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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
MnnurinS the Orchard.

The land may be entirely rich In its
natural state and yet lack some element
of plant food needed by the orchard tree
to make 1t do its best. An experienced
fruit grower has asserted that fruit trees
csnnot thrive and do well any more than
COWS or hogs without proper feed. Most
people generally expect too much of land
in orchard. They not only do not fer
tilize their trees, but stop manuring the
crop planted. This policy is suicidal.
for after planting and waiting for trees
to come in bearing it would certainly be
economy to have them bear paying crops
for long term of years. OF course one
may not know exactly what element the
trees stand in need of, but he can always
get rightly at the thing by applying
some kind Of perfect manure,
allowing the trees to hunt out what they
need. The trees will always attend to
that matter. Stable or cowlot manure
- reaches very nearly to perfect ma
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
VIVA, Irrigation Has Done.

lam temporary resident CT your city, late
from California, and since my sojourn here
have been reading the agricultural department
Of the Fort Worth GAZETTE with keen interest.
and especially the admirable articles appearing
in it on the subject Of irrigation. l can assure
you there is more for Texas in irrigation than
persons without experience in that direction
would ever dream Of. Away back the people Of
California looked upon irrigation about as the
people OF Texas now seem to be looking upon it.
MANY of them thought it might be
rather fair thing in localities where it could be
easily applied, but that II was real necessity.
But few persevering persons like yourself
thought they saw much for California in ire
CATION and SO kept hammering away in its
favor until they evantually got the ball in mo-
tion and now irrigation is ono OF the biggest
things in existence for the Pacific slope. 1t has
built California up from about nothing in that
line to the leading agricultural and horticul-
tural state in the Union. Irrigation has panned
out more gold for California than was ever
panned ont from her mines. For instance
at Ansheim, in Los Angeies county, where I
have my home. there existed not very many
years ago little more than . barren waste. The
people who lived there managed to get along
after . way, and while they cursed California
agriculture a. something without profit, they
couldn't think of any means by which it could
be made more profitable. Indeed it Is mors
than probable that they never thought much
about any chance for greater profits. But finally
irrigation got hold Of the region and the whole
valley was put under the system. A great
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
Grating the Pecan.

In your advocacy of pecan culture for Te1a.
you are certainly hitting the nail squarely e
the head. But. as you suggest, starting grsfs
without knowing positively that you are staJfNtg
with desirable varieties is rather risky Nm
for one lifetime. Cannot the pecan be sHi5ess-
fully grated like the ordinary fruit tressqs$W.
Madisonyille, Tex. so
The pecan is sometimes grafteSbut it
IS rather hard tree to graft. All the
hickory family, of which the pecan is q
member, 10 regarded as hard to graft.
We have succeeded in grating the pecan
on the pecan and also on the butternut
hickory, but our per cent OF success has
been comparatively small. Our method
was cleft grating in the base of the
stock where it grew. We'd always pre-
fer planting the nuts and starting grove
of seedlings. II the nuts of desirable
variety can be obtained from q tree
growing few hundred yards from any
other pecan tree, or at least from tree
of inferior variety, they will be very apt
to come true, but it must be admt tied
that planting nuts without knoNshg
whence they came is rather risky bus
mess, tor different varieties will some
times cross on each other 10 material
change In the character OF next genera
ton 3 fruit
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25

The Southern Cultivator says one Of
the most serious fault to be pointed out
in not few hired men lies in their dis
position to abuse horses placed under
their charge. II is true that farmers
through scarcity Of the "help" supply
are sometimes forced to employ men that
they would rather not have, could they
help themselves, yet every farmer ought
by all means to make a strenuous effort
at filling the place of all such men as
will not work team without abusing it.
Some horses have more intelligence than
the men who work them, and it may be
added that abuse of horses is by no
means confined to hired hands. The
writer has occasionally known man
whose temper was 30 violent that he
could not resist the temptation to abuse
his team. When a man has trouble with
his horses and cannot manage them as
well as he may like, in nine cases out of
ten it is his own fault. There are but
few horses that are not tractable and
docile If they are treated properly. IL
might be well for him to investigate the
matter if he does not get along with the
of horses as well as he
ought.
1t is O matter of some Importance to be
able to handle horses properly, and
worthy motive that prompts a man to
become proficient IN this direction.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25

