The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-15
OUTLOOK IS VERY GOOD


Midlothian is not ln Scotland at
least one is not, but In located south
thirty miles from Fort Worth on
the Houston and Texas Central rail.
road, and Ia in Ellis county. one OF
the greatest cotton producing coun-
tries In the United States. and couse-
auently In the world Besides cotton
the county has Its share of cattle.
hogs and other live stock, and alto
gether is a good stock farming eoun-
try.
Our country, said G. A. Walker,
IL as pretty az can be, and we are
all looking TO the future with optim-
istie eyes, knowing that. Judging by
the past, we are sure to have a good.
seasonahle year, and, congeauentIy.
viii have banner crops We have
had plenty of rain and our farmers
and stoekmen are all hard at work
getting ready ffoTT what good things
are 10 come. You will no doubt be
astonished To learn that the thin,
white rock land has proven Itself a
fine producer of wheat. oats and al
faifa, something that has heretofore
been deemed an impossibillty. as the
soil Is so thin that 1t does not seem
possible for II to hold water long
enough to make anything grow. Al
falfa seems to have the faculty of
sending It's roots down into the
ground in search of water to al |
most any depth, and through most
any kind Of distinctions. Fruit and |
berries have so far not been injured |
ayfn M h,+ ha +
do not expect them TO suffer much /
as the season Is so near over for frost. |
There are some 300 or 400 head /
of steers being fattened by Wilson & |
Fiornoy at Midlothian, which they |
propose to ship to England You |
people in the city do not know what
kind of meat you are eating, for
sometimes butchers handle stuff that
has the look of fat meat, and yet it
Is only painted by the packing houses
% make it look like it was fat. How
is This done7 Well, they have melt
ed tailow and a brush. and they
spread the tallow on the carcass
. and It has the appearance OF tat
| beef. Don't you ever place youl
money on anything pack
ing house hands out, for you are NOR
opt " IOANS ~ WAN LIZ OtACi ltl1Oa
Manufactured lard has from. one
l ffesrsls 70 osxsns- 1s<a xnllow IN IT, and
this makes 1t possible for II TO be
sold for cent or 50 below the value
OF the genuine article. OF course,
butchers have to follow suit and adul-
terate, too, for no man in that
business, and l have a business OF
that. in addition to other matters.
and ought to know, can sell pure
hog lard or pure hog sausage for
the price that the packing houses |
will lay it down. Again most peo- !
pie. unless they are farmers who I
make their own bacon and lard, or /
some elderly person who has had ex- /
perienee of pure food before adulter- |
alton became the common practice /.
and not the exception, can be per- !
suaded by butcher or grocer to take |
the pure article in preference to the |
adulterated, for they don't know the |
taste and smell of the former, and /
think ii is not good because it does +
not appear like the other does. In |
fact, the adulterated is so bleached I
that it is whittier than the real article, ;
and this causes the uninitiated to |
doubt its purity.
Wnat 90 hldeS DrlnS, ana now (
far do they go to pay the first cost /
of the animal The average weight |.
of a hide is about sixty pounds !
green, and the price we are receiving !
now is somewhere near 10 to I cents !
a pound, al least thar is what we get /
In the country. and ! am sure that I
the packing houses. who set the price /
on everything that comes from an I
animal must realize much more. II .
is said that there are nearly zoo diff .
ferent kinds of products made from T
the carcass OF a steer. DIRECTLY and
indirectly Fort Worth Telegram