Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-23
making 4. men, and high order Of pub.

49, - tne hrst step toward clviliza-
LON LON was a wise man In his genera
tlon. Equally wise. and more d bene.
factor. is he who plants a garden n
Iarrant county for himself and hi.
may early sit under his own vlne o,,a
nS tree,' pluck fruits from his o,s.,,
planting, and bless his kind with tha
pest products Of the soil. No region -,
IeNas OFFERS a more promising and IN
.iuhs held for the small fruit farmer
them is illlmitable 10i
Domestic Grasses
have all been tested with nipbIv ,rat,
Tying results, but the abundance nnd
superior quality Of the wild grasses ana
the ease with which good crops Of mil
let are grown, together with the gem
erai laxity and want OF thoroughness
IN local husbandry, have rather dis
couraged their cultivation.
Red Glover
fourishes in all these soils and makes
an especially strong growth IN the
readlsh upland soils, where 1t flour
ishes as IL TO the manor born"
Timoihy
does Wen on the heavier and more CON
slstent soils, and, like the clover viii
some day be extensively cultivated.
Orchard grass takes a strong hold in
all sheltered localities, and will prove
q valuable constituent in the advanced
farming of the future. Alfalfa needs
no artificial aids and helps here, for ali
the soils are naturally suited to its
grown.
Bcrmudn Grass,
a fine tenacious plant, extensively
grown In the semi-tropical districts
further south. is quite at home here
ana should be more generally cultiva-
ted me tenacious, succulent, impe-
rial and all-conquering
blue Grass,
the finest grazing heritage known TO
husbardry, Is well tested here to do.
tormine its thorough adaptation to all
soils and localities. and with the new
and more progressive order Of farm
ing now being introduced here by en-
terprislng Eastern and Northern and
European cultivators. will soon enough
makethe conquest of the entire country
until 1t is found growing In living
green luxuriance from January to JAM
uary, all the way from the low-water
lines to the crest of the highest hills
Red clover, timothy, alfalfa, orchard
grass, herds grass, blue grass and the
rye fields will make for the coming
TArrant county farmer. but price
less boon of the stockman,
Perennial Grazing,
and that makes herdsmans paradise.
or course there must be plenty Of new
men from the older and better culti-
waited farm regions OF the West, North
and East, from Canada. the British
Islands and Europe; men skilled In the
best arts Of mixed farming, and train
ed to system and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TO whom husbandry is an art to be
cultivated, rather than mere specu-
lative venture. or a asst resort ior
Idiots who fail In other walks of life,
before this new order of husbandry
obtains. But these men Will come
when they are called by the good peo-
pie.
The People
of Tarrant county-5QOOO strong-are
in the main as Intelligent, refined. as
any rural population in the older states,
and | beg to remind my Eastern road
ers that they have a much higher meas
urc Of spitality-genuine social and
business hospitality-than any commits
nifty of equal numbers in the Eastern
or Northern states They are
More CosmopoiI,nn,
too, IN their general make-up than the
people of the older states. They are
congrrgated here from the older South
ern states, New England. New York.
Pennsylvania. the older Western states
and Western, Central and Northern
Europe, and represent a high average
of the best thought. Impulse. expert
ence, enterprise and skill of the civil
lied world, The friction OF divers ie-
lgious, political, social. mental, ccm-
mercial and Industrial thought and
habit, has worn away the principal
concelt and prejudice born of more
homogeneous conditions and developed
In this heterogeneous mass, and on the
broader fields Of opportunity, a liberal
and comprehensive
"WOrld Charncter,v
embracing the best thought, expert
ence and tendencies of all the people
represented, and the result Is every
where seen in the boundless enterprise,
liberal intelligence, liberal views and
progressive ways of the community.
The work OF the ages in the older lands
Is compasaed here in decade by a
quick, ready, self-reiiant, self-helpful, |
brave, confident and emlnently prac-
tical people with whom there Is no
hating, doubling or waitlng.' They not !
only grow the grain and herds and cot |
ton to feed and clothe the millions,
but
Found and Foster Schools,
build temples to the ideal and spiritual |
literature, flowers, music art |
and the higher social graoes like men
and women who are here to stay.
Crops.
crops are sure 10 tnrlt-y farmers mere /
II they are sure anywhere in the world.
From l84g up to the present day the |
years have recorded only rare failures
N this magnificent and fruitful section.
II there is anywhere on earth 4 farm
ars paradise, where soils, seasons,
grains, grasses. fu,ts. vegetables.
Observation-Disclosures under tribute
70 the provident and thrifty farmer, 1t
$ Tarrant county. 1t is essentially and
smphatlcally Gods country. Genial
skies overhead, generous soils are un-
Ter foot, clear swift. running waters
low throughout the land; clear foun-
aims feed the brooklets; prairie and
woodland, interval and valley are deck
ID with the richest herbRge: wild fults
;row in profusion In the woods and by
he wayside; soft blue haze-the
ireamy Influence of the semi-tropies-
iallows this golden and glorious land
rom January to December and it's
Gods country" for his munifcent
mile Is on every thing.
Cotton is Not King.
lere, as the blue grass is king of her
eage In old Kentucky, 1t is patent TO
he dulles. observer. however, That the
great need Of the country Is
Variety Farming.
for which 1t Is pre-eminently suited,
To grow one great sta pie at the ex-
pense or all the other products Of an
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