change for the hetter at once took shape. Event
ually most of the valley Was planted out to
English walnuts- Nobody seemed to know
much about why they were plsnted-it seemed
English walnuts. They didn't seem to much
interfere with other crops, SO everybody
planted walnuts merely because it was FASH
ionable to do so.
Well, those walnut groves are now Just COM
ing into good bearing, with the full promise OF
continuing to bear for leo years. They bring to
their owners in clear cash from $500 to $500 per
acre. and the entire crop of the valley has footed
up for this year not less than SCI. 600. Only
twenty seven trees we've planted to the acre, but
each tree yields on an average $50 worth of nuts
the yield will be much heavier as the trees
grow older.
Nineteen years ago the county OF Fresno was
desert given over to the jack-rabbit. Nothing
could be safely trusted as q summer crop be-
cause of expected drouth. In 1871 an irrigation
canal was completed and it brought in 500 new
settlers. The starting outlook was not
at all encouraging to the canal COM
pany, but more colonists came next year,
and they continued to come until now there are
coo people settled along that canal, and the
lands have advanced in price from 81 an acre to
$50 to $500 an acre. Fresno county now has six
teen canal systems, with 500. 900 acres in grain
ana alfalfa, 20. coo acres in vineyards and SOU
all. A. l. McyEY
Fort Worth. Texas.
This letter calls for no comment from
US. The writer has made out his case
with degree of clearnsss that could not
be bettered. He has plainly shown that
while good country with uncertain
rainfall may sustain light population,
after way, good country with uncer-
tain rainfall cannot, under a correct
system of irrigation. do otherwise than
become great and populous country.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
Second Crop Apples.

Mr.. f. 2. Lingenfelter of Fort Worth
has sent us half dozen very pretty little
apples, representing a second growth on
his tree FOR this season. They are near
tbs size of wild goose plums, and the
seeds are almost ready TO turn when the
frost struck them. The blossoms from
which they sprung came out after our
first rain following the summer drouth.
This confirms our theory to the effect
that the trees in this portion of Texas go
into regular rest when the dry season
is upon US, and then start into a new
spring, as it were, when the fall rains
appear.
Such freaks as presented by Mr.. Lin
genfelter's apple tree are very exhaust
ing to the tree, and much against heavy
fruitfulness for the next season.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25

BY 1.-Two years ago tried this remedy
with seeming success. One year ago and
this year tried !: most thoroughly, and
With no success at all. Trees heavily
powdered before the ourculio commenced
their attack had in week not single
unstung plum, though there had been no
rrin in the interim The trees were small,
10, though they were In full bearing, the
plums were not very numerous. 1 con-
slider these tests crucial. While l would
not say that this treatment might not
sometimes do good, and possibly save a
crop, do say emphatioally that it is not
reliable and cannot be depended on to
save our plums. l am sure that applied
this material more thoroughly thapennest
growers would do ~
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25

correspondent Of the Indiana Farmer
gives his plan for putting up picked
pork, which, he says. always proves en-
tirely successful:
To each gallon of water add one and q
half pounds of salt, half pound of
brown sugar and half an ounce Of salt
peter. Boil all together and skim of
such impurities as may arise to the sur
face. Place in an open tub to cool.
Pack the meat closely in barrel, and
when the pickle Is entirely cool pour it on.
Weight the meat down to keep it. well
under the pickle, or, if the barrel is en-
tirely full, head up. The meat should
have been cut up and laid upon boards
sufficiently long to drip out all blood and
become entirely cool before packing
away in the barrels.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
carbo,io Acid for curcu,io.


