The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-23
IN CABBAGE COUNTRY,
Innocence Visits the Cabbage and
Tomato Farms at Corpus.

Sunday, Feb. 19.-This sunny
southland had a considerable freeze
last Sunday night. This was the
second installment of the tail end of
the two furious northers you had up
in Ellis county, and for four or five
mornings during these two northers
We have seen ice. The first little
freeze which arrived here with us
ON the night of February /, did no
injury except to tomatoes and very
tender vegetables like that, but this
second installment which arrived
here on the evening of the 18th was
quite severe for this latitude, and
il YVES thought for several days the
cabbage crop was ruined, but now
after a week the decision is that
there is no more than ten per cent
damage to cabbage. rode out
among the cabbage crops few days
since and 1t seemed to me they were
not damaged at all. The oleanders
and many other tropical plants which
grow here in great profusion in the
yards and along the streets, are con-
siderably damaged. Their leaves.
which were formerly green, are now
almost black, but the citizens say
the limbs and bodies of the trees
are not dead. and they will soon
spront out again.
One hundred dollars per acre is
about the average for the cabbage
farmer, and their fields are green
and pretty. One farmer near here
said be had forty-five acres in to-
matoes last year IL seems cabbage,
tomatoes and onions are their prin-
ripal crops. Year before last from
oDe 10 two bales Of cotton were made
TO the acre here. but last year the
boil weevil struck them and half a
bale was the best any farmer did
ard hundreds OF acres were totally
ruined, ! am surprised al the deep
black land I find here and aWay
from town q few miles uuimproyed
black land can be bought for Ten dol
lars per acre. A very small portion
of this country be- vet On cultivation
but all uf 10 is fenced into big cattle
ranches. Us is rapidly coming under
cultivation now An 5000 acres
ranch close by This place was recent
~ sold 90 farmers and with 90 once
b" PIT into cultivation.
W have not yat gone sailing ON
the bias. The wind ls "a llttis too cool
for a srippy Individual lke enc. aud
I have Co keep close Go uuF board
ms house which D. situated Within|
fifty yards 90 Che deep blue satsrs
Every day Sc can sse the fishermen
sailing ~ going uut 90 catch the
fiany tribe sAd bring them In 30 The
fiHh houses They come in In the
evsuinE and throw them az un ghe
wharf like an ellis county man
woald thFuw "a load - corn into bis
harm. These fish are th*m packed
into isoxss and barrels and shipped
ao all posnts as far nnrfh "a Dallas
and Port Worth Oysters And ft.h
malii oone un the Table AZ ms heard
Ina hoase ia great dish pAasfui. Aud
- y~f have NOT tired nj item. Raa
tire trnih of the matter 4. honestly
Believe that Il ! ~mN nos cast lHto
enc aag wautd float mo faii ~ f1ah
atm T. WAfie ! love razorhaek meat
Ii IL Raf tn he compared stir th~
Tgnh ana oysters ! arr nos daily as-
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anrhm fsww anonnA an Nsmeam hAy
mmm evening last wmek. baa tha sea
EAmF wmn sxan misty anG raw for aa
10 take cat after them- There are
Ihonaamaa sf wild auekm lams aeFoan