The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1903 Page: 4 of 12
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Discussed in An Able Way at the Monthly Farmers'
Institute Meeting Saturday.
The First Step Towards Destroying Them is to Break
Soil Deep and Harrow—Plant Cotton of the
Quick Maturing Varieties—Those
Recommended.
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cient numbers to eut it up. An-
other suggestion before you plant
(and this applies with great force
in sandy soils, and with consider
able force in rich soils like ours),
.when vou are drilling in your cot
ton put with it a small amount of
fertilizer such as cotton seed meal,
for ihe plant to feed on just after
it has struck its tap root and eat-
en up the parent food. The ob-
ject of this is to prevent the plant
standiug still at this stage of its
growth and taking the "sore shin"
and "red top." It would not be
necessary to use over a dollar or
a dollar and a half worth of this
fertilizer to the acre—just enoueh
to catch the plant and carry it on
after it has eaten its first feed.
The ground undernoath the seed
should be compact, otherwise the
fertilizer will not help so much
because it cannot go down into
the soil. That is why we want
to break now and give the soil
time to firm, so that the tap root
of the cotion can take hold of it.
It will look like a new doctrine
and a new theory to a great many
people to put cotton seed meal
into this rich soil, but there is a
great deal of philosophy in it. It
hurries the crop ou to maturitv,
and gets it out of the way of the
w« evils and especially the worms
before they can multiply much.
Thore is another thing which ev-
erybody ought to do whether they
do these other things or not—that
is, when they are planting they
ought to leave room for trap
rows. Plant hfty rows and leave
from three to five rows implanted
in the spring—and it is a good
plan to leave two or three rows
on the outside unplanted. And
about the first of June, plant
Northorn corn or some kind of
early corn. Just about the time a
big crop of worms appears the
corn will be in tassel and silk,and
it has been demonstrated that the
cotton worm miller will fly over
cotton a hundred yards or more
to get to corn—they will go there
and lay thoir eggs there instead
of on the cotton. Let that corn
stand till it is very full of them
and looks like it h about eaten
up, then cut it and feed it or de-
future' str°y ^hat has been found to
be a success—it is not theorj
alone—there is no doubt about it.
Of course it makes a Held look
ragged, and it makes people who
are wise in their generation say,
that man has gone daft. Of
course they will make faces at
me&na
try a little place that way for
your own satisfaction. Just plant
a few pieces of rows and see if
there is anything in it. It is pos-
sible by means of the old fashion-
ed way of distributing paris green
with two bags at the ends of a
pole across a pony's back, to
poison a great many of these
worms—you can kill a great m&ay
insects that way.
Greer—What is your idea as to
proper distance—you have not
touched on that.
Knkpatrica—I have always con
temled that cotton like fiuit trees
should have plenty of room. If
you put two stalks where one
should be, you have one stalk of
cotton and one w«ed. I am in
favor of wide rows and plants
wide in the row and when the boll
«veevil comes wo will have to em-
phasize that, because the boll
weevil requires thick cotton and
a cool shady place in order to live
after the square falls off.
Greer—Do tney recommend the
castor bean ?
Kirkpatrick—They do not. I
have beard amateurs recommend
it, but I do not know whether it
is effective or not.
Capt. Rhea—I understand that
this trap/crop you speak of is for
the boll worm aud not for the boll
weevil at all?
Kirfepai rick—That is right.
That i« not for the weevil at all.
We will have to have new tactic*
The regular monthly meeting of
the Collin County Farmers' Insti-
tute wkh held at the court house
in McKinney on the flret Satur-
day in December. The attend-
ance. while not large, was better
than it had been at the last two
previous meetings.
The chairman stated the sub-
ject for discussion as previously
announced, to be "Cotton; tho
Best Varieties to Grow; Methods
of Culture; and Insect Pests."
Prof. Sanderson, State Ento-
mologist, and Prof. Bennett,
State Director of Farmers' Insti-
tutes had each been invited to at-
tend and address the meeting;
but owing to a previous engage-
ment for the same date at Jeffer-
son, Texas, were unable to be
present at this meeting.