An agricultural paper that 1 am taking says
diluted carbolic acid thrown over plum or peach
trees early in spring will entirely protect the
fruit from curculio. Do you know anything
abont this remedy? Would you recommend il
as something 10 be safely relied on9 We can
raise both plums and peaches to perfection
here, but we find it hard to get much ripe fruit
entirely clear Of worms. CHAs. PouLssoN
Lampasas county, Tex.
We have oursef read Of late good
deal about that curculio remedy, but can
say nothing concerning It from personal
experience or observation. Our reason
ing would set uB rather against it as
something to be safely relied on, Pro-
lessor John Martin, assistant state en-
tomologlst of Illinois, says IN late pub
licaticn: stAs the curculio comes forth
in spring, it must be some distance from
the fruit that is likely to become victim
to Its ravagss. Through some
sense, probably smell. 1t is at
traoted to the fruit. Hence
the remedy suggested and practiced BY
Mr.. j. N. Stearns OF Kalamazoo, Mich.
to mix one pint of strong crude carboiic
acid with fifty pounds of newly Stacked
lime, and throw this into the trees in the
early morning while the dew is still on.
The theory Is that the strong odor will
disguise the frees 90 the ourculio will not
find them, or else IL 50 repugnaut to the
weevils that they will give them the 60
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
A Remedy for Drouth.

You are having great deal to say in favor of
irrigation as a remedy for drouth. but it must
be remembered that there many farmers in
Texas who so situated that 1t would not be
possible for them to irTigate their lands. In
such case what would you recommend as the
best course to pursue with q view to SO far "a
possible, meeting the disastrous effects of
drouth? TURNER EcHoLs.
Black Creek, Kendall County, Tex.
Deep preparation OF the soil for the
crop, and, if possible, working into 1t a
liberal amount of well-rottsd vegetable
matter, is the first thing to be attended
to. Deep preparation is important, even
though you cannot apply the vegetable
matter. The office of the vegetable
matter Is to prevent packing or baking
in severe drouth. The next thing is
shallow and frequent cultivation after
the crop is started, provided, of course,
that 1t is q oultivatable crop. 1t is always
best to get ever the land with your shallow
cultivation as soon as possible after each
rain-don t wait for weeds or grass to
call your attention to the need of Guilt
walton. You have, doubtless. heard a
great deal about mulching (spreading
some kind Of litter over the land) as
protection against drouth.- 1t is a cor
rect principle, ana this is why the shallow
a mulch. There is no better mulch than
surface layer of finely broken soil,
and certainly none other is so in
expensive. With this deep prepara-
ton and surface mulch of loose
soil you get the full benefit OF
all moisture passing in the air, even
though none of it should be let down as
rain. You will be able to notice liven-
ing up of your crop 80 often as a shower
of rain passes in your neighborhood,
though it may be miles away. The
shower imparts moisture to the atmos-
phere, which passing through your
porous soil leaves portion of that moist
ure condensed. The soil-muloh at the
surface prevents the moisture rapid
escape. But in the case of q close and
compact soil there are no OPEN
ings for the atmosphere to pass
in at, and hence no con-
densation of moisture. The dews of
night are husbanded in the same way. A
clipping in our scrap book from the New
York Examiner says: Ny remedy for
drouth is oft-repeated shallow cultira-
ton, and long experience has proved it
to be far superior to mulchlng with straw
or similar material for conserving moist
ure in the soil. My onions and beets have
grown to a very fair size, and
peas yielded an excellent crop of we'll
filled pods, though the ground to q
depth of sixteen inches seemed as de-
void of moisture as a keg of powder.
on the place that received
shallow cultivation has with
stood the severe drouth and heat re-
well, while everything neg
lected IN this respect Is now withered
and almost lifeless or dead.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
Wants Us to be Funny,

