Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-16

This book On rs nununl ndypnt II u SUD
| jcrt " much comment from the press OF ihe
| state. and II Il wen 10 bear In mind IN con
sidcring II that II y gotten ~ on plan
| entirely free from NE opiuinns " wishes
| Of the commissioner IN charge ~ tlr de-
| pnrtmcnt. 'flie appropriations are made by
| The legislature Of the state aud for Il Ger
| tain purpose aud the commissioner can only
| execute The wishes of The Legislature IN per-
| furmlng his work. The legislature provides
| for taking statistics Of The farmers crops
| II nurrOprlntrs money for that purpose.
| The tax aserssnrs OF the counties are paid
| TO obtain the facts from tho farmer when
he renders bis property FOR taxation. An
| the annual statistics OF the crops Of
| county are thus obtained. u hts never
| been common iastinie " the average
| Texas farmer 70 ngure on Is cfQns iie
loses no sleep III thus 1gurlns before bis
1 crop Is planted, and II Is u matter Of m
| difference to him after II "a mnfieted Tile
| only TIME when he actually tnkes an active
! Interest In such mhtiers Is every twu years
Nhen IT, usual hDrdr Of Office seekers anil
estimate Of the farfuers' crops. anals aud
! condition, The figures thus obtained may
| not be- ps reliable ns The farmer could have
| mndc hlmaclf. hut ns he makes none, those
| made by the Office seeker become u matter
| of much concern aud surprise to hlnl'
II u were The purpose Of lhe legislature
| farmer 10 his years business In taking
] these Statistics II was good purpose and
! lnrt shows that Tho farmer Is now c1nhd.
| rfing crops that will puy. ~ the Item pf
| fruits alone, the increase ~ 1891 over 1880
was ISIS acrcs, valued at stldu0t, Or an
average NJ over ISL per acre A cores.
| pondlng increase IN all profitable crops IL
| shown,
/ state. this volume contains much Oh tho
| snme line Of each annual report, The lnul
office reports valuable Information nudcr
| tho heading OF "publlc lauds.' nud Just
/ such Hs every newcomer 10 our stare wishes
/ To learn, Valuable Information under thC
! heading NJ "pullic schools" pnd "Alncrnl
! AT
| Tile heading NJ Texas cities mud Towns"
| can be found some rriuarlnllp statements
/ made by the respective mayors thereof
| While the honorable commissioner digulncs
| these statements by cnlliur them HtutlHiics,
/ he qualities the statement by glylng the
/ source from which they wrr, received AMI
the ucnns employed 10 ohtnin them. The
/ reader naturally concludes that these state
ucutH would be- more at home In the de-
pHrtmcnt ~ iicliuu thun IN The Depart
mcnt VI Agriculture.
Commissioner llnllIngswurih " not re.
| sponsihle for the statistics giycu hut he Is
for an original suggestinns THESE suegcs-
] tlpns naturally lead one 10 consider what
] iltis book does not contain. lie suggests
/ nld shonl1 Do given 70 the STATE llordcul.
| with varieties methods and the destruction
/ OF Insect pests, u suggests thut this volume
We know thnt the Egyptians some 400
NrHrH ugo nlnwed tho mnd deeply, HOwrl
the grain broadcast froui basket, rrplowcl
| as IN the hrst Ease uud finished up his
[ work w. grain planting by crushing the
cluds with hcnyy roller aud icuylng the
surface smooth. hut from this book or nuy
report issued from Ills department can
surface smooth, Int not from tlils book nr any
there be- found q single method " prrpnr-
rc1ns. II naturally ,ccurs 4, one hnt Il
report from the Commissioner VI agriculture
should 0blnin methods that prpdune thp hyst
results varieties most Uurdrs4rll anil IN.
sect pests, their ftyLgps aud cLrupc-t and
most effective mode Of destroying thpm. II
Is not The nyrrugr Yield pcs trro ihni Is
ttf IA IIta At.
tie methods applied unl tho variety used.
] " uuN one Wlsu'4 TO know WHY they are
9 ,' from H. hllh E,p9r % he osricgi.
nnd uut 10y reading The report. There Il
not w agricultural society w the state
| Investigating methods, vdripJirs or INSECT
uncullr, ffmu which such Information could
bc obtained There WAS no money appru-
prlntrd 10 tho use u the department 10 ~.
nnpgist whereby mWct pcsis could be In
] NCstiUtnd uur state IL singular la this
respect Nnssnohuactts cxpends over S1du,-
No annually IN collect the very iufurmu-
! ilun which the state Of Texas ignore. In It's
appropriations Missouri viii nNpcnd EtH.Stn
| thlH year ON farmers instituta ~ alone white
grapes, rNpeuds Stl.OUl nnuunlly Mnasn-
chnsctts gets Sa.OonO ON worth NJ plant food
from the sen rnch year nul over Shuuu
0uO worth " food from mna Texas HAS
over Wh miles nf sea coast end many buys
the Writer'S Of which are rich In cheap and
hehllhfll food, ~ not onN cent hiis been
placed In the hands VI this department To
Investigate ana report ON the snme aud
hence ms volume IL silent gu the "llurycst
q tue son Az Impartial statement ot
Tue rhso would be- that Everything vnlru.
lated or Intended TO educate former ~
giye MN any practical hcnght Is not uny
uWlilel IN THIS Volume Inn " not provided
for In tho appropriations made by the leg.
stature or The dullos prescribed fur tn
HORTICULTURAL commissioners. M turans OF cox.
perlmrniinE. on meihodH ar varieties. no en-.
inmolualEt In his employ, no money hy
which fnrmrrH' Institutes could hr held ma
board of experienced mcn plnord at hl4 dis,
nn4Ul 10 Investigate such matters nm ma,
fine survey taking place under hills rhnfec.
surely our Commissioner nj Agriculture hns
accomplished wonders In pcttiug ~ sn In.
pnrlNhi and valuable work on Statistics
nluuc
The letter " truusmittNl NJ ths volume
To the governor h the most rrmnfknhlc I'm.
nor ever issued by puy nllclnl IN the state
m Texas. u suggests THUGS new In Texas
nnd 10 Us legislature, hut al he fnnp TIM
y rs Oh rs our ppycrumcnt ltsclf Those
,hc nhscpce II revolutionary ldcas 80 popu
M .nn Sn1.s for 9yCr loo ycars ana ha,