The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-02-27
TEXAS INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS
MOVEMENT STARTED BY HENRY
EXALL WILL BE CARRIED OUT.
Great Educational Institution Has for
Its Chief Object the Retterment
OF Agricultural Conditions.


Congress will be perpetuated.
The great educational institution,
whose object is the betterment of az.
rlculture and the building of a more
prosperous farming population in Tex
as, which was founded five years ago
and developed into a formidable power
1or good, largely through the personal
efforts Of one man, the late Colonel
Henry Exall, will not be allowed to
pass with the passing of it's MOVING
spirit. Reorganized and reyivified
with group Of mon at the helm mum.
oerlng some of the ablest men of the
state, the congress is to be continued
This decision was the chief action
taken Saturday by the delegates to
the fifth annual convention Of the con-
gress, held under the auspices of the
National Corn Exposition. The mo-
tlon for perpetuation of the organiza-
ton prevailed unanimously, and the
plan of operation submitted by com.
mlttee on organization received the
unanimous stamp Of approval and sup
port by those present.
Under the plan of operation adopted
the Texas Industrial Congress will be
continued and operated along the lines
pursued during the last three years
as directed by Colonel Exall. In ad.
dltlon a correlated society was organ
lied to be known as the Henry Exall
Memorial Society, the object of which
Will be to secure large membership,
from whom dues will be collected
with which to assist in financing the
work OF the congress.
This society will also be concerned
with securing subscriptions from bust
ness firms, corporations and individ-
uals, and in every way promoting the
welfare of the main organization
The object of this society shall be
to secure as large a membership as
may be possible, each member paying
annual dues of So, and this amount
shall be applied to award the $4,000
prize for the congress each year.
The congress has almost trebled
| each year the number of contestants
engaged in trying for the largest net
profit per acre through practicing it's
lessons in better farming. The aver
ages OF production of the congress con-
testants in three annual crop contests
| compare with the state averages in
the ratio of approximately three to
one. In 1911 there were 1,742 con-
testants, and they averaged 31h
bushels of corn per acre, while the
state average was bushels, and q
bales Of cotton per acre, while the
state averaged 1-3 of a bale In 1912
there were 4,030 contestants, averag-
ing 81 bushels of corn per acre, while
the state average was % bushels; 1.O4
bales of cotton per acre against the
state average of 11-25 bale; 3.75 tons
OF coWpeas per acre, with no figures
on the state average available, and
70.S bushels Of Kaffir or milo per acre
against a state average of % bushels.
In 1913 the contestants numbered 49,
S69, and they averaged per acre as
follows; Corn, 60.45 bushels; cotton,
1.02 bales; cowpeas, 2.24 tons, and
Kaffir and milo, ZIG tons. The state
averages last year were 22.31 bushels
Of corn and 80 bale of cotton per
acre. No figures on the state pro-
duction of cowpeas, Kaffir and milo
in 1913 have yet been published.