The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
HOME, FARM AND RANCH
Two Pictnres.

Two Pictures.
\ To a person who has travelled in the
Hcofntry, and whose eyes and ears were
PWen to the lessons to DO learned from
his surroundings, the following pen
pictures by Mrs. L. V. Gage, in the
Pacific Rural Press, will De readily
recognized as truthful in the extreme,
and tull of matter for careful consid-
Grafton: No one but "a farmers wife
can have any but faint idea of the
duties belonging To her position, for
the requirements are nunIUerleSS; the
r-den.a1d upon her time, her skill,
her strength and patience inceS-
SAINT. Hsg-kitchen, where so many
hours OF the day must OF necessity he
spent, should 6e sunny room and
convenient. In too many farm houses
Il Is the living room OF the family.
Here may be seen, on one side, table
covered with utensils Tor cooking, but
ter making. and, perhaps, some soiled
linen, awaiting alike the cleansing OPP
erations so long delayed; underneath
II the boots or the tarher and his sons,
fianked 10y the dish in which the dog,
the cat, or both, receive the remnants
from the table. The sink, partly filled
with milk cans and dishes, is on the
other side, and the WATERFALL Is on
ledge beside il. The stove, red from
long use, and unacquainted with pol
ish, is covered with the marks OF boil
ed-Over dinners and careless frying,
and the ashes are ON the hearth. WOOD
and chips are scattered about the floor.
The horn sounds for dinner. The men,
heated and hungry, came tramping in
TO take "a meal OF half-boiled pork
and sodden potatoes, with heavy
bread, to be washed down with copI-
Gus drafts of sloppy tea or perhaps
cider. The wife Is slip-Shod, Irowsy,
and always in hurry; the children
copies of their mother. And as the
influence of woman, in whatever di-
rection 1t may be eXerted, is magical
and potent, il is no wonder that about
the premises everything partakes OF
rntse sang general character. The
-yard is covered with broken sleds
I'D debilitated cart-wheels. The
Knowing machine, which they will
need to use next week, stands under
: the poplar tree by the gate, just where
IL stood when the farmer lOosened his
horses from it last year. They cannot
find the hoes, or shovelS, or rikes, or
forks, because they lay rusting under
the wall by the pasture, where they
were laid last fall until convenient
time for carrying them home. Such
farmers tell us that farming does
not pay. They have no ambition save
for the rest each night brings after the
days toll. Their SONS go away as soon
as possible, to lind a more congenial
occupation. Their daughters, if they
marry, follow the example of their
early life and duplicate its miseries
and ugliness.
But another farm hiss a different at
moSphere. The grounds about the
house are prettily arranged and care
fully attended, climbing vines and
roses are about the door and the back
fence is hidden by hollyhock and the
aesthetic suntlower; the farming tools
are all in their proper storehouses; the
Kitchen has ali necessary appointments
Tor convenience; the table is heaped
up indeed, but with loaves of light,
delicious bread, or, perhaps, piles
the airing. The men come i'm
to their meals quietly perform
ing their additions in the place
set apart for them. The dinner table,
:. covered with snowy cloth, is set in
nColr room, and the food though simple,
ABUNDANT, well cooked and appetiz-
hg- In the dairy, the rolls of golden
butter show that here the wife is also
skillful dairy woman. AT even the
dust of toll Is shaken off, the evidence
of the daily labor Is put out of sight,
they gather in the family room. Ihe
ia mer and his sons read aloud by
turns, or they have little music-for
the daughters play the piano pleas
antly, il not well-the blessing of God
Ia asked, and all seek the rest which
such preparation makes refreshing.
That farmer makes farming pay. His
sons may leave the farm-not all of
them wlll-because it is too small for
all. His daughters bless other homes,
patterns Of tidy, quiet, methodicsl
little woman they call mother.
improved Varieties Of Cotton Seed.
1t is gratifying to see the great in
terest taken Tor the last few Years, on
the part of our farmers, in the i'm
proved cotton seed for planting. While
this subject Is receiving much atten-
ton, yet it is not receiving all that
the Importance of the subject de-
mands.
Whilst it is admitted that good land,
thorough cultivation and favorable
seasons are very necessary to the
experience of our best planters con-
firms the assertion that the variety
planted has much to do with the yield
7 obtained.
The writer has not the benefit of a
homenclature of cotton, therefore he
Is able to speak of such varieties rs
have come under his immediate obser-
Ration, rather than from what he
~ have obtained from books on the
Eobject.
Stating with the varieties that are
most popular in the cotton states, he
would call attention, first, to that
called Ozler's silk. This Variety in
Produced by Col. j. ID. OZier, is dis
ungnished by large stalk, long limbs
heavy foliage, bolls medium to large,
tino locks or lobes in boil. staple
long. iine and creamy white. Mr..
Ozier claims for il that it is well
adapted to adulterate with silk. The
- Weld Is very high-as high rs 400
ro1ods or more OF lint cotton per acre
a claimed for it. Mr.. Ozier exhibited
this cotton at the International cotton
exposition held at Atlanta and it was
received with great favor by the cot
Cn'spinners-
Another excellent variety Is Jones'
long staple improved. This has strong
stalks and limbs. large hollis, lint long
and tine. This cotton Is well adapted
10 the making OF thread, and was
highly appreciated by the manufac-
- tuners who visited the international
ton ut Atlanta.
GER variety we beg to notice,
Duncan's mammoth pro-
hced by the Hon. +. NJ.
rmerly Of Douglasville, now
Georgia This cotton, like