The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-03
ARCADIA IN SOUTH TEXAS.
Prosperity and Happiness Now Seem
Assured.
TIE REACTION WILL SOON BEGIN.
Now IL the Time to Make Preparations
Therefor.-The Irish Potato
Question.

| w rtAtns LOT tdCIl tDD, IL Nidi Al iOi t'NAs
Won by their sweets. in Natures languid
hour,
The way worn pilgrim seeks thy summer
There as the wild bee murmurs on the
wing, .
What peaceful dreams thy handmade
spirit bring"
Never in the history OF South Texas
were the prospects Brighter for its per-
manent prosperity than they are at this
day. 1t is true the quadrennnl turmoil
of the presidential election is now on, and
| temporarily dlsturbs business. and busi-
| ness interests, throughout the country at
large, but our section beng mainly agri-
cultural and pastoral feels little IF it,
! The fact is undeniabie that although
prices are low. they are moderately re-
munerative. and if we can live and pros
per today when Prices IRE at the lowest
cob. how much more prosperous viii we
| be when the full flow OF reaction sets
| in: and this will surely take place, for, as
| have before remarked pohtich parties
| will ne SO evenly balanced that platforms
VIII amount to nothing, and all laws will
have TO be fought out in the halls OF
congress-
The education and intelligence, of the
American people will finally mold every
chaotic sentiment into beautiful and har-
monious bang, even rs man was nodded
ooat Of clay and the world from ch22os.
molten iron, famed by the flower of OPP
| Position. but 1t Will come out OF the cru
cihie. pure and beautiful, while the dross
| .iity.
Lct us, therefore as an aSricnlr
provement OF our methods. the further
| drainage and htttermen, Of our lands. ana
the application of the teAcn'rss Of applied
science and experience.
THE IRIsH POTATO.
- ,nl..,
| mo i,,sh rotato t1'.s,;,, 20 No mr., nd
van,. M v.,rv slowly IN MAJ ,i,r"cfi"n, m,
! bnik OF $40 noiotnss hro,i,,ht IN mis- mar
Eef thts sna son ,vrp nnt 'innd ,'hav We're
! loo sad ANA hitter rhis TX no climatic
! fault. il is the fault of The inethods OF
| cultivation.
AS a farm crop. the irish potato is one
| Of The first in inheritance on all lands
adjacent to the ties OF Houston md Gal
can be successfully grown and marketed
| hut modern methods Of cultivation must
lie adopted the better to enable the grow
er TO produce each crop AZ the Last pos
sibe expense compatible with success, par
ttcular,y as the various railroads now
bmhE them IN from th!llolnli, ltah, MIch-
ighn; limos ana elsewhere Undsr these
circumstances the Tactical farmer and
gardener j. deeply interested IN getting
tnel arTe.St numprr ot potatoes pqss DC
, ION a mn anu ! s'ate no" l9r h'i iut"au
uine that dlthodgh lrish potatoes may De
hnq py root culture' trey can no, bs
tsnith ~ Nv - oi lhV Kim i,fi ia"' 81
can be successfully grown Nv easy metI-
obs In one locality can rot be done in
another, nor can a plant lnds enous 10 the
| Dry nils OF chill he grown successfully in
the undrained swampy lands of South
Texas.
II Is mistake to think that the soil
ores Out cner when thrown mp In
| ridges. II does not DO SO If kept loose
for, capillary attraction viii keep loose
So'i on ridsa moisier than baked soil
ON the level. All plants must have moist
| IRE as moisture IS the one element of
growth. All plants must also have air
to their roots, air being another element
OF growth, and II the ground is kept loose
INC alr VIII penetrate. There IS nothing
me IRISH potato breads so much a
drowning RAIN ami this is a country sub
Ject TO what are called root-soakers,
| Whlch are admirably adapted to corn,
cotton. sugar and rice, are destructive
to the Irish potato crop, unless the sur
plus rain can run off The only practical