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VOL. XV., NO. 49.
DALLAS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DEC. 3, 1896.
f 1 PER ANNUM
A STUDY IN FIGURES.
Comparative Gains and Losses of the
Republican and Democratic Par-
ties in Texas.
The Dallas News of Nov. 30 says: A
careful scrutiny of the table prepared
by Major William O'Leary, secretary of
the state republican executive commit-
tee, of the returns from the different
counties in the late election, discloses
some remarkable features of that me-
morable campaign, so far as Texas is
¡concerned. The table referred to con-
tains the presidential vote by counties
in 1892 and 1896, with comparative re-
turns, showing gains and losses of the
republican and democratic parties in
Texas; also the number of colored vot-
ers in each county as shown by the
census of 1890.
A careful noting of the figures given
.elicits the fact that the republican par-
ty in this state not only made phe-
nomenal gains in the last election, but
that it made the gains in the most civ-
ilized, progressive and cultured section
of the state, viz: the larger cities and
towns. For instance, Bexar county, in
which San Antonio is located, gave the
republicans a gain of 3,762. In Collin
there is a gain of 959, in Dallas 3,632
as against a democratic gain of 1,500,
in El Paso 1,246, in Fannin 1,157
against a democratic gain of 1,054, in
Fayette 1,960 as against a democratic
gain of 1,065, in Fort Bend of 1,708, in
"Freestone of 600 as against a demo-
cratic gain of 221. in Galveston 2,504 as
against a democratic gain oí 45, in
Grayson 1,279 as against a democratic
gain of 1,199, in Harris 4,432 as against
a democratic gain of 1,587, in Hill 810,
in Hopkins 1,271 as against a demo-
cratic gain of 554, in Jefferson 409 as
against a democratic gain of 379, in
Kerr 286 as against a democratic gain
of 33, in Lamar 612 as against a demo-
cratic gain of 219, in Lavaca 1,119 as
against a democratic gain of 84, in Mc-
Lennan 2,357 as against a democratic
gain of 1,409, in Navarro 1,184 as
against a democratic gain of 1,017, in
Red River 598 as against a democratic
gain of 399, in Smith 791 as against a
democratic gain of 568, In Travis 2,207
as against a democratic gain of 102, in
Upshur 613 as against a democratic
gain of 341, in Uvalde 440 as against a
democratic gain of 182, in Victoria 508
as against a democratic gain of 141, in
Waller 681 as against a democratic
gain of 534, in Washington 2,388 as
against a democratic gain of 705, in
Williamson 1,394 as against a demo-
cratic gain oí 727, and so on down the
line.
In other words, the total republican
gain in this state in the last election
was 90,908 as against a democratic gain
of 51,554. As stated above, the largest
gains come from the counties in which
are located the large cittes and towns,
though it will be noted that even in
many of the agricultural counties,
where the farmers and laborers do the
voting, the republican gains have
largely exceeded the democratic gains.
The late election demonstrated the fact
that the people of Texas are becoming
more weary each year of ring rule, and
that they will not much longer perpet-
uate a political oligarchy.
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In the county of Harrison the cen-
sus of 1890 showed there were 3,360
colored voters. Yet that county went
overwhelmingly for the democratic
state ticket, and the republican gain
there is only 155 votes, while the dem-
ocratic gain is 1,029. Where did this
large democratic gain come from, if
not from the colored voters, who would
logically support the republican ticket?
Figures will not down, and this would
indicate that Col. Jennings knew exact-
ly what he was talking about when he
said it had been the custom of the poli-
ticians to wire Harrison county to
know how much majority was needed.
It is not known that Harrison county
was wired in regard to this matter in
the last election, but the returns show
that she knew what was expected of
her just the same, and did not hesitate
to do her duty as she saw it. At any
rate, that is the only deduction to draw
from the figures given in the table.
In Robertson county the census gives
the colored vote at 3,350, yet the repub-
lican gain In that county at the last
election was only 411, while the demo-
cratic gain was 826. In spite of the
large colored population there, Mr.
Bryan ran within a little over 100 votes
of McKlnley, receiving 2,451 votes to
the latter's 2,616. In Harrison county,
which is overwhelmingly republican,
Bryan and Sewall received 2,076 votes,
while McKinley and Hobart received
only 1,595, or 1,765 votes less than
there was colored voters alone In that
county, according to the census of
1890. In Gregg county the last census
said there were 971 colored votes alone,
yet the entire vote of Mr. McKinley in
that county was but 881. In Houston
county, which the last census gave 1,-
571 colored voters, the entire vote cast
for McKinley and Hobart was 1,296, as
against 2,419 for Bryan and Sewall. It
will be noted that In this county also
the entire vote for the republican na-
tional ticket fell away below the col-
ored voting population alone. Brazos
county, according to the census, has
nearly 2,000 colored voters, yet McKin-
ley received a total of but 1,994 votes
in that county. The census-takers
gave Panola 1,137 colored voters, and
McKlnley's total vote In that county
was only 291, as against 2,219 for the
democratic ticket.
