Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 53, Ed. 1, Sunday, December 7, 1890 Page: 4 of 16
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Fcnu nrj > s Notice All communications intended lor this department should be addressed to
Seo Thoko iVncnnt Surrounding
It is not to be reasonably expected ol a
People settling up a now region of
oountry that they could do ovorytbing at
the same time yet it must be admitted
tbat there Is one allimportant factor of
permanent growth which nsarulo ia
too much overlooked for their own rood
by ouryouug and phcuomennlly advanc-
ing cities That overlooked factor lies
In a neglect to have the immediate sur
ro 11 miltErf of the place keep pace so far
as relates to their agriculture with the
citys progress
This statement has no referonce what-
ever to any particular city or any par-
ticular region We find the shorteom
Inir mentioned existing In Texas and
everywhere else within the newlysetti
inc countries of the United States If is
exactly the reverse of how things work
in the older portions of the world There
u prosperous agricultural region builds
the town but here the town is built first
without any particular thought of the
ngnculturo leaving tho latter to build
itself oti its own hook if it will In
mining regions where from the depths of
tbo earth pours a constant stimulm to
city navnncement such u thing may work
nil well enougn but in every case where
thcro exists no such peculiar feeder to
piocross n neglect of tho agricultural
surroundings cannot be otherwise than a
great mistake
Of course wn can well understand how
this statb of nffiurs happens to exist An
advantageous locution tor a larce city is
discovered u a now country and a lot of
hustlers get possession of tho lands
Tiny tell the world nil about the advan-
tages of the r location and if the tnlo
they tell prove a true one on investiga-
tion ti place crows up like a mush-
room verybody Knows that grent
fotunes have been speedily realized from
Investments made in an embryo city of
future greatness so everybody wants to
Invent cikh the investment is made
the next thought U to push tho young
i iy ul ja < l us rapidly as possible for the
fortunes counted upon are dopendont
upon the presr a of the pluc So it is
n Ion pub u > iione I ul and n pull all
tijrcthr fi th ciiys advancement It
I vertninix > r irood kind of pull to
tnnkvvli r tin re is nully something
polid to pull upon and where you hud a
place ulliiming to any considerable pro-
portions von may know there Is eonie
thng Fld lut even in the most
furore 1 locations cut of the mining re
g ons this hind peculating etimulus
cuunot last always Kvery place will
t venunlly reach tho limit of big profits
in that ilirerlion It will crystalize
ilown into permanency and then a new
class of people ill begin looking it over
in search of a desiriil > l home for them-
selves and their heirs forever They
will come to the < ily ovor its suburbs
If all tho o suburbs show up as n blank
to much unlike the subjects of
tho old places they have left
at home the will at once con
tludo that theio must bo something
wrong with tho country rendering it
wholly nonproductive in nn agricultural
way A country ol that character la not
tho Kind of country they uro looking
after for in their opinion a region
without rich mines must depend wholly
upon Its nqrieulturo If you tell them
that the region I < one of tho best agricul-
tural regions in the world oven acting
upon n full Icnonlolgo of tho fact that
you nro telling them tho truth tho
whole truth and nothing but tho truth
see those aeant surroundings will
greet you as a reply the which will bo
nhout all that you will bo ahlo to got
from them for your pains It will do no
good to argue the case they will pull-
out for other pastures all tho same and
your citv will thus loso a contribution to
one of her best elements of permanent
fcuccesi
on approaching tho larger cities eait
ff in say In Georgia you know where
von uro bv the appearance of things
along the railroad Thirty miles out tbo
farms uppenr closer together aud tho
farm buildings look better than they
were looking further back Ten miles
out and the meyards nnd orchards set
in all appearing to bo under a high state
of i ulture rim miles out and the
wholo country appenrs ns n gnrdeu with
numerous Industrial plants figuring hero
and there on the landscape Vou almost
feel that you tiro in town a considerable
time before ioti begin to see tho city
Hilres
How very different it nppenrs as we
approach not a few of our cities in the
rocalled new country They may bo
larger tlmu are those cities of Jeorgia
s oil know there is a town somewhere
intend but you dont know how far
uiieiid and from tho outlook you con
ciudn it must yet be a long way off
Nothing in eight but open rolling prnlrie
beautiful but wild looking vistas seen
from the car window Not a house or
habitation in sight unless It should beu
verv little lint far nway on some emi-
nence tho which you decido most be the
home of some cowboy or buffalo hunter
Where are the buffaloes They ought to
be teeu In great herds roming over the
distant plains you conclude for the
country looks eutirelv wild enough for
them It may be their mealtaking time
of day and they have retired o some de-
pression m the fur dlstnuce out of sight
from the train to enjoy their picnic in
quiet But look Whnt is that On
