Abilene Semi-Weekly Farm Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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DAIRY'LNG AS -A BUSIMS.
A DtrJkJng example of the eagerness with which the
"SFexas farmers are taking up pew llnrg of pnfloavor
-which will add to their annual lucomo in dairying In
inis siate. conditions pre ltieai for tuo ministry: in
cheap labor and chety forage jI1Bur a "!argproriL'
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i xv:v yeurB ago it was no uncommon thing to rind
tho man who owned his farm without milch cows and
ortcn tho man living in the country was Without either
irnttor or milk. 'The renter very sfcldom had either. They
tuck to bacon hhd. com bread with a litlo sorghum
tnolasstjs tts a dessert. But now things arc changing;
Tbero is no doubt that one of the most promllsng aven-
ues of increased profits to tho farmers lies through
dairying. In a recent interview Ed. R. Kone Commis-
sioner of Agriculture Bald:;
Tho mild winters of Texas its superior capability of
producing forago crops In unequalled abundance in nearly
all parts of Its area the amount of dairy products re
quired to supply tho home market tho unlimited market
that exists outsldo tho State and that stands ready 'to
absorb tho largest possible surplus that can be provided
and tho fact that taking tho country over tho output
or dairy products has not kept pace with tho Increase
of population are circumstances that Impressed upon my
mind the conviction that Texas was capable of being
raddo tho leading dairy State in the Union and that an
economic ce'rtainty of great value In a financial and
every othor way was belg overlooked by our people.
The commissioner has raado a practical arid exhaustive
otudy ofttlio question in nil its economic details and
lis Btatoment can bo depended upon. The farmer who
falls to add a few fine cattle to his collection of live
etock and who fails to give serious consideration to tho
production of milk and butter is annually depriving
Tilmself of largo profits whlcji ho could realize without
spending moro than a little extra exertion.
Not only should the farmer tako up dairying but ho
should raise hlB own hogs. The two Industries can-bo
most economically carried en togother.for much of the
-waste products around the dairy can bo 'turned into cash
ty the hog pen route When the Texas farmers dovote
to diversification the nttontlon it should have the annual
income from Texas arms will be more than doubled
and Texas farmers will bo the most prosperous on tho
American continont San Antonio Express.
THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS.
The Reporter endorses tho following editorial from
Tho Dallas Morning News and adds its fiincero hope
that tho present legislature will net in this matter of
great Importance. The News says:
Tho Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma awoke
tho Nation as It were several months ago by holding
that unless It appeared affirmatively tlfnt an error CQm-
plained of in tho trial of a Case was "harmful" to the
man tried it would hot rcvorso tho case. Now a bill
has boon introduced in the Oklahoma Lcclslaturfe. in
mako tho pra'ctlco of that precedent mandatory Ju tho
courts of that State it is a curious commentary that it
should bo thought necessary to commnntl rmtrta tn ni
Bf-rve a rule that is bo plainly and indisputably in har
mony with common sense; and yet evidently It Is
thought to bo necessary or tit least Oklahoma states-
manship does not seem to feel quite sure that succppriim
Ji.dgcs can bo relied on to hold fast to this salutary pre-
cedent. It is to bo hoped that some such measuro tia fliin
will bo put through the Texas Legislature at UiIb bob-;
slon. Wo Indulgo in no hope that there can bo nnv
thorough revision of our Judicial nroceduro at thin noa.
slon hut It ought to bo posslblo to enact -a measure so
simple as tjila one iitoJd one that touches onlv at a
Single .point of the problem.
Tho Reporter heartily lolnprf in tlin nffnrf nt- i.n
people of the section through Which tho Texas Central
Hallway runs in trying to securo Its consolidation" wlh
ttio Katy system which road now owns tho Texas Centrh.1..
Viewed from every standpoint wo- fail t.o aeo where the
Katy should be kept from Operating its own lino of road
in connection with tho main system. Wo nre awarn of
tho opposition Of the entire railroad commission mid
also of tho Governor but it seems to us that slncn tho
Texas Central is lri no way a competing line with thq
Katy covering territory not entered by the Katy that
more is no good reason for not allowiht: the consoHdn.
jtton except perhaps the reason that the Texas Central
13 wholly a Texas road oneratlnc onlv In Tnxna Thorn
iI'SS ft JW ? keep the Katy from bnvir.r " ''there
I fr " u auu
ii? no sufficient reason as vu sed It to keen it under bo- 1
parate control. If the Katy Is allowed to operate the
road In Its way of thinking Western Texas will be great-
1 benefitted aud no part of the state hurt.
