where men are putting in great
drainage systems at the mouths of
the rivers. Much capital is requir
ed for this work and only a few peo
ple will be able to make use of the
wasted fertility from the hills in
this way. But the fertility that has
been left at the foot of the hills in
swamps and low grounds is within
the reach of nearly every farm own
er who will awake to the possibili
ties that are lying below him in that
black, water-sobbed, bulrush- and
brush-covered land.
Permanent soil improvement—we
can not help believing—is one of the
very safest businesses in which a
farmer can engage at this time, and
especially is this true in the South
when prices for all farm products
are already high and likely to go
higher. Rich soils from which large
crops of these high-priced products
may be secured at low cost for culti
vation are sure to appreciate very
rapidly in value in the coming years.
So, we believe our idle time, at least,
may well be used in bringing about
all manner of soil improvement. The
most satisfactory permanent im
provement we have ever made on
our land has been underdrainage. It
is an improvement that not only be
gins to pay dividends on cost at once
but continues to do so, without any
further expenditure, for genera
tions. Men all over the South are
beginning to awake to the need of
underdraining and the reclaiming of
swamp lands. The man with the
little rich creek bottom is as much
interested as the owner of vast areas
for he realizes that where he only
has a little he must make that little
do its very best, and he knows such
land can not and does not do its
best—except during extremely dry
seasons—with ordinary surface
drainage.
Xo subject touched upon at the
farmers' instiutes during the past
two years has brought out more
questions or provoked more discus
sion than this subject of underdrain
age. And the writer has answered
by mail 50 per cent more questions
upon this than upon any other single
subject during the past three years.
So, as The Progressive Farmer and
Gazette is getting to cover all the
South country, I am asking the edi
tor to grant me space in the paper
to take up the subject of under
drainage In detail. I will endeavor
to go into the A, B, C's or the sub
ject; get right down and And out
why we tile drain land and how.
Leap’s Prolific Wheat
Most Prolific and Best of Milling Wheats
Yields reported from our customers from twenty
five to fifty-two bushels per acre. When grown side
by side with other kinds this splendid beardless wheat
yielded from five to eighteen bushels more per acre on
same land and under same conditions as other stand
ard wheats.
Wherever grown it is superseding all other kinds
and it should be sown universally by wheat growers
everywhere.
Write for price and “Wood’s Crop Special”
which contains new and valuable article, “How to grow
big crops of wheat.”
T. W. Wood & Sons,
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
^ e frr* headquarters for Farm Seeds, Grass and Clover Seeds, Winter
vetches, Dwarf Essex Rape, Seed Wheat, Oats, Rye, Barley, etc.
Descriptive Fall Catalog mailed free on request.
UNIQUE FAIR AT CALHOUN LOUISIANA.
A Fair That is Purely an Educational Institution and That is
a Success From Every Point of View.
□ORTH Louisiana has a fair As
sociation which holds an an
nual farmers’ camp-meeting
fair and institute that is organized
and maintained on rather an unusual
basis.
A Progressive Farmer and Ga
zette representative attended the 18th
annual fair, held at Calhoun Septem
ber 28-30. This fair holds its ex
hibitions on the grounds of the North
Louisiana Experiment Station, near
Calhoun. The exhibition hall and a
large pavilion, which will seat 1,500
or 2,000 people, were built by the
Police Jury of the Parish. That is.
stated as it should be if applied to
any other State, by the County Com
missioners or Supervisors of the
County out of county funds.
An organization of the farmers of
the community is maintained which
G NilNE APPLl R GA S FOR SALE
80 cent* per burhel. t. o. b Brandon,
MUsiseipni. : : :
S. W. Tinnin, : : : Fannin, Miss.
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Seed For Sale
1,500 bushels R R. P. Oats.0 85c per bu.
500 bushels Soja Beans_(/' $1 2-‘> per bu.
401 bu*hrls Spanish P.anuts'u I 00 p« r bu.
890 bushels Lespedeza Sied- <" 0 p -r bu.
W. P. Gay den, Guley, La.
holds monthly meetings for educa
tional purposes, but a large general
meeting and exhibition of farm pro
ducts is held annually.
The exhibit of farm products this
year would compare favorably with
that shown at many a fair making
much greater pretensions. In corn
and forage crops, the display was ex
ceedingly strong and no one could go
through the exhibit hall without be
ing impressed with the utter folly
of any people and country that can
produce such a variety of crops be
coming discouraged because of the
presence of the boll weevil. These
people have solved the boll weevil
problem and have done it in th<*
way all other sections shall have to
do it by the growing of the other
r;;~_ i
attu UAIo MJK SALE
fXTP* FINE. VE<Y HEXVT, IBSOlUTElT pypf
Appier. $1.00 per bushel; 11 as- i
ting s one hundred bushel Oats,
fine. $1.25 per bushel; Winter
Turf or Grazing Oats, $1 00
per bushel. Old reliable Geor
gia Purple Straw Seed Wheat
and Bearded Kulcaster Wheat
$1.75 per bushel.
All seed pure—no Johnson
grass or other obnoxious weed
seed in them.