yonder distant highlands stands a large
plant of some kind It has a tall smoke
ttack but there is no smoke issuing
from it Xolhing seems to bo going on
there It is not a sawmill for there
are no forests in sight It Is
not n fruit and vegetable cannery
for surrounding it uro uo cultivated
crounds all open and unoccupied prnl
rie It must be a concern put up for
packing buffalo beef and its npparent
rest may be due to tfie fact that this is
not the packing season And down by
the side of tho high grade over which you
are passing appears a diminutive hut
the home of a railroad seotion boss you
presume Away oter youder appears
something else you cant exactly make
out what it Is but it looks like a farm-
house with some orliiml trees about it
though you enn outline no farm Tho
locomotive whisUo just now gives out a-
long and mournful howl aud ere you
bave scarcely had time to wonder what
can possibly bo the matter you Mud
yourself at a union depot in the midst of
one of the most rushing and lively little
cities known to the present century Of
course you mutt conclude if you know
nothing about the country that the city
has been built simply to accommodate
gome railroad crossing which happened to
strike an arid region where nothing
could be grown from the soil The
farmer or gardener passenger looking out
for a good locality iu which to invest his
money and ply his vocation promptly de-
cides that this is no place for him so he
renews his ticket and goes on The boot-
black who has been gloating over the
adhesive appearance of the soil stops
offIt
It is scarcely necessary for us to argue
before an intelligent peoplo the import-
ance of having those rich but now un-
occupied surroundings of our cities
promptly settled up and made tributary
to us Every uuit of population added
to those surroundings is just that much
added to the city While tho city has
its corporate limits it does not stop on
those lines all its suburban peoplo are
people of lis own just as much as they
would be if living directly under the
municipal rule A settlement of the
surroundings is worth more ns an adver-
tising card for the place than
anything else that could be re-
sorted to it attracts a permanent
and useful population Hut it is folly to
wait for those surroundings to settle up
of themselves theyll ryit do it in that
way within tho next quarter century
As they now appear they stand as their
own ndvestisement ngalnst settlement
The man who works the soil if worth
having is a citizen is p careful man
nnd our word for it he is not going to
risk his all on simply what some printed
circular says or what some land dealor
says lie must have tho full evidence of
whit n region can do before his very
eyes nnd the pumpkin shown him must
not be a specimen plucked from the
vine either A pumpkin is a pump-
kin the world over lie must see the
advertising pumpkin with one end of the
vine attached to it and the other end on
its own roots in the soil
Wo have no suggestions to make ns to
the best methods for setting up our sur-
roundings The best way to settle them
in our opinion is to settle them Of
course it will call for a little hustling on
the part of the city but nothing like so
much as it called for to settle Ihefcity it-
self Tho city people cnu well afford to
extend the necessary hustling Whild
such a thing would be tuo much out of
the regular line of usage for recommend-
ation nt our bauds we could not feel
oursclf shooting wide of the mark were
we to suggest that any of our prosperous
young cities with unoccupied surround-
ings could well afford to buy up the
lauds aud give them to actual settlers
who would improve them to a certain
stipulated extent
It would not cost so much to settle up
our surroundings us one might suppose
A fair start at the thin is all that is neces-
sary for our lauds supposing tne young
city to be In Texas nro everything that
could be asked Ihere are uo Hies ou
our Texas lands ns the boys say The
only existing need is to start the ball
fairly rolling ith some kind of good
boost it will then roll of itself but that
boost regardless of tho shape it comes
in must come directly from the city peo
plo
Alfalfa In Colorado
Tho editor of tho Field and Farm
Denver says the nlfalfaseed crop has
of late years become one of the leading
products of his state The Colorado
people are completely stuck ou ulfnlfu as-
a most noble crop nnd tho deep interest
taken In it lends them to every year
learn somothing new and valuable
especially with reference to saving the
crop lie has just Interviewed a promi-
nent alfalfa seed grower of Roulder
county who says it is now plaiu that
outdoor stacking offers the best method
of sowing seed He cuts the nlfulfil
with a mower Tho machine used outs
back and lorth on one side The ends or
headlands of courso out first to make a
place to turn on nnd with u fork he
moves four swaths out to the fence so
the horses will not trample the seed out
iu turning Mows iu the morning when
thero is some dampness or ou a dump
cloudy day so the seed will shell as little
as possible The alfalfa is left flat until
he is ready to stuck it matters littlo
whether it is three days or three weoks
Rain does no harm when it is in this
shape But it should not bo nllowed to
get wet in the winrow as afterturnings
for the purpose of drying off would
wnsto much aeod A cloudy day Is best
for stacking
