Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17


soon establish an export trade by way OF
the Southern coast
y. W. Mclain, late Of the United
Sutr. department of agriculture and oS-
director Of the Minnesota State Arrcul'
turm station, vile ia Fort Worth yes
tcrday.
II am going down about Arkansas Pasl
20 examine the soil aud gather statistics
bearing IN agriculture said Mr.. Nc
Lain NJ the ilckwick. II iind that a
personal visit is necessary, Tor every
other attempt 10 secure the desired III.
formation has failed Before coming
down here / applied ut the Chicago Offices
Of the Arkansas Pass, Missouri, kituSas
and Texas and Santa i'c railway com.
pauirs for statistics about the soil ana
climate Of Texas, bat they could not
furniah them. So ! have come myself
This however, Is not my first trip TO
Texas. / travelled over a pnrt of 1t
about the years ago. WHAT dc | ilink
ut TcNusf Certainly II Is grand state
There are parts of 10 which for agricul-
turh purposes can not he cNccllrd. Es
pcrinlly is this true of The northeast
quarter. Everything considered, the
price pud accessibility To market, | know
Of no state in the Union that offers bet
ter Inducements to the farmer than this
nNNNlNHH II ~ u llNll sui anu " W Vlh.
ducc nhundautly, Hut you have q good,
heavy soil all over the state, The draw,
back attached TO some Of ID is tlc irrogu-
lar Aluialls. This defect will he
thing Of the past Ia time, however,
How Because the annual precipitation
Is increasing each year The uplmniug
of the soil and the planting OF nrr
cause this. ! know there are scientists
who deny ihut troog attract rnin. lint 1t
Is well established theory, aud one nc.
cpptod by all the leading scientists. The
du7scntCrs attribute the Increased prpcipi.
ton IN scuilsarid regions 10 the incrpusa
Of railroads aud telegraph wires. /
ihinl, these, too, in great measure. are
The causes; hut IL Is undoubtedly trus
that the upuruing of the soil and Inc
planting of trees have something 10 do
With the incrcaspd prccipitutinu. The
great difficulty with Texas Is that the
iucn who wnrl, It's soil are poor farmers
lhcy use no Judgment whatever and do
their work in sloyenly way. And, sir.
they viii pay dearly for their prodignlty
IN the use of their soil They are wear
Ing II ont without maxine tho slightest
effort To rcplrnish Il They plant the
Same crops every year CNhnusting ID
moro aud more aud never think OF rrsf
ing ~ M giving u back soue OF those
nWrluNc Qualities at which they nrc. rob,
| hing " every wear, But rs I said, they
VIII pay dearly for thcir prndignlity
| What should they doG INoy onrH nj
least 10 vary their crops Planting corn
| or Mh'al or oats on the samc ground
| year after will soon exhaust h. In
Illinois they plnw their suhhlc under as
| soon Us 'hrN harvest and ihus The soil
| gets back some OF the prupertcs which
! 4 gave. Then they plant IL In cloycr'
Whom the clover comes mp they tnrn il
| under, aud ~ this way rivr thc snil
| mtrogen, which by constant planting Il
has lost, Barley D. gond grain ia rcst
the soil with, Aftcr wheat or ont
| ctop' ho'nug VIII hcnrft the soil hotter
tnan Z sowing OF barley. l'laN L nroi,.
ably the most exhaustive on soii /,
serves good purpose. though, whom tho
| soil IL very close. Once started a., ,,.iil
loosen T. There arc two ways Of fnrm'
ins-a good and q bad way. mo fnr,,.
erS OF Texas secm ~ have nioptr,l IN,
| Wtcr lhT arc simply slnvenly In
ulelr work was coming down On tbg
train with a Texas Norknan tbc o,bn,
day ] polluted out to him tho diInni.
dated condition NJ tho harms AMI ",,
houses, and told him how diaerent TX,
were from those IN the North ,N6
NesI he snid, hut rs easier 10 mab,
lying mere think that's tho cls,
IN q peanut she'll You seen si,nnly :,
want 10 mako a living REGARDLESS Of con
sequences w"
John Templo Graves, the famon,
Georgia orator. and assncintn of Ifnn~,
Hrady, spent q frw hours IN Fort Vow
Yesterday Mn Grave, is lecturinr III
iel fe,terlar afternoon on the Yves
Genuine filled case watches win, ,s,.,,
movements for $1,000 Vt ihc new low
elers, TODD \ ORR, i07 Main.