Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-18
Does 3, Pay 70 irrigate?

the soil without artificial water supply,
but the above question is rot intended TO
apply TO that kind OF coun ~. Does 1t
pay TO arrange for irrigation in country
Of uncertain rainfall: that is, in q couu-
try hit may lie favored with ample
yaininl in the season when needed, and
fhen pgaru NAV not. There are broad
regions carrying this peculiar character,
ana the oniy thing working aga inst put
ting them under u system of irrigR ION
lies in the fact thut there may possibly
come III u enough TO emnhle the people
TO get their crops through the season
reasona Big well without resort to artI-
ncIal water supply. The hnng-back Is
not on what will be, but on what may
he. The faTmpr' hopes for best success
in such region are simply hopes founded
upon more or less of uncertainty. When
n mechanic lays oil a job of WORK he well
knows, If he has the required skill! aud
The necessary financial ability that he Will
Je able to carry it through in exact con-
Iormlty 20 the original plans, but not so
with the TURNER i'll the region OF unrer-
tain rGInfu.l. II the rams happen 10
come exactly as his plans would have
them come he will get to the completion
all right, hut if, on the other hand those
W IIIA II llb IO"SI
ircl, hnppen not 10 come, he stands
Irst- class nance of coming out ut tue
little end of The horn, as We say.
THIS question Of irrigation III regions of
NJ, eTtHm rainfall is now justly claiming
4 good deal of attention. AMI even
tprodurtive Kunsas' is about having il
forced upon her thnt irr CATION arrange
Inruts would pay, aud that there Is
absolutely 10 safety for her farmers
without 1t.
President stewart of the Kansas swine
breeders nssociatIon says the unrer-
taintv of the corn crop. on account OF
possible drouths, is rapidly driving the
people OF his state out OF ;he hog Gusi-
ness. There were three years of purtml
corn failure from drouth, which, with
IN cholrrn that Ind preceded Il, played
sut havoc with the hog interests. Then
.;hrre cnmr On for 1889 II sea-on of extra
ordinary plenty. Tue husbnadmen who
had sown i'll faith and hope reGpei
harvest so nbuninut, 20 overw helm.ng,
so burdrnSOme rs IL were, that Ike the
iisrip'cs. hen they took the miraculous
Irn;t OF fishes. they knew not what to 10
with II. he hogs ;hut might have con-
,umrd il were not there to do The cou-
Iulm.ur. Everybody was more than sat
SIZED with the crop, and no one seemed
10 think Tor II moment that another fail
ire might turn up in 1890. so. since
there were not hogs enough TO take the
great crop. ii WIS simply allowed 20 go
% wusic. Why keep 1t over, seemed To
be their reasoning, since We shall have IT,
reptutrd in 1890? Il was sold for song
10 ANY one Who would buy. Spectators
bought II ut that Kind cf price, shipped
II over TO Illinois and tai il manufact-
urtd into the highest proof whisky that
ever fuwei trom the still. So cheap
was the mnterlai thGt there was 10
cll for cutting down the proof. And.
furthermore. the farmer OF Kansas read
has mortgage 10y the light Of his blazing
corn. \ blind tramp truversiuG the
country could he gui led 10 a farm house
ny hi4 uusa! upDruiage az he snutiei the
odor OF burning corn. even as the framed
war horse sHUttrth the battle from afar.
But here is the old drolih again Tor
1890 worse than ever, and. rs Il conSr-
quencr, KANSAS - huding herself the
home OF II SET of most extremely pHuicky
farmers, who ARE spending most of ;heir
valuable time cursing Kansas. Once
again the great hog crop sturtrd in anew
last year with suc1 II blnst of trumpeis is
gone for the great crop OF 1891, should |
thut grrut crop happen to come.
And just over vOnder i'll the San Luis |
valley, OF Colorado. where all the lands |
are under system of irrigation, sit the |
people looking towards hansaS with !
thumb 20 the nose ana fingers expanded. !
They ar" all rolling in intngss. If IL !
rains with them let II rain on as long us
II rleAses to do Soft IT don't want TO
RUN. why, just let il don't. Whether il
does or whether il oon I is all the same
10 them uuywny-.hey are NIL solid for
the heaviest crop, every season, that
the earth can produce, regardless alike
10 whether or not 1.-the clouds roll by'
Corn production in Kansas, under eX-
istinE systems. reminds Mr.. Stewart, in
The light OF last years feast and tins
years ;nmine, of an episode IN ais army
life. The command 10 which he be-
longrd WAS undergoing IL tobacco famine. !
but was living or daily anticipation of
Illustrating in natural leaf or dog-leg
when Stsun;on and Lexington should
fall into their hands. Well, the lissfdl
moment arrived, ard he played hop
scotch with il himself on the streets of
StauntOn, though no us r OF the weed.
The bows furry lOniei themselves down
with tohacco. They got so much that
they nidn't know what TO do with il; so
III the after march they pelted each
other in playful Kind of way with 81
VlmEs, trnmpng them under tee; rs they
passed along. They seemed 10 think
that iro;n that hour on tho whole world
Nou.d be composed of tobacco. But
there came IL sad day of reasoning. Two
weeks had scarcely dragged uiong ere
every iOharCo- che er III the command
save IL few long headed chaps who car
!iei knup-sAcks--were besir.iHg The
sutleT and paying the fabulous prices
entpilrh lay their proi!guity. That's
how the farmer are i'll Kansas to- day |
Tue corn That they confidently expected |
for the next year dldu I materlaiiZe. |
Aud MS 10 the hogs: Last year anything
Ihgt wore Iris les WIS looked upon Us IL
mine OF wealth, and the demand for
stock continued unprecedented until the
il>ence of rain this year ruined all pros
poets of u crop. Then the exodus 10 the
sto' yards Logan. Stock hogs, animals
ID. fat and brred;n. soTs male up the
procession.
I he breeder of tboroughbreds looks
With grave misCiyiugs on this condition
" trings-it prrsages no gooi for him.
IN many places he must follow the ex-
ample of his ueighbors or nerve himself
10 the task of converting his fine high