In gathoring tho cut nlfalfa less seed
is shelled out by letting tho rake always
go the snino way the mower went It Is
better also to rako before the alfalfa gets
very dry
Old rails or poles are laid down as a
foundation for tho stnok Two tiers
are put down crossing oaeh other Tho
stack Is built upon these to n convenient
height and then simply rounded off with
nlfalfa The topis next covered with a
layer of wheat straw smoothed down
nicely Nothing tnoro is necessary
Somo prefer to hull out the seed
directly from the Held without stacking
but be prefers to stack and thus avoid
danger from protrncted rains lie has
seon mnny a Held of alfalfa iu Colorado
that was left in tbo winrow waiting for
the huller which on nccount of excessive
rainy wenther didnt get around at all
The alfalfa laid all winter nnd wns a
dead loss
There Is much tnonoy in the alfalfa
seed industry he says If this be cor-
rect and it can not be doubted then
Texas is losing muoh money by keeping
out of the business There would be no
kind of good sense in any attempt at
arguing that Colorado is a better alfalfa
state than Texas
An Independent Peopl
The Northwestern Financier boasts
over the great success of farming in the
San Luis valley Colorado this year It
Is imply marvellous aud ia tho greatest
coutrast to the general failure in Western
Kansas says the writer The cause of
this great success need be no secret our
contemporary furnishes a key to it by
stating that the abundance of water in
the San Luis valley makes tho farmers of
that region independent so far as the
summer rainfall is concerned It will
always bo so with them for there is wa-
ter enough to irrigate the wholo valley
So you see it was irrigation that made
for the San Luis valley its grand agri-
cultural success this year and the same
tbiug can be depended upon for a sim-
ilar success in all years to follow With
a oompleto system of Irrigation there
can be no such thing as crop failure or
even as short crops In any of the states
west of tho Mississippi river It costs
something to get ready for irrigation of
course but not near so much as it event-
ually costs to have frequent short crops
A Scrapltook Suggestion
W often receive letters from patrons
asking that wo send them certain baok
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THE GAZETTE FOBT T70HTH TEXAS SUNDAY DECEMBER 7
numbers of The Gazxtti and giving as-
a reason for the request that the number
referred to contained an agricultural ar-
ticle of much interest to them and that
by some means it bad been lost So far
as we bare been able to do so we have
supplied these demands though it bas
given us a good deal of trouble besides
it does not always happen that the de-
sired numbers can be bad at the office
We < coow it is not always convenient for
every farmer to keep a complete file of
bis paper but ws would suggest that in
such case be make a scrapbook It is
not touch trouble to make a scrapbook
good enough to answer every purpose if
the work be regularly kept up It is not
at all neoessnry to buy a costly book for
holding the scraps if you are not par-
ticular about making a flue job of it
Many farmers wo know of use old pub-
lic documents for the purpose They
are usually of about the right size to take
two columns of Tin Gazette side by sldo
on each page Trim the columns out
neatly and paste them down on the page
cut to the proper length of course then
turn over and continua on the next page
When the second page has been filled
cut out the next two leaves of the book
and then continue with your matter as
at first and so on until the book 1j full
Cutting out two leaves between each two
pages pasted upon is neoessary to pre-
vent tbo scrapbook from becoming
thicker at front than back
A scrapbook made on this plan from
the matter of our agricultural depart-
ment will soon become a most valuable
depository of Texas farm literature
ready for easy reference at any time a
collection that you would not be able to
find anywhero elso in book form We
try to get our matter nil seasonable for
the time iu which it appears but in
this particular season it may not happen
to interestyou while in next season or
in some other season to follow it might
be the very thing you wasted to see If
you have it iu a scrapbook you can turn
to it at any time when wanted
Many farmers havo small children who
would take u deep interest in making the
scrapbook suggested We know of not
a few instances of this kind where the
little children will scarcely wait for pa to
glance over the page ere they are after it
with scissors and paste
Altalfa in Ohio
Jlr J E Wing of Ohio writes thnt he
is growing alfalfa quite successfully in
thnt state His fouryearold alfalfa
grew constantly through the great drouth
of last summer while the timothy aud
red clover adjoining waxed brown and
dry It went to seed and matured a
heavy crop of nice plump seed Since
the fnll rains set in it bus grown up rank
nnd luxuriant once more Every suc-
ceeding year for several at least will
find more alfalfa sown on his farm he
says
His alfalfa sown last spring made a-
light crop of huy which was cut the 1st
of July This was more than had been
expected of it A most severe drouth
followed and the young nlfalfa plants
had not had time to reach down very
deep with roots so during this drouth
they grew but little though keeping
creeu aud holding their own When the
