Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-09-19
GOOD ROADS AND AGR|-
CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Secretary Hewitt Concludes His Serial
Story Of the Commercial Secre-
taries' Meeting at Temple.

writer will use them as one subject.
Good Roads" was the subject of a I
paper read by Prof. Potts, of the A. q
NJ. College Agricultural Develop /
ment" was the subject of Mr. Quick
sails address. Our people are a peo-
pie of agricultural mind. 1t has been |
their training, and its development is |
the secret of development and main |
teance of our cities. The secretary at
Beaumont raised 100000 recently TO
establish four large woodworking
plants for that city and he said that
he was satisfied that in Pennsylvania,
where the people are Of an Industrial
turn of mind the same amount of en-
ergy and argument would have raised
50 100000 for the same purposes. Yet
now that Beaumont has the factories
and sees their success, nothing could
induce the people to let them go.
Agricultural development has been
greatly advanced in the last few years
by the educating OF our boys along
lines of better and more scientific
methods. A single instance was cited
by the United States agricultural
agent: A farmer had a son IA years
old join the corn club and put in an
acre of corn re cultivated and
worked 1t under the direction of the
agent He raised forty-one bushels 10
the acre, while his father raised only
twenty bushels on land right
alongside of the boys land. The father
began to take notice. and the next
year he increased his own average to
thirty-five bushels to the acre. but the
son raj sed his average to fifty-three
bushels per acre. The agent visited
that farm In August and found that
the father and sen were about neck
and neck this year with an average of
over seventy bushels to the acre. The
fathers explanation is that the son
, has taught him how TO make three
ears grow where one grew before
One scientific farmer in a neighbor
I, hood can do a great deal toward in
+, lcreasing the productiveness. Increased
. production demands increased trans
lportation facilities. If the highways
leading into your city are better than
they are to some other city. then traf
fic will come to >our city. even
though the distance is much greater
: Tonnage will overbalance the dis
tance This fact was recognized by
some of the pioneer clubs, and the!
began to improve roads leading ou
Of their cities for short distances b,
: The subscription or donation plan
y Some men donated money, others dc
mated work and teams, as the cas-
D.. might be. The result was so marke
% by increased business that the bus
Is ness men became more interested
r Some cities began losing valuabl
trade and they began TO investigat,
When the cause was found a remed
was started in the shape of more goo
ar In, 81, l..
farms contiguous to good roads an
Id the lands increase in value. Thirt
ms ly the commercial clubs of the stat
s: took the subject up as a state propos
mt ton. and the result is the good road
ce bonding law which was passed by II
As last legislature Under that law
- county, precinct, or district for Il
= purpose may be established, vote
good road bond equal to 25 per cent
the assessed value of the district (,
road building purposes. Since this la
was passed many counties have or
ated good roads districts One coun
has created four districts and vot,
100000 and has already built ty
hundred miles of four hundred mi
sy stem of roads The counties whe
good road building is active have !
ceiyed the greatest influx of immigl
tibn in the last three or four month
There is now strong movement
have an engineer of highways esta
lished by the Thirty-second legislatul
under the direction of the board
directors of the A. e. NJ College, a
have him teach road building. TT
will supply scientific road builders
oversee the work when students
q home.
The convention prepared a stro
memorial to the Thirty-second legis
ture urging this plan. also urgi
greater opportunity to the farmer
\ intensified farming demonstration
the counties of the state.