128 THE ALABAMA OPPORTUNITY. 



"Practically all the hay grown in that section is Johnson 

 grass, although J. A. Barnes, on the Woodley Road, is' raising 

 alfalfa easily and profitably. Cattle raising is yet in its infancy. 

 With its growth will come, too, the growth of alfalfa, and 

 much of the Hagan place will be devoted to the same crop. 

 One of the new-comers, who has a valuable herd of cattle, 

 said convincingly : "The solution of the agricultural questions 

 in this section is the growing of alfalfa." 