rains came they came in floods very
thoroughly soaking tbo soil and the
young alfalfa promptly revived growing
with a rankness and vigor far exceeding
that of any other hay crop known to the
region
In starting alfalfa says Mr Wing if
the soil is very ooor help thojoung
plnnts with some good fertilizer barn
manure ennnot be beaten and be not
discouraged if tht lirst year or two brings
only moderate success Hut when the
roots bnve gotten down a few feet and
the foliage shades the ground and the
lifegiving water gets in its work bring-
ing treasures of plant food invisible to
the naked eye then lbs alfalfa will take
on an almost tropical luxuriance of
growth nnd will need to be cut every
month of the summer affording not less
than four big crops to the season
Irrigation on tlin Slak cl Fining
Have you ever been on the Llano Esta
cado or Staked plains of Texas asks
Field and Farm Here continues our
contemporary irrigation Is necessary
for farming nnd in the nbsence of this
ou a large scale the principal occupation
is stock raising Wntor may bo bad by
shallow artesian wells at many points
and from this snuroo several tructs of
land have already been put under irri-
gation and are now being cultivated to
fruits with satisfactory results Within
the preseut year some 20000 acres were
provided with nn abundant nrtiflcial
water supply On the lands under irri-
gation the trees und vines are in a most
flourishing condition and four crops of
alfalfa are harvested yearly
A region of country too dry to grow
nnything without irrigation is u fine re-
gion In whioh to get irrigation under-
way yet it is not nlways the only region
needing artificial water supply to crops
Anv region where drouth cuts off crops
at nil ought to be under a system of irri-
gation Why not No hnlforop farm-
ing pays the farmer Tho more rainfall
in the course of the season the less
trouble will it be to irrigate for while
the rains afford all the moisture needed
irrigation can take a rest But the main
thing Is to bave it ready so that water
may bo artificially given so ofted us
needed
The most productive countries in the
world are those whose people know of a
certainty that there will not be rainfall
sufficient to enable them to make crops
There is not even so muohns uncertainty
for them to depend upon so they go to
work and arrange an artificial water sup-
ply which places them within tho pales
of absolute certainty and great and
never failing productiveness is tho re-
sult If it pays a rainless country to ir-
rigate where is tho good reason for sup-
posing that It would not pay a country of
uncertain rains equally as well The
rains that may come cost nothing They in-
volve uo kind of outlay If rainless
Peru is the most productive country on
the Western Hemisphere all through
irrigation ns is claimed where then is
the argument against our ability to
make Texas ber rival by the same
means The soils of Texas are entirely
better than the soils of Peru her cli-
mate is equally as good for most of the
leading crops and ber facilities for irri-
gation are not at all inferior Put all
this and all that together and then ask
yourself what ails Texas as compared to
Peru
A New Use for Corn Shacks
Texas produces tons upon tons of corn
husks or sbuckB as we Southerners
commonly call them tbat sbe finds no
particular use for At the North they
are valuable as a stock teed but here
our stock having so much of better food
accessible throughout the winter season
do not stick much on shucks as an article
of diet About the only use for shucks
wo find at present lies in turning them
over as a marketable article to the
female man nnd he though selling im-
mense quantities of hot females
wrapped in shucks dont make much of
i ji i Meli3 k
a hole in tbo shuck product The fact
is if the truth must come out with the
temale man the corn shuck appears to be
a perennial Every night you see him
on the street of our prlnoipal oities in
large representation bis lanterns gleam-
ing in every direction like will o the
wisps The small boy la all the varied
shades of color peculiar to humanity
and the larger boys socalled in
days before the war follow him
around eating bis females at six for five
cents or ten cents a dozen The small
hoy generally takes a dozen at a sitting
if his exchequer will admit of it the
larger boys ditto take double that
number Each female has a well de-
veloped corn sbuclc folded around it
forsooth it wouldnt bo a tomale unless
wrapped in a shuck The shuck is not
regarded as edible therefore the con-
sumer after licking out the mysterious
content casts the oleaginous wrapper to
the sidewalk the consumption almost
invariably taking place at the immediate
site of the sale cud with the least pos-
sible delay The consumer has set bis
megs for hot females you know
and a little delay ufter the purchase
would render the word hot entirely
inapplicable
The temale man lingers near appar-
ently delighted to witness the evident
gusto with which his peppery product is
consumed Ho being a Mexican is
possibly instigated in his lingering by a
feeliug of patriotism the sight beforo
him is prima facie evidence that Mexico
still holds Texas so far as relates to the
temale at least
The feast is over and the feaster has
disappeared on his way rejoicing A
little later and the temale man has also
gone glimmering up the next street
The sun steps forth on time next morn-
