Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-12
IN THE BROAD AND RICH WHEAT
STRETCHES.


binder nus dohe its WORK ne h'''.
driven mules reAt content IN ne lee or
inst Your. uraWstnck Wheat Is gath.
ered b,t, tLi,k.stnu,Ine shorks and nle
''N' 'N'V ~ .,tl,
souhu oil lhr independent lhre'nlhg Vntnt
viii presently be heard In the land.
Wichita Fnlla Inns bpen "A
ut,N,ut,Iyntia MON ,rttptsItERS
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lhe past week. rim pun ul'H"h 'H
gihea aud huge red sppnrut0rs have been
arriving l.rr far the mast three weeks
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"h "Pvl u"t''Ni'f ivy INV wv" ''
loaded beside. Tie depot and % long ar
ray Of them have been put together ny
operatives VINO CURSED ahd Awealtd III
my sun
These independent thteshlhE outhiS are
interesting cuuccrlH They represent q
revolution in farming, they marx q new
departure IN progress; ou the mhfch
lucy constitute u moving hrgnle' 10 US
though a. factory would put wheels on
Itself aud go about The country hunting
Tor rs raw material First rumrs the
engine with the power OF fifteen horses
dragging the water wagon III square
rank mounted On wheels and supplied
WIN u pump and huscl, the separator
or thrushing machine and the stacker,
Alicr these COMES the chuck wagon, IN
unWle.dy house on wheels, open On three
sides AMI supplied with u bran new gitso-
linU stove aud with the provisions dear
10 the siumach OF the farm hunl Near
them are miscellaneous wagons aud
teams for gathering wheat, for the farm
rr Ia this section rarely ever stncks his
grain, but prefers TO huyo 10 lhroshrl
right from the shock. The work of gath
erug rs done by the thrUshiug OUTFIT the
farmer having only To provide for the
grain as 10 leaves the machine. II takes
force Of twenty-five men and ten
I.tf
Hlrnm power does the actual thrrShiug.
The whcalpisrr has nothing TO do but
10 upru he gate when the outfit nr.
rivc7 and To- take caro- Of the grain ~
IL comes from the spout In golden
| stream Il matters moi 10 the lhrcshiug
hnss whether the grain IT, iu the shock
| or iu stack. mot one m twenty vi the
| Panhandle grhiu.gr1Wrw puts the
/ shrnVes in stuuls perhaps u would ne
better for the grain II ia WIS done. but
| the thr,=hnr outfit Includes the men aud
| TENNIS ~ gather iu tile grain from the
! shuek, The extra rhlrgr for thrrshmg
| IN TINT way Is only cents a bushrl
| on wheat aud cent on oats. Sn the
| Panhandle farmer relieves himself of
| one pt the most tedious features of grain
| uisiug The thrr-hiug boss, like Nllu
| Snudish, knows every mm In his army
| Eight of the ten teams haul tho shuycs
| from The field 10 the thrrshcr TO one
| team Is assigned the duty of kcopulu
| water VA The boiler aud 10 another ls
| EiNcn HE work Of hauling fuel most
| lhporlhW, puri OF thv outfit is The board
| lug house ON Whccs, II Is an ale, look
lns structure The sides are oncn ana
! the roof is ni canvas. a cook stove or-
| riirirs corner aud the table accom-
iuodntinus seat the whole party Most
Of th' ihrcHhcrs are farmers lads from
lhg surr"nndlnE cnnmrY. They make
| qurk'dud merry work ~ what used to
hr The most uuNidns event of the year
| ON the grain Farm, Thu new way h "a
| great change from the old There h
no more rllyng nf urighhurs tn OK
| thlnEr lhfrshiug work,
The people Of Wirhim Fails preserve
three pictures rcprrscutlng thpIr
TllltEE EltNS OF PROGRESS.
IN the ilrst picture there are two log
| houses ON q prairie That WAS the iirsl
| rtl TN the Second picture " "a singl,
Nu"'I q raw OF saloons aud gruul
W, 'nWnHt Ihit Is the SECOND era
the lhlrl picture rs q hird's-cNo view nj
q Wrll-huili city uf lOOh people. with ii
| lg vnurt house aud % bigger sphnu
house, church spires mills aud elevator,
NnN" residences, u wholesale urorrry
doing u business ol ShDOUu month, nnt
olh'r lungs 60 match, The iluro emi
XVI ,yi,uprRuvl m decade. ln lSSi
shr had Suu Nnlers, In lS!i9 shr hn,
1000 voters Five years uro "A zoo,
months business Tor The railroad sta
non MRH A1"na, Now It TX from $4,000,
10 N"luW lhc idea 1T making tn,
school house larger than the cont hous,
hobby may not be OF Texas origin, bu
u hhdS Tirnng development here. A
texas county seat which haau't "A hi,
court house ISN'T satisfied until ii grtI
one Aud the moro brick aud MORN
nhu cupnla thut eau be- hcnprl mn ia,
hnFplcr V the community, There prob
NnN lSnl nnolhor state In tho Iniui
Wllrh ms ~ many court houses an,
50 much money invested In court hons
nrrhilrgiurc ia proportion To wealth IN,
lmpu'huuw hut ihc Panhandle IL New
leA'ls ,, "hvn Wichita Falls got read.
To hhild something Ia nstonlsh tho I'M
ives sho lN' mp q S"a,uuO school hOus
~ nho Square M the very ccntpr %
We ully' Shr, provided for nino month
, "a NV N,huNl Nllrr that she built
nunH,ohuei court house. hut 1t isn't a
musu US lne e'hnol house, The pAnhun
Wv lhcorN 'hai IL the school nous
s,, au community viii not ner
sSn Luz court house. There az
ps''i W i'Nas Nhery not 30 very Ion
W. ~ ,upN noNe 70 ndNocnln free school
, n'u,v V"n 'n,N months IL take
n,t, f,''l, ~ w Nuhandlr not TO adv,
Su,,li, III, Nv lur hlne months
Ntu"h'"N :" pul schools mention sh1ul
, "'S ~ 'uN 0lumhi banquet whic
,WtA'N NNln NtNk az the NUhliV ptltn.