am no agricul:urist, but read the agrcultu-
raj department of THE GAZETTE entirely through
with decided interest every week. I am just be-
ginning to learn that agricultural literature is
good reading, even for persons who are not ag-
riculturists. IT may not be all alike, but end
in this agricultural matter of THE GAZETTE a
vein OF droll humor running through the dryest
subjects that cuts out all their dryness and
makes them pleasant reading. Then. there are
many new and original hits that are decidedly
funny. Give us plenty of these.
Fort Worth, Texas. LADY.
We don t claim to be funny in any
thing we write. 1t is our rule to speak
of things exactly as they appear to us,
and if it so happens that they are funny
things then, of course, we cannot be
held responsible for their appearing to
others ss they appear to US. We don't
dare to make any attempt at being
funny. To borrow from Dr.. Holmes,
eft wouldn t do for US to he as funny as
we could,'' or words to that effect. OF
course the why's in the two cases belong
to widely different varieties. The
idea intended to be conveyed
by DR.. Holmes was that should
he fairly let himself out at being funny
be would become a criminal through
causing people to laugh themselves to
death, but eur fullness of an attempt at
being funny would carry the reader to a
very different extreme. 1t would make
him feel so sad that friends meeting him
would naturally jump to the conclusion
that he was just on the eve of some great
financial calamity, and that either "to
be or not to be, - or Ito skip or not to
skip" was the question uppermost in
bis prevailing thoughts.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering such
wnich may be Of general information. Inquiries
of personal character that require answer by
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rs to communicate promptly with the inquirer.
Parties desiring answers by mail must inclose
stamp for return postage.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
On Judging Wool.

The Town and Country Journal Of
Australia says comparatively few people
know how to judge sheep with view
to finding out the quality of wool il pro-
duces. The finest and softest wool is al
ways on the shoulders, hence an expert
at Judging sheep invariably looks at
the wool on the shoulders first. Here he
establishes his standard for the fleece.
OF course the wool of other portions of
the animal will not be quite so fine, but
If it comes we'll up towards the standard
the fleece can be pronounce d upon as
every even, - which is an important re-
guirement. Next scrutinize the length
of the staple, and if found that the wool
on the ribs, thigh, and back approx
mates reasonably in length to that of the
standard, the decision may be made that
the wool ia also "even Us tG length. -
Density of the fleece is next to be looked
after, which is done by closing the hand
upon a portion of the rump and lOin
wool, these points being usually the
thinnest and most faulty. If this again
gives satisfaction, the wool is pronounced
"even as TO density This all to-
gether makes up the correct fleece; in
other words, il the wool approaches in
fineness to the shoulder standard, and is
nearly of equal length on shoulder, rib
aud back. and nearly of equal density
on shoulders and across the loins, the
sheep may be pronounced upon as ga
perfect wool producer in its grade.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25

pluck and energy displayed by the Rras
lillian scientists in moving this gigsnticH
airstone 20 their national museum is
curious commentary on the scientific
ideas Of the early part of the century
which denied the existence of such
bodies as aerolites. IL Furthermore
speaks well for the advanced state OF
science III Brazil.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
A GOLD WATCH ] ssss

RsnlnuDol k&34zETTE' g offer OF an open
41cy gold watch for only SIP to GAZETTE
subscribers.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25
THE WEEKLY

of running the same material wrapped
up in Q single skin?
All these things are to be considered by
the purchaser, and after their due and
intelligent confederation it will be found
that there is no ''battle of the Breeds
but ample room for all.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-25

