The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-26
Agricultnre ana immigration

To the Editor Of the Herald.
have Just read your article 10 the HER
AID Of the 10Th, on the subject Of = atato
bureau of agriculture, and most heartily en-
doroo your positions therein tNlIon. That
such an agency 4, demanded for the benefit
and proper advancement OF our vitality i'm
portant agricultural interests, egenNmoog
our own home poopIo, is n fnct proven, |
think, by oil our sister states, old md now
having established and aro maintaining them.
If an agricultural bureau Is then shown 10
be for the Interest of our home farmers IL
requires but little argument to show how
greatly twill adl to that interest TO have rs
a part of the duties Of such q bureau, the
official distribution Of the information it
would gather. While agreeing with you
that tho commendablo efforts Of railroads
associations aad individuals are doing much
good, they have no authority from the state
to act for it, and it occurs to me that ii would
be as reasonable to eKpec! that "a party could
advance with full success tho interest Of AN
individual without any official authority
from such individual, rs to expect it for the
state without such authority All that could
be achieved by u separate bureau Of immi-
grafton could be secured By properly or.
gained agricultural bureau, and nj u greatly
reduced expense, thus removing. il is be-.
licved, the objections OF many to establishing
tho former.
We will have two crop Seasons bJ.Weeu
now and the meeting of the exposition in
1888. il it can be made known to farmers
as we'll 80 those engaged in all other
pursuits among our people during the
present year that an exposition of tho pro,
duets of all kinds will DO made by state au.
thority, nothing will ba hazarded in nssum.
ing tha. every county ia the state will be
represented in that exposition. Along with
our sister states and ioreign countries we may
safely assume that we will then have 800 or
more organized counties, the arranging of
which either slngly or in groups, with spool
mems Of the products, mechsnicsm ald 70.
sources Of each, will, it ia conf ienty be.
| loved, 20 further in making the eRtopt, yarl
| aly OF climate and production Of our empire
state known to all tue world, snd will attract
to US more of the capital, energy Gnd worth
from domestic and foreign sources lhsn can
DO done in decade by tbs present policy we
are pursuing, That agriculture, which Is the
foundation, and may ald, supersrUcturo of
all our permanent prosperity, IS greatly de-
pressed,is we'll known 10 tho moss OF formers
The remark that farming don't pay" is got
ting to DO very common, which would seem
to demand at tho hands Of tho legislature
and people earnest aud prompt efforts for its
encouragement. The distribution officially
otinformatiJn to those seeking ii and making
known tho same to others that they may seek
| it, and the exposition of their products At
these great gatherings, having proven of very
great benefit in procuring labor and promuL-
Ing successful advancement Of agriculture
and all other interests Of those states ihat
have tried, it ought 10 induce us totyiL G.
enable us to do that the constitution mas t.
be amended, and it ia earnestly hoped that
the present legislature will let the people
decids by submitting it to their decision.
Respectfully, j. B. ROBERTSON.
| WACO, Ftb. %, ISL.