ing bathing evorythiug In ill tho rare
glories poeuliar to a Texas sunrise but
those temale shucks which should be
seen strewing tho sidewalks like tho
leaves of tho forest when nutumn has
blown where ohl where are they
To employ a very old chestnut echo
answers Where are they Their
strange disappearance would seem to be
regardablo as something pbenominal
for well we know that there were no
street hogs abroad last night the offi-
cials had nil of them reclining upon
their the hogs virtuous couches and
keeping seasonable hours within the city
pound
But wo havo been rambling from tbo
subject and doubtless In u way that
will bo regarded as unprofitable to tho
reader If by rambling a little we
could have settled the perplexing ques-
tion ns to bow so largo a temale business
can be carried on with so small a de
mnua for chucks at first hand we might
have been excusable but we dont seem
to have done it
The Western Plowman of Illinois snys
cornsnuck mats on the poarches before
the main entrance door during the fall
and winter months ate worth many
times what it would cost to make them
The mud adhering to the shoes after
they have had their turn at the scraper
can be wiped off on the mat to the great
profit and delight of the housewife Peo
plo living in town will have to buy such
mats if they havo them and they will
be sure to have them onco they come to
understand how greatly superior they
are to every other kind of door mat hut
the women folks on every farm can get
them without buying by making them
themselves They have abundant ma-
terial at hand to select from nnd the
process of putting that material into pro-
per shape are extremely simple and easy
of management
First look over the shuoks and make
choice of tho longest nnd strongest speci-
mens Place a few of them in a basin of
boiling water long enough to come soft
and pliable Then take them out and
set to drain While they are cooling and
draining put in mors shucks By keep-
ing the pan of water on the stove the
water remains boiling hot When cool
enough to handle wring out tho water
then begin the braiding Make what wo
call a threestrand braid Start into the
work by binding together at the butt
end with n small cord or coarse thread
enough softened shucks to mnke three
strands in the proposed braid Each
strand should be about the size of a
mans first linger Begin tho braid and
as you proceed work iu additional shucks
along to keep the strands continuing tbo
right size Keep on until you have a
continuous braid loug enough to make
tho sized mat you want when sewed
round and round
Iu adding the shucks to keep up the
siza of the strand allow the butt end of
each shuck to stick out about one inch
from the braid nlways ou the sime
edge This gives you a braid rough on
one edge and smooth on the other
When you have braid enough to suit
your purpose sew it together with a-
long slim needlo and a strong twino
The common way is to start at the pro-
posed center of the mat end sew tho
braid round and round until the rug is
as large as you want it One side of the
mat will be smooth and the other side
extremely rough due to the shuck stubs
that were allowed to stick out on one
edgo of the braid at the braiding The
rough side of the mat is to be the upper
side when placed in front of the door
Such shuck mats well put up invaria-
bly sell at good figures iu nlmost any
city or town Lots of country peoplo
drive quite a prosperous business mak-
ing and placing them upon the market
The writor knows of a country boy
twelve years of age who has cleared 810
a week making shuck door mats and
selling them in town
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
This department U devoted to answering such
questions as may be asked by our subscribers
wnich may bo of general information Inqnlri33
of personal character that require answer by
mail should always have stamps inclosed Plcaso
give fnll name and potoffice address in Rddi
tion to any such signature as Subscriber or
A Q D not for publication but to enable
lis to communicate promptly with the inquirer
Parties desirin answers by mail vwtt inclose
tamp for return postage
Are Clilnn Berries Voi onou
Are berries of the common China tree consid-
ered poisonons to stock I am a new citizen
from the North where the China tree does not
grow and thi3 is ray first season in Texas Some
of my neighbors say the berries are poisonons
and 6honld be kept away from stock while oth-
ers say they are not poisonons but on the
other hand are a good and wholesome stoc1
food Will yon please settle the question
through The Gazette O W Akleb
McLennan county Tex
Berries of the Cnina tree Melia aze
daroch are not generally looked upon
as injurious to stock Horses cattle
and even poultry eat them with appar-
ent relish nnd no bad results seem to
follow Some persons claim that they are
really of advantage to horses baring the
effect ol making their ooats appear
smooth and glossy Hogs often partake
of them freely but we desire to state
here that they will not always do for
bogs under all conditions and ciroum
stances A few years ago there was in
our house yard a large China tree tbat
bad covered the ground with fallen fruit
A picket got off the fence and three
healthy shoats about three months old
came in and went for a feast of the ber-
ries W saw them at it but gars tho
2Cf rL a
dl liSiSiyy
matter no particular thought at lbs
