The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-17

what PARTICLES ui fine Silth gets through
the screen Is carried uat VITA the water
aud thus the water space between the
screen and the pipe Is kept cleSr, Ribs
are rnstcned to the water pipe ~ the
wrapped a coil Of heavy wire. the coils
Rb0ut three foimths 81 an Inch apart 10
prevent the wire screen from MASKING IN
over ail this Is placed the wire screen, the
space Aetwcen IL aud the water pine being
the water space or the avenue through
which the water Is taken to the suction.
which Is at the hottom ~ the water pipe.
RUS screen aud plpe Is sunk through The
stratum 81 sand aud scr HAT on the ncNt |
stratum OF clay. In this way an mex
hauStible supply Of water Is Obtained. rne
company 81 which MIR. Hudson Is the man
ogcr has appointed Mr.. G, 4. Smith, No. /
1Ululk Congress avenue. Houston. as their |
general agent and he has THEM on exit
biuon We also met Mr. George GRAY, who |
Is a member Of the Hudson sand screen |
Manufacturing company, who has 1000 acres
Of rce and near Chcstcrvt0c. purchased /
about 1000 head " cattle lie also has
two pumping plants. steam aud for fuel /
uses the beaumont crude oil; and NJ: !
J. r. Adams, who has splendid /
the SiZc Of ChCstcryilio and Mr. Andrew I
Nilsson ~ Ntllson Bros. q large plumbing I
nrm OF Chicago, the members of watch /
have this year rented lands 81 Mr.. binder ]
holm, from which they have. under Me- {
Andrew NiilsoO's management. made an
enormous pr0at and are nuw buying lands
and have just closed q contra I FOR toe I
purchase Of an electri, plani aud dynamo
sufficiently laFgO % r'n fonr pumping Z
plants az four wells whieh Mr Nilison Is
preparing 90 sink on the lands to be cnitl'
waited by him the coming season, He also
viii use Beaumont oil as fuel
But 70 return 10 the rice INDUSTRY. lne
rice Industry IN Texas has come 90 stay
To say that rice ga the South can occupy
as important a position as wheat In the
North is In every sense Of tle word 9 ase
lara lion Of Independence for the South
As was said " q recent writer. II means
that We shan feed our own rico people VITA
a home,grow cereal and that with oI
products We shah produce the pork, Inc
beef the huttcr and the cheese required
for home consumption. II means n nettc,
& AIDE Of cattle and horses. better oeet aut
stronger teams The substitution OF rice
Tor corn ana wheat as the puncipal toop
Tor southern people viii tend 10 the &c
velopment Of a harder race 10 VIII &c
crease dyspepsia malaria snd mortgages.
n viii strengthen and tortlty every me
Of industry and give Us support al our Weah-
est point, o lack 0t proper fAu" netNtNh
the food and the hhor producls' bE Seno
best material TO clothe tnr nations, anu
iron occupies peerless position III ali ~
chanlcal aud structural works ~ ooIu
rhese world necessities. the south has no
succpSSful rival Vita the home prodNcu1n
OF food her commercial indepeAufhte VIZ
be complete. and her copqUeSts IN t1e o.
mains oI Industry will De a series OF pi'i
I'm The paramount, demand o. the South Z
vim furnish food for the people and
prodfphip surplus for export. leaving nPon
4 me farm abundant aud nutritious hS-pLo,
ducts for the malnfepance OF st"cA' Nl1
mus 9S aszd1 'N' o 1u1s fTfhe plant that
meets these requirements Is rice. ~ nas
- Inc SENATOR h. the thirty-slxth paral
lei ~ latitude South - th's llus most
farms have creek or RIVER potion. 'tSl9
dooded. which might be devoted 70 rlce.
or4 hundrcd acres VI rice furnishes az
least leo tons O straw suHerior Go naive
prairie hay ANA twenty-five tons ot urah
and polish This provides Tor the winter
inc ~ lcO head OF stock The future OF
| This industry Is fun OF Interest.
