Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-15
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10 ms, the tenant pays rent for IN,
iouse ne occupies, as well as for the
pasture for all Of his stock, except tho
.ehhl necessary TO plow and cultivate
sne ionu, tenant houses rent at from
" to 81 per month.
The third class OF tenants is NOR an
IarSe as the second class. 1t is made
up OF those that have been closed ont
ny landlords for rent They hive no
STOCK OF any kind. Then rent n house
ana garden LOT. and the owner hires
them to work by the day, FOR which
they receive 81 per day. This is for
common every day work on the farm.
outtlng and shocking corn is done by
tne shock the price being cents per
shock Of twelve hills square. This was
the price paid last fall.
Nearly every tenant has n horse and
carrlage. AS all our main roads are
grated and graveled, we have many
carriages and buggies running. and
some people claim that our good roads
are bad thing for poor people, as they
cause unnecessary extravaganza in the
way OF carriages and harness.
NJ Roberts in Farmers Review.
The up-toDntc Farmer.
The fact OF the matter is that the
modern successful farmer is n profes-
sional man In the very best sense OF
the term, The necessity for men of
nigh intelligence and broad knoul-
cage Is no greater IN the 'professlone"
as we now speak OF them, than I'm the
farming industry. The up-to-date
farmer must be, In small degree. n
scientific man. He cannot draw solely
on ms own experience for proper meth
ous any more than lawyer or a phy-
sician can. He must be familiar vifb
theory as well as practice: must he
Weil rcac In the hest llterat ire d., his
elass; must thoroughly know the tayt
books OF his trade Equipped with ho,h
a stientitc and practical Understanding
trees; their protection srom lhe VA.
ordinary, everyday person. His work
Is not only honorable. but one that de-
inands the brightest sort II intellige nee
for its practice. There was once a
Time when people went into farming
because 1t was 80 easy" An you had
10 do was TO plow and SOW and reap,
Nature took care OF the .cst, ard tho
farmer was supposed to cad an enyi-
able life. Farmers sons are made
TO learn their fathers business. as tho
only available occupation Cor men of
cultivation.
All this is changed; stupid men are
no longer needed. Neither stupidity
nor ordinary ability can follow fleming
without starvation. Mother Earth re-,
fuses TO yield her favors without a
good deal of coaXing. and 1t takes a
scientific man TO coax her successfully.
The value Of fertilizers: the needs of
diferent soils TO make them produce
tive; tine proper rotation Of crops to
renew the life Of land The care Of
rl"ns Insects that infest them. neccss-
thr farmer must know. lat addition ta
tatinS familiarity with the habits of
such Insects; the best modern meth
DDS OF hutter and cheese InalSing, with
the mechanical skin necessary to prop
erly manage tie modern machinery Of
dairy: these arc n few Of the .hings
part by the above with which he must
the great Information suggested IN
mans fortune win only be a matter
be In close touch, he mist have bus
mess tact, commercial common sense,
in order TO get the lest p'ices for his
products and 10 market them ecJnoMi-
cally,-Southern Cultlvator.