Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-28
FARMERS MUST
GROW FEED AND
ALSO ALL FOOD
Group OF Dallas Business Men Are Told
That Something Must be Done at Once TO
Induce Texas Farmers to Change Meth
DDS OF Farming.

Jus " IHHlg.
Dallas. Texas Jan. 2S.-'Somrthing
must br done III once to induce the farm
cr> 81 Texas 10 grow their own food ami
iced for the coming wear. said III. VI. Go
trcll To a group of business men in bal
las Monday. 30 greatly did his dcrlara-
ton impress them that VIM. g.. Breg.
Alex Sanger. j. 4. Duke. T.. q. Tension
ami X. W. liigginbotham were appointed
members Of II committee To urge the co-0i,
Grafton uf the business mlcn of Texas IN
securing the plantin. II crops that will
furnish food and feed ~ the people If the
state.
Fort Worth business men responded
az onfe, when the matter was presented
90 them and delegates were appointed
from that city representing all lines of
business. who will tax" equal part with
those of Dallas and other cities. The first
action taken was hv tn agricultural rom
mittoc of the Texas Bankers Association
which 10 once sent letters 10 every banker
ia the state.
The bankers committee wrote. IF the
usual acreage of cotton il planted this
wear and the Yield il fair. that carried
over will lr twice the quantity that can
hc used and cotton " n be- hard to sell M
four or five ccnt> - pound. y majority
uf the cotton growers raise cotton only.
huying meat. flour. vegetables. fruit and
condensed milk Tor The table. aud grain
and hay 10 feed their teams. Three hun
drcl thousand farmers ID This state ito
not raise an acre of hay ~ forage.
We urge Nnu 10 take M the matter
with Your business men and armcrS Cali
them t~ugrihcr aud arrange "a have your
community feed Itself and its live stock
for 1915"
T.. q. Tension. chairman Of the hoard
of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank
sand. The Texas cotton grower should
produce food for his family and feed for
his stock III 1919 Then the hill IA III,
store will ~ only a few dollarr and 40
matter what the price nf cotton the
farmer will ~, comfortable. \ brood sow
VIII raise pigs for meat and market. I
think "A loan az security of this kind both
safe and desirable.
When divcr>iicatioH j. proposed i'm
cotton growing communities the tcnden-v
~ a. begin planning for truck crops. In
stead ] would adNi>" staple crops. corn.
peanuts non >drrhrin >prghum> and hay.
They require no special skill in shipping
and there j. 4 ready market for them.
Every farmer should investigate the -la-
600 prize offer and avail h m~clf Of the
bulletins and advise IF the Texas Indus
trial Congress"
\ successful tenant farmer from the
southeastern portion of Dallas County.
one who paws - an acre for his land.
said. n hope the gentlemen succeed in
inducing every farmer a. plant what h.
ntHAI FIN I4rwa1N .Al AN.l - FL.
~ I chi that 4 merchant ~ banker
should make loans In these whose ability
and judgment AMI success are such that
there J. ever, reason 10 believe the loan
will Ice repaid Certainly the man who
provides 4 garden To- feed his folks aud
held crops 90 feed his animals shows
more sound business sense thar one who
y gong 10 grow cotton alone. Therefore
he should H. able a. get loans. II hr needs
them. more rradil, than \ farmer who
does not prepare 40 feed himself"
When merchants and bankers in the
smaller cities of The state have been ad
Ni>'d nf the work Of the Fort Worth bal
las committees. arrangements will he
made for >ohc hundred representatives
from these circ> Ia visit and confer with
merchants. bankers and farmers i'm the
cotton growing sections Of the state. with
= view Of making plain the aim d the
committee ~ have each cummunt IN and
farmer plant such crops a. will ubviatc
thcncccS>itN uf huving food for the family
or feed for The live stock ID 1915.
tSlgncdl LET TENAS FEED ITSELF
VIM. q. lircg Chairman.
Alex Sanger.
Il. W Iligeimbotham.
L. O.. Tension.
y. 4. Duke.
Central Executive Committee.