Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-25

me cattle We're Stloen from the NILS
pasture near McGregor. Henry was ar
rested while making u sale of the steers.
On b,dng taken into custody he said:
oh, my poor wife and my poor mother.
what will they dot Let mo run, boys.
ana then shoot me. can't stand this
trouble
Messrs. W. O. Watson " Co., iu.
vestucut bankers of Ills city. who have
Il large and iuilnCncll English counec-
ton have compiled an Interesting pam
plhet entitled Cost Of Cotton Produc-
lion and Front per Acre" which Is di-
get ot the report Of Mr.. George w.
Curtis, director of the Agricultural Tx
Detrimental station. at College station,
Tex, On actual experiments made by
cotton planters III different parts OF tins
state, TT MIR. Curtis suggestion.
Last season MIR. Curtis sent u cir
cular letter to the leading cotton plant
crs, of whom he asked information on
the following SUBJECTS: Bearing OH the
cultivation and cost OF production, prep
aration before Planting. tine of prepare.
ton. how prepared and at what cost per
acre. tine Of planting what kind OF
planter used, cost uf planting per acre,
how many times cultivated, implements
used for each cultivation, cost of cult
walton per acre. time of laying by
choppng cost per acre, picking cost per
100 pounds, yield of seed cotton per
NAV fANAh VI llAAfs AbANl Nbal u producing
one bale of cotton on the bass of 81
per day per man; S2.25 per day for man
and double team; 81 B2 IL per DAY for
man and single team. The above tig-
ures were TO include interest on invest
ment' wear and tear, etc. The planters
We're also asked now the above figures
compared with their prices for loiplr of
man and teams and wear and tear of
mNchinery; whether they We're more or
less, ard the difference. If any, should
be stated Information was also re
luc-tcd ls TO the total cost of producing
and marketing a bule Of cotton weighing
go pounds mud a. to the rent of lnnd
Der acre in each county. pay Of field and
dar lnhorer. per month
lms circular was placed In the hands
OF plnater in each of the different
sol sections of the state While many
of planter in each of the different
We're furnished by u number, and the
results We're very interesting and useful
TO Mr.. Curtis, making the most reliable
data yet obtained on such au important
subject.
Watson Il Co. sent one of their pam
phlets to Mr.. Edward Atkinson of Bos-
ton, the leading social economist of this
country, who Is peculiarly well posted
on everything pertaining to the cotton
industry of the world aud that gentle
man has written very Interesting let
ter TO Mr.. Curtis, highly commenting
the pamphlet which. he said, contained
the best report he had vet seen ON The
subjct of cotton production. Mr. Al.
klnson says the reports substantially CON
hrln ms Judgment that cotton has not
yet fallen to price at which il will
not continue TO yield u fair profit in
Texas and some other parts of the coun-
try when cultivated with Intelligence
Continuing, Mr. Atkinson states that.
as the drum upon the land in the pro.
duetio of cotton is not in the fibre. but
NJ Tue seed he desires TO renew form
had Instituted before In pamphlet
written by him in 1861. Mr.. Atkinson
made a forecast of the cotton-seel oil
industry and " all the other develop.
ments which have since ensncd." pre-
dieting the best results in Texas. He
has long since considered. he writes Mr..
Curtis, that cotton and wool should be
produced alternately or Ia A rotntion
on thu same land. ~ am surprised TO
earn Mr. Atkinson says. from yonr
report, that seed cotton can be safely
fed 10 beeves without being subjected To
u Inter or to a total separation from the
hhrc, My theory has been that the rlEht
treatment would be 10 remove the car
bonaceous fibre and the carbonaceous
oil. restoring the ash of the hull and
the body of the straw TO the ground,
feeding the rest TO animals; or else what
has always seemed 10 me truer meth
cd, feeding the meal and the ground
hulls together 10 animals
This suggested to Mr.. Atkinson the
idea OF laying OF large field for no.
tation of crops; number In corn. num-
Der cattle, number 3 in corn number
1 in sheep; putting In COW peas with
the corn, to draw nitrogen from the
atmosphere and so on; in general sui.
stance restoring the cotton 10 the field
by way OF the beeves and the sheen:
improving the land aud making alter.
nately cotton and wool from the same
field. These experiments have been
tried but Mr. Atkinson says he never
followed them up to conclusions.
Watson \ Co, will send their pam.
phlcts 10 the principal cotton markets
of this country and Europe.