The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-06-20
A VEGETABLE COUNTRY
HsadredS Of Carloads Of Vegetables Ship
ped from Southwest Texas.

AS came to Corpus Christi on the
25th of May I for the first time this
year saw watermelons being shipped
| to market. Water millions" smil-
ing on the vine are just about as at
tractiye to me as they are TO any
| darkey that ever lived. | am now
| feasting on luscious, red meat mel
ons every day. and they are as fine
| ~ Georgia or any other state can
produce They are so cheap here
don't have to think about stealing
them Everything that grows on Il
vine in this country seems to thrive.
Over five hundred carloads of
different kinds of vegetables have
been shipped from here this season.
Twenty five or thirty carloads OF Gu
cunbers alone have been shipped to
New York. This vegetable has paid
the farmer from $50 to 500 per
acre. Several carloads of squashes
have been sent out from here and
now comes the best Of all, the water
melon The first few carloads ship
ped out brought as much as $500
per car.
Farmers in this section say that
hogs fatten rapidly on squashes and
eucumbers
Farmer Clark, who for several
years has written humorous articles
for Farm and Ranch and Texas
Farmer, owas and runs a farm and
dairy six miles from Corpus Christi
on the BAY Last summer when
was here he had me spend a day
and night with him. and already on
this trip | have spent one day with
him The water from the bay slopes
up In his back yard His farm con
sists OF $50 acres Of as fine black
| land as an Ellis county farmer could
wish for He milks twelve Jersey
COWS and already this season has sold
$1,000 worth Of dairy products, yege-
tables, chickens and eggs. This will
average about 5000 per month. He
runs his milk through a separator.
manufactures him cream into butter
which he sells for thirty cents per
pound He feeds the skinned milk
I 60 his hogs and calves. His cows
ara All registered Jerseys and many
! of them produce from one TO two
pounds Of rich yellow butter per day.
Rains have fallen copiously in this
| part OF the state this season and
crops are ia excellent condition. |
/ saw cotton fields this week where
/ the stalks were almost large enough
10 hide the mules that were pulling
piows. The boil weeyils have not
/ been seen vet to any great extent,
though very little cotton is planted
/ here on account Of their destructive
[ cess.
/ Farmer Clark has constructed a
/ wharf out into the bay and at the
end of the wharf where the water
/ IA about waist deep he has built a
/ bath house He has a big patch of
| watermelons and canteloupes which
he invited me 20 visit and am going
there 10 put in some time.
An immense hotel consisting OF
las rooms and every room with an
outside exposure VAS completed last
week two aud one-half miles from
Corpus Christi The hotel is owned
hy Mr., ] J. Copley, a wealthy man
who owns several gushing oil wells
at Beaumont. lie gave a grand open
ing last week. 10 which me and my
friend Armstrong from Italy receiy-
ed invitations AT 1 o'clock Ia the
afternoon We stepped aboard Easo'
line launch that cost $4,000 and
in twenty minutes Ne were landed
at the hotels wharf. Bath houses
and pavilions are built along this
wharf and extend out in the salt
water. This magnificent hotel Is
situated OF high hlaff which over
looks the whole Of Corpus Christi
BAY The hotel Is three stories high
and the t35 rooms are furnished
with quarter sawed oak chairs. dres-
sera aud tables The hedsteads are
of IRON and the most beautiful ] evei
saw The hotel owns aud operates
its own electric light plant and al
night Il presents "A beautiful sight
The hotel waa beautifully decorated
for this opening occasion. The bal
room and dining rooms are on tht
third floor. Al ak o'clock when MT
Armst roue and myself sat down al
the table a~ay up Ia that elegant
dining room sith the cool Eaf bre~G
- tanning our cheeks we thought
aud slgii shink there IA not mors
inviting plate ans herr 90 spend
/ ! few hoaTe pleasantly, The meal
served here are splendid and sell
t0akwa TNis sfn.WNe @AsoliHs
iauneh il a@wa 30 transport guests
10 and from tbe hotel free ~ charge
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constantly
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lam tie has Na sailed across sas
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thea 80 Avansaa Pass. whlgh ~as
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