The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-26
FARM NOTES.
SOME OF INTEREST TO TILLERs OF
THE SOIL BY A PRACTICAL
FARMER.
The Careless Man Seeks Eggs in
~ Vain - Free Silver Wevil-ProOf
Corn and other Interest
ing Notes.
How much has the credit system cost

How much has the credit system cos
you?
There is as much in the farmer an(
his methods of cultivation as in sol
and season.
A good farmer drives his work, in
stead Of allowing his work to drive
him.
The true farmer looks after hi
farming and live stock almost as care
fully as he does his own family.
Before farmer leaves the farm ''tC
secure better educational advantages
for his children" he should exhaust
every effort to make his own district
school what it should be, and he
should renrw his efforts on his return
The new tariff distinctly states that
sage flour is tree of duty, but the
treasury department informs the co.,
lector OF the port of Boston that sage
-four is dutable at cents a pound
because it is MOI flour, but starch. Mar
velous are the intrrprei ations of some
Of the plaineot laws 10y The Washing
ton departments. How the starch
trust must smile!
One OF the eife is OF green manuring
may MT be sufficient considered.
The land gets back al that accumu-
. lates in the plant, whet er from the
SOIL the water OF he soil, or the air.
Further, however, u mass of organic
matt IL lntI n al in, l,n al al
the immen,e quantity OF carbonic
acid thus libe,a ed attacks the other
wise unavailable SUI stances of the
soil, disint, gra ing and di,solving
them and rendering them fit for plaut
food.
About this time the careless man
goeth about his premises SEE king eggs,
but finding no lie casletn asper-
sions upon BIO hfu hens which lay not
while eggs are h gh and spiteluliy
throwetn out n lew ea.s OF corn with a
grudgiug haId. lie decidetn in his
heart that hers do no need water,
and time spent III fussing wi h them
or in giving them tx ia food is wasted.
From their 10 t, p rches on nelghbor-
ing trees or convent ut NaS MS, they
regard with com EN-, his repro ,ches.
Meantime his lie ghbor gueth forth
early in The luOrn,uG t. his warm hen
house, bearing IL StVOrl mess OF cooked
and stealniug vtge all S interlningled
with meal and bran, ground meat aud
other gallinacean ualnt,es. he also
beareth To them pure water,
ground bone, gravel, shells
and other daiWty mo sells A. the
sun approa HE. We meridian
he goeth forth wlrh some small grain
which he sea tere n among the straw
and chaff, anu btareth back with him
goudly numb r of her fruits; these
he selleth to the city capitalist at Il
fancy price and meanwhile casteth
ridicule upon his luckie neighbor
who never hail luch with his hens
Senator ingalls, axes Il back seat, or
rather is tDrbdd' II n III taking any
seat in the Unit d 5 ales Senate.
There be some who think this ma
tional CALAMITY but he! are not Kan.
sas farmers or S ,uthem patriots,
The booinera rs OF the ually gifted
Senator have rr,u II d 10 the starting
point and whack, d HIN un the heal.
The farme,> parry i'll Kan S rs has set
a noble example to Their brethren IN
the great northwest. 1t was prOphe
sled time and aGaiI, and all the time,
that said patty w,ud spl it, If Into
smithereenS Oy, + some "a ttN questlon,
but the PROPHETS r,oved fal ones,
and the PARTY !, mAlneL utlt till the
battle was won. and still gives eVl-
dence of vigorous hrsIOn. The peo-
pies party in kans IS pr seutly led
by clearslRhted, >Irun .-willed reform
ers, and Jules, somr unfUr Sc weak
ening process >eIZee them, they will
make their lntlu"' ce Irit i'll the legi'la-
ton of The near future
Judge w. ~. Y fer he new seua
, tor. who has 50 eff TIA ~ SqueIched
Ingalls,, is 81 years Oh and is of Ger
man parentage. His hoyhUod was
spent on the farm As q young man
he taught country scuoor. He joined
the Union army a q ed there tIlI
the close of lie war. In 1865 he took
to the practic,, o Jaw in T,nueSsre but
removed to Karsa. in 1872, where he
became farmer ana newSp iper man.
On the orgau,z uloI OF The Farmers
. Alliance he became an a. i've member
and as ed 1T rof tn. K nsaS Farmer
has had much t8 do WI h the success
of the ia mers' ,,,rty III h $ state. He
is the aui hor OF The Way Out. which
advocates the .heme of leaning gov
eminent IuUnry "n the security o,
land and farm Iroduc Ga the tarif
,queS i'm h. j. nau her II free trader nor
a prohlbitive IroIr,tlOnlst, but advO-
Gates mod rate tariff Tor revenue. of
say 20 per cent IN re of 60 per cent,
as now levied under the Mckinley
tasitf.
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER
This subject is pr. St ntIy engaging
the attention ur the political, tinancial
aud commercial W, + o. and is pregnant
OF serious possb hi il $ to The common
people. The III It authorities are
divided in the OBI 10 AS 10 the ulti
Innate ELECT OF tie re and unllnlted
coinage of SILVER one party coutendIng
mat 1T would usl,r IN u new
era OF pros er,ty in which every
one would be 'enelite /, AMI the
0ther that 1t wonld OIL, benefit the
OuLllonlsts and gold men Viii do
no6 Pretend to decide between the
cc"nc tlng parties cannot avoid the
'ohcluslon that we need more of the