The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-03
association ami had the assurane
that be1tar e5hibit facilities won
be pro- tded mkt fall and lights ans

dSsssCdnt1oH AIAu tAdG Tie dsSai sAAS
thai better eyhibit facilities won
be rros tded nkxt fall and lights and
spaee fur, iahd free. He called at
rtio to the SIT 900 to BE- distrib
utel iii pr.zas Ind urged ayery rae
lei. of the ass >ciation to begin no
to keen a stri6 look out for exhih
products. He bet the mark at frs
prize, which i $1,000, and urged
the members III strive for that goal
Mr. Schusta called attention t
the exhibition tglaas that was pnf
chased and WED not only members
OF the assoeia4ion but all farmers
in the county II help put Ellis conn
TT To the forefront.
Following Nj. Schnster Or. F. Fl
BIod gett Of filt extension depart
ment Of the n and NJ. College de-
liyered very Interesting lecture on
plant diseases land how TO prevent
them. In begi1ning his talk he COM
menaed the association for adopting
the plan OF fost thorough discus.
sion OF one subject at each meeting
He said farme& of Ellis county wers
little unfortunate in that cotton
was one crops which must be sold
before they cdald eat it, He called
attention to DE fact that the corr
grower could veat corn. burn it 70,
fuel or feed lit TO his stock at 9
profit. while he cotton farmer must
sell his produt TO realize anything
of worth FROM the could neither
eat it. wear 4 in the raw state OF
feed it TO ht cattle with profit
Hence the Necessity OF having some
body to buy y.
Before launching upon the sub
ject aitogethef he called attention II
the fact thatEit was Of vast imror-
tanee this yeer for farmers to grow
their living il home if they would
escape the Penalty OF high prices
He declaredsfhe government WOULD
urge the farmers of Ellis county tc
grow enough food and feadstuffs -
feed Ellis c4untv and little sur
plus TO be shipped over to the othe
side. He wanted to advocate the ide,
OF getting tih best returns from thr
acres left fci cotton after foodstufff
he'd been n anted. He declared i
takes as mMh work to grow scrub
By ccten al il doe TO grow cottor
hat vii gte the biggest boils-
and at HARVESTING time the return
are vastly different.
He csl'edtattention to the wash
ing ~ thoda for destroying variou
d'gessss m frain seed and said tn
soil rrt "a Soiag sery great dan
sge 70 DITCH this fungus he desis
vated es a (hirf stealing the vitalit.
OF the cotton boil aud dwsrfing tn
fruit. He ekp'ained that the boil RI
may be eliminated by treating tn
reed before planting The exterio
of the seed may be treated to solp
tion OF for1bin and interior may be
treated TO heating in water pre-
cess which Till eliminate practical
all the bolt rot. However, he ev
planned thai beat results would b
obtained wien all the farmers I'm
dertook to apply the remedies.
He called attention to the plans
diseases th4 damaged cotton follow
Ing the recknt Galveston storm, but
said il Was mot caused by the storm
The storm caused condition which
enabled thu disease 10 make rapid
progress, lie gave account OF the
tests madef here last year and how
boil rot wa damaging fields OF cot
ton from NJ TO rs per cent
He explained that il was possible
10 eliminate boil rot by arranging
ihree bins lor seed and holding the
seed over Tor three wears before
planting Alsurer remedy and quick
n was that OF treating the seed ~
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