Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-10
WHAT a STATE OFFICIAL SAYS
on THE SUBJECT
AGRICULTURE OR HORTICULTURE
WIN Make Those Who Engage In IL
Rioh-somethIng About Apples,
Pears and Penches-GrRin
and Cotton.


state of Tcans has written the iolloWinu'
II has been one OF ms main efforts as
commissioner Of agriculture to collect In
my department on exhibit Of the various
products Of the state, together with sHeh
Information as would be Of use 10 eNein-
employing the agricultural and Lortieul-
tural possibilities of Texas, While
readily admit the great value Of our I'M
developed resources and the importance
OF establishing factories, yet AZ the same
time / am forced 10 tue conclusion that
the weali. Of Texas consists in rs III
comparable agricultural and horticultural
possibilities, pursuits to which our people
are In all things adapted and The soil
climate and season lend every aid. ! do
not claim 10 huye completed my work 80
far as 10 give IN full these possibilities,
yet think sufficient cHn be said TO arouse
an interest ut home and TO be ok
ceedugly suggestive TO all persons inYes-
ugatinR such questions.
Ia beginning, ! VIII assert thut w no
place does experimenting with varieties
and methods produce more slnrtling re-
suits th1n IN TcNns. Often q man fails
with q variety, where later on another
man, By adopting d new method, using ll'e
aNi'' 800 llnh u u.us i1 1i.,. @
cIn,,d ~ " a,, ,,, w. ,r5,i',, In t!,iygs.
tni car,,t, l', ,,,. ,,n il, ,hc fa Gnpt" ne,r
his principal one his friends told him,
who had tl7rd tl.ai pour and failed, tu
Mailing ta eiii,. HIM In a,n WV nj otb.,
in..n's -,tg,..ss upJ Iun,ui,,, ,ylpt M
frirrds t,lI lin, ,yag ~, r.. Concluded us
n inst r.s'rt 10 MANI tbr p'.nr 9Tfbard and
rely ON new methods for results. rms
yc,i. nlr of n,irt,@n 'nir,t ,nj lns maid
aul nearly 500 nor aero 10 ma nGirbb1rs
as ,yner, for holm and harvesting. nnI
tn crup noted him Slli5 nix new
method was merely Ia fprulizr his innd
hclyilv. using ns much us O ton per acre
and bis results % fortune to- Himself and
descendants / have IN my collection one
busha ur Those pears md they average
30 ounces each IA Wc'gh. and will
sell, on account of excellence. iu any mar
lrt In upM ! can present some won
dyrful fnCs. They arc wiutrr OATS. and
have boon grown by Mi John Harrison
Of Na-b, Ellis county. for twenty-five
years. AZ soon uy ho hanu-ts hi4 oats
D. turns uulur tue -tuhhlr. His oats
como up voluntarily, and hp only slws
VIXEN hr desire, 10 rlmugc his holl for
oats. luc samples ! have are The hfI
cr1n from che soVng. on which one hun
drcl mulob Wcro pJstnUd ull winter and
W. IT, mnde over scvpniy busbcls per acrr
lii' lqust crlp m tbr twenty yclrg
WINS sixty huaHcls w the acre. aud hr has
inad" ns hgh u9 ninety hu-hcls per acre
also nave thc rel oats, taken out of q
observation-disclosures putrh thu averaged
over one lunlrol and twenty five bushels
per acre Wheat of which ! have sis
NNTlelr'' SHOVE weld ranging from -
20 lS bnahtH per Jrt. TINS comprises
Doih EpNns ana ,Wlntcr wheat, ana tlo
hh59llNA " ,Ne4urhl,
nc ENih ihhIs ul Texas are the black,
MAY lanuH IN me north and central pnr-
uon on me s'llc; ma the bluel, sandy,
'ho,g'a's pnd rev llnds OF The west and
Aglih' ~" cotton ~ the principal crop
"l we ula'E why Inhda but llttle oNpcrl-
N,'nl ou luIlelle' ANA methods Hs 10
.'.I , nsh ne'h n"l'' u u looked unun
~ n.y. nut 20 'lnp nl gram W cNriniu, and
p9l Ilue rnre No given 10 the preparation
OF the sou or the selection Of the yur
h3; ~ 'hr west ahd northwest gill
circuit Tor o crop of grain w. given 10 the
h'n'nh 9nh variety ahl methods play but
fm'l plrl; yet have all kinds Of
gram perfectly grown ana showing "a
lurRc yield ln hll Tue stulr4 Whore the
people on account OF the density of the
population aud scarcity of land, have
heen forced 10 ndopl methods and select
varieties with view to get all possible
from the soil the Yield In grain has uni.
lormN been doubled from what Il for
nerly was think I cnn safely say that
every indication points 10 similar results