The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 136, Ed. 1 Monday, July 2, 1923 Page: 1 of 4
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FINE CROPS ARE
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IN SIGHT
COMING ON
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Build That New
Home
Improvements
ALAMO LUMBER CO.
ALAMO LUMBER CO.
GOOP EOR OUR FRIENDS”
“THERE IS NOTHING TOO
FIVE CENTS THE COPY
BAY CITY. TEXAS, MOMItV. .11 1.1 11148.
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VOLl’ME XVIII
Thel
’COASI COUNTRY FIGS
Opportunity and
I
Bank Account
♦
there are
of
the
coaat
Opportunity takes off its hat to the
man with the Bank Account.
Invests
F
Opportunity is ready for the man,
woman or child who
ready for it.
total
tile
The ash barrels of history are full
id’ people who were unprepared for »
opportunity when it came their way.
an
Have you the cash to avail yourself
C
of opportunity when it comes your
way?
BAY CITY BANK &
TRUST COMPANY
A checking account is a good way
each year
to begin.
Start one now.
ProductN
First National Bank
Between the
over
farmer and us
FREE
The
WE AKE HEBE FN)R THE SPECIAL
THE
PI KPOSE
OF' GIVING
HIM
SEHV
POSSIBLE BANKING
BEST
li
ICE.
1
PROSPERITY
WE ENCOCRAGE AT ALL TIMES A
IHSliSHION
HIS
OF'
FRANK
NEEDS ANO OPPORTVNIEIES
We are practically assured of good crops this fall; good crops mean good
>«>d tin*
The time to save money
nu an much money
times;
Buy here and save money.
The First State Bank
390.721 AND 391,264
BAY CITY, TEXAS
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PHONE tut
BAYCIIYAUTO&SALESCO.
Ha, ( If,, Texas
M/e Satisfy
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Another thing to be
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considered —
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Our prices are
Right
la
rop«
twelve mcnlhs in the
year
D. P. Moore Dry Coeds Co.
Tribune Want Ad* bring huataaaa.
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These numbers will be changed
Each week
Iff the owners of cars with the fol-
lowing license numbers will pres-
ent this add at our station. We
will give you absolutely.
10 gallons off Humble Oil & Refin-
ing Company, Gasoline,
Ar/"
THERE IS A V’EDY STRONG NAT
I HAL BOND.
ownership ’
Southland
he
home,
gulf loun-
i It can lie
.’■o per cent
B. V». HR 11* I. Fl
Manna er
i farmer
into the
WmCaheron&CoIkc
HOME BUILDERS
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Comp* n>.
I ar* «nn
util Tier
a nooi
IL
nwpvi'f, I* a
awful type,
•lid not go I
CllMMl* 114'H
mobile*
Mr AltviiiiiN, In
of I ha ffhiw anil <
ph.iNixt H tliai h«»
MINI Sl tlESSFI L GROWERS OP.
Lit VIE FIRMS IN Vl< I NITA
OF HOI STOY
Then it was
made from figs
I 4
GOOD CROPS ARE
4
Lay Out Your Plans
WE ARE VITALLY INTERESTED IN
EVERYTHING THAT CONCERNS
THE FARM AND THE FARMER
:ard fashion, bat
tudy It and to learn
.........................MISS MILLER REINSTATED fij
HORh Ol IIOMI 1*1 MONS | R VrOK
TO t ONTIM'E I NTH.
OCTOBER.
is when you have it
He t« one of the pioneers tn the fig
: >r.nerving gams and tea watched It
< m *.>a section from nothing la
1*14 to a comparatively flourishing
Industry at present h ■•-•*•»*« that
increMvd capltallaa'ion plus < otnmoa
i.nae am all that la needed to make
fig growing and preserving the Im-
portant agricultural protect oa the
coast
llon't Wn til Boom.
"A fig boom is what we don't want
and what we most dread," nays .1, I.
fig growers. McGregor, agricultural agent for the
Pacific Railroad who was
of the Potts inspection
want only to interest
farmers who can plan
the wild-eyed
I.earn Industry.
first stop was thf Southland
I'nsiucts Company preserving plant
at Pearland; Superintendent C. A.
