Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-14

News publishes letter from A. G..
Vieth. editor German Agriculture and
Horticulture Journal. milwaukee,, wis,
who has recently made a tour OF the
state looking over the advantages az
forded prospective colonists. lie makes
some comparisons on wheat raising.
using Kansas as an example and then
gives his observations on cotton rails
Ing, rs follows:
''Now about cotton raising. the sure
money crop. In the countieu above
named the price OF cotton was about
three weska ago 5.2sI5.s5 cents pcr
pound. that is the highest price $50
taken for ono bale 600 pounds s2G..5.
ana you state bale OF cotton sells
usually for siol II bale OF cotton
brings sio pound must bring cents.
and this price was no where paid In
Texas this season, You further state
that one family can raise 80 to 60 acres
OF cotton. Oh. yes, but how, and how
large must the family bcG Five per-
sons, that Is, man, wife and children
would not do. You inuat take formers
with large family OF eight TO twelve
Texas, that every farmer thinks that
he can make pile OF money II he
only plants u large tract OF land with
cotton. and forgcts that not the aver
age but the good cultivation of the
land brings good crop nnd--money.
saw q good many cotton lclda where
! had 10 look sharp TO nnd the cotton
plnns between the weeds but tho far
merry proudly said; I planted nifty TO
sixty acres OF cotton Lcss land 10
cultivate but better cultivation must
become tho rule Of the Texas farmer
81 travelled through the counties OF
lira2oa, Washington, Fayettc. Austin
and Travis. and with n few exceptions
the methods OF farming IN said counties
are the worst / ever saw or heard or.
Cotton ana corn ANA corn ana cotton.
that " the only rotation. ManurinH u
unknown TO these farmers. who buy
rye FOR 1886 per bushcl Tor bread, but
pick cotton for which they Ret now
1906 ccnts a pound. Half bale 20
the acre thoy call good crop and are
wondering why the cotton plant dies
out on land that has never been ma
nurcd.
In the country stores and In whole
sale housra | Inquired about prlcoA OF
Texas products. Wheat. Texas notn-
toes, benna. peas. apples. etc., inquired
for, aud tho Texan looked MS | was
insane, Potatoes we get from Colorn-
do, peas Rnd beans from California,
apples from Missouri. only sweet po-
tntooA we nave from Texas
In spite OF all this l have the I'M
preston that land and climate IN
TeNap Is good Tor farming fruit rats
Ing and gardening. and 1 can prove
this By naming farmers who are sat
isnod with their earnings oven In u
dry years like this was.
The worst Institution In Texas IL the
one-yenr renting Of farm land. II IN
Just az hard for the owner ~ II " for
the rcntor For the owner: The land
gets poorer every yenr, and aa a result
has no interest TO keep up tho iertili-
". No improvements are nude the
enemies OF the cotton insects ana
plants grow more numerous every
year For the renter! If he has a
short crop. or no crop. as often hnp-
pens, and he rents Tor cash he cnn
lose every cent he has ana even NO Ia
debt II he fcnta ON phuren he can
not earn no much as to pay his gro
Gerry BILLS The loss OF money a nOt
the worst OF II. but he loseu the cour-
age. lie doesn't care about the sur
rnundlngs OF the house and OF the
farm he thinks, II am here only one
year" lie docan't feel that the fnrm
ie his home. He can not plant planta
for clover or alfalfa because those
plants need three years 10 give the
best results lie can not plant fruit
trees. mako asparagus beds, small
fruits, otc. He loscs much time In
moving from farm 10 farm ana loBca
money by bregkuge Of goods. etc.
After careful cxnminntlVn my adj
vice to farmers isi
/, 10 rent or lease farms only from
ilvc 10 ten years.
2 10 compel the renter to manure
a certain pant OF land each year
3. To r0nt FOR reasonable terms; 81
60 s. per acre for land worth only $50
10 $50 ~ an outrage, eve lease In
Wisconsin land worth from $3.50 TO
$500 for 81 to so
4, TO 80 In diversified farming,
rotation from ave TO seven years, IN
the same time shortens the urea OF
cotton.
8. TO raise NIL food for man and
beast on the farm.
0, To raise potatoes, onions, cto,,
that VIII keep. Experiment and you
VIII find such varieties.
7. To Improve tile mllch cows and
start cooperative nreamcrleH and
cheese factorleh, working from Octo-
ber iii the end OF April.
g. TO cooperate and ship the SUR
plus but flrst supply your home mar.
ket
Texas Is great state and the soil
and climate ore. with few exceptions,
good for farming, but the farmers need
enterprise ana knowledge OF farming.
Tlut la my lmDrenniOu