Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-20

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ground and the loss from evaporation is
very slight. The capillary, attractive cs
pscity Of the soil Is such that in legs than
! twenty -four hours the moisture meets
J between the burrows, not more than six
| inches below the surface. =.
STEAM vs.. WIND POWER.
Mr.. Brant's conclusions from the use
OF steam power are that, considering the
cost Of fuel, at this time it is no. practi
cal and thinks tHenty-foot windmill
equally effective. The wind is free, and
mill large enough to do the work should
be used. A good mill with duplex
or triple acting pump with not less
th,na S-inch sutton and 21inch dis
charge pipes with 20 foot wheel will
irrigate forty acres from such q well q:
that at O1esss.
From Geo. E Briggs, we get the essi-
mate of the cost and capacity OF a 20-foo
q. S. windmill. a u inch stroke, with
5-inch double scting railway pump viii
throw 5000 gallons an hour in wind
blowing twenty miles sn hour. Either
this mill or sn Eclipse OF the same ca-
psciiy will cost near 1915 on the ground
The cost Of erecting such mill, with
! pump end tower complete, will be no.
far from $500. a 20 foot wheel in an Is
mile wind will do work equal to q five,
horse power. M. Briggs thinks 5
inch double acting railway pump better
adapted to irrigsting purposes than any
other.
"a 20-mile breez3 contains more power
in passing over section of land than
10000 horses" Harness this power and
the cost OF putting the water where it
ba ufiISzad nothing Tia
that is almost continually passing over
the Staked Plsin will keep large reser-
voir always filed with water. During
the pas. three years, only once has there
been e continuous calm of FIVE days. duTa-
lion. In the application OF water, winter
irrigation is important and necessary.
By it the ground is moist a2d a good
condition in early spring and less Water
is required during the summer or grow
ing season.
CARE AND ATTENTION.
The secret OK success IN fruit CROWNS
tending to business. Il is no place for 8
lsz5 m.n. Putting seeds in the ground
Or plsnnng!trees and leave them to rustic
for themselves will not pay. A fruit
grower or gardener needs to give his
Ou1AuCSS ZIG otSCutlOu Lu0L lACu III OiucI
callings give to theirs. II ne under
stands the nature of seeds, of plants, of
trees, ant of soils, and uses ordinary
judgment in planting and cultlvsting, the
success that will reward his effort will be
as gratifying here as is the success that
rewards husbsndman anywhere. E1-
perience has taught that shallow and fire.
quent cultivation produces the best re-
1r1lf Go ah So.
works four inches deep is the best tool to
use.
RECORD KEPT.
The planting has been thoroughly sym.
teEized. kTerY tree snd vine is recorded
sHa history kept, showing the nursery
from which It csme and it's eXsct location
in the orchard. The advantages of this
is sppArent upona moments reflection.
II a popularity of shy tree is notices Bile,
ss unusual thrift, the record can be turned
to and the variety Of the tree end the nur-
sery from which II came st once seen. II
other trees OF the same variety grow in q
similar manner, the edaptabiIity to the
soil and climate is at once determined.
THE GARDEN.
With the garden the same peinstskiDg
csre has been exercised as with the or
chard ard vineyard. Seeds have been
selected from the different seedsmen Of
the United States. Seeds OF different
plants, with the various varieties have
been planted. AS with the orchard, a
record has been kept to test the kinds
best suited to soil and climate and Of
most advantage to grow for commercial
purposes.
NOT ALTOGETHER EXPERIMENTAL.
While this orchard, VIM yard and gar
den is, in one sense, experimental, it is G
fact known to everyone in this country
that certain plants are particularly adapted
to this locality and can be raised with
great profit for packing and exporting, g.
g. OF vegetables: melons, cucumbers,
beans, onions and sweet potatoes; of
traits and nuts: the peach, apricot, al
mond, plum and prune. That it is nat
uEal grape country is amply proven by
vines that are already bearing, both North |
American and European varieties.
All fruits, vines snd vegetables are |
free from insect pests, nor |
are they subject to plant diseases.
COLONIES.
With the cheap lands and f1e climate !
Of this country, grand opportunities are
offered for colonies TO engage in the cul- |
tlVstlon OF suCh products as ABOVE named |
for canning and evsporating, with the |
world for msrket. By colony effort the |
products msy be raised in such quantities
80 to insure cheap rates Of transportation |
and good market prices. One col?ny in
Californis raises only beans that are
in Boston. The several
carloads sent st one time ensble |
The shippers to get favorable freight
rates. The same idea controls in
raising and shipping evsporsted fruits.
There is always 6 market for onions and
for pickles, for sweet potatoes
md other vegetables that yield iberslly
in this locsllty. Oar w2termelons are
ripe after those Of the eastern markets
Ire gone. After the 1st OF June vegets-
oles on the eastern markets come from
abroad. Then is the time the products of
The Staked Plain would find ready mar
set, and railway companies, with their
usual "eye to business" will be ready to
Did for the products of our colonies.
It is s mistaken notion for man,
when he comes here, to "went the earth"
Usually he wants GAO acres. This is 500
.cres too many. Forty acres well cared
or will yield all the fruits and vegetables
me man can we'll take care nj