The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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Dllli nmiP HO TUC Cflll ^ witH the mctho<ls of vour thrifty,
UUlLUIIlU Ul I nt UUIL -oil-building I« ighlmw, adapting
1 them to your benefit anil building up
Some Thoughts on This Most Impor-| Vl,,,r (IWI1 'a,,d "leantime t He re-
tant Subject. | ]>lie>l: "It takes a 1 it11.• means even
,, , . , to start right, and I am too poor to
(iivnn an hast lexas soil that has , ..
: start.
been plowed up and down for twen- j |.„,si!,|v 80ni(, otj,cr portions of
iy (ir more war-, everything taken Texas might be interested in this
off and nothing put back, and the talk about Ka.-t Texas. In fact, wc
man who tries to make a living ofT liave seen blai'k land plowed up and
it by a continuation of the skinning 1 down the boll, and w< know of lot*
of black land farmers whom cowpcas
and cattle and bogs would not hurt
a little bit.—Southwestern Farmer.
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS.
process might about as well be in j
Mexico with bis "hack broke." And j
about the only time the average East
Texas farmer ever plows deep
enough is when he takes a header j
downhill with his "Kelly." Not sat- There 18 a Marked Increase in Use In
i.-fiod with plowing downhill, be' Thn rN)(,nt to^whieh commereial
leaves ridges as big as he can make ! fertilizers are coming into general
them, in order that what little top jn Texas gives i verv promise toof
soil he has left may leak clown from completely covering the State as to
FARMERS' EDUCATIONAL
AND
CO-OPERATIVE UNION
=. OF AMERICA «==
(•■ssasnasaaiBanaa
WHO WOULD SWAP?
FOR THE ROUND BALE.
Some Mere Reasons for Quiting Anti
quated Method.
W. n DeWalt, In a letter to the Co
Operator tDallns) t;ik.■ p th« < u.lgc
In favor (.f lmprov.i| pad ug and
gives the following goo I account of
himself:
To The Co-Operator: I >e you have
some good advice to the t'nloil In the
winter rains and run oil' down the
furrows between the ridges into the
gully, into the branch, into (he creek,
into the river, and finally into tb->
sea. The reason that Trinity Hay is
filling up so rapidly of late year?
is because the Fast Texas sticker i>
putting more land in cultivation of
late years. And but for the crab-
grass which covers the ground in
the winter, Trinity Hay would no
doubt be full up by this time.
The thing which is right up t
make it probable that the acreage
now in cultivation will within the
next ten years be doubling its pres-
ent yield. A earcful csiimafe made
on the basis of known sales gives the
acreage at present using fertilizers
in this Stale as between .'100,000 and
■100,000, of which about one-half is
devoted to corn and cotton and the
other half to truck and rice growing.
Five years ago only a small amount
was sold in Northeast Texas. Today
farmers throughout South, East, j
the host J exits farmer is to puild j Central and North Texas are using
' . i 1 t 4 k 1 i «♦ \ • • I
Italns upon the housetop ,
Clouds ohscur' the sky.
Sitting by the lire.
Little wife anil I.
'Tatoes In the c< liar,
Mors done salted down.
Never mind the weather.
Hake those 'taloes brown.
Hay packed In the barnloft,
Crib chock full of corn.
Cows Rive milk In plenty —
The maiden's not forlorn.
Banks are stopping payment,
Factories shutting down,
Now who would swap the country
For starvation in the town?
We receive the rain and unshlne
From the Ood w'.iotn we adore;
We praise Him for the bounty
We farmers have In tore.
We sow our fields In .tladn. s,
With joy upturn the sod;
We hoe the weeds from Ufa anil
field-
Results wo leave with Clod.
—Oeo. W. Haynle, In Home anil Farm.
White Bluffs, Tenn.
saving to the farmer I -
of the gin compressed
I wish to (five some ni
why we should quit tie
First, It Is not the pr
cotton should be put u
the parties through w
passes the chance to s'.
each bale, namely, the
cotton yards who net
the weighing of cvei
the adoption
ile of cotton
e facts as to
(Id-style way
per way that
. for It gives
ose hands it
ai some fronl
velgher at our
one bale foi-
six hundred
it quite extensively. ■ Hen Talk.