time Two hours later we happened to
pass that way when to our great sur-
prise we saw those three shoats lying
under the tree stone dead An exam-
ination showed the stomachs were filled
with China berries ground up seed and
all The shoats must have all died at
the same time and within an hour or so
after beginning to feed upon the berries
This is the only case we know of wherein
China berries bave been injurious to
stock but there could be no mistake
about this particular case The shoats
were enttrely healthy when they got into
the yard and there was no hog oholera
or other hog disease in that region of
country at the time There were five
shoats m the litter the two that did not
find their way into tho yard remained
entirely healthy
Jerusalem Oak
There is growing in great abundanco
about Fort Worth particularly on the
lands oust of tho city and just be-
yond the Trinity river a plant variously
known as Jerusalem oak wo rmseed and goal
mint I believe the seed ot this plant is ex ten
sively nsed in medicine therefore if it com-
mands a good price would not there be money
in gathering the seed here There are acres of
it croirinjr as a wild weed in the region named
Fort Worth Tex T
The plant referred to Is the Chenopo
dium nnthelmmticum of botanists We
have ourself observed its great abund-
ance In the locality pointed out by our
correspondent It grows there like a
patch of alfalfa under irrigation
Some three decades ago wormseed
held quito a prominenoe in medicine ns
ah anthelmitio but we think it is not
much in use now particularly by the
profession In thoso earlier days every
country store kept wormseed oil for
sale and dont the people of today who
were children then well remember it
with a shudder A few drops ot worm-
seed oil on a lump of siuar of a morn-
ing before breakfast oh get out Then
the next morning had to follow the castor
oil Ihere were no capsules for walling
iu the nauceous taste ot medicines in
those days Fortunate children of more
modern times
We dont think much money could
now be realized from gathering worm-
seed
Tlio aiclon Seed Imlintrj
I have read with much interest you recent
article on the possibility of building up a profit-
able melon seed industry for Texas I fully
agree with you in this natter as well as in
many other suggestions of new industries that
might be developed iu our state Tun Gazette
is certainly doing a gool work in that way It
is telling cf many new things that the masses of
onr people had never thought of as things for
profit and everything is made so plain in every
CHse that one cannot hesitate tobelievethatTiiE
Gazette well knows what it is talking about and
is entirely correct
We could raise the melon eed to perfection
there could exist no doubt relative to that Get-
ting a ready market for our product might not
be a thing so easy of accomplishment What
varieties ought we to grow in order that ne
might striko the general market with most
favor Farmer
Calhoun county Tex
Ono could best come at tho most popu-
lar varieties by studying the seed cata-
logues There are a few standard va-
rieties bowsver that are always in gen-
eral domand as the Mountain Sprout
the Ice Cream tho Cuban Queen the
Kolb Gem the Georgia Rattlesnake and
so on
The two first varieties named are not
now so popular on the market as they
were somo years ago though all seeds
men keep them For the largest grow-
ing melon known the Cuban Queen
stands at tbo head of the list and is
widely popular The Kolb Gem is prob-
ably a seedling of the Cuban Queen
crossed by accident on some other va-
riety Much boo ning of late has made it
well known on tho market besides it is
a fairly good melon though not so large
a grower as the Cuban Queen The
Georgia Rattlesnake is an old variety
that grows to good size and has line
shipping qunlities
All tho very largegrowing melons
With good shipping qualities tbat havo
been plnced upon the market of late nre
descendants of the Cuban Queen The
introduction of that variety has worked
quito a revolution in the size of our mel-
ons We take a deep interest in the Cu-
ban Queen on account of having been
personally mixed up in its introduction
Not long after the war we were lu at-
tendance at a horticultural meeting iu
New Orleans A promineut Florida ex
governor was also in attendance intend-
ing to go thence to Cuba We accompa-
nied him to the steamer that was to take
himover and as we gave bun the part-
ing hand he said to us in a jocose kind of
way Well Professor what shall I
send you from Cuba Send mo a
watermelon by mail governor wns
our reply and wo sepatated
Of course we thought no more of those
meaningless remarks until some weeks
laer when we received a letter from the
gentleman mailed at navana and con-
taining about oue tablespoonful of melon
seeds The letter stated that owing to
complications in the Spanish mail ser-
vice ho had found it impracticable to
send us a melon but that he bad done
the next best thing in sending us n few
seeds from the largest melon be had ever
seen
We plnnted the seeds on our experi-
mental grounds in Alabama and got
immense results one melon weighing
112 pounds Next sensou we put in
quite a little pntch from seeds of that
big melon aud found tho variety com-
ing true and entirely holding its own
A near neighbor in that year raised
from a seed of our big melon a ipeoimen
weighing 119 pounds
