THE ALABAMA OPPORTUNITY. 19 



One thousand acres is devoted to the raising of hay. It is 

 a big industry. The crop this last year amounted to 1,500 tons. 

 Much of the hay is yet in the big dark colored stacks that are 

 seen on nearly every hill. But the traction engine writh its 

 twenty-horse power is' constantly puffing away along side the 

 big square stacks and the steam hay press is constantly dig- 

 ging into the piled up hay. One can hardly drive along the 

 beautiful Carter Hill road without meeting one of the four 

 mule wagons piled high in the air with baled hay. 



Two CROPS GROWN. 



The acres that grow hay are made to grow oats too, in 

 many instances'. Ihe land is harrowed, the oats are broad 

 casted, allowed to grow and then cut. After which the land is 

 permitted to grow up in grass for the production of hay. 

 Every sort of modern machinery is used in the planting, cut- 

 ting and baling of the hay. 



While cotton is of secondary importance on the Vaughan 

 place, one would hardly gather this from the size of the crop. 

 A four hundred bale yield on any one farm or plantation is a 

 thing to excite comment and praise. This is what was' gathered 

 last year from the 500 acres in cotton on the V^aughan place. 

 A pretty good crop for the number of acres used and a much 

 better cotton crop than appears at first glance, inasmuch as 

 Mr. Vaughan plants cotton in a way that is a little out of the 

 ordinary. Cotton and corn are planted together. There being 

 eight rows of cotton and two rows of corn. That some of these 

 prairie acres planted in this' way produced a bale to the acre 

 is nothing short of remarkable. 



USES OF MACHINERY. 



That traction engine of Mr. Vaughan's place would be a 

 valuable adjunct upon any farm. Take the single item of 

 plowing alone. This engine pulls two gang plows, each of 

 which has four plow points. It is no trouble to break up thir- 

 ty-five or forty acres a day with the untiring traction engine. 



All the corn on the place is cut and not allowed to remain 

 until the fall months on the stalk. It is thrown into a patented 

 shredder which separates the ears from the stalk. The stalk 