Numerous other counties could be
given and the same results pointed to,
but it is unnecessary, Verily, it would
appear that Harrison county has
plenty of company to join her in the
improved methods of running elec-
tions. And yet when the News and
other honest newspapers clamor for
purity at the ballot-box the organs
howl themselves hoarse and declare
that tye are enemies to Texas and the
south.
profitable hoo raising,
The following from the Indiana
Farmer will prove interesting and in-
structive to our readers. We will ven-
ture to add the further suggestion,
as our surplus hogs are sold to pack-
ers, it might be better to name 225
pounds instead of 180 as the proper
weight for Texas hogs.—Ed.
"To raise hogs profitably there are
three things to remember, namely, that
we cannot afford to waste either time,
or food, or tissue.
The breed is the first thing for con-
sideration. It has been said, and said
truly, that feed is more than breed. A
poor breed Well cared for is better than
a good breed badly attended to; yet a
good breed well cared for is better
still. At present the long-sided, light-
shouldered, (Berkshires or other black
breeds are better for Texas) breeds are
in demand, for the reason that they
produce the miost desirable bacon. The
Taimworth, Yorkshire, and Chester
White furnish us with the mixed meat
which is now so much desired by con-
sumers. These breeds develop quick-
ly, lay on fat easily and for the amount
of food they consume give us in re-
turn more pounds of meat than do the
larger breeds.
These smaller breeds may lie profit-
ably crossed with the larger breeds.
By using a Berkshire boar with a
Tamworth or large Yorkshire or Po-
land China sow, larger litters are se-
cured than in crossing the other way.
In these days of close competition
and small profits, wo must economize
in every particular, and a sow that
does not raise more than six or seven
or even eight pigs cannot profitably be
kept. A good brood sow should raise
at least 20 pigs each year, and she
should continue doing this for ten
years. The practice of changing sows
often, keeping them but a year or two,
is foolishness. Old sows produce larg-
er litters, as a rule, and make better
mothers than younger sows.
Sows should be kindly treated—not
chased by dogs, nor beaten at every
opportunity, nor neglected in any way,
either In bed or board. When butcher-
ing is going on, the brooding sows
should first be put away beyond hear-
ing, because excitement produced by
the noises they would hear tends to
make them suspicious and cross.
A sow should not be mated until she
is seven or eight months old. At all
tipie? she should lj*ve plenty of exer-
cise and be well fed, especially on food
that is largely nitrogenous.
Before farrowing, the sow should be
placed in a comfortable pen, where she
should have a limited but sufficient
supply of fine bedding.
After farrowing she should have a
warm ilrink, but nothing else for 24
hours. For the first few days after she
has farrowed she should be lightly
fed.
The tendency of sows to eat their
young is cajused by their being fed
food that is too concentrated; or by
lack of exercise. A mixture of bran
and ground oats, with some roots of
grass fed previous to farrowing will
prevent this unnatural desire.
As the young pigs grow older the
sow should have all the food she can
eat (ground oats and pears and slop,)
and if a portion of the pen be set apart
so that the young pigs can have access
in it to a trough in which a mixture
of ground grain and bran is kept, the
young family will soon learn to eat
and become gradually self-dependent.
Castration should be done before
the pigs aro weaned. The pigs should
be weaned when they are about seven
weeks old. After the first separation
the sow should be returned to the pigs
in about 12 hours, and this return
should be repeated once or twice. In
this way the sow is relieved and her
milk utilized.
About the fifth day after weaning
takes place the sow should again be
mated.
The young pigs after weaning should
be kept growing continuously and to
secure this they should be fed liberally
with ground oats and shorts and all
the milk and kitchen slops that are
available. Ashes and salt should be
kept within their reach at all- times.
If their pen is small, place a wide
board set on edge between their trough
and their bed, so as to give them exer-
cise and prevent foundering.
Spring litters are most profitable if
fed on clover. A half acre of lucerne
clover, green oats or rye, will grow
feed enough, wit'h light rations of
grain, for 20 hogs during the summer,
and will produce pork at a coet that
will give a profit even at present
prices.
Fall litters require more food than
others and, to make them pay, more
attention. The pen must be comfort-
able, and their troughs so constructed
that no food shall be wasted. Their
ration should consist of a greater pro-
portion of heat-producing food than
for summer litters; such as barley or
peas, with a mixture of wheat mid-
dlings or bran.
By raising hogs and feeding them
carefully we can obtain a better price
for our grain, as pork, than by put-
ting our grain on the market direct,
and then we have the manure besides.
Things to be remembered in hog-
raising:
1. Never feed hogs after they attain
a weight of 180 pounds live weight;
becaiuse it costs more to put a pound of
flesh on them then than when they are
young.
2. Do not keep more hogs than you
can maintain in good growing con-
dition.
3. Exercise and cleanliness are es-
sential to profitable hog-raising.
4. Get your spring litters on the
market as early as possible.
5. Do not keep two or three sows do-
ing only the work of one.
6. Kind treatment, even of hogs,
pays.—W. S. Fra?<?r in Toronto Farm-
ing.
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