Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-13
FARM AND FIELD.
The Texan Wants Agricultural Litera-
ture Strictly Applicable to Texas.
The Coming Great Fruit RegiOn-The Trench
System" for POtatOes-VegetatiOn in
Winter-Pork Possibilities.
s'BooK FARMING IN TEXAS.

''BooK FARMING IN TEXAS.
Prepared for the Gazette.
There is no great amount Of this on the
programme. The average Texan don Il
take in 'fbook farming - so called, all
the stock there is on the market. Texas
is a peculiar state, with, to considerable
extent, a peculiar agriculture. The vol
luminous and dry agricultural literature
produced in and for other regions, and
current enough there, does not often well
apply to the agriculture of Texas; and
since the Texan has no time that he is
willing to fool away on dull details tina
do not interest him he caves that par
ticular line OF literature severely alone.
He shows his good sense in doing So.
But this does not at all argue that the
Texan is averse to good and applicable
agricultural literature. As a rule he is
entireiv> progressive, and therefore
promptly 'akes an interest IN anything
calculated TO help his state and himself
along towards a better prosperity. If he
can feel that there is a line of agricultu-
raj literature calculated to do this, he is
for it and will extend TO it his encourage
ment; but he must first be able TO see
clearly that it is what it purports to be.
In the opinion of this writer, an agri-
cultural literature for Texas must be
peculiarly Texan in character, that is,
every line Of it must IN some way be ap-
pIicable to the needs or advancement of
Texas agriculture, in some of its
branches. It must be worked up di-
rectlY TO the point. and in the fewest
possible words. There must be no jerry
Wandering around this thing or that,
with a view TO the mere display of learn
Ing, and no necessity must be left in ex-
istence for reading over long columns of
matter to get at only one inch that the
reader is really interested in. All the
best authorities going should be drawn
upon tor every useful idea they may
chance TO offer in the line laid down.
Full credit should be given for every such
idea, IN order hat the reader may clear
" understand whose suggestion he has
under consideration; but ''condense'
must be the rule in every case-it must
extend TO the cutting away of every super
fluffy until only the applicable idea is
left.
Such IS our notion Of an agricultural
literature for Texas. We feel fully sat
ished that Texas will gladly rally 70 the
support of such a literature, whether ap-
pesring in book, in strictly agricultural
periodical or in the agricultural depart
ment of some news and miscellaneous
publication. The last named is now be-
coming very common in all perts of the
country. Near all the great newspapers
are now carrying agricultural depart
ments, and where these are well con-
Quoted they offer the Emancipation a
decided advantage. giving him a good
agricultural paper, devoted strictly TO
his home needs; q good newspaper post
ing him in the news of the day, markets, ;
ete., and a good Observation-Disclosures
paper. for the use of his fanily-all
three in one, and all at the cost of q sin
gle subscription.
II COMING GREAT FRUIT REGION.
Little as is said of it in a general way
the thinking man, well informed with