Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1912 — Hoosier in Alabama Given Praise in Breeders’ Gazette. [ARTICLE]

Hoosier in Alabama Given Praise in Breeders’ Gazette.

The Breeders’ Gazette, a national authority on stock and agricultureal pursuits, in the issue of July 31st, contains an article entitled “In the Alabama Canebrake.” It was written by Joseph E. Wing, of Ohio, who is regarded one of the most up-to-date farmers in the United States and who writes very interestingly jof a visit he paid to Uniontown, Ala., on the occation of the annual teachers’ institute and bartecue, held at the canebrake experiment station. The article would be worthy printing in full but this is not done because of Its length. After describing an automobile trip of 25 miles through the rich, black soil the writer says: “Now and then we find a field of alfalfa; now and then the farm of a newcomer. A northern man, one who had brought down fine percheron mares, had good growthy colts to show for the experiment. We stopped for an hour at Bermuda Hill, a great grassy stockfarm managed by a fine young Hoosier, W. H. Pullin. There he showed up his young alfalfa, his, lusty colts and calves grazing bermuda grass, told us of making a collection of 54 varieties of grasses, clovers and other legumes on the farm, and to top all showed us the enormous toe joints of some mighty ruminant that once crashed through the canebrake and fattened on its succulent grasses; may be a mastodon, may be a bigger beast, and evident it is that for some thousands of years this has been a place covered by beasts as well as by men. A great artesian well spouted, throwing endless living streams to divers pastures. Down the rose-bordered roadway dame a lady riding a good Saddle horse and smilingly thanked us as we helped the steed past the auto. Thus ended the day in the canebmke.” The Hoosier mentioned is none other than our own Winifred Pullin, son of Charles Pullin, who selected that country as a home after making several trips to the Pacific coast and other places. He is a scholarly farmer, an enthusiast in his southern work and the praise given him in the Breeders’ Gazette is a worthy praise for the fine results he is attaining there. Mr. Sparling visited him and spent considerable time in that country and is very favorably impressed with it