The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-10
JAPANESE FARMERS IN TEXAS.
They Are Enterprising, Progressive
 and Hard Working.

Ahoy Afe hhUOfpFlslng, FrogreSS1ve and Hard Working.
 There are probably 300 Japanese col onists in Texas. The principal colonies are at Deepwater, Webster, Wharton and Victoria. A number of Japanese rice farmers are also settled along the line of the Southern Pacific between Hous- ton and Beaumont, The people of Tex as have no complaint to make of the Japanese farmers as citizens. They have proved themselves to be hard working, enterprising and honest de- velopers of the resources of the region where they are settled. They are adopts at growing rice and other farm pro- duets. At Deepwater the Japanese method of transplantlng rice has been followed for the last two years with the greatest success and profit.
 l The rice haresting season is now in progress, and the scene in the Japan 1 ese colonies is an animated one from early morning until late in the even ing. They conduct their harvesting work on the cooperative plan, much the same as wheat harvesting is car ried on in the middle States of the north. lAll the Japanese farmers in the colony join forces and help thrash the i crops on the different farms. The Jap- anese make holiday out of the work. They appear to get much enjoyment out of everything they do,
 A noticeable thing about the Japan ese in Texas is that they never lose their patriotism for their native coun- try The Japanese flag always occupies a position of honor on every farm. It may be seen flying on the thrashing machines while the rice thrashing work is in progress. It is frequently planted upon some elevated spot in the field where it is in constant view of the lit- tie brown men while they are working. The Japanese colonies in Texas have many thousands of acres in rice this year The yield will be heavy, and the l profits from the crop very large.
 1 The home life of the Webster and l Depwater colonists Is very similar to the life they lead in Japan. They at- tend strictly to their own affairs and seem to be more interested in their farm work than In anything else. The older colonists have succeeded so well that the establishment of a number of others upon similar lines Is contem- plated A number of Japanese bought several thousand acres of land near Wharton last spring and eS<ablished a colony of 50 Japanese ts1e>son. They rapidly developed the %rgin land into one of the most attractive rice farms in the state. They had more than 5,o0o acres in rice this year.
 They were amply supplied with mon- ey from the start with which to carry out their plans, and extensive and costly improvements have been made, including an up-to-date system of irrl- gating canals and dltches, comfortable houses, barns and rice warehouses. They used traction engines as the mo- tive power in breaking up their land. The cultivation of the rice crop was done with the most modern farm im- plements. Their industrious and law abiding ways have won for them the respect of the people of that section.
 The Japanese farming company was organized last spring with a capital of $2Q0,O00 for the purpose of establishing a colony of Japanese near Victoria. The company is composed of Japanese. The colony will harvest a large crop of rice this year.
 Some of the Japanese farmers are in- troducing native fruits and vegetables into Texas Y. Myuma, who has a large farm near Fannette, planted large acreage in Japanese melons as an ex- pertinent this summer The melons thrived wonderfully, and he now has an abundant harvest of them. The melons have been placed on the mar kets at Beaumont and Houston. They attract much attention by their pecul- far appearance, They are more on the order of q canteloupe as to size and taste, but no one would judge them to be either a watermelon or a cante- loupe by their appearance My Myuma says this section is we'll adapted to raising many kinds of Japanese frults and egetables.-Texas Letter to 1ndi- annapolis News,