The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-09-22
FROM THE FIELD.

When / finished my work in the
Office last Monday evening it was
FIVE O'Clock. Nevertheless, / pulled
the reins up over that original three
thousand dollar horse and started
toward Milford. / have driven sew
eral other horses, owned many 9TH
| ers and but few can be compared to
the original, high headed bay horse
/ have been driving now in Ellis
county for six years, and there is
not any very big lie about the value
/ place on him either. a gentle,
sound, reliable, all round good horse
is hard to find. An old negro once
said 20 me, "that most all horses
and men HAYES their failins'. My
wifes' old bay and her husband, who
! drives him, have their failings, but
in later years we have labOred hard
| against the flesh and the old boy
| that is in us to make these failings
just as few as possible.
! On south toward Milford | rushed
and at night fetched up at Mr.. J. n.
Edmiston's on the Anderson ranch.
He had raised a short crop Of wheat,
put that in his barn, and cut and
| put up lots of hay, and he has an
abundance of feed to put his stock
| through the winter. While wheat
has been a partial failure for two
years everything else we plant has
also failed and | do believe ii is a
pious idea TO keep on sowing wheat
and oats. The man who plants the
greatest variety Of produce will GER
tainly hit it, when it comes 70 gath
ering time. Men who planted wheat
last year have now got something
ON which TO fatteu their hogs. Mr..
Edmston and his two sons, who
farm with him, said they would
again SOW wheat. He hoils wheat
and cotton seed together and says 1t
fattenS hogs very fast. ! spent
pleasant night and next morning
| persuaded him to get into my bug
gy and go with me through part Of
the Anderson ranch. Mr.. Edmis-
ton is uperiutendeut Of the sunday
school at Five Points and he loves
10 visit mis- scholars. Several OF the
Gates have been renting on this
ranch for several years, bat they
are all going away this winter. They
are good men The old gentleman
will go to South Texas To son
down there, and his son will go to
the territory. Mr.. Powell, who has
also been renting on this ranch for
many years, will also go TO the ter
ritoTy this fall or winter. Mr.. Pow
ell has already bought a claim up
there. One of his sons, who recent
ly married MIR. Muses. daughter,
was quite sick, {. j.. Idungblood,
who last winter, moved from AS
tonia to this ranch, was next visit
ed He and his wife said they lik-
ed the ranch and their neighbors
Cotton on this big farm, like else
where, is spotted and 1t will take 81
late frost to mature crop. Mr..
Young is raising some SPLEEN
did young horses. Mr.. J q. Nolen
and his cheerful, splendid family
also rent on this Anderson ranch
and he was breaking his stubble
preparing TO SOW more wheat. w.
l.. Burton also rents on this big
ranch and he hadmoTe sorghum and
other feed chueked up and growing
than any man on the ranch that
saw. He was picking cotton and it |
was sorry indeed. The boll worms
had PLAYED havoc with his crop.
examined ii myself Mr.. J. w. |
Huckabee, his close neighbor, was
putting up hay and he too said his
cotton had been ruined by worms.
This Anderson ranch contains sew
eral thousand acres of land and 1t Is
very fine land Most of the cotton
on il has been severely damaged.
At Brother Fdniston's home | put
him ont. We bad a pleasant trip
through the ranch and / next stop
ped at MIR. b. r. Walcott :, who for
many years has superintendent this
ranch. Recently he moved Mrs.
Walcott and some of his boys 10 IA
ranch in western Texas Two years
ago Mr.. Walcott's brothers, who
are in the cattle business ia that |
country, gave him one hundred
heifer yearliugs and since then he |
has sold five hundred dollars worth |
OF cattle from their increase, and |
now has Us head, and he has pat |
Mrs. Wa!cott out there and he win |
still superiutend the ranch and also |
devote part Of his time to his ranch. |
j =. Grant is another good farlnert
on this ranch, and with be aud bis /
family devoured a good dinner. /
His Industrious wife, in addition 20 |
all her household WORK for q large /
family, finds time to weave thei
prettiest homemade carpets / everI
looked at. Mr.. f. ] Powers, who
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