Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-03
FARM DEPARTMENT.

E. L. HUFFMAN, EDITOR


and should be the means OF employing
ali OF his idle money In operating a
farm. thorough knowledge OF ma
chinery saves money on every hand
and unless farmer understands the
practical workings Of machinery. he
10 not liable to invest his money in
factories and other enterprises calcu-
lated 10 make home market for his
products. An example can be seen
In the establishing OF cotton seed oil
mills
A few years ago cotton seed sold
very low, and In many places almost
for nothing. In 1888, they sold as high
AZ corn and some places higher. The
cause OF this advance In price is easily
found. In all portions Of the state
farmers Joined with others In erecting
and operating these mills; good divi-
bends were declared on the money In
vested, and prices OF cotton seed ad-
vanced.
There are but few factories In Texas
Factories use the raw material Of the
farmer and make for him a home mar
ket, which Is the very best, for all his
products. Texas has tried In many
ways TO induce factories. Tons OF
literature have been sent out OF tho
state by boards OF trade. and most
liberal donations offered by individuals
The result shows plainly that factor
les do not induce. Unless the people
OF Texas put their idle money In these
institutions they will never have them
The farmer Is the most benefited and
should be the most willing TO Invest
In such enterprises, and the only rea-
son he does not II that he docs not un-
derstand machinery It's operation or
its value as an Investment, At the
present time farmers are talking uf
k.tts 40 Tho
packing house ut this place Is offering
such market for fat stock that II VIII
beat selling the grain. Now II would
be Of much lntercst 10 know just how
much money the farmers Of Texas
have Invested IN this packing house
If they do not own a controlling Inter
est u certainly II not because they have
no Hide money. In 1898, the time the
packing house here was being organic
ed under It's present management, the
farmera OF our county In fifty miles
Of Fort Worth had on deposit In banks
more money than the cost OF tho en-
tcrprisc. Creumcries cost but little
and should be IN operation IN each
farm community In Dodge county,
Mich farmers were selling their hut
ter at four cents per pound. They
started crenmeries md now get from
- to % cents per pound Then there
are canning and cooperating plants
grain aud fber materials, and tan
neries for hides. All these offer to
the farmer home markets. advance
prices for products and are safe In.
vcatmcnts
Farmers who know nothing OF ma
chlnery are not likely To invest In
factories. Machinery Is capable OF be.
Ing Understood, aud Il ~ all important
a. agriculture In Texas that the farm
ers OF the state aid In establishing
such enterprises as viii make home
market for farm products.
Inducing manufacturing plants 10
come 10 Texas IL not q satisfactory
experiment The plants that are most
Induced are the most idle and neglect
ed, Home money ahd home intoni-
gence are the hast and safest means
Of establishing such Industries and
Texas has both.
ON the Farm.
In last Sundays Gazette. by LEAVING
out the word "OSluhomn,n the cumpos-
itor made II appear that the whole cot
ton crop had been killed on the 18th
OF May, II was In oklahoma that the
cotton crop was killed by frost. and II
WINS this new territory referred 10 az
having been lately settled
Webb Donncll IN Practical Farmer:
We have numerous examples In the
country of successful speciality farm.
fAh "AhiiAt'lN WIN ufNhlt Nll lnNlf Hlls
ergies TO one or two lines, and then
supply by purchase all the other needs
of the family, To such men IL does not
seem profitable to bother with a few
sheep, a flock OF hens, a small dairy
or perhaps even II vegetable and fruit
garden SO they sell their one or two
Dig crops, and then buy tholr mutton
eggs, poultry hutter. vegetables and
small fruits All this may be money la
their pocketa-though their tubles Ger
talnly cannot be 30 well supplied with
fresh products ms that OF the farmer
should be-but this plan OF speciality
farming cannot well be pursued by tho
great majority OF farmers owing 10
local circumstances. This must be
plain To any one who ~ AT all CONVEX
SAINT with the condition uf tho average
farm and farmer throughout this ooun-
Try Some farmera are hardly suited
for any kind of Speciality farming
when one considers the nature OF the
farms ana the character OF the mar.
kes adjacent TO them, or. n they are.
the owners are not Ia condition
wherc they can abandon all former
practice and start out along u now
line ut most one at beat nn,,s,
grow into specially farming. and nat
100 cautiously and gradually There
" Weii-ioundet warning against put.
tlhg all ones eggs IN u sine1c basket
Ihere are thousands OF farms an oyor
the lNhu that must uf necessity from
the very nature OF their own chnracters
ana their surroundings, be titled and
carried on under a system OF general
farming; hut don't let the point be- lost
hishl of that they should be carried an
uhues q system. Now it Seems Ia ma
mat IN the case of such firms thc,.
should be raised upon The place. In \,
lar az IL possible, every article OF food
mat Is needed by the family.
There are certain articles nppenrine-
won comfortable fntnishii nblS
ihht cannot be rlifvd upon Inc farm
hut when me considers how muoh M
tnc family livlhu q u possible 10 pro.
uuee; ne VIII be eurprlRod at the small
number OF articles that crnnet be fur.
nianed From the homo acres. For IN
htance, AL the vegetables one WISHES
anu a grent variety. too, can be n, ann
piled, All the meat van he thus f,,r.
nished. and 1t may bt grand Vi,rieiv
loo, nnd that without keeping a lnrst
stock. From u little flock OF shocn can
he mad annually good nuppiy al
lnmb nnd mutton. ana the wool tbna
produced can be sent TO a wooden fac-
terry, and handsome aud most dlirahi.
piece OF cloth received for men'a mi
boys clothing. A small flock OF hens
lueks and turkeys can be made ~
furnish oRgs and meat every week In
the year-ond lust here / would ilite Ia
De informed why Il IA that pouitrN NJ