/ In rice farming the lands should ha ,te
1 cline from the highest point, so that ihs
/ water will stand evenly on the land, ana
at the same time when released VIII cram Nv,
I itself. md enable large nelds~to come m
| der the small lcyccs which hold ne
! water 0u the .and. The soil should be
I from six inches I" I'VE itet in. u9Plns' Shu u
/ iutpsrviNus 10 water 10 prevent the suk-
I inE Of tho water when The lands are food
] III An az these requisites and they ar"
rsauy essential 10 successful rice farming.
/ the IInderholm lands az Chestervtlc ana
I New Philadelphia possess Ihcy are IN
I deed lacsl rice lands and the result OF the
Sxpcrente witch Mr Iinderhclm and his
! rCnHnts as we'll as the mguy others who
/ hayA purchased those lands show conclusive
! ly But over and above all and In add
Ron -, fbe above rs the readiness and ease
. .ffI ghirh an abundance. 30 fact. an mex.
tbaustihlc supply OF w3Eer 10 lrrtgatc these
lands, is secured me canal - Mnleh
Is compulsory IN mcny SECTIONS, j. very eN,
tcnslye and unless capitalists take hold Of
II aud furnish the water the man OF MOD
crate means ran nrt eNs9se ~ tht ~
atsn nxneusive aud beyond the reach OF the
small farmer or man ~ limited means
But not 50 with the lands 81 Mt Lander
holm at Chcsterytlle and New Phiiadelnhia.
49, the water question has been solved
and the solution Is ir favor ot the farmer
Of small or moderate mSahs' ihls soin
o,cvep 80 successful on these lands and
they are the only ones cast Or che Colo
Ttde river whore az abundance ~ wateI
has brcn obtained by SnallUw wells. Mt
TIndcrholm eXperimeuted with this shallow
Vol system and hiss proven Y successful
Water ln Abundance is secured AZ q depth
~ from forty to fcriy,nye fee, Thess
0'elis src dug ten feet 10 diameter through
ne suttsou N clay 20 me stratum or sand
rirbteep ~ twenty feet below the surtac'
| al the earth The casing Tor the SAND
s,.r.sr 4 then sunk through the sand unit
~ nrxt sfrafHm 81 CtuF Is reached Tn,
s1nd screen b then set on this clay founda
tiou itmly and roe "aleF Rlpe 20 Iae Rumi
! ., nv. 6.,ftofl OF the ren-foot wei aud thl
water seepius through the sand furnlshei
. Ian me water wanted
~, c Su' ro 10 Chesservllle and bus loo acre
. ~ the land; suppesing the company vii
, SOL ID 20 you az Sl5 per acre. They ar
quite liberal That will make for u
Suppose sua YOU pT in improvements
And mt IN machinery for watering 10
Then add % this Tor living expenses ~
sen
Now suppose you haven't the sisp
handy Pay han cash down on the land
Il Thai cuts II down 20 -.-....-....s. 81 IN
10 The same On machincry.-...-.... "a
s1,pp
. Nnklnx actual cash required .-..... s., 90
. Now suppose 500 poi IN ID acres q
. rice and YOU get sixty bushels per acre
i thsf L a good crop but no' extraordinary
/, bnf al 81 Der bushp IL wouid make -
XII Snppose son hud only medium Q
! ruthsr poor crop; got only forts buShel
per acre sad YOU cuuid get only 90 cent
= ner bushel That wauid make you m
4 neat Uttla sum u ....,--... .+--. -. -fi,ae
or nearly enough "a pas Tor he Who'll
! outut win frst seasonS crop.
: This 4 4 very rcasouahle estimate an
= me results there IN this. one - the dFyes
I re.rs No have ever had, bad hern evci
beffer than the above Mt. i.,ndeFhelu
!, hss fenr ~ these wells. @lich have heel
4 snfsrieut 50 irri gate the more than n.
I, acres ~ has IN cultivation this rear ~
: has four Fairbanks & Morse Easolne en-
Z efres one twelve horse power. me twenty
I. I ei-ht. bcrsa mower and two thirty four