Roush conducted the visitors through
the now Idle plant, explaining how
At a meeting of the county commie-
sinners, held Saturday, Miss Gene-'
vieve Miller, whose services as eoun- '
t) demonstrator were terminated by
tile court some weeks ago, was re
instated, to serve until October, the
court finding that it had n contract!
with Miss Miller until that time and, I
also, that the money for a year's serv-j
Ices bad already been appropriated
and set aside.
The result, therefore, of Saturday's
meeting Is that Miss Miller will con
llnue iier work until October The
status of the position held by Mr E.
I> Harris ns well ns that held by the
colored demonstrator remains
passed by Hie court previously,
work having been dispensed with
Pearland and Friendswood
is endeavoring to cultivate
the highest type of farming
s It is offering for sale por
'.....I. with the under
will superintend the
/f '
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■ • W. ft. MOLlll •• SAVE YOUR EYES •
AUerney-al-low • • 8m DR. M. RRTI. •
• Will practice la all the courts • • Oplemetrlst and Optician •
• Rear of Opera House. Ave F. • • Boney Building •
• Pboae IT Office Ifolmaa Hid* • • Here The Last Two Meeks ef •
• g.f.pd * * Feck Month •
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the figs are dipped In lime water to I
remove the "fuzz," thoroughly dean ,
cd. sorted, boiled In cane syrup for
eight or ten hours, ami then placed in !
tins, jars or individual glasses This
is phere most of the .Magnolia" pre ,
sei veil figs seen In this section are
pepared for the public.
From Pearland to F’ri ends wood, fori
mile on either side of Hie road, acre!
as
an attractive
has the option of taking
over entirely or allowing
the absentee cultivation to continue.
The trip of the Inspection party
.lune 23. covering a total of HMI miles
through Pearland. Friendswood,
league City. Dickinson, San Leon.
Kemah and Webster, was of consid-
erable interest to those unacquainted
with tig progress" near Houston
Professor Potts.
Bl W. M. DARLING.
Will figs constitute the pattern
the magic carpet of agricultural de-
j velopnient promoters hope to weave
1 along the Houston-Galveston
! lands?
Professor A. T. Potts, head of the
; agricultural extension department of
l A and M College, and one of the
- foremost authorities on figs in the
I I'nited States, declares that there is
j every hope for a flourishing fig in-
i ditstry In this territory. He came to
| this conclusion as the result of a trip
1 of inspection paid a number of or-
chards between Houston and Dickin-
I son last week, the object of which
was to determine just what could be
done with the fig under I n tel I Igeu l
methods of handling.
Suited for ( till hut Ion.
Tlie same night he attended a ban-'
| quet at which bunkers,
produce men and laud owners were
I guests, and stated that Houston is not
only t minently suited for the cultl-| party,
valioli of figs, lint probably lias
advantage superior to that of any ahead
broached, some twenty years
I FJarly years, during which J. C
penter, a
granting satisfactory land. Nit
| sufficient drainage and proper care I rnirt^r,
\fter that the orchard should become I ProducD
I a perpetual source of revenue, In tree
| amounts ranging from I3<*0 per acre I
•Vi It as high us *k<m. The beauty of
the fig tree i- that II seldom freezes
back, particularly In the
try. and that when It doe
so pruneil as to have over
Ignorance I ntises Losses.
The romance of figs also happens j
to coincide with the realities The |
Idea of working hard and earning
nothing for two years, ami then reap
Ing benefits on the third, seems to
appeal ot most men n sort of • re
ward for honest effort" complex on
the other hand, too many forget that
many practical eonsiileins
tlons to contend with One must have
more than enough capital to support
himself mid his orchard for three
years; he must be able to pick land,
to drain It and to care for Ills trees,
lie must find himself a market mid
co-operate with fellow growers in the
matter of prices, labor, etc
Too often the "adventurer from Hie
north" arrives. Invests all his cap
ital lu laud and equipment and tries
to live on nothing until his trees pro-
duce and then two chances out of
three, he does not know, or try to
learn, enough about the fig Industry
to prevent u total loss of orchard
and all
Outward!
