The Pulaskian., 1919-06-13
FOLKS
LIVING in TEXAS
Mr.. AND MRS. NOAH RICHARDS
ARE WELL PLEASED WITH
THEIR NEW FARM NEAR
LONGVIEW.
Longyiew. Tex.

June 5, 1919.
Editor Pulaskian Enclosed you will
find 81 for which to renew my sub
scription for / just can't do without
The PulasEian. It is like a visitor
from back home.
We all speak of Ferndale as ''back-
home" but we are happily situated
here in East Texas and like this
country just fine. Mr.. Richards says
it is pleasure to farm here in this
country where he doesn't have those
rocks to be bothered with. We like
it so well we have already bought US
a 165-acre farm that has two living
springs of water and an abundance
of wood with about so acres in culti-
walton, located four and one-half
miles from the little town of Glad
water and IL miles from Longview,
we are SO anxious to get moved on
our own home we can hardly wait,
but as we did not buy until January
we had already rented this place and
moved on it, and we therefore had
to rent out our farm this year.
One thing I want to tell you good
people is that this little county of
Greggs would make Pulaski county
ashamed of itself when it comes to
good roads. for we have the finest of
pixies running in every direction all
over the county, which sure makes
automobiles plentiful for both white
and black farmers own their machines
here. They are spinning by the
house thick and fast all the time, and
we see or hear many airplanes fly
over.
Very often we can hear the airplane
distinctly, but look and can't see it
on account of it being above
cloud.
We have had very wet spring
here this year, farmers around here
say it is the wettest spring in years.
Crops are looking fine, and so is Mr..
Grass, but Mr.. Richards thinks he
can get his crop most all laid by, by
the 18th or goth of this month.
wish you good people around Fern
dale. Tor any other friend who may
chance to read this could pay US
visit c0,,oo Joxr tb;c e,,,,,,,oo - <~J Lo1x.
eat watermelons and canteloups for
we have big patch and people say
they raise fine melons here. Our
vines are putting on lots of melons
now This is a gray sandy loan and
fine for most anything you want to
raise, but especially for melons and
sweet potatoes. We have in five
acres. of potatoes of the "Nancy Hall"
and "Porto Rico" the later being the
finest potato I ever tasted, wish you
could see my garden 1t is the incest
/ ever raised and my two little boys,
Ohio and Ulan did all the work in it
nearly. | have cabbage weighing six
to eight pounds now, have been MAX
ing some chow chow and kraut, I'm
going to can the kraut soon as it
gets made good. don't like to make
kraut so early, but / have so many
cabbage / can't stand to see them
waste. We will begin picking berries
nayf wool IN CON &c VIC bo~-o . c.
lot of them here near the house in
the field will also have a lot of
peaches to can as there is a nice
orchard on the place. But fruit lars
sure are high enough, l pay $1.4O
per dozen for them, but they are the
wide mouth Kerr jars. l want to
put up at least 100 gallons of fruit
and vegetables, / expect to can lot
of beans. They will be Texas raised
and yet of Arkansas product too for
last summer Mrs. Grimmett of Little
Maumelle sent me some of the finest
golden wax beans I ever saw, and I
am raising some of them here and
they are fine
We are in the ':oii BOOM district,
they are drilling for oil near Long
view now and every one around here
(including us) has leased his lands to
an oil company. My brother from
Arizona came in March to visit me
and bought 100 acres of land laying
side by side with our land. I am
living nnear one of my brothers and
another coming next year to take
charge of his land, so you are not
surprised at me for liking here, are
you? and you good people who were
SO kind to US last summer in helping
us with our two little boys when thew