In discussing the subject, a gen- i The poultry business has always
oral representative of a company 1 *ieen looked upon as a "hard times"
* Kuif In jkrni l\ir **t ft I, . .,
up instead of ''.-kin down" his soil,
and to stop it from washing into the
sea. He can save his top soil bv
terracing, but as he will never do j ()f this ,Vty made the prediction'that I !!
. i . ill i - . , 1 . . 1 pie. \\ hen times are good and money
that, probably, he may save a lot of; m ten years the proportion of farm- j ia plentiful the poultry business Is
ers in Texas using fertilizers would 1 looked upon by many as a "pin-money"
be as great as in Georgia, and the > n,ralr. but when h"ri1 threaten
wear and tear and loss of fertility
by plowing across the bill instead of
up and down it, and by planting cov-
er crops, such as oats, rye barley and
wheat, pasturing in winter and
plowing under as green manure in
the spring.
more level
grant that in a region of 4o to 50-
ineli rainfall there should be a gen-
tle slope from the center furrow to
the row of cotton or corn or other
number of factories making the pro- : or
duct would be increased tenfold.
Although behind other Southern
S States in beginning the use of fer-
He can help a lot byjiilj/er material, Texas rice farmers
cultivation. While 1 a re the first to apply it to the grow-
ing of rice, and the result has been
so satisfactory that large amounts
have been sold to them to he used
the present season, as it insures a
crop there is no need to leave sweet : heavy increase in the yield,
potato ridges with ditches between experiments have been mad
to carry.the soil to the sea as the'
rain leaches it down those same sweet
potato ridges. The East Texas farm-
er can build op bis soil, making it
richer and richer every year, by sav-
ing under shelter every pound of
stable manure, and by keeping more
stock to make more stable manure,
lie will also find that the same live
stock, which grows into money while
pasturing his winter cover crop, will
prove a most valuable factor in this
building up process. There arc many
leguminous plants, such as cow peas
and peanuts, which are not only soil
builders, but are rich in feed value.
They take nitrogen from the air,
storing it in the soil, and going
through the live stock, reach the
land in the shape of barnyard ma-
nure, replacing the humus taken out
by the skinning and leaching proc-
ess, and adding plant food in its
most desirable form. A young East
Texas farmer said to the writer re-
cently: "My land was skinned be-
fore 1 got bold of it, and I have
or are at hand, when thousands oT
people are dally being thrown out of
a Job, then It Is that they begin to
think of taking up poultry.
Of all classes the poultry man has
the least to fear from hard times. Tlir
poultry business has never been on a
better footing than It Is now. It Is
the experience of all the years; the
lean years financially are the years
when the poultry business grows. This
Is because, when men and women are
brought face to face with the proba-
bility of losing their positions, they
o with ] begin to look around for some way In
in the which to Invest their savings so that
It. will bring In a profitable Income
Also,
specially prepared brands
trrowinir of susrar cane, resulting, as . ,. ,. . , ...
T. . should the worst happen, and they are
wuli rice, in a tremendous increase thrown out of employment. No bust
in the total yield. ! can bo started on an small a capl-
The impulse to the use of fertil- I " > !l!i poultry, and yield a livelihood
izers of which there are about fit- {"rt 'J10"0 foll°" ll' , , ,
. , . It lakes lesH capital to ger n start
teen brands manufactured lor the jn pimitry business, and get It to
various crops, has been greatly stini- ' yield an income for living expenses,
ulated the past two years through the I than any other business I know of,
efforts of the Farmers' Cnion in the ! *'thout lh!,vl"« P'"vious experience.
_ 4 . lt , , . . \\ hero they are content to start at the
efT« rt to pet the meiiitf'M «>f that or- , or in a .small'way, and tfrow
gnnization interested, and the result , m the business, gaining experience as
has l.een a great deal of reading up they grow, ami profiting by this expo-
on the subject, followed bv intelli- - rlonce. and with duo attention given
, .. , . .. to their business, they will rarely find
gent experimentation, demonstrating ! )t a fanul(,
beyond a shadow of doubt ils great Poultrymen who have stock to sell
value as a rcnewcr and enrieher of can find buyers now more readily than
the soil—even the richest virgin soil ! would bo possible If every one were
v ,i .t , ; working and receiving good wages,
responding with a greatly increased
production.—Houston Post.
bales which eipials r veuty-thous- mil
In a 12,000,000 bale ei p
And then It goes on 'o the compres.!
where they can steal enough to pay
all expense# and that amounts to one
hundred thousand or more bales ami
the old-time street buyer took equally
as much In samples, which is called
the city crop all of which the f irmer
has sold to the buyer at a reduction
In points to cover the loss to the
buyer.