RAYBURH IS ELECTED
SPEAKER OF HOUSE
(Jllinore Was Defoafcd on Second Bill-
lot by. Vote of Seventy to
Sixty-three.
The chemical division pf the Texas experiment station
at the A. & M. College of Texas has accepted about as
many applications for co-6neratlve fertilizer exnorinmritH
on Cotton and corn as can be undertaken this year but "
there is .stNl vacancies in thp list for crops such as Irish
potatoes onions sweet potatoes cabbage and melons.
Theso tests aro not demonstrations but actual experi-
ments designed to ascertain the needs of the soil in
question. Fertilizer for tho purpose will be provided
but the person receiving it must agree to pay the freight
follow instructions and send a sample of the soil. Only
a few of these experiments can be undertaken now .and
tlioso who would like to take part in them should write
at once requesting a co-operative fertilizer blank for
the crop desired addressing Dr. G. S. Frnns. Chemist.
Texas Experiment Station College Station Tex.
AUSTIN Tox Jan. W-Sim T. Ray
brim was. Oleoted .speaker on tho sec-
ond ballot. He received 70 votes and
Gilmoro C3. He wns declared elected
by Secretary of Stato Townsoinl. Pan
demonium reigned when tho announce-
ment was made. Glimoro moved to
mnke tho nomination uuaulmouswhlch
prevailed.
Raj burn Is Sworn Iu.
Mr. Raybum was immediately sworn
In. by Secretary of State Townsend
mado a brief address in which he ack-
nowledged his gratefulness ifor tho hon
or given' hiin and promised to do his
level best to servo the house that
honored him with fidelity and to tho
best Of his ability. It was a notable
coiitcst from many view points.
Tho house met again at 4 o'clock to
complete its organization ahd.lt was
expected that it will pp ready to begin
active work tomorrow morning.
Firt Ballot Thrown Out
On the first ballot Rayburn receiv-
ed 71 votes and Gilmoro it was fig--urcd
out had received 02 votes and
pandomonium reigned for just a brief
period when Gilmoro announced that
he wanted to mako it unanimous. A
few minutes . later GUmore withdrew
Jjls motion to niakejt unanimous until
the chair had ahnotthced the. result
tho chair announced that Rayburri had
received 71 votes and Gilmore C5 as
this amounted to three more votes
than there aro members Secretary
of State Townsend who was presiding
announced no election and that tihere
would have to bo another ballot. Thl3
caused great confusion and another
ballot was ordered".
See that your Insurance
Covers Fencing Out- '
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Motz & CurtisTEXAS' TOttATO BUSINESS.
During 1910 eighteen hundred car loads of. fresh to-
matoes were marketed in Texas most of them being
uhlppcd to points in tho north and east. The tomatoes
put $1400000 into thp pockets of tho farmors- who pro-
auceu tnem with practically no extra cost for cultiva-
tion bb in most cases they are planted with other winter
cropB thoreby requiring very little extra work.
Tho one dark spot on this bright agricultural picture
liowover is the fac that these tomatoes were shipped
tn tho canning factories of Maryland and other Now
Fjigland Btates. only to be Bhtppcd back agalui for con-
sumption by Texnns who havo to pay tho freigh't both
ways. With a production df over a million carloads of
tomatoes nlone not to mention thousands of enrs of
other truck annually and with cheap fuel in abundance
and all other requisites for the building of factories the
shipping of our products to other states to be canned is
not in keeping with tho spirit of prpgreas which Is man-
ifested In other lines of Texas lmIustry.-Bcaumont En-
terprise. Tho statements which have Jtist been published of tho
banks of Abilene aro very gratifying especially when
tho Bhort crops aro taken Into consideration. The four
tankB of the city will show deposits amounting to about
1ne hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The three
National Banks show a total of $897540.11 The Re-
prter eongrntulates Abilene and Central West Texas on
tho Bhowlng it has been able to make through its banks
after .ope of tlio most testing yenrs that any country
ever went Uirough Wo have often said that this is
tlio greatest country op tho face of the earth and it is.
Our people only need to learn to provide for Bhort crops
'which occur in any country occasionally and they will
he all right. Tho ease with which crops nre raised in
tWa section tho almost uncontrolable desire for buying
all thq land there 1b in tho cquntry cause people to in-
volve themselves beyond what they should do and thus
they are strained when Bhort crops come but some day
this will be righted and this great country will become
.tho most proseprous Jh our southland.