E. W. Kirkpatrick, who is a
member of tho Boll Weevil Com-
mittee, being called upon said in
part: "To be sure we haven't
the weevil as yet to hurt; but I
feel very fearful that we will have
it next year or year after next at
furthest. However, we have the
cottou boll worm, which has
probably cost Collin county more
than any other insect. There
has been more millions of dollars
lost in Collin county on account
of the boll worm than anbodycan
calculate. In learning how to
combat the boll worm we learn a
good many of the steps necessary
to combat the cotton weevil. In
taking up the fight against the in-
sects we are going to be greatly
benefited, just as we were benefit-
ed by learning how to fight the
weeds. Old Texans know that a
good many years ago there were
no weeds here—it was like tho
Panhandle was a few years ago.
Now we have to fight these weeds;
It is the same way with the in-
sets. If we can learn now to
commence to combat these in-
sects, we will be in the way of
wisdom. The work of tho men
who have been conducting these
experiment stations and demon-
stration farms has panned out;
they have mado a success—there
is no doubt about that. They
have learned how to "ntrap these
.injects, poison them, destroy the
parent insects and cut off
generations. The ootton boll
worm is not the only insect that
damages our crops. Thore is the
chinch bug whicU hag been here
much longer than the cotton
worm. Then there is the aphis;
they have been here a great while, l „„ i,.,,* „ii
UMihcr ar. here yet; but ihey *""• but' B0U!'1 9a) bv a"
depend upon peculiar climatic
eondiuons, and if they do not
have those conditions tney cannot
tnultiply to f-uoh proportions.
Bui the cntton worm and the wee-
vil ai'o going to stay without re*
gard to climatic condition*.
Against the boll worm they have
formulated tin* kind of wa'fare:
Commencing this time of year,
you want to plow your land ea-ly
and deep, except, of course, poor
sandy soil which should not be
plowed so deep. That breaks up
the cells of the cotton worm where
they are going through hiberna-
tion and interupts their peace and
prosperity, and gives the weath-
er and other things a chance
to kill them. That is the first
step: break deep and harrow so
as to give the cold and the flood
and everything a chance to des-
troy them. Before breaking it is
commended that we bum all
ilks and trash, and if wo were a
eai lier we might cut green
ilks and plow them under and
ipe for decay to destroy them.
" should burn and clean all the
rows and pastures aod
like that. Later on .bed,
i't plow the cemre of the
, riant your ootton of the
varieties find
the
callrd upon made a very interest-
ing impromptu address in which
he reiterated and endorsed in toto
what had been said by Mi. Kirk-
patrick, and hu related his own
experience in planting a trap
crop for boll worms with very
satifactory results. He advoca-
ted plowing the stalks up by the
roots and burning. Ho advised
bedding the laud, and using sur-
face culture. He said: If you
want stalks use double shovels;
if you want bolls use sweeps.
He thought the propev distance
for cotton was rows four feet
apart and stalks two feet in the
drill, and one stalk in a place
Col. Coffee bad been down to
the Boll Weevil convention and
had heard reports from all over
tho state, and was convinced that
we would have the "Devil's hug"
with us in a very short time.
Capt. J. L. Greer being called
upon addressed the meeting
briefly. He dwelt upon and de-
plored the lack of interest among
the tanners, and seeming apathy
in the face of the very great dan-
ger which was threatening the
cotton industry of tho country
He stated that the preceding
speakers had already gone over
the plan of proceedure recom-
mended by scientists, and he
could add nothing to what bad
been said upon that. He said he
thought cotton was crowded too
much in the drill, the plants be-
ing ordinarily only the width of
ri|ht now. Since they came into
the cotton belt they have been ad-
vancing east and north at the rate
o( about 60 miles a fear, and next
r that will bring them here,
ve no doubt about their com-
, and when they come, like tho
uito and the fly, they will
e to stay. I don't think we
should he so alarmed at the ap-
proach of the boll weovil as to
stop planting cotton—we cannot
very well do without it; but we
have, perhaps been planting too
much cotton and not enough of
other things. What I know
ahout the boll woevil practically
I realized during a trip I made
town on the Brazos bottoms last
uly, and I was then awakened
te the fact that we had an enemy
(joining that would require every
offoiton our part to meet him
with success. He has wasted
reat deal of that country, and it
been suggested that the price
We are now realizing is largely en
account of his work. But tho
conditions are different in differ-
ent years; in some parts of the
spnth the boll weevil was not as
had this year as it was last year.