Cleveland Big Ball, Cook’s
Improved, Broadwell and Bank
Account Cotton Seed soon
ready.
Send all orders to
R. D. TATUM, Fair View Farm
PALMETTO, GA.
i1
HOW TO BEAT
THE BOLL WEEVIL
| Plant our reliable Wheat. Rye. BaMey. Turf
!"■ RH R,,t l‘ro>t OntB. Alfalfa, Clover. |t„d
Top, Vetch, Rape. etc.
°T pr ce» ere ri„ht. Our aeed, now. We
make quick shipment.. We want yoorbu.ln,.,
special prices to Farmers- Unions.
TUCKER MOSBY SEED COMPANY,
MEMPHIS. TENNESIEu
Selec t, il Appier Kuat-Proof Seed Oata
Selected seed »t 86 rent, per bushel.
No finer oat seed to be had at any
price. *. • 'r
OBO MILLER. - . ‘ . Rcdn„; M„.
RUST PROOF SEED OATS
16 10 bushels for sale at 86c a bushel
r.ccrl ent quality. ;
| C. G. McGEHEE, : Woodviile, Miaa.
McGEHEE»S
Surecrop Oats
Th'rtu rrrpt In /.•■uinann uith
o I 4, tnilurr All Iped carefully selected.
Price*, by bushel or carload, on application.
riant t.uilp.
McGEHEES1
Reliable Lfspedeza Se»»d
Ready for delivery in November.
The Best Boll-wgevil Antidotes
J B. McGehee, Laurel Hill, La.
Red Rust-Proof Oats
FOR sale:.
These oat* are home jrmwn. and contain a small
amount of Hairy Vetch Seed. Sample sent on
request. Pi ice 70c. a bushel.
Also Ang-'-r* Bucks fir m 4 months t” 2 year* old
Price (6 to |10. C. C. BA ROWELL.
Stark ville. Miss.
GENUINE
Rust Proof Seed Oats
Grown In South Mississippi for many years: the
larite kernel variety 2,'0 . bushel* for sale; 11.00
l>er bushel: sample by mail.
FERN WOOD LUMBER COMPANY.
Ee»nw<»d Pike Co Miss.
Buy from Grower
Red Rust Proof Seed Oata
le'tpedeya Seed and Hay. Improved Upland Rice.
All seed can fully reekaned.
_H M- 8TEWART laurel Hill. Ia
FALL SEEDS
Vct-h. Rjr*. Tu-f 0*1*. Rod R P.
Oala. Wlwtt, Kiwi Kip*,
fimm, Outpw Wrttw for prior*.
• taring quantity wantad.
CRIMSON CLOVER
lRc por IK: >28^ p«-k. t> OD i»or l>u.
80 lb*., f o, K Hiarkvlll*. Ml**
R. K & F. L Wer, * Starkvilie Hiss,
s e: e: d s
VS e have a full stock of the following
seeds, and will !><• glad to quote prices
on application : Alfalfa Seed, Crimson
( lover Seed, AlsvkeClover Seed, Dwarf
Kssex Rape. Hairy Vetch. Barley, Rye,
Fulcaster Wheat, Red May Wheat. Red
Rust Proof Oats and Winter Turf Oats.
Atldm*
Wilson Feed Store, Greenwood. Miss.
dig A Plenty Farm
Harriaton, Miaa.
M.,nm.,tt, t at. Soy IW Swd. 12 Obu. nclaaa.
?? K K, I t)»»a. brtjrh and aouw*. ft 0f» fcni.
tluy rnim irnmer and ftvcm! « har.«- c of Infrattna
Minu illn rnw»i *rul John«in
U H CHAMBERLAIN, . Manager.
Arctic Grass f,jr h"y wint*rgm*in*.
. . * '"w rlean eeax] for aal* at lira
• b.' rb" ■* '** -*«:v Sow In Kail vM
not drown or fra. la out ClrruUr with order. Bur
now A. /a H' prr A<t«ir»t tl0. t;a
Ml>slanlp|»| Kilned Srrd Oita For Sale
Guarantnd to lie rnat ptoof. Yield
from .Vi to *i bu per a< ro IMce Hhc
bti . f. o. b Ootrrvl.U- Mtaaiaaippt
WALLACE JACKSON. . Iter a irk. Mia*
LOUISIANA CANE
fm hill seeding. Five foot avemira
One dollar hundred f. o. I> HarriaUm.
booking orders for (Jet 26«h delivery.
1. «.Urt r, j : lliriintoo, Visa.
Red Rust proof Seed Oats
llarvoalod and thraahad without rain. In
brat daaa condition Ralaed on good land,
i'lanted In September. COMMiutnUf ha* Urge
plump grain*. Wi I to for price*.
J. II. Mr.\M STICK, Way, Mlaa.
1,000 BUSHELS G NUIME RED RUST
PrtOdf OATS E OR ALE
el'hTlh '* n°l *°/U‘t ur •lllrr kill If putlu
l tin,III or ope-i furrow n.cth.d Order early
«»* aided l’rica au vents per
buahel f. o. b Wbaoiivllle. Ala.
B. H. Smuthdrs, . Wilsonville, Ala.