Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-08
AGRICULTURE IN NEW YORK
Something About the State Fair at
Syracuse.
SOME POINTERS ON TEXAS CELERY.
How the Crop Can ne Easily Grown.
The live Stock Exhibit-Mag-
piiicent Cattle.

cultural lcNuS VIII he interested 10 Know
of agricultural New York.
The North has sometimes been trihe
loath TO believe all the pictures of South.
ern life and prosperity 80 airily painted
by your own Whitaker, and wondered
II the muse who poured out for him
rhymes did not soar a little high aud
forget to keep entirely within the bounds
of reason. With interests and kindred
In and near your prosperous Houston,
we are more than pleased to believe his
statements bona fde facts that neither
man, wind, nor weather can reiute.
We are by birth and education North
erners, residing in New Nork's central
city, Syracuse.
The State lnir is in session this week,
today being the closing day of the year.
Syracuse is honord annually by these
meetings, IL having been selected few
years ago us u permanent location for
the fair
Each year adds marked improvements
for exhibitors. This year large hOrti-
cultural hall surmounted by u copper
DONG, was added.
VIXEN stored with its magnificent dis
play OF fruits and flowers, IL filled the
hearts of New Workers with Just pride
that New York State so bountlfully and
luNurlantly supplied her people with such
grains and vegetables, such fruits and
flowers, for their necessities, comfort
and luxury.
The Geneva experimental station made
magnificent display Of the products Of
the year. In Its exhibit was celery
grown by the now method of culture,
method which may bo peculiarly adapt
ed 10 Texas. and recommends itself for
trial.
1t IL the easiest culture possible. The
ground Is first thoroughly prepared then
the celery plants are set seven Inches
fIhats tnulN
fcient growth to cover tho entire space.
They are never banked at all, hlanchiug
perfectly with much finer flavor than
when tarthed up. They soon become so
compact that no light gets In below
aud every stalk whitens. This method
makes celery the easiest crop grown-no
| hoeng. no trenchiug, no banking, sim
ply plant and haryest-that sounds we'll
The stock at the New York state fair
il especially fine this year, Many prize
animals from the Columbian Exhibition
and the prize animals of the world are
| hero.
10 look at their ribbons and medals.
and tokens, displayed NIL through tho
stock houses, one would judge these anil
mails were much travelled and hnd been
exhibited TO the most Of the world. They
had individual first prizes and sweep
stake prizes and silver cups and what
not.
In q beautiful flock OF Cheviot sheep
was the sweepstnke and silver cup eve Of
the Worlds Columbian Exhibition W
These Cheviots were imported from Scot.
land Their attractive short haired
heads, entirely white. und white legs look
| like u dcer's, hut the long fine fleece
Yields an average of ten pounds or more
10 clip. This heard is from ilariwick,
n. Y.
Daniel Taylor, a shepherd in charge Of
| Nh.nYahtpau aud Sput oh
| Lonks, told US unblushingly that he Is
the most noted English shepherd In
| America, hut no is boy yet and his
| egotism may depart with ngc, however
no uublanketod a eve. which he said was
the champion Of England for throe years
Shropshires have black faces aud legs,
weigh upward of 800 pounds, the aver
ago fleece being eleven aud one-half
pounds This flock showed b2l prizes
won IN four years.
The four Scotch Lonks exhibited were
recently imported from Aberdeen. Ihey
have black and white spotted faces
Their wool is coarse aud VIII grow TWEEN
ty-two inches long. Those exhibited were
covered with fleece fourteen inches
long. ,.,.
The Cotswold shcop are entirely white
Their fnces nro covered with long cnrls
of wool that hangs down from their fore
tons and reaches below their ehns. They
look like fringe Of rolls when cardeu
and suggest the propriety Of sidecombs.
This dock came from Wisconsin ana
took forty.three out of possible forty
six prizes at tho Columbian Exhibition
Markham & Ray from Avon exhibited
the finest Merino sheep on the continent
Their wool spins as fine as SILK.
The cattle were magnificent. The high
est types Of all breeds were here.
Theodore layemeyer exhibited SIM
| -, lao Ind fmQt imnOrtHt
from Switzerland. These are the frs
of this breed that ever came 90 America
In Switzerland they produce In the can
ton of Simmer from 9OUO 10 l%,Ou,
pounds Of milk each annually, and Wit
little food aside from their summer pas
ture and winter hay. 1t requires twcnt!
pounds OF milk for n pound OF butte
while a Jersey will make pound Of but
ter from fifteen pounds of milk.
The graAs on the Simmenthal mattch
IL uncommonly nutritious and unlike an!
other A mixture Of kraut gras, meadow
foxtail, and Swiss many coloreh clover
Ii yields abundantly. furnishing tire
and four cuttings In senson.
The Simmenthal cattle are large, Dein
shaped much like a Durham. They ar
line for beef and beautiful to look upon
Their cont Ia cream and white spotted
the cream prevailing. Their faces an
heads are often and usually pure whit'
giving them charhclerlsuc hhu VIZ
tinctiye look. Their horns are fine, SINAI
nd but slightly curved. These animal
are extremely gentle and teachable. IN
SWISS use them as oxen With the GOV
they plow and draw the produce 70 tneii
craneries and markets, Although IN
double duty is imposed upon these an
mas the Swiss pet and care for thcI
as they do their children. Where oOui
a people find a more useful, prohtAbl
and trusty servant.
Friday was GrHngers' Day at the TAI
and il would have been n mngnihcen
treat TO every ngriculturist In tho eouf
try II he might have seen the stock pi
rade.
IL wa a noble display Of horses an
cattle that marched through the ground
, and back 70 their stalls and sheds.
, A farmers institute is one featur
r Of the New York State Fair. Its dan
; sessions are utility sessions and OF greS
; practical value 70 tn. farmer The u
s,ructors are getting TO see that talkln
10 the farmers of nitrogen compounds
carbohydrates is without avail, for
does not comprehend the terms used,
tho tendency is TO clOthe the scienuh
discoveries in a language that farin'
NAV understand. This 10 great poll
gained and will result in better practice
: returns for scientific work. The 81
. detrimental stations are capable OF dom
4 a vast good II the farmers VIII accel