Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-02-16

this week to North Texas. A vast
amount is also going out daily by ex-
press. The Arkansas Pass road has fur
nishea Nueces county gardeners the fol-
lowing rates: To Dallas, 20 cents per
100; 10 st. Louis and Chicago, 40 and
40 CENTS per 100 respectively. Shippers
must furnish their own ice for refrlger-
ator cars.
AT a regular meeting of the Fruit
and Vegetable Growers association at
Webster Saturday a large attendance
was present including some of the lady
members and many who were not menu
hers. The meeting was called for p,
IN. sharp. Notices had been posted ait
different places announcing that Mr.. j.
L. Mattingly of Houston intended to ad-
tend this meeting and address the truck
growers at this place, hence the large
attendance. Mr.. AIatEngly is a ,practi-
cal man, having been in the growing
and shipping business for many years.
He held his audience here that after
loon for three hours. Mr. Mattlngly
spoke ON the Line of planting, growing
and packing al kinds of vegetables.
He has arranged for the furnishing oe
crates, boxes and baskets to the Grow
ers' association at prices lower than
paid heretofore; also for the purchasing
of seeds, He also has secured reasonn-
bic tariff rates for the transportation
TO Northern markets. The meeting
seemed to put new life into the asso-
ciation, taking in six new members.
Mn. ~ T,at tuOlx, 1ffk tx.ftt1 In
order for seeds, including beams and
irish potatoes, with the price of same
IN his pocket. The large order made
Up one week ago for seeds has arrived.
For a year or two past George s.
Gayle, "a leading farmer of Jackson
county, has entertained ideas about
diversillication of Interest. He has 600
acres in cultivation, and DO each of his
ten tenants he offers to set aside two
acres ON which experimental crops of
the tenants choosing may be planted.
On the other land he encourages Che
tenant 10 diversity with corn, cobtcn,
oats peas, sorghum, millet and sweet
potatoes. On his ranch of 5000 acres he
Is raising a good grade Of cattle, horses
and hogs, and will in feeding his stock
fer market furnish or open up to the
tenant a market ON THE farm for these
forage crops. In addition to all of this,
he has TWENTY-FIVE acres in pears and
about six or eight acres dn other fruits.
The pear orchard will likely yield its
first crop this year. He intends TO
plant about five acres in melons this
season. MIR. Gayle is a strict member
of the Methodist church. and in his
dealings with tenants and all Others,
he is fair, honest and liberal, and by
! practicing as, far as possible the gcl-
den RUE, The lras won the respect, con-
fidence and friendship of those who till
his lands and find employment ait his
hands. 1T may also be added ito his
credit THAT he furnishes to his tenants
gratis all the mich COWS necessary for
supplying their families with milk and
butter.
"A large number of representative far-
meus from all parts of Austin county
met at the court house at Bellvllle to
distcuss various propositions for the
Improvement of the CONDITION of the
agr.cuJturists. MIR. d. w. Ar"odt, pres
ident of the Farmer verelnlgung, the
Associated Farmers clubs of Austin
county. was selected as chairman and
Mr., Robert Reinicker as secretary. The
discussion took a wide range and was
quite interesting All PARTIES agreed
that steps should be taken ito do away
with THE credit system, which hangs
like milestone ON the necks of buyer
and seller. A committee consisting of
C. F. Hellmltlh, Gus Hoppe, w. Krue-
ger, II. Miller and H. A. Hartmann was
The committee brought i'm the following
appointed to draft suitable resolutions.
repent, which was unanimously adopted
Be 1T resolved by the farmers and mer-
oharils assembled at [Bellville on Janu-
airy 81, 1898: That the credit system
should be reduced as far as possible;
that merchants should sell their wares
ait a certain cash price and at higher
price on time; THAT all farmers pledge
themselves to assist, as far as possible,
these merchants who endeayor IN this
way to do away with the credit sys-
TEN; that all farmers and renters
should endeavor ito raise, as far as Is
possible, bacon, POTATOES, corn and
other products, so that money need moi
be sent out of the state; that similar
meeting is to be called by the present
chairman to meet at Be,lville Within a
few months, which is to be conducted
in the English Language; that these
resolutions are ito be published in the
!ccal papers, THE Bellevllle Wachen
, h,apt and Times. lit was suggested that
firepnoof cotton warehouse should bt
erected where farmers might STORE cot