They seem to live and prosper in
tfaaip weather, damp fields and
crowded cotton. * • * * As
tpiother thing to hasten the growth
of cotton I suggest cu.ting it ear
ly to a stand. In my humble
opinion I have seen fields delayed
in maturing at least 15 to 20 days
on account of being left in the
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Mrs. Matilda Moore, of Chambersville.
Pioneer Magazine.
Aged Ninety-two Years.
The subject of this sketch was
born in Georgia* October 24,1811.
When about six years old she
emigrated to Tennessee with her
Barents. Her maiden name was
latilda Guest. She married Ziza
Moore, May 11, 1850, in Bedford
County, Tennessee. There were
no children born to this union.
She had six step children, tons
and daughters ot Ztza Moore, by
his liist wife, as follows: Chas.
B. Moore, Julia S. Moore, Henry
Stewart Moore, Elvira D. Moore,
Joflephus C. Moore, Elizabeth
Jane Moore, all born in Tonnes-
see. Of this number, Elvira D.
Moore, Elizabeth Jane Moore.
Henry Stewart Moore, Charles
B. Moore, died in Collin county.
Josephus C. Moore died in Ten-
dosgec, Julia S. Moore, now Mrs.
Rucker, survives and is living
with her son-in-law and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Kendall,
near ChambersviUe, north of Mc-
Kinney.
Mrs, Matilda Moore moved to
Collin county, Texas, from Bed-
ford county, Tenn., in 1800, with
her husband, Ziza Moore, and
*ettled where she now lives, six
miles north of McKinney. Her
husband was born May 5, 171*7,
in Sumner county, Tenn. When
scarcely sixteen years old he en-
tered the United States Army,
anil served in tho w.tr of 1812, in
Capt. Wallace's company, Ten-
nessee Militia. His discharge
bears the signature of Gen. An-
drew Jackson, afierwards presi-
dent of the United States. Mr.
Moore died at his home in this
county, February 18, 1870. Ho
is remembered by many Collin
county citizens. His widow, the
subject of this sketch, is now a
pensioner of the war of 1812,
She and Mrs. June Dobbs of
Altoga are probably the only sur-
viving pensioners in this county
of that war. Mrs. Moore is Hear-
ing her niuety-second birthday,
and is yet hearty and active. Her
eye sight is fair. S'ie comes to
McKinney frtquenlly to look
after business, and to purchase
supplies. Nearly a century has
passed since the birth of this
good ladv. The progress of the
woild has been wonderful duriug
tbis time. Science has giveu to
tho human r«c« her greatest in-
ventions. Continents have beon
swept by revolution?, citios de-
vastated and rebuilt. Our own
Western America has evolved
from savagery to civilization, and
the greatest civil strife known to
tho world's history stained our
soil with heioic blood, Aunt
Matilda Moore survives to realize
the wonderful ehauges in her
country's history.
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many
a hoc apart. He said also that
rapid cultivation was recommend
ed to cover up the squares that
fall off and thereby kill the in-
sect in them, and for this purpose
it should be gone over every
tenth day.
Coffee—The reason they want
tbis sweep in the cotton every ten
days is to knoek the woevil off as
well as to cover him up. I
Col. Coffee was also very much 1
impressed with a new variety ofj
cotton known as the "Mr. Tru-j
alt*' cotton" cotton—a stalk of it ]
having been exhibited at Dallas |
with 700 bolls on it, and an ex-
pert having calculated that an
acre of such ootton would make
ten bales.
Capt. W. A. Rhea, being called
upon said in parti
That the boll weevil ie coming U
drMI too long beforo chopping to
a stand. I also agree that rapid
culture and shallow culture is the
wav to grow cotton. I liko wide
rows and cotton not less than 15
inches apart in tho drill, and in
rich land much more than that.