If we will compress our cotton at
the gins wo will us. of our low grade
cotton, six thousand bales, that will be
off the market an ! besides we will
save $7,000,000 ( • veil million dol
lars) and our cotton will be In shape
the South will have saved $t.1.:!00,0l)0.
to build warehouse! with, which will
give ample room to store all of the
cotton raised by the South. That Is
what we need: not mills nor spindles,
for when we go Into such things as
that we will have to get gome expert
to run It for us and if history re
peats Itself the expert would g"t the
benefits and the farmer the experi-
ence.
We, as Union men don't want any
thing but to cut out the leaks wher-
ever they may be that are wasting
so much of our life blood and If we
will attend to the things of ilint nature
that are here among us, we will soon
have won what we are clamoring for.
I see that l'olk County I'nlon 13
talking of putting In a compress. 1
am sorry any of our brethren would
do anything to uphold the bagging ami
tie trust. I say to you, Polk County
men, weigh well your actions before
you go too far, for there are some of
you that know me.
Hoping that all Unions will consld
cr this and If It sh mid meet wii.li
their favor it Is time that the) were
getting to work so as to be prepared
for this year's crop.
LIABILITY BILL IS PASSED.
Abolishes the Cannon Law Rule of
Practice.
n. A : V. '
\ ie re. •*<!- I iiLMinsi -that, of
Mr l.iil I of M line th II use
"f lo pr o ptatives ye.-terda,. under
-11s • ■ • ri- .in of the rules, | I t ,<
N. I'l:ilg cm pi > CI>' 1. ,i'I; I ■. '.,11 , .
r forlv minutes' debate. In brief,
t'e! bill establishes the doctriie that
the r.i:!:• ad coinj.an - eng.i I ;n
intei -'aie commerce are liable for
pet- mill injuries rc eived em-
ployes in the service of siieli car-
riers. It abolishes the strict i .Mi-
nion law rule of li.ibilnv, wlii^'
liars a reiovcrv for the personal in-
jury or d. atli of an cmp! ve oc< i-
doncd bv the n. .f a fel-
low servant.
It also relaxes the common law
rules, whieb makes contril ui >rv n< g-
I ligence a defeiue to claim for such
njiirie-i. ,\ j,ro\ ision, I >wi ;••!•. /|i-
j ininishes (he amount of r. eoverv in
' the sume degree thai the negliireiico
of the injured one conlribui. .1 to the
| injury. The bill further makes each
party responsible for hi- own neg-
ligence, and requires each to bear
ihe burden thereof. The bill as
uls-i 1 h. the I louse tt :1s t r.l ll.-lli i 11 e I
' i llie Senate in llie day. and on
• notion of Senator I ol!i■ r was laid
:i t l " t e ill Sllllj.'el to being called
up at any time.
Liquor Shipments Must Be Straight.
\V a shin gt o n : After extended
hearings and exhaustive arguments
by the inenihcrs of the Senate Com-
| mitlee on Judiciary, that commit-
tee bus agreed upon a bill dealing
with the shipments of liquors from
me State or Territory to another
I State or Territory. The measure ia
I comparatively simple in form, pro*
viding that there shall be no "col-
lect on delivery" packages of liquor
i shipped in interstate conimcrco
where fictitious nanus are used, and
that the name of the consignor and
consignee shall be stated plainly.
The average farmer Is In position to
get started In the poultry business
more cheaply than anyone else, as he
has plenty of ground and oftentimes
house room that Is Idle that might
Just as veil be making him money.
Statistics show that the farmer
Cigarettes and Character.
