72 THE ALABAMA OPPORTUNITY. 



HF.AVY FERTILIZATION, 



"We fertilized heavily, responded Judge Black. "Heavy 

 fertilization is needed in these sandy lands where cane is 

 grown. We used form 600 to 1,200 pounds of fertilizer which 

 is heavy ferti'ization even for this section, but we found it 

 paid. In fertilizing we used cotton seed and cotton seed 

 meal." 



On the Black farm a much longer grinding season was had 

 than is usual in Alabama. They were grinding cane there 

 for sixty days. This' was done by windrowing a large part of 

 the crop, that is by cutting down the stalks and covering them 

 with the tops to guard them from the early frosts. 



The Black farm is unusual, too, in that cane is grown on 

 shares bv the tenants like cotton is grown on other farms and 

 plantations. The tenants are furnished with seed and after 

 thev have cultivated it with their labor the profits are divided 

 when the expenses have been shared. The cultivation of cane, 

 ];owever. is only given to the better of the tenants on the 

 Black u'ace. These are encouraged to plant six acres of cane 

 to the mule. The tenants have found that cane growing on 

 shares is a better thing than cotton growing on shares, when 

 i: comes to monetary returns. 