This bank stands guard
i TSirli»rly providing your
funds with protection V
after acre of fig oreliards In varying
stages of cultivation are visible The j
first on lianl inspected was that of i
<> \\ \\ dill . .oil the Alagmdi.i liint'
farm Mr. Willets has been growing
figs for 12 years, mid states that he
has averaged $:iim per acre each yeari
from the sale of his fruit during that
time His crop this year suffered
Irorn the late freeze of March 16. as
did all the other fruit crops In thia
section; but he has utilized a correct
pruning system, and his trees will;
bear early in August
Grows Oranges, Grapefruit.
The Magnolia farm Is a beauty spot I
iu farms go Mr Willits is having,
si < <esK with oranges, rgapefrult mid
kumquats as well as figs, and his
or. hard present .it* attractive spe> *
taele.
E I*. Alteiinis, living further past'*
Friends wood, is a man who has be-1
come thoroughly convinced of thel
value of the fig to such an extent. In j
fait, that he ha planted Ills entire1
”5 acres In this fruit. Twenty of his
ni tes contain eight year old trees. |
wlili h prodm od last year some tin.-1
worth «f tigs. With the proceids
has been able to rebuild his old'
i, construct n new one for his
add various outhouse* and pur ,
farm equipment and auto-
I Industry In a haph
I took time to *!“■*
I more about It each
‘*-1 Hlnme Farm.
~ .. .inday meal at Dickinson,
y spent the afternoon un the
Blume farm between Han Leon
Webster, adjacent to, as J. I.
eGregur . mphaslred the grand old
P." Thl* farm is located on a
irge peninsula jutting Into Trinity
Bay and surroundeel on three sidei i hy
salt water Its fig orchards are the
only one* In this region known to
have escaped the killing March froat
altogether Mr Blum* wa* not com-
pelled t<> prune a single one of his
tree* He did not escape, however,
the late crop" epidemic which In his
cnse was th* result of a cold, damp
spring
Mr. Blutne has two acres of 12 year
old trees which have never been fros-
*n bark The** tre*« la*t v*ar pro-
du red 13.000 pound* to the ecre HI*
nine year old free* produced Mt the
ret* of 11.OO0 pound*
Expert < are Needed.
car* I* the secret of succeM
growing, according to Mr.
i ho is a picturesque “Gulf
•mer.~ wearing at present
what Is described as the ' hroadeat
smile in thia part of the state.”
ving, planting of nltroganoua
« between the fig rows for ln-
i*d fertilization, pruning, liming
toll, and keeping hl« ground well
<«d to air and thoroughly drained
th* ' secrets" Mr. Blume
Many lint bursts tome.
F'rom time to time >
I bursts of enthusiasm
i have swept portions
I between Houston and Galveston.
I by one they
tlirough luck of reciprocity In u
I nanclal way or through employment
i of faulty agricultural mvthodx
Now the romance of figs is this: It
I requires at least two years of hard
| work and more or less heavy sinking
I <>f capital to start a fig orchard. The
third year should produce a market-1 The group included
| able crop granting satisfactory land, | Mt McGregor. M T Garrett, fig pro
f' E l*>u*lps of thi’ Southland
and newspaper
Southern
n member
"Wo
conservative
not the wild-eyed would-be
111 thi r section of the country, with the Wullingtords who are as apt an not
I possible exception ot I'allfornlii Ito make a complete mess of their ven-
Romance and reality have indulged ture. The 'boom' farmer is not the
I in grim battles along the gulf coast type of man we want to bring to thi -
I since tlie idea of fig farming was first t< rrltory at nil"
years ago. I The ' absentee ownership'' plan
. !'. Car- sponsored hy the Southbind Prod-
fathir of the fig industry, ucts Company of Houston, the Gulf
was a struggling pioneer, saw a pe- Coast Fig Orchards Association and
II rind of hard work with little rewards, other-concerns, has appealed to Home
proved that money could The Southland Products Company.
b. made from figs and imniediately for instance, has a 17t>-ucre orchard
wildly imaginative projects akin to between
the grapefruit and orange booms of which It
Florida and California had their In- under I
ceptlon I methods
I tlons of this orchard
sporadic out- standing that It
the fig growing for three- years, after which
of the country the owner
One. Ills plot i
have died down, either I*1** r*
.
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 136, Ed. 1 Monday, July 2, 1923, newspaper, July 2, 1923; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1365718/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.