The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-11-13

| should Judge it could pick in fully
open cotton about 800 to 1000 pounds
an hour. | am yours truly,
w. G. KNIGHT,
Manager.
We, the undersigned, corroborate
the above.
I. G. GRIFFIN,
Storekeeper
w. G. KNIGHT,
Assistant Manager.
@. G. GLOVER,
Cotton Planter.
We have sampled upon the cotton
exchange, with members of other cot
ton factors, the above referred to bale
OF cotton, and find it worth one.third
to half cent pound more than hand
picked, at the same time shipped from
the Glover plantation.
u. N. ESTES & Co.,
Cotton Factors.
Memphis, Tenn.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
P. l.. GRAY,
Notary Public.
This is all in very regular order, and
if anywhere near true, we are at the
beginning OF new era in cotton rails
ing. Such machine will work as
great revolution as did the sewing
machine. When Howe perfected the
latter, it met with the bitterest oppo-
sition from all who had previously
made living or eked out an existence
with the needle. They feared their
occupation was gone. Such was the
effect for short time, bat soon things
began to right themselves and the
sewing machine was quickly recog-
nized as one of the greatest blessings,
not only to the needle worker, but
to humanity at large. So will it be
with the cotton harvester when got
into successful operation, as it will
some day even if the "Todd" is hum
bug.
The great objection to the cotton
crop-the scarcity, unreliability and
cost of labor to save twill be re-
moved. The darkey, who now rules
like an autocrat for three months in
the year, will be deposed. The chill
dren of the farmer will then be at lib
ty to attend school instead of "wait
ing till the last bale is out" The cost
of picking will be reduced, ditto the
price of bales, as two or three times
the acreage will be planted. The in
PRODUCTION Of cotton picker may not
mean any more profit to the planter,
but it means labor saved and mental
ease. as compared with existing con-
ditions. All labor saving inventions
must ultimately tend to the benefit
of the people, May the Todd cotton
picker be an accomplished fact.
PURE BRED sIREs.
AS this is the season when males for
breading purposes should be secured,
whether imported or state raised, [ would
like to press upon intending purchasers
the importance of buying only pure bred
stock if they expect the offspring TO resem-
BILE the sire. A grade may have great indi
vidual merit but not the prepotency to
transmit his high qualities to his offspring.
This result can only be secured with GER
tainty when individual merit is the
result of inheritance from line
characteristics. 1t is law of nature that
"like begets like" There may be slight de-
viations in form and color, but the general
features and quail les are The same all
through any given line of animals life,
where pure" blood is united.
With )me kinds Ct domestic animal it is
easy to have only pure bred stock. This
applies to poultry nd swine, but as pure
bred female horses, cattle and sheep some
times c. st more than males, theavrrage
slo3krai: err must be content to grade up
such u aterial as he owns. Hence the
necessity OF using only males of thorough
bre ding.
Wherever there is trace of in
teri, r blood in the sire it is liable
to assert its presence and the
offspring show qualities not found
stockman can recall cases in support of this
proposition. Prepotency can only be as
sured in animals descend d from long
line of ancestry of q given kind.
Pure bred cattle and sheep are within the
reach of every breeder, but pure bred horses
of well established breeds cost more than
the average farmer can afford, but there is
plan by which they can be secured within
the reach of every community. First let
all interested in improved horse breeding
in any given district meet and organ
ize horse club. This can be done
in many ways. An individual may buy a
horse, or horses aud jack, and the members
enter into an agreement TO stint thel-
mares, thus giving the horse owner guar
antee of return on his investment, or the
members of the club may contribute to a
fund for the purchase of horse and ar
range for one of the members to handle
him. By either plan the best class Of an
imal may be had at minimum of cost
and risk.
Differences of opinion will exist as to the
class of horse 10 be used, some voting for a
heavy draft breed while others might want
saddle qualities or trOtters, but in most
communities there would be found
enough farmers agreed on one breed
to secure good representative Wher-
ever there is a lack of good horses farmers
would do well to consider the plan sug
gested and never forget the value of pure
blood.
THE ROAD PROBLEM.
AS far as returns have been published
the people OF Texas appear to have voted
IN favor of the road amendment by large
IL ajorities. Dallas, McLennan, Hays and
other black land counties have voted two
to one in favor of improved roads
and the intelligent citizens over the balance
of the state who voted for the railroad
commiss on in such overwhelming num-
Ders, cannot have failed to supports change
so eminently wise and conducive to the
well being of the state. Between deep
water ports, railroad commission and a
damned Colorado, truly Texas has got a
move on her that will shortly astonish the
world.