The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-22
FROM THE FIELD
) BY J.. A. c. kEMBLE. .
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1t is gratifying to note the general
tendency among the farmers as well
las the town folk in devoting unusual
Eefforts in gardening this spring
Thousands of tomatoes and cabbage
plants have been set out already and
the farmers and the town folk are
utilizing every available back lot for
gardening purposes. This effort on
the part Of the Ellis county citizens
10 cut down table expenses sounds
mighty good to the field, man. for a
good garden aids very materially in
cuttina doWn expenses. No doubt,
thousands Of bushels Of garden truck
will be canned this year and with
the already organized canning club
in this county, with Mrs r, Fl. DaY-
lis Of Waxahachie as leader and or
ganizer, 1t goes without saying the
canning industry will be augmented
tenfold this year It is TO be hoped
every family in the county. if they do
not care to be a member of the can
ming club, make a special effort this
year to can up the surplus vegetables
and fruits. thus aiding in cutting
down the cost of living very consid-
erably.
It is also further gratifying TO note
the farmers as a Whole sill endeavor
TO raise more feed this year, at least
enough to serre their respective
farms, without having 10 buy Why
mote Corn selling at 1925 per bush
el, very little surplus cash he would
have at the end of the year, ii he
had 10 buy his feed at this price
Great crops of feed aud food are
needed b. the world as never before,
for as matters stand now. early peace
with the warning nations is close at
hand Chance is remote that this
nation shall ever come 70 blows with
Germany. except on the high seas,
and the fighting there viii necessar-
.ily be limited. So when peace shall
have been declared, great demands
win be han for food, and our own
southland viii be called on to sup
ply the food for the nation Not only
WIN feed and food be extremely high
this year. but 1918 is predicted the
HARDEST the world hiss ever expert
'enced SO, with these astounding
facts before us for this year and the
next year to come, we should make a
special effort individually 10 help
quell the tide Of high cost of living
BY the enormous amount OF read
ing matter distributed daily con
firms the fact that the citizens Of
the county afe becoming more AMI
more addicted 10 reading each year.
especially newspapers AS SO cu'z
rent news. etc. there are 80 better
posted people than the farmers OF
this county. The old Enterprise, the
farmers standby. with its large nam-
Der of readers, is steadily Increasing
from year to year, while the Daily
Light, published under the same
.management. comes close second
in the Enterprise with a steady in
ereasing number OF subscribers.
While ] represent both the Waxa-
haehie Enterprise and Daily Idght as
general subscription agent, and am
anxious 10 sec copy Of each paper
in every home IN the county. IL il
well TO state first. you can find no
better county weekly "A the state
OF Texas than the Enterprise Why?
Because il publishes all the news OF
the county, and has the best county
correspondence la the state Tie
Enterprise tells. all the news Of The /
week worth telling and or each pub
hcation day (Ffiday) you have a
fun page Of the latest telegraph news I
of the worlds doings As 10 the !
Daily Light. sou viii find no better