the progress OF Texas who have not as
yet made such tests should procure few
seeds and make the tests next year. Mr..
Cameron says small packages of German
seeds can be obtained through your con-
gresham at Washington, free, of
course, and larger quantities through
the same source at actual cost. This is,
perhaps, the best you can do in the way
of seeds. While American seeds might
be better, 1t is not at all certain that
they, Rcclimated to some other locality,
would be any better for Texas. The
probability is that for very best results
Texans will have to acclimate their seeds
to Texas, and il SO, German seed would
stand fair chance of being as good to
start with as would seed from any other
region.
In our own mind we are fully satisfied
as to how all well-made tests will pan
out. If properly conducted they will
prove the sugar beet to be an entire sue
cess with us, aud following close upon
the heels of this proof will come the
great beet sugar mills. And in this con-
nection we might suggest 1t as good
plan for tests to be made IN concert by
the citizens of q particular locality, for
it is but reasonable to suppose that the
localities first to make really good
showing will be the first to get the big
sugar mills. sugar mill costing half
million dollars or more, and taking at
good figures the agricultural products Of
region will be no bad thing for that
particular region to have. The matter
is certainly one we'll worth looking after
by our farmers organizations. Say ten
mem bers of some Alliance should next
year each cultivate one-fourth of an
acre to sugar beets-that concerted eX-
periments of theirs might secure one of
the big sugar mills. But even should
this not happen, there could still be no
loss to the experimenter, for those sugar
beets make first-class stock feed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-11-19
Credit for Cleveland.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov. 9.-Allen w.
Thurman, son of Judge Thurman, in
whose honor banquet is to be given
November IS, addressed a jolliication
meeting at Hamilton, Butter County,
the home of Governor Campbell, this
evening and gave the credit Of the re-
cent victory to ex-President Cleveland,
and at the same time paid him the fol-
lowing hondsome tribute:
''Yet this was the issue plain and
simple, brought about by the Mckinley
bill. and to the man Grover Cleveland,
who three years ago boldly and fear
lessly attacked this whole system. more
than to any other we owe this victory.
Never for one moment, amid all the
abuse that was heaped upon MIN, did
he talter or his courage fail. Believing
in the truth and justice Of his position,
believing that the government had no
right TO take money from the pockets OF
the people solely for the benefit Of a
particular class. he continued year after
year, when others hesitated to battle for
the right, and now, when all are eager
to Join in the fray, certainly this TACT,
that he dared to lead when scarcely any
dared to follow, shows the metal he is
made OF, and I believe that the whole
people will see to it that he, and only
he, shall be again chosen as their leader
in 1892. If ever man spoke the truth,
surely he did when he said. few days
ago, No one has a greater right to re-
ioice thar I have.'"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-11-19
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Tho Election of Ninety-Two.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 12.-ln its
weekly issues the Farmers Advocate,
the official paper of the Farmers Ali
ance or Peoples party of Kansas, has
the following to say of the future OF
the party: "NNe shall at once commence
to marshal the hosts of the people for
the conflict of 1892. In this great work
there are many prejudices to be over
come. Sectional lines must be abolish
ed. Interests which are identical must
be brought together, and the combined
forces Of the agricultural and laborlng
classes must be consolidated against the
forces Of corporations, monopoplies
trusts, syndicates and moneyed aristo-
Gratis, who have for years feasted upon
the substance Of the people.
'The coming contest will not take
place between the northern and south
ern sections of our country. The inter
ests of the people of the Westana South
are identical, and their political forces
must be consolidated against the power
of corporate greed 1t has been, and is,
the holy mission of the Farmers ALI
ance to subdue sectional prejudiceS,
which have been kept up by profession
al politicians in the interest OF monop-
oily. is full time for this nation to
become united"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-11-19
A Horrible Accident.

CHICAGO, Nov. Ga platform up
on which was standing number of en-
ployes Of the Lyon & Healy musical
Instrument factory, collapsed yesterday
and instantly killed VIM. Tishendorfa
and seriously injured Dora Clifford: VIM.
McDaniels, Henry Rooline, John Steele
and John Kohler. Some time ago, en-
ployes of the factory, about 300 in all,
arranged to have their photographs
taken and employed carpenter to con-
struct a temporary stage for them to
occupy while sitting for the negatives.
When the employees had taken their
positions on the platform, it gave
way under the weight. Hundreds of
men and women were thrown in a mass,
and those who escaped with out broken
bones suffered painful bruises and
scratches