The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-05

NOTES FROM THE FIELD
AND CURRENT COMMENT.
By BILL cox.
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C. the county during the past three
Gays 70 see the agricultural exhibits
here. The Boys Corn aud Pig club
members have exhibited some fine
Buroc Jersey hogs and the members
CT the Girls Canning club have ex-
fsbited some canned fruits and yege-
tables that would do credit TO Gny
housewives of the land.
Doubtless a great deal of the so
called extension work of our A. 4
ii. college State university and the
agricultural commissioner at Austin
is extended bosh. especially there are
no doubt a number of public pap
suckers who are being paid a salary
ard hotel bills out of the hard earn
ings OF the toilipg mahses should be
made to submit TO the legislature an
ltemized account of their expendi-
lures and history OF their activi-
ties.
There are. however, three actiyi-
ties presume Nie creatures OF gov
ernmental, or school extension work
which merit the endorsement and
encouragement OF all enterprising
end public spirited citizens
Throughout the state many counties
have boys corn and pig clubs. IT
IL interesting to read of the fine
corn and the good hogs these young
farmers are placing on exhibition and
the profits they reap from their ef-
forts are an incentive to greater ef-
forts and should stimulate other
Logs to become club members. The
Duroc Jerseys placed on exhibition
by the boys In Waxahachie during
the past few days are superior to the
swine exhibited at the Dallas fair
thirty years ago and would be
favorably noticed there now.
The canned fruits, vegetables, pre-
serves. marmalades and pickles .plac-
ed on exhibit by the bright faced
lasses of the county are as fine as
one could wish to see.
Last but not least in Importance
is the county farm demonstration
who is furnished instructions by the
Washington department of agricul
ture and will assist any farmer who
desires TO get out OF the deep ruts of
tradition. and become real live di-
yersify, enterpi ieing producer OF
any and all crops adapted TO our
soil. Coed farming is the result OF
the Investment OF five parts of COM
mon sense and five parts industry,
bat our farmers have drifted into
one crop practice and they probable
need to have the necessity of expert
renting along the lines OF diversi-
fication presented to them in a more
direct way than ZONES 10 them
through general discussion Of tho
matter. Ii | have been correctly in
termed Mr.. Floyd has more than
saved to our farmers the amount of
his salary in combating successfully
the ravages OF hog cholera.
The corn and pig club boys will
grow up and become the farmers OF q
few years hence and they are getting
d more valuable training than all the
latin. German and algebra they will
get in the high schools.
The girls of the canning club will
be the housekeepers OF the near
future and their knowledge will be
more practical than music and art.
| hope the time is not far in the
future when there will be thousand
cenning club girls and like number
of the corn and pig club boys in
Fills county. viyi la club boys and
girls
T. W. Reagor. an Ellis county boy.
WAS here last week from Bangs,
texas w. II. Cannon on Waxaha-
chic b got $1oo.ll for 1895 pounds
of seed cotton last week. J. y.
BAKER sent the Enterprise to his
sou. Leland s, who is teaching at
Celina, in Collin county. l. I Fow-
Ter. good farmer and good citizen,
n WaAahaehie ID set his date forward
Monday ". II Berrier gave me a
sub for Mrs. : r Cook ON Milford
J. G A. Rousseau. 4 MaNahachie
10y who has wandered away TO Mid
lothian. was here and caused me 10
mention him A ). Whitefield, a
good farmer, faneier OF good stock,
good looking and singer, gave me
a lift J J MeQuatteTs. enc or the
'handsomestsrAaA ii Ms asss IN taie
town. even tSmperedA and with lots
OF Wood Tor sale, gave nue. sub.
TOR his daughter, Mrs Edna Miller.
at cherryvine. \. {. w. A. Key
worth showed nae rooster and two
hens OF the piymouthroek variety