The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-11-09


lccome tnpoverisSsd. would seek
the Iesua o. ~ ylcld - an tnvcst-
meat. 1as de<)ssed the lands are not
too high. because Il vas within the
power Of the farmers to restore the
|fersility and incseasc the yield. He
said shere we're Two ways In whisa
TO do shis--one being to purchase
a commcrctaI fertilizer. which Is
extremely costly. and the other Is to
put humus. or vegetable matter.
hack into the soil by the method OF
crop rotation He said the crops
trkc a certain amount Of plant food
ont Of the soil. which must be put
back II the yield Is to be held up to
the standard. This he illustrated
with bank accent saying the
banks would pay check on de-
posit made there. but that when the
funds were exhausted the banks
would refuse TO pay.
Mr.. Ousley suggested the plan Of
selling the finished product saving
there vas never country that pros
pered for q number of years. say 4
generation. where crops were
marketed in the raw state. He said
Ii was possible TO make few land
owners rich. but that II was not
success and comfort for the tillers Of
The soil lie proposed the feeding
OF livestock as a means of marketing
many OF the crops grown on the
farm. In this connection he told of
experiments made at College Station,
and showed where thirteen months
old calf was worth. at market price.
& bout the same money as bale of
cotton. He said it took thirteen
months to grow and market crop
,of cotton and that II was much
easier to grow and market a calf.
Coming down to the cause OF high
and low prices he said we were tole
last gear that the war caused low
prices suggested that the same
war. with added nations. was going
on and the price of cotton this year
was much higher This. he said,
lis all wrong The cause for the
variation in price is found in the
ginners reports which will snow a
sixteen million crop last year against
a twelve million bale crop this year. =
He laid part OF the blame for low
prices last year on the politicians
who called especial attention 70 The
| big crop by legislative acts He said
the price OF cotton had simply re-
| solved itself into the question OF
| whether or not we would raise more
cotton than the world needs or
| whether we would raise just the
amount it needs. He said statistics
| showed that the cation consumption
il increased about five per cent each
year, and proposed that If the pro-
duction did not increase more the
price would not vary He said since
the matter of consumption was
something over which the Texas
farmer had no control IL was bet
ter plan TO regulate the production
which was within the power OF the
farmers
Mr. Ousiey suggested that land
ownership was similar 10 trusteeship
and said the owners OF today owe il
to their children to leave the land
in just as good shape as II was when
If came into their possession By
applying scientific principles we
preserve the fertility Of the land
Supporting his plea for crop rotation
he said the south did not have Q
monopoly on cotton production and
that il should not have. He further
said that il the south would grow
food for The people and livestock on
the farm aud live at home the cotton
crop would indeed be a surplus and
that peace and contentment would
reign.
Figuring on the cost Of food stuffs
shipped into Ellis county prior 10
the present year he showed by a
representative banker that fully a
million and quarter dollars were
spent annually for food for people
and livestock prior 70 this year but
that little or no money had been
sent outside OF the county this year,
Tor such produce. As a further argu-
ment for diversification he suggest-
I'd the use OF good brood mares for
cuiiivating crops, citing the fact that
ere man living near College station
had cultivated crop each year with
ore brood mare and during the last
eighteen years had sold 81 600 worth
u colts from that one mare He
suggested that raising cotton az pre-
+ Taiiing prices would not pay the