Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-10-06
Johnson Grass.
The Opinions and Experience of I'm Old Time Friend
Of Johnson Grass.


do the rest, but right here is where
the trouble comes in. A man will
work on the grass until almost kill
ed, then he is satisfied and happy,
and proceeds TO proclaim his won
derful achievement, while the few
sprigs are doing business, and with
in few years his stock Of johnson
grass is full up again; then he gets
Disguised and declares the process 4
failure.
The farmers life is rather lone.
some one and, therefore, he likes all
the excitement he can find around
the place, no matter if il comes by
mail or over his phone. and news
paper scrap or controversy will at
tract his attention every time, and
when YOU can get him to the point
of interest that after a hard days
iussle with his johnson grass. and
poor crops, he will 60 to his phone
and call up ncighbor Jones and say.
"Bill, have You read that letter
from that old crank from Cisco,
and what do YOU think of it, then
Bill comes over and they sit on the
fence, or rather some rocks which
should have been hauled out Of the
field. i'm place of the old-timc con-
Nonicnt rail fence. and they discuss
johnson grass. boil wccil, cotton
worms, green bugs. ETC., and finally
decide that II all the fine names,
methods. modes and processes 20
deliberately explained in four-col-
umn articles must be- strictly COM
piled with there is no use 10 try an
determination. but get right at the
farmer with a lot of good old solid
horse sense then be- will sci mp and
listen and try TO benefit from 9TH
ers experience.
Let your Jonson grass roots
alone, below the plow-line; use a
wide, shallow sweep and keep It
running all the time for a couple OF
months. or at least going over the
ground not less than once in ten
DAYS. for a couple Of months, then
not allowing ,prig to get a start
the next spring.
some NAV put me down as oppls-
ed TO scientific research and deyel-
opment. and am willing to plead
guilty IN one sense of the word, but
| am alive and highly interested in
all and everything that promises to
be- Of interest 10 the farmer and the
general good of mankind, but when
We consider the millions that have
been >quandcrcd IN false expert
mcnting. which has never, or rare
d.. returned a penny on the dollar
except TO those who drew
the salary. It l. time 10 begin to IN
yc,tigate she Investigators, or salar-
led experiments, a. no proof exists
in any form that the weeyil or cot
ton worm j. more in hand than be-
fore any scientific" experimenting
had been done. Progress along
common sense lines; plant more in
diligently, cultivate more thorough
ly. prepare 10 take better care of
what YOU do raise. get better and
more tools and implements. No
farm can BE- a bowling success with
cut a good draw harrow and heavy
field roller More crops are dam
aged, or lost, by lack of these neces-
,ary implements and their intelli-
gent use than by other causes. Had
INtlu Ntfll UlWkfu Ah AdiAN NAAiA'As
followed with heavy roller, IT,
broken and rolled after planting in
February and well narrowed once or
twice. there is no reason why there
should not now be thousands Of
acres of corn knee high where now
the ground d, dry and cloddy and
not even in condition 10 plant when
rain does come.
Farming in all this western coun-
.ry Is paralyzcd; very few crops IN
sight. and the best are not worth
leaving stand, and tn high winds
and frequent cold nights are max
ny the farmers outlook rather
gloomy. but this country never had
a better prospect for fruit, and the
pecan prospect Is something won
lcriul and pecan crop means
more cash TO this country than a
grain crop.-Wm. Robson, East
and County. in Dallas News.
Take Care OF Your Name.