The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-23
GOOD As MOST OF THEM.

a correspondent holding high position
| among the cuturists of Texas writes that
THE GAZETTE is a splendid paper. and the
| agricultural department is as good as most
| of the regular agricultural papers. 1t alone
is worth the subscription price to any
farmer"
This was evidently intended as a compli-
ment to the worth of THE GAZETTE, but we
must confess that we don't know exactly
how to take it. That las good as most of
the regular agricultural papers" would
seem to imply prevailing impression to
the effect that an agricultural department
in miscellaneous paper could scarcely be
looked upon as furnishing as good and as
useful agricultural literature as could be
furnished by some of the so-called regular
agricultural papers" Why not? The mis-
cellaneOus paper making Il speciality of 4
well-conducted agricultural department en-
ployes an agricultural editor whose entire
time is expended upon that department
could the regular agricultural paper do
more2 Then there is something else to
take into consideration. Most of the lead
tions now have agricultural departments.
There is with them the same rivalry in
their agricultural departments as in the
other departments of their publications,
and, as a result, they employ the best agri-
cultural talent they can command, without
regard to cost. a cheap agricultural editor
would not pay them, SO they don't employ
the cheap editor-they are able to pay for
good. work, and they DO it. 1t is safe to
state that there is to-day double the money
expended on agricultural literature by the
large daily papers carrying agricultural
departments than is paid out on such
work by all the regular agri-
cultural papers" within the United
States, put together. The Irregular agri-
cultural papers, do the best they can in
that direction, no doubt, but they are not
able to compete financially with the great
dailies. We now know of at least twenty
agricultural editors engaged on the large
miscellaneous dailies who would not work
for double the salary paid their best man
by any leading Irregular agricultural paper
IN the country. Under the circumstances
why should not the agricultural depart
ment Of the miscellaneous paper be not only
as good as most of the agricultural pa
pers," but fully as good as any of them?
The fact is, our leading and most useful
agricultural literature is now reaching the
public through the agricultural depart
ments of miscellaneous papers. On the
principle that present company is always
excepted, we hope it will be understood
that we are making no especial reference
to the Fort Worth GAZETTE, but to the
great dailies generally, now running ex-
pensive departments specially devoted to
the interests of the farmer.
Our feelings for the exclusively agricul-
tural press are Of the kindliest nature We
are all engaged in the same good work-a
work which, if well done, can never be
overdone The great daily and weekly with
an agricultural department is in no sense 4
rival of the smaller publications printed
for the farmer exclusively, but is playing
this peculiar part in response to the evil
IDENTIFY existing demands of its constit uency.