Mr. T. B. Wilson, being called
for, spoke briefly. Ho endorsed
early planting, and especially
Capt. Rhea's idea about early
thinning. He said ho bud notic-
ed that no matter how early we
plant cotton, if wo were late cut-
ting it to a stand it was late cot-
ton,
Mr. Williams said he had no-
ticed a difference of opinion
among farmers as to bedding for
cotton. Some would run a fur-
row and bed to that, white others
would throw two furrow# togetb-
an on an groun .^^e
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the cotton grow off better. He
believed the seed had a great deal
to do with it. He said he had
been saving seed from what ho
calied the "second picking" for a
good many years, and by that
means be got a large seed and a
good healthy growth of cotton;
and he attributed a great manv
weakly cotton plants to the hap-
hazard wav of getting seed as it
is practiced by many farmers.
Mr. Williams then sprung the
quostion as to whether cotton
rows should run north ifnd south
or east and west, or how they
should run, which threatened fo'r
a while to bring on quite an ani-
mated discussion. He believed
that north aud south was the bet-
ter way, because he thought it
guve the sun and wind a better
change to get at the cotton be-
tweon the rows.
Col Coffee stated that he con
tended like Mr. Williams that
north and south was right, and he
had tested it in hi? field with cot-
ton planted at tne same time on
tho same land by tho same man;
though nearly all the scientists
advocated east and west.
Greer—I would like to bear an
expression from all the farmes
present on that question, because
1 have been practicing east and
west on mv farm.
Capt. knoa—I hardly know
I have planted cotton and corn
too east and west and north and
south, and diagonally to savo my
land from washing. I have never
mace any experiment to test it,
but ill) idoa has been that east
and west was tho better way.
B. L. Shirley—The best piece
of cotton 1 ever saw giow was
oast and west, and the next best
piece I ever saw grow in Collin
county was north aod south.
Mr. Thos. Hogge—Gentlemen,
the best piece of cotton 1 ever
saw raised in Collin county, the
rows run north and south. It
was raised by Eli llogge down
near St. Paul. He had a fract-
ion over four acres aud gathered
seven bales, and there was a con-
siderable amount of frost burned
bolls that did not open. As far
as the early planting is concerned
I don't know about that—it may
beall right some seasons. I have
tried it and I generally have to
lant over and that makes it late;
jut I know from actual observa-
tion that rapid cultivation is a
eood thing.
The Chair—In regard to tho
direction of the rows Mr. Kirk-
patrick what is your observation
and experience?
Kirkpatrick—You see contra-
dictory testimony here. I don't
think it makes much difference
wnich way the rows run.
I hate to refer to my own deeds,
but I would like to say that 1
planted three acres once and pick-
ed five bales off of it, and people
thought there was two or three
bales loft in the patch—the
ground was white and the stalks
were white and ten feet high.
Capt Rhea—Cotton was not up
that year as it is now?
Kirkpatrick—No. I remember
that my futher in '55 sowed cot-
ton broadcast and didn't brush it
in or anything, and enough of it
came up to make a bale to the
acre, and it grew 0 or 8 feet high.
There were no weeds or grass and
no infect* then—that was in 1855.
It was announced that Mr.
Sanderson the entomogist, desir-
ed to get in touch with five or six
men in erch county who would
agree to use some or all of these
cultural methods on either a small
or a large scale as they deemed
best, and to whom he would Bend
instructions by mail through the
season. The following gentlemen
volunteered for this service:
Aaron Coffee, McKinney; Smith
Rollins, Anna; Thos. Hogge, Co
lina; A. B. Eller, McKinney: T.
M. Hand, McKinney, R
No. 2; B. L. Shirley, Anna
A pamphlet containing infor-
mation as to the different varie-
ties ot cotton was handed out
among those present.
The motion prevailed that we
take "Corn and Alfalfa" as the
subject of discussion at our next
regular meeting on the first Sat-
urday in January.
Mr. T M Hand president ot the
Upper Rowlett Farmers' Institute
stated that u meeting had beon
called for their institute ou Thurs-
day night, Dec. 10th, and be in-
vited all present to come out at
that time.