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Improved machlperyreduco8 the coat of farming man-
ufacturing mining ad transportation service without
reduciag the profits of the producer but when wo re
duce prices by glutting thq market then we take money
Andrew Carnegie is still talking world peace and the
old man Ig talking on a mighty big subject. If in his
old days he can succeed in bringing about" or oven start-
ing in motion a. proposition that will result In world peace
it will be the greatest triumph of ills wonderful life and
will outwejgh' all the libraries that ho Could build.
Commenting on the International court of arbitral .Jus-
tice Mr. Carnegie said; "I want to make a .'prediction
that lfHhe Senate of 'the 'United States would approve of
euch a court will pass upon it and ratify It within a year
yon will seo such a treaty In operation among the na-
tional of" the earth and then the object qf those who have
wurituu.ior uio international peace will have been ac-.
compllshed."
Pcoplo nro given to thinking that thejr troubles nre
bigger than anybody olsq could possibly have and that
their lot Is particularly hard. It Is ensv to m'nenifv Tip
good thnt. othor people seem to ImVo and to minify your
own. Tile man or woman who views life in this sort
of a way can never b0 happy. It Is true that tho higli
as woll as the low have trouble and. there Is no use
l making your life miserable Imaglnlnu that you aro
.the only one that has trouble. Things are not always
what they seem to be. You know about your own trials
but do not bco the other fellow's.
The proceedings of tho Texas Farmers Congress wtych
was held at College Station Inst July nro Just Issued by
tho state agricultural department as bulletin No. IG of
regular series Tho book contains nearly 350 pages and
is a valuable handbook for the" farmer containing as it
does many papers dealing with intricate problems of tho
farm. It abounds with inrormntlon along every lino
of farming and' is. worthy of a place In every book col-
lection for tho farm.
An all metal flying maehlno Is to bo tried out. Tho
first machine of this kind to be used' will be glvrtt a
test at Fort Worth this week. It Is to bp hoped that
a' substantial machine will bo manufactured and that
laws will soon bo enacted looking to the regulation of
flying In order that men may be stopped from mur-
dertng themselves. '
Waco has arranged for nn aviation nitot at that plnco
January 20 21 and 22. Why not Abilene get In the road
and have tho blr dmen here for a few days. Thoso who
havo witnessed exhibitions of flying pronounce the sport
tho most exciting and instructive of anything man has
yet undertaken.
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Good roads add greatly .to 'the? profits and comforts
ol tho farmer but knowing so nnd snying so does liot
prduco good roads: they will have to bo mado; all talk
and no work will not make roads. Go at it with the
samo determination i you would to dig ditches or build
fences.
Governor-elect Colquitt came near getting a rWo in an
airship at Dallas when he wob not prepared for it. Tho
Governor like Mr. Roosevelt is somewhat of a sport
uiiu uivi-o uAtjnuium uui uiib iiiiiik n nnnaung an air
craft without notice is not a Job to his liking. '
Seems llko the Elkin family havo a "cinch" on the
Colquitt's Thrilling Ride.
Hon. O. B. Colffuitt Governor-elect
of Texas had nl unexpected and thrill
' ln vMr lii t rtinnwnv nfmnlnnfi fit the
Fair Grounds aviation meet yesterday
afternoon. Noti expecting that ho would
be the first Texan to ride in an aero-
plane Mr Colquitt consented to climb
into the Seat of Frlsbie's machine to
pose for the photographers.
Frlsble stood by his side and sevej-
al ofllclals had 'collected around the
plane. For the purpose It J3 suppos-
ed of affording some action for the
moving picture machine one. of the
mechanicians started the motor Tho
plane started off. Severn! avaia'tiion
employes grabbed the uprights to hold
back tho machine. '
So-suddenly did' the' machine start
that some of those in front of it in-
cluding C61. E. H. R. Green were; un-
able to get. out of the way and were
bowled over. After it had onp J00
toM or so the speed Of the machine
begWn to Increase Those who were
trying to hold it back said Mr Col-
quitt had accidentally got his foot on.
tlio accelerator.
By the time it passed between the
Judges' stands the machine was mak
ing short little leaps off the ground
and' causing those who were clinging
to It to take giant strides. Now and
then tlie wheels left the ground and It
was feared. Mr. Colquitt was going
to leave his companions Who were
trying to holi him and tho machine
close to earth
"I'll make that turn In her all
right" Mr. Colquitt said to those who
were running beside him as' the ma-
chine approached the stretch. This
difficult trick of aviation was avoided
for him whon Mr. Frlsble succeeded
In breaking tho string 'holding the
.throttle valvo w'hihe permitted the
valve to be closea and stopped tho
motor.