Wo gnve the new melon the name of
Cuban Queen and scattered seeds out
among tho patrons ot the newspaper
with which wo were then conneoted
The seedsmen soon got hold of it and
are keeping it prominent in their cata-
logues up to this day It proved to be a
variety entirely well adapted to all seo
tions of our country
On rietd Peas
Please give me the name of ihe pea that I here
withenclosealso tell me somethingof its value as-
a crop for feeding purposes and for home use
What variety of pea Uo yon consider best for
field growth E D Stbamg
Fisher Texas
The peas sent are a little above med-
ium in size plump in shape and ot a-
very light cream color with a small
brownish eye They are of the variety
known in most regions as the field
crowder and while probably not the
very best stock pea no other field pea
equals it for table uso Boiled with
bacon tbe ordinary field peas turn tbo
whole moss a blackish color but this
crowder does not do tbat Its tendenoy
to darken the bacon in cooking is no
greater thau Is that of thenavy bean
For general stock purposes most pea
growers favor a brownish s eckied vari-
ety called tho wbippoorwill It Is
a rampant grower a long viner and a
most prolific bearer
Culture of thu Dene
In your mention of so many good and new
thing that might bs profitably cultivated in
Texas why not brin np the beiie plant and
give na something with reference t > it its man-
agement and its uses I have it growing in my
garden here and it does splendidly Might we
not make something out ot the crop by growing
it for the manufacture ot bene oil A Lady
Nueces County Tex
The beno is an annual plant inpposcd
to be a natlvo ot India Its botanical
name is Sesamum orientate Grows from
three to six feet In height bearing
numerous seedpods filled with small
seeds These seeds nr said to be used
for food in many parts of tbo world and
in some countries they are worked for
the oil which they contain in consider-
able abundance The oil is supposed to
muoh resemble tbat of the olive and It
Is used for the same purposes as tbe olive
oil The leaves arevery rich In musci
lage and are often employed in making
a muscllagenous drink especially for
the sickroom One or two leaves
crushed in a pint ot cold water will form-
a drink as thick as It could be used The
leaves should be freshly gathered for use
in this way Drink made with bene
leaves Is in point of nopearaace and
properties much the same as a drink
made with sllppry elm bark The
leaves bruised may be made into a poul
tloe much like on elm poultice
Sow seed so soon as danger of frost Is
over In spring and thin out os tbe
plants grow and spread for they must
have plenty of room L
Every family should have n few bene
plants growing in tbe garden but
dont think there is anything lu 1
this country as an oilyielding croj JjgfIt
we were without our cotton se dT4 re
might be something In it butjtxHtou
seed oil which is of much the same char-
acter ns bone oil would be Is of course
too cheap to admit of successful bene
competition No doubt bene would suo
cced anywhere In Texas
Is Alfalfa n rent
Several letters propounding this in-
quiry bave been rcoeived within the past
week The writers are referred to a
Iettor on the samo subject from Mr C
S Robinson of Caddo Stephens
county Tex printed in these columns
last week and accompanied by our reply
Alfalfa is no mora n pest than is either
corn cotton or field peas
POPULAR SCIENCE
A Man Tnrned to Stone Tho Deadly Microbe
Fdisons Illleograpli Oar Oldest Land
Vegetarians Tho Mound Build
ersXo Jloro rtmlwood jjS
Atlanta Ga is now a good deal
worked up so the papers tell us over a
clue accldently fallen upon that may lead
to a very important discovery Ono Ed
ward Soundstrong died from mercurial
poison nnd his body was embalmed in
the usual way by Mr F X Uliley un
dertaker The body was to be kept for
tho arrival of friends from Sweden At
the nrrivnl of those friends the body was
discovered to present a very unusual ap-
pearance and un examination instituted
proved that it bad changed to a sub
stanoe as hard as stone and in character
a good deal resembling marble Sol
entists are now working up the rnso u
der the belief that the remarkable
nomenon was in some wa > due to an
association of mercury with the mate
rials employed by tbe embalmer
Tbe world is now becoming deeply in-
terested In the microbe hypothesis Th
revelations of tho microscope as to tbe
existence of myriads of microbes in ou
bodies as well as iu all tbat we eat and
drink has caused timid people much
anxious wonderment as to why these
creatures are not more injurious nnd de-
structive than they really are Writing
on tbe subject Sir Henry Roscoo explains
how it is that even the deadliest of these
microbes may be found in tho mouth or
other parts of the body and yet their hosts
bo perfectly healthy The question is
not oue of the mere presence ot these or-
ganisms in tho system but entiroly one ns
to whether or not they find their way
into the blood If they do not all is well
it they do tbe most serious troublo fol-
lows
Edison is reported to bave made a new
and very important discovery in what be
calls his hllsoKraph or rather his method
of hileograph signaling Mr Georcu
Homans a military expert went to bin
one day and said Mr Edison oui
state troops know how to signal with
lights for long distances but they do not
know how to render these signals invisi-
