The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-02-28
INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS
DECIDES on PROGRAM
THE VALUE OF HOME GARDENS
WILL BE STRESSED IN
1917.

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. ga review
of the work accomplished In the ias'
year and program for the comihs
wears activities were outlined ana
approved at a meeting of the eentrai
levecufive board of the Texas INDUS
trial Congress in session in Dallas
yesterday. The following boafu
members were present: z. W kirk-
patrick Of Mckinney, president; y
La. Kemp, Wichita Falls; ]. Perry
Durrus. Mckinney; La Monte Dan
liels and s. D. Hanley, Dallas. Prcf'
In. N. barrow, vice president o.
the congress, also attended. The re-
lbcrt was submitted to the board by
IW. C. Barrickman, secretary.
The congress has pledged Itself 70
an extensive program for 1917.
Among the most important items
will be the teaching of the vital ne
cessity for rotation and diversified
ton of field crops. economic value
OF home gardens, importance OF I'VE
stock as the foundation of perman-
emf agriculture, advantages arising
from the development of dairying
industry in Texas, financial bene-
fits arising from the elimination OF
the cattle tick and the opportunities
afforded the farming population
through the organization and opera
ton OF National Farm Loan asso-
citation in each county.
The 1916 report, in part, is as
follows:
Perhaps the most significant tes-
timony as to the value and effec-
tiveness of our work is found in the
many local organizations row en-
gagged in doing in their respective
counties the tasks undertaken gem
orally by the congress in 1911. As
a result of it's good example through
its campaigns of educational demon
stration by means of contests in gar
den, field crop and live stock pro-
duetion, hundreds of communities
throughout the state are nov putting
into practice the valuable lessons
that have been taught by the con-
sress.
.In 1916 the congress renewed its
usual prize offer for the best results
in field crop, live stock and garden
production, extended its efforts to
promote the growing of the peanut
as a staple field crop, undertook the
creation OF general public sentiment
for the eradication of the cattle tick,
continued its campaign for increased
dairy farming, conducted a number
Of diversification campaigns in var
ious counties, continued its month
" crop bulletin for the information
Of the business interests and inaugu-
rated better farming letter service
by which it reached each month dur
ing the year $500 farmers through
the cooperation of many banks and
other business concerns. 1t also UNI
dertook, in cooperation with the
newspapers of the state, a campaign
for tie curtailment of the produc-
ton OF MALI and half cotton
According TO the report. personal
campaigns in various departments OF
the work formed large part of the
congPss' activities. A total of 81
900 bulletins dealing with corn, cot
ton, the kafirs, the fat steer, baby
beef, fattening hogs, gardens. the
peanut and staple cottons were is
sued. The letters tSfarmers dealing
with all farm problems totaled To-
000 month.
Regarding the cattle tick eradi-
cation campaign, the report says:
st has been the experience of
tue congress that While a general
Willingness to cooperate in this
work has been found in every COM
munity visited, but little or no pro-
gress through local initiative can be
expected, In every instance no eff
fort was made to arouse interest In
tick eradication until after a repre-
sentative of the congress had initial
ed the work. The eradication of the
cattle tick means a saving of hum
dreds of thousands Of dollars an
nually to the state OF Texas, besides
clearing the way to the development
of the dairy industry, the value of
which to the state Will run into mill
lions OF dollars annually"