The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-07
SECOND DAY or MEETING
Farmers 0rGanize and Elect q
Set OF Officers.

afternoon on the question Of fruits
/ for the black land. Mr.. kirkpatrick
spoke for about one hour at night
to small but appreciative audi
ence. His talk was along practi-
cal lines and was a strong appeal 10
the farmers to take up the work of
identifying their homes with shrub
berry, flowers, vines, fruit trees, etc
/ His address was illustrated by dem
onstratiOns of the art of grating
and budding trees and plants aud
| the difference between the two was
clearly defined. He showed how
easy and simple it was to graft one
tree on to another and said that any
school boy could do the work sue
cessfully.
! When the farmers assembled yes
terday morning for the second days
meeting the attendance was some
| larger than on the first day. a
number of interesting addresses
were made and heard by an appre-
| ciative audience.
One of the speakers of the morn
ing was f. j. r. Davenport OF
Nash, who is one of the most sue
cessful farmers and bee raisers Ia
Ellis county. AS he marched around
| in front of the audience he said that
il he had known he was going to be
called upon to make speech he
would not have worn his hickory
shirt. He said he was not an edu-
| Gated man; had never rubbed his
shoulders against a college wall and
| had never received sheepskin di-
ploma, but he managed to keep the
wolf from his door and keep his
barns well filled with provender for
| both man and beast. What he knew
about farming and raising bees he
was willing to tell if the audience
would ask him questions. Mr..
Davenport made thirty bushels Of
TO the acre this year and is gather
! ing three-fourths of bale Of cotton
TO the acre, and of course was piled
with many questions. He said tina,
/ he was delighted with Prof. Mally's
| speech on the boil weevil and that
he had purchased an early variety
of cotton seed for next year. He
proposed to use fertilizer literally on
his cotton and hoped to mature a
crop before the boil weevils made
their appearance next summer,
Col. Coffee of Mckinney also
spoke in the morning on the ques-
! ton of corn culture on the black
/ land.
Next in order was the permanent
organization Of the Farmers In
stitute by the election Of annual
officers.
Col. Jas. 5. Davis was the choice
of the Institute for president. After
his election Mr.. Davis made "a short
speech of acceptance, in which he
took occasion to thank the mem
DEI D Vi lllE thStibhtb lbi AAAF A'At'i
conferred upon him, and promised
TO do all he could for the success o.
the organization. The people who
know Col. Davis do not doubt bu
that he will keep bis promise to th'
letter. He is extensively interested
in agricultural pursuits and is safe
man to De at the heal of the Insti
tute.
At this juncture Mr.. F.. w, Kirk
patrick, the big nurseryman of Me
Kinney, who was acting as president
in the place of President Connel
who had been called to Waco to at
tend a meeting of shippers, made 8
short talk, in which he urged the
members to bring their wives and
daughters to the Institute meetings
saying that they could derive much
benefit from the agricultural and
horticultural questions which would
he discussed from time to time
At the conclusion of Mr.. Kirkpat-
rick's talk Mr.. VIM. Stiles, who
lives five miles west of Waxahaehie
and is another OF Ellis eounty's sue
cessful farmers, was elected vice
president.
Ii was then announced that the
nomination of secretaries was in
order. Mr.. K. ID. Hudson was urged
by his friends to allow his name TO
be submitted to the Institute for one
of these places but he declined, say
ing that he would attend the meet.
ings, but he thought ii best that the
offices go TO the farmers. Hethere.
upon nominated Mr.. G. e. Wood, OF
Italy, for recording secretary. Mr.
Woods election was made unani-
nous. He was member of the EN-.
TERPRlsE's excursion party to the
farmers Congress last summer anc
is an enthusiast in the matter OF
farmers organizations.
Mr.. o. A. Finley, an ex-county
| ,,,.i q afnpar waa oIaptad nc cor.