ble to an euemy Cant you devise a
plan Edison walked into his labora-
tory set two ot his highsalaried assist-
ants with all the resources ot tho luba
ratory nt work on this suddenly sug-
gested novelty and in five weeks nfter
an aotual expenditure of SjOO In money
had accomplished what he set out to do
Scientists have decided that the earli-
est land to show itself above water when
tho Western hemisphere was evolved was
Mount Marcey in the Andirondack moun-
tains The theory was first sprung by
Richard Dale Owen and later indorsed
by Agnssiz Careful investigations havo
recently been made with a view to set-
tling the point and tbe work is said to
have shown conclusively that Owen and
Agnssiz were correct
Tbe editor of London Truth who is a
scientist of much note says vegetarians
are without doubt the worst enemies of
vegetarianism For himself he is a
sniull meat eater aud time was when he
took no meat at all but be takes some
now He does not doubt tbe statement
extensively made tbat people as a rule
eat too much meat and tbat they would
be both healthier and wealthier were
they to reduce their butchersbill by
say about 75 per cent Rut whenever he
directs bis attention to tbe public discus-
sions or utterances of vegetarians he be-
comes convinced of tbe intimate connec-
tion between abstinence of llesh and
weakness of intellect This drives him
back in alarm to his fieshpot
Medical science says the success which
has attended tbe bringing out of new
hypnotics is something remarkable and
now when sulphonal has scarcely es-
tablished itself in that line it is suc-
ceeded by what is termed cbloralamid
a substancs which in theraputical notion
bas many rosemblances to chloral hy-
drate but has not the special influence
on tbe circulation which is a character-
istic of the latter body According to
tbe practice at present pursued It is ad-
ministered in doses varying for adults
from fifteen to fortyfive grains It ap-
pears to bave an advantage of no slight
importance over chloral hydrate
namely tbat it does not taste at all un-
pleasant and it is further superior to
tbat article in not being caustic As it
Is decomposed by alkalies it may not be
prescribed in alkaline solution a qual-
ity tbat constitutes its chief drawback
It Is said to induce a sound healthy
sleep
It looks as If we are about to lose our
romantio old Mound Builders as a great
people who inhabited this country
through ages far far in the misty past
So many modern things are now being
turned up from the bottoms of those
ancient mounds by modern explor-
ers that a conclusion Is about being ar-
rived at that will make tbat far gone
race exactly Identical with that of ho
ja J > r Htt t
w
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OjKTIS exjoys
Both the method and resu 3 v
Syrup of Figs is taken it is p y
and refreshing to the taste am act
gently yet promptly on the Ivuinerj
Liver and Uoivels cleanses tlr tv
tern effectually dispels cold heai
t iQes aml fevers and cures ha tmj
is
only eniedy of its kind ever p
duce jj ising t the taste arJ Sc
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o all and have made it the rao > t
popular remedy known
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 5QC
and SI bottles by all leading dro
gists Any reliable druggist uto
not have it hand
may on will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to it Do
try not accept asT
substitute
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GfeOCERS AND DRUGGISTS
NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL
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TARRANTS EXTRACT
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cunncs tmi copub
Is an old and tried rem <
for ronorrlcsa gleet aa
all diseases of the uraar
orKaud Its
form freedo
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51 Sold by all
the poor Indian who is now figunnsJ
extensively In his ghost dunce not a ver
great distance up the country from u It
a very ancient Wisconsin mcunJ
end at its very bottom has bfen found s
genuine regularly formed guntliat I
another In Tennessee some
feet high and r owel
no sign of ilisturbuuLu a
fashioned hornhandled ui eW
was louud near the bottoa
From the bottom of another iery in-
dent mound Iu Kentucky lim ll
turned out the fragment of n bliu Jjn
botle All of these thines evidently e
where found when tho mound
building
Secretary ot tbe Interior Xoble exer-
cising bis prerogative has withdraw8
from entry the tracts of land in Califor
nias Sierras covered with sequo
l °
groves or big trees Tho desisn
have congress set them apart a a Pc
manent reservatory that thoy ta T
proserved for all time or untd tneyJ1
ish from natural causes Of tours
reader will understand that the s lu0J
referred to U the growth we coainioa
call redwood Its botonicol naos
Sequoia giganta It occurs chiefly
groves at an altitude averasine
feet above the sea appearing to he
remains of a once extensive fore t i j
t
longing to a past epoch Some ot
vegetables monsters have obtained
height of more than 100 feet
The Importance of prifying the M
cannotj be overeBtiroftted for vlt
Dure blodoVyou cannotenjoy goo 1 hes
i P P CBWckly h Poke Hoot sc
Potassium Isa ficulous blood puruj
performing moriW fi lu six B ° n
soeal
than all the s partfruLand
l ° r 8
blood purlllec put together
by L M WjSitt
v
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