Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-27
arm DEPARTMENT.
u,rrMAS, EDITOR.
.,ricuiture.

Agriculture.
-. Is a state Of masnincen, Ire, re-
~, md wonderful conditions. TINS
'H'" . ' declaration OF % 4th OF
- ~ A calm consideration OF
w ~s ,.veals an insight into ex-
= 80 .ss,rs in Texas not 10 be ex-
,u s,s b. one who makes ''h Oh 'u's
Lss disabilities OF Texas are indeed
~ hut 1t is a fact also, thet THESE
ehSs,,,ties are seldom realizen'
.ssl' I'm area of Texas Is larger IMAM
mole state Of Kansas me aVerase
redue. Commissioner of agricultural
pr Va y bushels per acre, and yet
Fss ~ OF Texas bought for that
De iA W. IA bushels OF corn. and the
ar 80 -, kansas sold in cities and
pr ~ the state will double that
neunn hsat area OF Texas is tremen-
ln' VA the yield large; some coun-
u',asvinR an everage yield of nearly
- hushels per acre, and yet KAN
svn w. is sold all over the state,
W. AZ well in Texas and have but
hVtI ,snses. They thrive along the
~ ws ss, on niullusks. they fatten out
~ r,esnuIte beans, and grass and
nv ~ saads abound for them elsewhere
"a ,he state. The farmers of Texas
ri w pnrehased 1s.9s6,49S pounds of
~ and 241O.206 pounds OF lard,
e'. six wears the average yield OF
m nntatoes per acre In Texas has
~ rms. 1851, $3.50. 1888, ll6.lO; 1881.
iseo 81; 1891. S0.7b; 1892, 1I2O; ana
Tsxas is the best market that
,thrrn potato growers have Tor their
vducts. ,, :, as a.
hefore the Massachusetts state
~ N agriculture in 1892 that when
!, sonnd in the Boston markets fine
.,hes neatly packed they were al
~. labeled from Texas. and in
-s,nssn In 1893 Texas peachesS5old as
HI as So per bushel, =,
~ thirteen acres OF pears Mr.. H. NJ.
.,.,rrfellow Of Hitchcock, Tex, real
W hearty $4,000 net In 1898. Mr.. II. Z,
r.anhtl OF Alvarado makes more on
zen acres of grapes than any of his
.,,hhors on 200 acres of cotton, ana
y,.srs Baker Bros of Fort worth
~ sold for three years over $1,000
y acre OF plums.
(. noultry. bees and dairying, Texas
~ most inviting field on account OF
,ssdant markets and large profits.
nh ali these facts existing but rev
t,ners have fruit around their homes,
,su bees or improve breeds of poultry
consider dairying as business OF
NIT - ,,,,
Tbefe is not farm Industry nut
mai IL being conducted, properly CON
srrted, and profltably conducted III
ftrns Al the same time II must De
,5mltted that but few attain to the
MI possibilities of this state. Nv
,rsnhie ia not with the state, nor the
s,nt Of knowledge on such subjects
h i the absence OF any means TO dis
tr.hute this knowledge among the peo
Ne that operates against the develop
rsnt Of agriculture in Texas. Their
~ no AGRICULTURAL societies In counties
no farm Institutes held and worst o
HI The legislature established de
rartment OF agriculture and In orde
u eyade the constitutional provisions
srsInst spending public MONEY
On immigration, diverts the ap
pronrlatIon for this department
"a The purpose OF advertisinl
Teras cities. towns and lands. The an
maj report issued by the commission
q Of agriculture Is not an agrlcuitura
seport at ALL 1t deals entirely VIII
statistics. and such statistics as ar
calculated 10 reach the homeseeker an
Investor.
An agricultural report without
single agricultural subject being cor
sldered Is the kind Texas gets up. rhei
must be a change In this matter an
the agricultural commissioner must
PERMITTED TO use his appropriation
collect and distribute agricultural "
formation He mlust have the power
bold farm Institutes ana ht,en
and encourage agricultural soelete
One hundred farmers INSTITUTES az
ttunty societies would be worth MOI
Texas agriculture than several veal
4 immigration. The commissioners
Igriculture OF Massachusetts, repor
II societies, and 104 farmers
flltutes. The commissioner OF PEN
Aylyanla reports eighty societies w
M Institutes; Illinois. Indiana, NJ
Isurl and other states make repor
B saunlly as interesting and importai
4 They also report on cultivation
srups. diseases of animals, insects y, a.
Structlon to crops. dairying,. bees, IL
stock. fruits. vegetables ana SOILS
On all these subjects the Texas repu
Il silent TO the exception of conue ".
mention OF the proceedings OF the le
Is State horticultural society
Texas has magnificent resources'
n truly presents some wonderful {.
dltlons. and the chiefest of all Is
absence OF all effort to determine
ncultural questions and advance w
cultural Industries through us az
cultural commission, local societies
larm Institutes.