Held flonthly fleeting at Coi rt
House Sunday Afternoon.
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Mrs. Wiley Making Arrange-
ments to Furnish All En-
titled to Same.
Headuuartors J. W. Throok-
mortoQ Camp 109, U. C. V , Mo-
Kinney, Tex-, Dec. 0, 1903.—As
announced in Courier and Ga-
zette, the camp met and Com-
mander Pafford presided. Adjt.
C. H. Lake kept the minutes.
The chaplain being absent, the
formality of prayer was dispensed
with. Minutes of previous meet-
ing were read abd adopted.
Three communications were
read— ono from Hon. E. Holmes
lloyd, acknowledging receipt of
remittance, $4.50 toward erection
ing a mouument to the womcu of
the south at Manchester, Y a.; one
from Gen. K. M. Vanzant, in-
forming us of a deficit at general
headquarters and asking our as-
sistance. Action was postponed
until next meeting in January,
1904. Also a communication
from the Dixie Land Publishing
Co. of Dallas, requesting our co-
operation in the circulation of
tho monthly periodical ♦.♦Dixie-
land." Its design is to furnish
reading matter that will be ap-
preciated and entertaining to tho
old veterans as well as all other
ciasses of readers.
C. H. Lake, one of the sick
committee, reported the serious
accident of Comrade John Dysart
and that he was lying at the Sani-
taiium aud seemed to be doing
as well as could be expected uu-1
der the circumstances. He is in
excellent hands and is receiving
every attention nccessary tor his
comfort and the nature of his
wounds from the accident.
On motion tho duos for each
member of tho Camp is fixed at
50 cents per annum.
The three comrades previously
appointed to address us failed to
respond and were continued for
next meeting with the addition of
Comrade Watus Pendergrass.
We wore favorodwith the pres-
ence of Mesdames Pafford and
Wiley, Mr. John Church and
others. Mrs. Wiley is making
arrangements for crosses of hon-
or for all those who apply to her
aud pay 10 cents each. We mean
thoso only who are entittled to
them—those who were duly en-
listed in the Confederate army
and navy and were honorably dis-
charged from the service.
Col. T. M. Scott placed on ex-
hibition a fine picture of Gen. (<
Lee and Stonewall Jackson, en-
titled "A Meeting." It was ap-
preciated greatly.
The commander invites all
members of tho camp to come to
our meeting and bring a friend,
lady or gentleman. /f'
On motiou Camp adjourned un-™"*
til next meeting in January, 1904. 1
J. W. Pakfobd,
Attest: Commander.
C. H. Lake, Adjutant.
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Farm House Burned.
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F\ D.
CATTLE TO BE PCD.
Mr* Riddel* of CaiMe., I.T., Ships
in goo Mead.
Five hundred head of beef
steers hare been receive* hers
from Caddo, 11 shipped by Mr.
Tho residence on the farm of
Postmaster H. E. Smith, two
niles south of town, was burned
Sunday afternoon between four
and five o'clock, during the ab-
sence of the occupants, Will Vfc-
Clain and family. Neighbors
saved a good portion of the honse
mid goods The fire is thought
;o bu the work of an incendiary.
The house though twenty-fiv<
j ears old, was in a good state oj
reservation, and had, been rc
cently repainted by Mr. Smitl
He had no insurance.
Attending Lectureship.
Elder R C Horn of Vineland
was in town^Mvsnday en route to
Cleburne where be goes to fill bis
part on the program for the Stal
Lectureship of the Christian!
church of which Rev J Wr Mc-j
Garvey, president of a Bibh
school in Lexington, Ky., tin
chief leoturer. President E
Zollars of Texas Christian Unij
versity, Waco; Addison Clarl
Elder C. McPherson, and R.
Hamlin of Fort Worth, former
ly of tbis city, are also* on tl
program.
Dr. E. lli Strother late of Pla^
i* here attending the Medical
sooiation today. Dr. Strother
a son of Cot. W. 8. Strother
Garland, and a brother to W.|
Strother president of Cbsi
Hill Female College. Dr. St
er is a guest 6fi his friend
school mate John A.
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