The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-04
CURSlCANA CULLlNGS.
10 pAmAoesulr AGAINST DUN
naish ~ MISCELLANEOUS Local News-
rssny ~ IT, Lpoai Reporter 4"
show What Iis thinks Ne
knaws uf Warming,


ulty, memb.r of ire oomTuny ~. ..
.-isi.,d uJufi.s while going Ia the
-ayr-itliar morning thal has confined
1000 f. tis rrnm,
iar 10 md sac, wili meet Tomorrow
t.. rniur 20 90 clock.
he Ladies' Ala society meets to-mor'
d, q rVcuing at 9 o'clock, a, tie NJ, y,
81. ,reh. This iand of Christian ladies
doinl good rVice among the poor
,ni drs,ltutr Of Uur city,
The iirst meeting of the quarterly con-
i.,renrp uI th- At, T. church al lhis place,
- This conference wear, WAS held last
..i .sht n iiN the salary Of their ministers
..5ing nn quorum, 40 action was laken'
rne Momgn's Christian Temperance
.fuion, Of this place, have been M
.iructsd by Mrs. Willard, president
d the Nationai Union, Ia observe next
'nursday ~ day of national thanks
ins.
,m north Texas
,.alnst IL. q. Dhr " TO-, OF New York,
ar S9 900, set for this term of the dis
r,rt cour' ere tliug no little comment
"a busintas circles, MIR. trawtord's at
,-neNs repr, sent the best legal talent
the ciry, and they propose to prose
ite tho ,ase Ia the Iull extent al the
Jaw.
The farmait, are cpmpla Mug oi hard
mes, aud nut one cause suggus,N itself
%, our mind a. the foundation for all
lis sore campHlnt that comes up irOm
~ rural districts. From the -" ~
.,rd tunes and the inability
20 farmer 10 iupry:
her thHn "A care server, iniShl
..,me To- the conclusion thsi Navarro
.,intv was over populated, that an over
reduction had rendered tni fruits al
. farmers 4ird toll u slow sale Hnd
.nrtnless, for uu county in the state can
.,ast "A much better spil than we have.
a have every grade, from tho black
XIV u the light sandy. our seasons
verage iaS orauiy, aud all We see lacking
make farming profitable Is enter
Use and a right smart stock OF get
.. the theory that any sort of m
aorautu, Cau make a succes-iu
rinor has long since been exploded by
ID q Introduction Of science into farm.
tag. We de- not claim for successful
,rmer that hu must take a regular sci
attic course OF training AT some col
q, but To be successful he mus. pos
~ az least an ordinary degree of prHc
~, common sense. Turning over the
-, "A and :,iaiting the seed is not all there
of farming. We must know something
Inc uaJ,If, of The soil We i'll pud It,
laptipi.ity all vi which must be learned
- rough labor aud observation. A
.mef must necessarily watch rs well
rk. because my neighbor farm
vii grow j. iaie OF cotton To he acre Is
r,s,z "A why mine should do the
me Possibly my farm would produce
,bd corn, oats or barley. Then why
,uld throw away my Labor
wear out my stock IN
in and fruitless efforts to raise some
ing on my farm to which my sou Is
a { adapted? Let us make the applica-
IN right here, introduce a little science
I'd study the nature aud quality OF the
III we have TO deal with, and see II the
suits and labOrs of our scientific re-
arches do no. justify the experiment,
20 have farmers right here in n dHarro
.ounty who have noseyec along III the
.!tue old rut for forty years, blowing,
lanting. reaping and lifting mortgages,
no have not pane OF glass IN tncir
s.indows, piece of carpet upon thclr
lpr. nor shelter over their stock.
- nd why? Because they apply them
lives. through a sort of an animal in
me-. and with "a machine-like move
.ent, utterly regardless OF the nature OF
10 soil they til. or its adaptabllities'
ne farmers put too much attention ON
%
rtrmin- enough The extent u which
itton raising has been carried in our
.cate has nnccessitated tue present
.redit system, which has not only
roven great burden TO our people, hut
curse 10 the farmer. While cotton
,,y ne raised successfully, our farmers
oilld be very much improved by tnrn-
~ a portion OF their tine to the cuitl
,lion If many other things that can he
successfully grown As cotton. Among
10 most important things to which the
,,rmrr must, in the near future, lurh
! attentions, is the raising of his own
a,eat. A successful farmer never buys
pound OF meat or lard, neither ought
10. buy a pound of flour. In this rich
nd beautiful '0uutry there is no good
aso why II farmers life should be one
: hardship and siavish toll. Let the
.rtners plant less cotton and apply
ore science and we will have better
mes.