The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-16

For to make tfaJ ere corn grow;
An why yourn beats it so and climbs
"a, I'd give a good deal to know"
Said Farmer Gray, to his neighbor Jones
In his easy, quiet way,
"When prayers get mixed with lazy bones
1t don't make fArmin' pay.
'EYour weeds, l notice, are good and tall
In spite of all your prayers;
You may pray for corn till the heavens
If you don't dig up the tares.
81 mix my prayers with little toll,
Along in every row;
An | work this mixture with the soil,
Quite Vigorous with hoe.
cam I've discovered. though still in sin,
As sure as you are born,
This kind of compost we'll worked in,
Makes pretty decent corn.
$50 while I'm praying 1 use my hoe.
An do my level best,
To keep down the weeds along each row
An the Lord, He does the rest.
ats we'll to pray both night and morn,
AS every farmer know,
But the place to pray FOR thrifty corn,
Is right between the rows.
"You must use your hands while praying,
though,
If an answer you would get;
For prayer-worn knees and rusty hoe
Never raised a big crop yet.
AN so | believe, my good old friend,
If you mean to win thu day,
FIR piowing clean to the harvests end,
You must hoe as well as pray.
GTEANTNGS
The city dweller seeks rural retreats
for Ii, va 'ation, therefore the farmer
should seek the city, where he may see
the 'other half lives. The farmer
lid be a seller as much as a pro
:er; and in a city he will meet the
rchasers of his crops and cattle.
isn't the disposition to undervalue
the farmers movement grand mis-
d talk" Like all new movements, it IS
! han ,ered by the crude plans of many
MINIS which only dimly perceive the
true causes of the discomfort that an %
imates them, and still more dimly the
best means for removing abuses. The
movement, however, is terribly IL
earnest, and is a wholesome protest
against class discrimination which has
marked legislation of late years.
Inc ttllUl
held last week in Fort Worth was a
/ healthy sign for the future OF the ALI
aucp of Texas. For some time the
organization has been at the mercy of
a. mack of INSCRIPTIONS and hungry
politicians whose only aims appear TO
be their own aggran Element. The
noble, first principles of the order,
which declare that the object of the
Alliance is to advance the interests OF
the agriculturst, eschewing all relig-
ious and political disputatioDs have
been set aside and ignored, and au at
tempt made to kick out every one
who had the temerity to stand by
said first principles.
But Macune and his willing tools
are liable to find that they have leck-
oned without their host.
An experiment so long talked about
has been made. Under the direction
of the agricultural department three
balloons. each 10 feet in diameter,
charged with two parts of hydrogen
and Que of oxygen, were sent up lOo0
to 1900 feet and exploded by electric
ity, Although there hal been con-
timed term of dry weather copicus
rain followed the explosions, and
trsse who witnessed the experiments
ID AIRED to think them success
But there be DoubtiDg Thomases
who declare that it would have rained
ANYHOW: and it will take some further
experiments to demonstrate the value
of this method of regulating the rain
fall.
That it will be done is only ques-
ton of time.
A Kansas farmer, after four years OF
hard work trying to make living,
b finally became disguised and sold bis
farm. He packed his goods in wagon
and started toward the north. On MS
wav he met an old acquaintance, VINO
= said. Hello jim, l thought You was
farming in Kansas 80 was sald
Jim, "0ut l sold the farm" "Wha'
did you get for it," was the next ques
ton. "Well, | got that belter tee
behind the wagon there You don
mean to tell me you traded LOU acre
of land for that heiferY mo, sac
Jim, II traded 80 acres for IT,. ina
was a pretty fair trade, but when w
came to draw up the deed found tn
fellow couldn't read or write, SO rui
the other so acres on him"
Where a number of horses occnp.
the same stable, it is important Una
their requirements be studied IN tn
matter of feed. The necessity and ca
pacity of horses to consume 1000 prom
tablY, varies greatly, and it IS rarel.
the the average farmer makes an
e goinction in the amount given y
n. 4ch. Some horses at the same WorI
require considerable more teed Una
Yothers, and unless it is furnished iai
ing off IN condition and usefulness WI
occur.
The best plan is to give each hors
tall it can eat up clean and no more
This applies to hay and fodder as we
as grain, and to know the amount,
careful study of the habits and capac
itY of The animal is necessary. Vine