Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-12-21
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TO DIVERSITY CROPS
Demonstration Agent Tells Of Trsvela
over Large Portion Of
erazos County.

the eastern ana northern portions II
the county, talking to the people about
dlyerslfcation Of their crops and the
absolute necessity of a change of the
present system Of agriculture. During
the four days ! visited Reliance, Kuy.
ten, Harris school house Edge, Cot.
tonwood and Alexander, and every.
where ] went ! found the people of
one mind on this all.important oues.
ton. ! did not find a single man on
The whole trip but that had fully made
up his mind that the change must
come, and they are all going to plant
other crops in place OF all cotton. Only
one man, who worked all his land with
nego tenants, said he would be com.
PEELED to stick to corn and cotton, but
he said he will greatly Increase his
corn acreage and thereby decrease his
cotton While corn, peas and peanuts
are the most prominently spoken Of
as diversified crops. still there will be
many other things planted. The acre.
age In sweet potatoes will be greatly
increased next year.
There Is a good deal Of disappoint.
ment over the fact that so many did
not get 10 plant a good crop Of fan
oats. The fall was so very dry that
It was impossible 20 break the land.
and when finally the rains came. they
have continued so It has been impos.
sible TO plant them on account OF the
ground being too wet II has been
so for the last four winters that the
continued heavy rains have made n
almost impossible to break land IN
the fall and winter
! saw Jack Lawless and n e..
Mathis threshIng peanuts. Mr.. Mathis
furnished the gasoline engine while
Mr. Lawless fIrnisher the threshar.
and they we're demonstrating that 60.
operation can be worked 10 advantage
In many ways among neighbors. Mr..
Lawless informed the agent that ne
would have about $50 bushels OF pea.
nuts for sale. This money, coming IN
at planting time. viii help ont wonder.
fully during these hard times.
] saw George Edge feeding a good
bunch Of horses. among which we're
nine mule colts. The feed was cot.
tonseed meal and hulls. This stock
was IN good fix. especially the Young
mules. and he told me that II cost him
less than one-half Of what Il would
cost him In other kinds OF feed
saw Tom Gloss feeding cattle on
his homegrown and homemade sllage
But he had only begun on the siage
q few days ago so II was too early 10
get any figures on the result Of his
feeding, but IL looked like business for
a Brazos County farmer to be feeding
a fine bunch Of cattle ont of a silo.
One very important thing learned
on this trip and that was. 10 every
neIghborhood where Miss Locke had
had members OF the canning club. the
farmers told me that they had never
done anything on the farm that had
paid them half as much in clear profits
as the stun they had raised in their
gardens and canned up on their little
home Gamers and stored il away for
the use Of the family during the win.
ter months don't think there has
ever been a work started in any coun.
try or county that is fraught with any
more real good than the work OF this
young lady In Brazos County
The road bond election was live
issue wherever I went. Some we're
Tor IL and some against II. Everybody
Is in favor Of good roads. but some OF
them do not want a bond issue voted
on the people In order to get the good
roads. had men to tell me they
were going 10 vote against the bond
issue while It was then raining and
their wagons stood in mud almost
hub deep and their teams were muddy
from their ears back. Anybody 10
take a trip now on any public road in
Brazos County can best decide that
the public road question is one Of the
greatest, II not the greatest, question
that We as a people will ever have be.
fore us What is the best thing to do
| do not pretend to say. But as my
horse went surging and plunging
through this mud up to his knees, and
when would meet men in their
wagons, facing the cold north wind,
and almost freezing rain, their teams
strained to the limit of their strength
to move their wagons at all, they
would never greet me with a Good
pvoning" or urnOd morning. hut q.