Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-02

an aspiration in common with its people-knew
not a woman TO WHOM could turn for advice or
| consolation I sat DOWN a despairing stranger
within my four square walls. Was to become
idiot or az OPIUM eater? l must take TO
everything in the most intelligent manner OF
which l was capable took to the s)il. l mai
understood that the soil was the great ever
thing' IN Texas And let me here assure you
that the road taken has SO Tar offered me no
foundation for regrets. i now e i an interest
in every human being aud every DOT OF SOL II
this county know every good farmer ami
every poor farmer, and can readily class them
of. know OF. and all about every peach
orchard. grape vineyard, SOCK ranch, etc ior
miles and mic around. / can almost fee! that
nv interests are as wide rs the space inIerven-
ing between the rising CT the sun and the setting
thereof.
began. my soil operations with a hslf-acre
lot. Soon had l. full 10 OVERLOOKING with. II
seemed 10 me. all kinds Of fruits, flowers and
vege. aoles. There were strawberries so large
that they would scarcely drop down into an
''afer dinner coffee cup" W ''rosarium."
delight and pride. Roses fs tie fence,
pep through the cracks at the passers by. and
no. few OF them grow 10 the height Of ten feet;
Others cling TO the gIound; indeed roses fill
every inch OF SPACE in the acreage allotted to
tn IN from .pril to Christmas. From a central
bed set in March with 100 fine tens" could
gather roses with scythe by the bushel
throughout the summer-niphetos buds almost
as heavy as hen-eygs; papagon;iers two inches
long, Ike shooting flames. ma maisons, mer-
NETS. la Frances. ETC., al regular mon5ters, so
to speak. But l have said enough about my
roses-feel that could write huge book in
their praise.
My half acre eventually became ''pent up
Utica for me. so invested in l6l acre far N:
Have this fall laid off fifteen acres with a small
water course running through it, to be devoted
to fruit owing. \ large tank has been
built % De drawn upon for irrigation purposes.
Am ditching and under draining q portion or
this land and am subsoiling every inch of it.
find that my farm lands have been 'weeated
to death the same crop with no manure Tor
fourteen consecutive years. know little OF
rotation of crops. manures and renovation of
lands. hence have al that yet to learn. but at a
venture shall subsoil thi fall next spring
hall broadcast with stable manure. propose
planting mainly TO cotton and corn. Believing
manure to be the god of agriculture. have
dedicated one wagon. team and driver to his
services for the next Twelve months.
1 am interested III your writing On barley cul-
tn for Texas. ard though knowing notf ing
about the crop, have conc .uded to try ten acres
to it. Have already received my seed from st.
Louis and shall SOW at once.
1hough getting elnng as well as could be ex-
pected find it Every hard work learning to
farm''-takes one whole year TO discover a mis-
take, and If you are not overly careful. by the
next year you will have completely forp often
the mistake that cost you dearly. If there
an agricultural cole &c for women ! might
be counted upon as first pupil. When you are
forced 70 work II all out yourself by experiment
tation. with fai ures constantly looming up be-
fore you. the thing is som what dscouragi ng-
by The time you have really reached fair
derstan ling of the calling you must in obe.!i-
ence to the irrevoCable laws OF nature, lie down
and die.
tiafe Sent you Nv express sHah COX VI my
roses The late spring freeze, followed by sum-
drouth, seriously injured nv early roses.
but since the setting in o: the fall rains they
have Dloomed out in extra size and beauty.
MRS. MATTE ADDINGToN.
Henrietta Tex.
The roses got through in first-class
condition and were really the finest roses
we have seen for many Il day. There
were thirteen varieties i'll the collection.
Such success with roses leads US TO think
of soon writing an article on the per-
fumery industry for Texas. IL such sue
cess US Mrs. Addlugton has made with
her roses could lie made a general thing.
the flower perfumery industry might be
carried to q marvellous success in the
Lone Star state.
Mrs. AddIngton pleasant letter is
specially interesting as showing what
even lady may do as Texas ngricul-
turist. She wrings little "gIoom''
into it where she mentions SO much that
We have to learn. with according to na-
ture, SO short n time 10 learn it in, but
persons with the perseverance and intel
ligeuce that her letter foreshadOws will
get there on time beyond IL doubt. What
she is accom- plishing ought TO shame the
perpetual gruInbler of the 'stronger
sex Success in agriculture is wholly
dependent upon three things: persever-
ance, intelligence and a love for the call
ing. With all these in full development
there is no such thing as fail, especially
in Texas.