Mr. Colquitt clltnbpd out onto the
ground seeming to be not In the least
perturbed although a little pale per-
haps. "Why I could run one Of thoso ma-
chines Iu a Uttlo while" he said "I
don't think I waspxeclted ns badly as
those who i Wore trying to hold us
back There Wasn't much sensation
to it.' Dallas News.
TftffWt ClAAB MtfV.-nin MnM In 11. Ttimt..l. TN 1
;..-- o.u.v..0 v.v ... .. mivh nv nine lUUHVJ' i;i oiuwo Bvuum un.- iu VCBI. YU 111111. UaVIB
from tho producor To develop our land wo muBt first Blkln takes hlB father's seat making the third genera-
tfevelop our men and TexaB nresontB gloHous oppor- t.'on of his family to occupy a Beat in tho uppw houso
tnnltlea for bright young men who think as they work of Congress. 'i
Tho Cost of Flying.
Aeroplanes are Btlll beyond the reach
of thp. middle class for It takes both
money and leisure to own and operato
one. To be strictly correct if you are
going to U3p ft foreign machine youmust
attend an aviation school abroad. This
courso will cost Including passage to
and from Europe ftnd n month on the
other side nob less than $1000 for the
course at the School is ?500. The cost
of n machine is from $0000 to $7000
nnd you are likely to smash up one
or two bpforo you beconio profi-
cient. ''Experience is the only wnyto
learn in aviation" declared Count do
'Isseps. "The instructor may explain
but you must actually do the work
yourself" "You may break a few of
theso blooming bussessaid Mr.Radley
tho original English avlatort who al-
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farmers and erchants
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'at tonal
Sfija
of Jibileno
Xjio Old Gstablished SSah
directo:rs
Ed. S. Hughes P. W. James
flenry James' N. W. Gorsuch
; K. K. Legett
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O F F I C E RJS
Ed. S. Hughes. Pres. F W. James V-Pres.
Henry Janes Cashier
W. R. Keeble Assistant Cashier
Depositary for United States
and State of Texas
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fMrff Capital Surplus and Kfft
fSw Profits $190000.00 jjj3
nHTl OFFICERS iKZb
VJHPa GEO. h. PAXTON . .PrCB lEl
WSm W. C. LASLEY Actiug V. Pres IJbMi
Y&Xx V- K. HA YNES V. Pres MBi
X0 R H "HAMMOCK V. Pres Mwf
XWBVW. Je f- GARRISON Cashier MtwS
VkBj w.H FREE AstCaBhler JM '
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TX PRACTICAL CO cTAMCveFREE C7
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'PRACTICAL
RAUGH0NS
(lNOORlOKATrD)
More BANfCERS Indorse DRAUGHON'S Collefies than Indorse alt other business colleges COMBINED.
37 Colleges in 1C states; 21 years' success- 100000 successful ' student!.
POSITIONS secured. Bookkeeping Shorthand Banking English etc. taught
at COLLEGE or BY MAIL.. Address J D. MIRACLE Mgr Abilene Texas
ways speaks ofhls machine as a
"bus" "bub If you try you wjll learn
and lt'fl Jolly good sport you know."
Tho cost of gasoline is. nnother Item
In the flying game. A Ciirtlss biplane
requires six gallons to keep It in tho
air an hour. The French models re-
qulro even more Somo machines es-
pecially tho French aro not quick In
leaving tho ground nnd require conBld
erable space In landing wlilch much
conBlsti of level ground (i long stretch
so the value of such a pleco of land
must bo added to tho cost'of aoroplan-
Ing Which typo of machine is the safer
and bettes filer Is a matter of opinion
as each aviator Is loyal to his own
car. They all agree however thrtti In
order to bo successful a man must
know and trust his aircraft being free
from fear and nervousness and that
ho must not havo a nervous Jerky
touch as n quick Jerk to aeroplane
machinery 1b likely to havo serious re-
sults. Abovo nil ho musb attend strict
ly to business whllo ho is in the nlr
for eternal vigilance is tho price 'of
safety when vlBltlng cloudland Mrs
C. R. Miller In Leslie's
All druggists sell Dr. Cora Barbed
Wire Liniment 25c EOc and $1.00 bot-
tles Guaranteed to heal without leuv-
iBg a blemUU or money refunded.
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Abilene Semi-Weekly Farm Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1911, newspaper, January 13, 1911; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth331251/m1/2/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.