The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-17

tedious. Prot. Knapp said In part:
My word Is pledged to somebody here to
make few remarks at this meeting
When was first asked to say something
had no time for preparation. thought,
however, after hearing some other pspIe
talk, l might be able to say something
But 1t now seems to have blossomed out
into full address. When / listened IN
the cotton growers section l heard story
which l thought took the hat, but have
since heard an alfalfa story which takes
the panama. A gentleman In this state
mad seventy-hve acres in alfalfa. lie
turned on 900 head of cattle and 1000 hogs
and 500 chickens and 2,OOO.UUo grasshop-
pers and made over n thousand pounds or
honey besides 1t seems to me that truck
requires diversihcution just much as cot
ton. by diversified farming is meant a
system of farming. In this section | sup
pose IL know II Is so in louisiana you
produce one crop and buy everything else.
am astounded at the trainloads of but
ter. canned goods and other things when
come In from the North to feed our truck
growers in Southern Louisiana and how IN
the world they can raise rice enough TO
pay for all these cannot well under
stand though the rice industry is very
profitable one. | never knew II otherwise
than that farmers came to grief II they
raised only one crop. Cotton, in particu-
lar. Is very exhausting crop, II destroys
reso ore this humus? Alfalfa lives, reaches
down and bores holes deep In the ground
and Is equal to plowlng and when you
| turn this alfalfa under you have a prac-
| tically new farm to begin operations with.
| Alfalfa is not the only plant; common
| peas, beans and many others gather life
| from the atmosphere and transmit 1t to the
| soil Diversity. II you want to restore your
farm that is the irst reason for diversity
| Ing. What do you think of skin ana
bones farmer? Another reason: some years
| you can make more money on Just one
| crop. but insurance Is n good policy, both
] in farming and every day life. No farmer
| can afford 10 make a failure, even once IN
| ten years. If You diversity you are sure
to have something that Will bring good
prices and in the nature of insurance you
| should always have at least two cash
! crops"
diversifying and all were as telling In TINS
| logic ms the above. He closed by saying
| that some people said ont OF the way
| lands had no value. A greater mistake ne
! said wns never made. He cited the fact
that several years ago the lands along inc
upper Hudson were worth big money TOT
| raising hay for the New York market, nut
thnt since the railroads had opened M the
great West those lands had decreased IN
| value because the hay raised on the West
crn plains could be transported 10 New
| York for less money than man had TO
pny for taxes in New York. -
DR.. S. A. Knapp left on the 4;3o tram tor
| his home in Lake NnaTPS lnu'u W th'
| regret of the delegates and VISITORS
ADDRESS ON THE ROLL wEEVII"
w d Hunter, United States department
Of agriculture. in charge Of the boil weevll
experiments at Victoria and Calvert, ar
rived ON the 80 train and tomorrow morn
ing he will address the cotton growers
section on the subject. 'The Departments
| Work With the Roll Weevil." The rice
| growers section met by invitation at 4;5o
| this afternoon with the cotton growers
| section The feature of the meeting was
nm excellent and well prepared address by
Oswald Wilson of Houston on the subject
NJ 'The Value of Statistics to the Cotton
Farmer" Colonel w. T. NJ. Dickson OF
Ellis county offered the following resoiu-
ton, which was unanimously adopted;
..Resolved. That the thanks Of the cotton
yrowers' section of the Texas Farmers
Congress be extended to Mr.. Oswald WI
SON for his excellent address and that the
daily press be requested to publish same
as a matter Of interest to the farmer COT
ton broker and the genera pHlp' chorce Of
the dairymen's section and in walking
talk of forty minutes ne showed tnen'
through the model dairy and eSp1dha pam saw W
ing devices contained therein and answered
numerous questions as to their auapsap'n ny,
From the dairy the party; ,oc saeseG TO the
stables, where they inspected the large
herd OF pure bred Jerseys and Hoistelns
and grades of those breeds. ,,,,,ur,.+s also
The bee keepers and horticulturlsts also
hold late AFTERNOON sessions of much Inter
| est and heneft. -, ~.
On account OF the ADDRESS OF T rrU, r,intw
ter and contemplated talk by Tom sln N.Y.
, Jr.. on the st. Louis Worlds Fair ana also
on account Of the addition Of sixty-tve new
delegates, who arrived TINS aItef hoG their
sessions in the assembly hall the largest
audience room on the campus nnrntr brought in
the sixty-fve delegates referred 70 and ne
| cotton growers unoffcially voted him their
thanks FOR his hustlng abilities In securing
this large addition to their ranSS from
! the Texas State Fair association arrived
with box containing six gold m me- us
which the association suggested should ne
awarded to the following; Best display OF
marketable honey. best display Of vege-
tables shown from any county. same tor
. fruit, same for dairy products. same tor
aeid crops. largest attendance Of Farmers
Congress- from any county. r-r
A resolution offered by Oswald wilson
| was carried unanimously thanking the as
ISOLATION for their generous awards ana a
! committee on awards appointed. &C.,,
The secretary read letter from Gelonel
& r. Morse Of the Southern Pacinc Of
fering to print the proceedings OF the con
| gress and distribute same or render sucn
!, assistance as the congress deemed neces
|
| the Southern Pacific wishing the congress
| n successful session and expressing his re-
grets at being unable, on account OF iliness'
! to attend the congress.
| A letter was read from Prof, Houston
the newly elected president OF the college
expressing his regret at his inability to at
tend the first congress since his term as
nresident began Other communications of
Interest were read and committees on home NJ
farmers Institutes made their reports and
the house discussed them at length.
The congress passed a vote Of thanks Il
| the Southern Pacific for their generous
offer of help and decided TO only ask that
the company be requested to subscribe for
1000 copies Of the proceedings at Is cents
, each. ...,
program was n feature Of the evening.
Regular order Of business was suspended
lang enough 10 take a viva vnee vote and
re-eiect Prof Cornell and b. c, Pittuck as
president and secretary, respectively
NOTES AND PERSONALS.
Miss Annie Kerr Of sherman accompanied
her father, ]. S. Kerr, to the congress
L W Melton of Troup, pioneer OF the