Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20

MANY who attempt 20 write for the
rrgs. appear 10 think that their efforts
saalld Do directed towards the finding
f,u.t with something or the abuse of
somebody. iurge numbers of favOrs re
os.yri ms US are of this character. No
.upu thing goes down with us. All such
l..rrrs usually 20 TO the waste basket g.
Ia some cases " here the letters contain
matter of General interest they are used
with Tee objectionable portions cut out,
bur if We happen 30 be ~ iittlo crowded
wiki or work the whole c0mpooGle
stands 4. urst-class chance OF going by
The board.
Wc wrl know that there are not few
Eo-called AGRICULTURAL publications which
publish every think OF this kind, but our
department Of the Fort Worth GAZETTE
EH,J ''JAat kind OF o cat. We are
DESTROYS of telling our readers lots Of
g5ol THUGS ahOut improved agriculture
mall rs branches, and Of helping them
E.uac eU y.e possibly can. but bad agri-
culture, II seems TO us, is common
enough 10 get along without the need of
ally boosting in the papers.
r 7uar ucighhor Is not doing rs well rs
t'.H .aA .t' AfAl uh W lll-h , bl NSih w 'ltlll
leave ynur ueighbor out of the question.
lMu attempt To intiIct upon us a long
EGmaru.e about the had things that
yu.r U".ghhor is doing. If what you
Cla 31 s. reHlly something above the
average, We Il gladly spread an account
o' Il before the public, leaving your
H"'-aiNr 10 make his own comparisons
la'- - The only way of reaching him.
- has uIs own opinions, the which he is
rHrt,i to have, and if 1t SO happens
list they are opinions not we'll founded,
!H~ poorest way for changing them that
c"H4 puss!blv be adopted is to publicly
f'Uh into hun about them Such
Course t,sGusts nm at once, and after
ina. attlr thing mas happened all your
i-'aIt Efforts are mere 'tdd!ing TO the
".Hi. so for as any effect III his par
'.4.H- ease IS concerned.
WITH u view To putting the reader on a
plain iran of what we are meaning,
h- u proceed to offer genuine sample
d" The Kind Of agricultural literature
'"At 20 uur opinion could be OF no gd-
vintage {" the cause, and, therefore, is
1T ia demand at the Office OF the acri-
cultural editor of the Fort Worth GA
't'lf- All names and localities are
omitted, Of course:
'I4.ly three fouths OF our farmers
are Still running in the old ruts of their
-E"ailaihers. You could not get the III
y-.rl those old ruts to save your life.
I"ef to not use the old wooden mould
BOARD p.ow and the old tint-lock rifle for
-. s."plg reason that these implements
w past age are not now on the market,
"-' therefore not to be had. They
Ho"' Ise them If they could get tn EN-,
''''rIoTe they employ something q little
'".'e improved, but invariably under
t,.'>'. Inat IS what ais Texas.
Nv". surprising this 10 be true "a thing
-' H"t 1T all admit what good could
s~' ica,vaGh!y expect 10 result from any
,"'1 literature? II your neighhors are
~-.E Tie old "tlInt-lock style of peo-
'' s"- believe them to be. and you have
-t'aArra 20 something better, hold your
~" 4lAumeuts up before them and
I've .uelT own nom proGrsssivenes
-.-s. II they are not fools they will be
't To see something TO their gain in u
'e'. Of what you are able 10 do; if
o' all tHe long talks that you might
permitted TO indulge in with refer
&c l" tneir folly would be simply so
--1~' words and SO much space wasted.