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Ccunty, all of them with money and all of them with energy. 



There must have been something about the land which has 

 heretofore been undiscovered, or which if discovered has re- 

 mained unappreciated. It must give not only one manifest 

 jromise of richness to the grnin grower and the cattle raiser, 

 but proofs' that the promij^es have come to fulfillment at the 

 command of industr\-. 



The prairie land for immemorial years has been the typical 

 cotton land. Cotton and prairie land have ever been linked to- 

 gether in the minds of the people of Alabama. Black prairie 

 land and a bale to the acre — these things have been the talk of 

 the Montgomery farmer when he was in a boastful mood. But 

 land that raises a bale to the acre and a climate that materially 

 assists in the producing of a bale of cotton off one acre of land 

 must be of some good for other things. Why should it not 

 be good for the growing of hay and the raising of stock ? 



UNEXCELLED FOR STOCK. 



R. S. H. Saul, an experienced horseman, a man whose 

 profession is the constant study of horses,- cattle and of the 

 conditions which best suit them, and of the food which most 

 benefits' them, had this to say of that section of Montgomery 

 Countv extending from the suburbs of Montgomery along the 

 Carter Hill Road for ten miles : 



"It is the best hav country, the best cattle country I ever 

 saw. I am familiar with the famous grain countries of Ten- 

 nessee and Kentucky. I know other stock raising sections of 

 the United States. I have never seen any superior to this 

 section right here for the growing of hay and the raising of 

 horses, sheep and cattle. The finest pastures I ever saw were 

 right here. 



"The chief advantage of this section over Kentucky and 

 '■j'ennessee is that we have practically ten months' of open 

 grazing for horses, cows and sheep. In Kentucky and Ten- 

 nessee snow is on the ground for several weeks. They have 

 had to build stalls and cattle sheds for the housing of their 

 stock, and they have to feed their cattle from their store of hay 

 and grain for four and five months. 



"Look at that pasture over there. Notice that green growth 

 of rich clover, and here it is in January. Why, there are 



