The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-04

his own meat. but have some to
sell. Don't 20 I'm to hogs exclusively:
they are only one branch of the di-
versified farmer, but raise your own
meat and some TO sell
Corn.
DO yoa know that the Iowa farm
er raises corn at 32c per bushel on
sl00 per acre land and makes
money? His soil and climate is not
as favorable as yours in Southwest
Texas. but he diversifies; he farms
intelligently. Corn is his great sur
plus money crop. but he lives at
home, and sells something every
day
Texas should not only raise
enough corn to supply he own needs,
but the corn crop should bring as
much money In TO the state as cotton
The corn crop Of Texas for 1904
was valued at sT1,oS5.403. being
third in value in the United States.
With the markets OF the world at our
door through our seaports we have
an advantage over amy other agricui~
tural state in the Union Diversity
your cotton, your fruit. your truck.
your rice farms, with hogs, corn and
alfalfa, there is a cash market for
them every dag IN the year.
Gutter.
Texas has more cattle than any
other state, and nearly loco zoe
milk cows, set imports $4,000 coo
.of creamery butter from the North
and West every year II seems to
me that a little effort on the part of
our farmers would save this SIS
100000 and bring in $4,000. 900
from other states for Texas butter
DO you know that We send cot
ton seed meal TO the North every
year and get back creamery buttere
Don't you know that our climate Ia
Ia our favor? We have no long.
hard. cold winters; we can raise and
feed cheaper and make better butter,
az less cost, than any other state
in the Union. You bankers are the
ones 10 profit by this. Send North
for an experienced. successful cream
cry butter man, and start a diyersi-
iication creamery.
"One pound OF butter daily at 80
cents Is equal 10 two bales of cot
ton at II cents per pound, at one
tenth the cost
Eggs.
One dozen eggs per day at 90
cents per dozen is equal TO two bales
Of 7~eeut cotton. One dozen eggs per
day can be raised by any farmer With
practically no expense.
The hen Is a great deversification-
list. and 40 farmer who expects sue
cess and prosperity can do without
the hen. She viii make a bank &C
count when everything else fails.
soil.
1T ia all-important to know what
his soil IN best adapted to- This can
easily he ascertained By having iG
analy 1ed BY the Bureau of Soil. H.
:. Department OF Agriculture, Wash
ington, ID. G. Unusual care should
be taken 10 locate his farm on a
good road where he can set 60 mark
~ attn the least possible expense
Follow his banker. who does not lo-
cate his bank on a back street or
cross road. bat on the most Import.
ant corner In city or town. SO
should the farmer locate hts farm
haildiH@~.
He should build a good oomfoFt-
able residence with all the enuyeni-
enCsH Of a citY home, for his family.
and barn and house for his animals
and tools A banker doesn't opem
up IA a shed. OF Leave his books and
fixtures exposed 20 the weather
The farmer should give bis fam-
| IL stork aud tools better protection
than the banker gives hts mOmey
| The farmer wants hta money Kept lm
fire aad haFgiag proof vault. RheFe
IL cant ~ stolen. burned up or ds-
wtFnyed ~ the weather. bus leaves
/ hts stock and tools which pFosiurs
hls aon~s opposed to ali these Ian
gers
fhis ). Dtt~s~tfieal iass.
The farmer shouia las off and
em0mkh 20 raise evWesfhfmE needed