The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05

They threshed seventy five bushels to
the acre and weighed thirty eight
pounds to the bushel. Three years
ago my crop sown came time. made
only twenty-five bushels to the acre,
and weighed twenty-eight pounds to
the Dushel, all on the same land. The
difference was entirely in the season.
l have fount it best to SOW broadcast
on stubble land without previous
preparation, as all small grains require
II compact subsoil on which to root.
The g. ed should be covered with about
two inches of fine, loose soil, and be
thoroughly levelled down with harrow
or other appliance. ED.
| ROLLING SMALL GRAIN.
The Texas StCckman and Farmer
says: We have almost found it ad-
vantageous to roll our farm lands
after seeding, especially in the case OF
small seeds. Both, even in the Gaze oi
larger seeds sown as wheat oats OF
barley, rolling soon after sowing il
doubtless advantageous, as it packs
the soil on the seeds and ensures bet
ter termination and consequently a
better stand.
The agricultural experiment station
of Wisconsin has been making some
careful experiments with view OF
settling this question. In the report
of the station for 1890, page 1872, We
find where two acres exactly alike in
every respect we're seeded to oats, ex-
actly the some quantity of oats being
used on each acre. One acre was
rolled after seeding, the other WAS not.
The rolled acre gave 81 IL bushel, OF
threshed oats, while The unrolled acre
gave only $3.50 bushels thus showing
a gain due to rolling OF 223 bushels
The grains of oats on the rolled land
were larger and more plump than
those on the unrolled land. Every
showing made was decidedly in favor
of the rolled land.
TAXATION.
This subject is a subject that gets
very near to the person and pocket OF
the farmer, and happy be who has
made his peace with the collector for
the year just gone. In this blessed
county of Travis, farmers have no
cause to complain of excessive taxa
ton, though they may fairly question
whether they get full value for theil
money; and that suggests the thought
that any taxation no matter how
slight, is excessive, if not accompanied
with equivalent benefits. But while
the taxes paid by the farmer are COM
paratively light, they are altogether
out OF proportion to those paid by
those engaged in other pursuits
Writing on this subject the Farmer
Call says:
Farmers always pay for more than
their share of taxation. The holders
of notes, bonds and stocks pay scarcely
10 per cent of their taxes. The
greater part of their property can be
hid from the assessor, and it is hid
But the farmers property, land, live
stock and machinery, cannot be hid.
1t Is always assessed.
OF all taxable property, that owned
by corporations pays the least share.
Railroads do not pay 10 per cent OF
the tax they should. A short time
ago the street railway system of
Quincy, Ills, was sold for $4,000
Yet it had been assessed for only
$4,000. mother words, this property
had been assessed Mt only 6 per cent
of what it sold for, for spot cash.
Does anyone know of form being as
sessed at 6 per cent of its cash selling
price? We do not. We all know that
the farmer is paying more than his
share; but how are we going to remedy
this injustice? Thu Oranges, F. M. B
AIS. and Alliances have been demand
ing right and left that this injustice
be abolished, but the very wise men
that are running these farmers Or
| CARNATIONS have not told US how to
abolish the injustice aforesaid, unless
it is by electiug these alleged leaders
to fat Offices. But how will this cor
rect the injustice? Can any of our
readers tell us.
There are means of bringing notes,
bonds and stocks to the view of the
assessor. We can discover those means
if we try hard enough. But we will
never discover those means by meet
ing with our Alliance or Grange, de-
claring that the farmer pays more
than his share of taxes, demanding
that this be stopped and then going
home.
We can discover the means by dis
cussion, and for this purpose our COL
umns are open to our readers. We
know of no subject of greater practical
Importance to farmers, and we hope
our readers will give their views freely.
We would modestly suggest that a
note or bond or stock certificate be-
come valueless on a certain date each
year unless it bears the endorse ment
of the assessor for that year. Let the
assessor be required to endorse every
note or stock certificate that he as
sesses; let it be further provided that
the evidence of indebtedness not 60
endorsed bv q certain date each year