The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-24
THE LONE STAR.
Mr.. J. Y. Jones Tells Something OF
the Fair and Good Farming I'm
TexnS

Meridian, Texas, Oct. 20. 1900.
Editor Press and Bapper, -,
My last letter was written from Dallas. =!
left Abbeville on Wednesday and reached
this point the following Sunday morning at
two O'Clock. For five nights had failed TO
get real good nights rest, and reached the
point very tired emigrant. The Dallas Fair
and Cotton Exposition vas foundea Th IN 1850,
is perfect one. 1t is about two miles from
the business part OF the city. The houses,
grounds and tracks are perfect. The grounds
are In charge of an expert gardener the year
we'll taken care Of as Central Park New York:
could almost imagine was In the botanical
gardens at Washington. This Fair goes on
for sixteen days. 1t is the GAIA season ID
tens OF thousands. The day took II IN the
turn-stiles registered forty-two. thousand.
There is no guess work about 1t. the entrance
fifteen days the register, showed that five
hundred and ten thousand had entered, half
million OF people make large crowd, even In
Texas. l presdme from all can learn that
this is by lar the best annual State Fair In the
u. s. The city OF Dallas reaps golden bar
vest during the fair and consequently she fs
very liberal In Its support. Dallas Is QUILT IN
the midst of what Is locally known as Inc Inc
lasting highlands to be found on the globe:
1t is hard to realize that such a variety OF
productions can be rounded up In one State
as was TO be seen on exhibition here. Texas
is eminently State of labor.saving machin-
cry and spent at least an hour In this de-
partment. I was convinced that no other
cotton State could compete with Texas In
making cheap cotton. II Ia possible In
large portion OF the cotton section to make
crop Of cotton without walking foot. The
land Is broken. narrowed, planted and Guilt
waited on riding turn plows, harrows, and oul-
tivators. The only walking is 10 thin out to
stand and pick There never has, and there
either to thin to stand or to pick cotton.
When II comes to wheat, the farmer Is not
compelled to touch the ground with his foot
until he gathers up the bundles OF wheat or
oats into ricks or shocks. There has been
revolution along stock raising lines since
was here twenty years ago. Then the long
horn was the rule, but this is all changed
now and for the better. Millions have been
spent In grading up the long into short horns,
until now some of the finest beet cattle ship
ped TO Chicago goes from Texas. 1t is no un-
usual thing now 10 find cows weighing lSUO, 1t
WAS the exception 20 years ago when they
never went over eleven or 300.
The Dairy farms were we'll represented,
some very fine Jersey. Durham, Polled Angus
were on exhibition. The hog snow was mag
nficient, there was at least a dozen going as
high as thousand pounds. Now thousand
pound hog makes a pretty good show con-
trasted with s.. c. land pike OF one or two
hundred. Judging by the poultry exhibit the
climate OF Texas suits the poultry farmers.
ment that DR.. Lea OF Cokesbury, one OF the
South Carolina judges had just gone. was
very much disappointed in meeting him.
The display was fully as good as the Nation.
al show attended some years ago In Wash.
ington. j. 7. Jones. -