The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-20
|Ell6 County CITIZEN
SOLVES the PROBLEM
SAYS HIGH PRICED LAND Is NOT
TOO VALUABLE I'D
RAISE HO(sS On.


w d&ahdCuicy IN q vtSitOI ~ TIC soti
this week. He was there as muc!,
on business as on pleasure fer he
finds that a farmer must study his
work If he would succeed and the
fair offers an opportunity to acquire
knowledge. Mr.. Murphy believes In
diversifying. and he says very frank
liz that he is not going to work
thirteen months in he year raising
cotton when other crops pay better
returns. His experiences as pub
lished in the Morning News reads
as follows:
Striking Illustration.
A particularly striking illustration
of the possibilities in hog raising was
given by o. T. Murphy, who culti-
Yates about 200 acres of land nine
miles south of Waxahachie.
Zone year ago at this time start
ed with one hog" said Mr.. Murphy.
"a have only spent $45 for breeding
animals during the year and now
have about forty hogs"
Mr.. Murphy grew all his ow1. feed
for the hogs, and the $45 represents
only actual cash output he has
made.
Il am going 10 raise rogs princi-
pally from this time on" he said.
Il have been raising cotton in past
years, but | have made up my mind
there is more money in hogs than
cotton. / am going to devote NY at
tention to Poland-Chinas. There re
other breeds that are just as good,
but | like these, and | think q man
can be most successful with the
things he likes.
Il cut my cotton acreage in nalf
this year, and put that land in
small grain and corn, and further
mere | am going to reduce the cot
ION acreage | had this year another
SO per cent next year. and SOW that
To feed crops. Yes, | am going to
DO that notwithstanding the high
price cotton is bringing just now.
| | know there is going to be big
temptation to plant a big cotton
crop next year. because of the high
| price at this time. but ! think 1t will
| lie the biggest mistake we can make
| IL we plant al of our land IN cotton
next year
A. 4 NJ. College Work.
THE work OF the Agricultural and
Mechanical college extension de-
partment and government depart
ments is not given all appreciation
il should be, and | have had occa-
or, during the last few weeks, TO
receive some of the benefits of their
experts. Two weeks ago a disease
broke out among my hogs, nature
of which did not understnd. Some
o. the old timers in my community
thought it was cholera. Person lily
/ didn't know, so | got DIR. Frank r
ores, hog cholera expert, 70 come
there from College Station. We
killed a 125-pound hog that was sick
and he told me in advance just
what would be found il the hog had
cholera The conditions be deserib-
ed were there when the hog was cut
oren, there was no doubt that it was
cholera. He vaccinated my other
hogs then and when | left Friday
night they all seemed to be in good
shape. Ny only expense was The
medicine, and in addition to the
actual service given by this govern
ment expert ! profited by his DEM
onstration. because | learned how
to vaccinate my hogs myself. and |
think that is worth a good deal to
"a man.
THE land | am using is very fine,
high-priced land. and for that reason
some people say hogs should not be
raised on It. But X is for that very
reason that | think hogs should be
raised on il. ! can produce every
kind of feed on Il, and ! am not
working thirteen months out OF the
year to make a crop OF cotton as
the saying is. My land is becoming
richer aud more valuable each year
from the manure. and any cotton |
raise will be strictly on the side. J
raised three times as much feed tais
year as ever did before, small grain,
corn, sorghum. maize and sudan
glass. The latter, which tried for
the first time. making fiae pasture
for hogs and all stock like It very
mteh
"In my section the general feeling
is that there must not be dependence
upon one crop. and the iarmesn are
breaking away from that idea.
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