The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-16
SUGAR BETS
AND BROOM CORN
Speakers Before Farmers Congress Tell Facts
About Industries That Will Utilize
Panhandle Possibilities

AHhouRh one or lhOse UNUSUAL
winds which Attorney Braly told the
Farmers congress about yesterday
has been driving straight out OF the
northwest all last night and today
the sessions OF the congress have
been attended By Interested AUDI
ences And the audiences have been
hearing talks and addresses which
they regret could not be heard by at
least every citizen OF the Panhandle.
Authority on broom Corn.
Il don't know that have any
apology 10 offer for being here" said
w. b. Patterson, this morning In
opening the program ON broom corn
which was the first subject for con-
slderaton. "but guess ! talked too
much. ] haven't raised much broom
corn but knew that It was a good
thing for the Panhandle and when
the Chamber OF Commerce began
planning this congress they made ME
chairman OF this program. So |
found out who did know aboutsthis
broomcorn business and enlisted
their services In the work. Mr. T..
g. Tarbox OF Arcola n. one Of the
greatest authorities on tho subject
N the country had been secured ior
IN address here but at the last mo.
ment he was unable to come. lie has
! sent paper which will read in his
place.
The paper BY Mr., Tarbox which
Mr. Patterson then read, gave view
Of the beginnings and development Of
tho broomcorn industry In this coun-
try and OF tho present possibilities
and Importance OF t. He gave facts
about Its marketing, about IFS man
ufSctuge, and its money return to
the producer, and he discussed
briefly some OF the conditions nee
essary in growing, harvesting, and
curing II.
From Dugouts to White Houses.
A straight talk from another old
timer was that by Judge II. II. Hoo
YER, OF Canadian, who followed The
reading Of the paper from Mr.. Tar
box Judge Hoover told with yigor
ana convincing humor OF his conf
dence in the Panhandle which has
steadily grown stronger during the
twonty-two years of his hardship and
success In this plains country, lie
told how In the last few years after
no had lived here TN he thought he
knew all about the country, German
farmers had come into the country
east and north Of Canadian and had
been object lessons to the old set
tiers The poverty Of some OF these
people who came here and who risk
ed everything on their ability TO get
living from the soil and who
"picketed out their chickens aud
pigs, plowed with burrow and a
yearling, and dug through garbage
heaps to get oyster cans with which
TO cover their dugouts, had forced
tears OF sympathy from him at first,
But now--those people kept the
banks from putting on the lids when
the panic came These people STRAIT
ed 10 raising broom corn and have
been raising crops OF It every year
and getting money Tor t. Judge
Hoover told OF the shipping yard,
half block in size, noar the depot at
Canadian which would be filled and
emptied OF bales OF broom straw ev-
cry five or six days through the sea-
son, and he told OF the transforma-
ton that has been maze in the con-
ditions Of those German farmers. In
stead or dugouts, they live IN white
houses instead OF the burrow and
the COW they drive fat mules TO good
wagons into town. This farming he
explained had been done on the san
dy bottoms and nobs OF the second
breaks, But that broom corn was a.
successful crop on the plains in the
Panhandle he took as certain because
IN oklahoma Just north or ochiltree.
the farmers on every quarer sew
don there had made the same tram
sltlon from dugouts to white houses
tha& his German friends had made
They know the way to build the
country. For twenty-five ye you
and and the rest Of Us ~ save
been here that long or part Of that
time have been driving into town
with full pockets and driving back
With full wagons and empty pockets.
These people tell you about drive
IN With full wagons and get their
pockets filled before they start
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