Recently a number of teachers in
the public schools of a large citv
were interviewed as to the effect of |who always keeps poultry and gives
cigarette smoking upon boys. By i any attention to It at the end of the
common consent they agreed that I v°ar h;iH a sn!!1"^.r Hl"rt' account than
not helped it a bit. I can't make, the habit was had for the physique |the f'irn" r_*_
a living on it, and am going to hire as well as for their morals. The fol- 1 Farming is a business, and It Is n
t0 Mr. for wages for two or fairly the opinion of all: food buitl eM orli7Mr "us'n0!<s Just
n . \ .' . , ; in proportion as It Is run well or poor-
three seasons, first, to learn how to lowing by one of them expressed |V. A smail business may be run In a
build up and get money our of j "That cigaretts smoking is harm- model way Just as a large one may;
such land; second, to get money ■ ful to the physical body, I think is 1 or " nia' run 11 slipshod wa>,
enough to start right when I learn j not questioned by thinking people, j '"st ,Ui "l l"5 s ■"• •
how, and, third, because I can't and it ia my opinion that the morals | plant plenty of pigs, peanuts, poul-
When you have thought out all the
thln ;s that have puzzled all the
world, ati-1 have absolutely nothing
else to solve, go to work on the land
problem. Land Is an absolutely free
gift to man. At ho time has anybody
had the original right to sell or barter
It away, but, by some means, raw
lands have advanced along the com-
mercial lines till In many cases it is
"sold" at several hundred dollars per
acre, and by those who have no use
for It, and who could not to save their
lives tell how It came that somebody
at sometime became owners of It. Ev-
ery foot of this old footstool belongs
to the creatures planted on It, and all
the man-made laws under the canopy
of heaven can change this. Man Is en-
titled to all that he has done to make
It better and more productive, but not
to thu land.
Quarter Million Blaze in New Orleans.
New Orleans: Four business
buildings were burned at the corner
•f Techoupitouhis and Natchez
Str ets Sunday with a lo.-s estimated
by tin l ire Marshal at ^'.'oH.DMO.
The heaviest loss was that of the
Morris McGraw Woodcnware Com-
pany, limited, whose six-story build-
ing was destroyed. Other firms
which sustained losses were the New
Orleans Import Company, limited;
W. I'. Sevnioiir, commission mer-
chant; IjocIi-Lyon-Felix Company,
I limited.
Accidentally Killed Himself.
Wharton: Frank Armstrong, who
lius Ueeti engaged in the fish busi-
ness here for several months past,
while out on the river with a party
• f pleasure seekers, was seated in a
boat with bis wife and several
friends, when lie attempted to pull
a gun toward him. As he did so the
hammer caught on the seat and the
full charge entered his breast, llo
fell forward into the water, and it
was some time before his body was
recovered.
This Is election year, but all the
voting in the country cannot do any
part of the work of raising a crop.
Don't let the politician eat up your
time too much. It is the duty of every
citizen to post himself on the Issues
of the day, and It Is his duty to voto
on every question that comes up, but
this does not mean that lie should at-
tend all the conventions he can hear
of and roll up his sleeves for every
candidate who wants him to "use his
Influence."
O. |„ Tcaehout, well known in
I'nilwav mail service in Texas,
dropped dead at Adrian, Mich., Sun-
i day.
The Lawton cotton mills of l'lain-
j field, X. and the cotton mills
of other Kastern Connecticut towns
! employing in all about 2.i00 persons
m full time resumed full time Mon-
day aft. r a long period of curtail*
! nient.
make a living farming mv skinned
hill the only way I know how to
farm." The man ho is going to |
of those indulging in it arc often in- try and turn the matter over to God,
directly affected. ' while you get out and hustle.
. . ■ , i . I The pupil who is addicted to this A 8pllt uigdrag !* mighty good com-
work for is upon poorer land, natu-1 practice is not thrown with the best l|)anv immediately after a spring rain.
rally, than the young man, but he
is a soil builder and a money mak-
er, his income indicating a value in
his sandy land far above that of any
of the black land in the State. And,
while his cattle and hogs are not as
good as they ought to be, they arc a
part of his scheme, and are getting
better right along. The decision of
this young man is a wise one, show-
ing that he has had his eves open,
and wants to find out how they are
beginning to get twenty-eight bales
of cotton off twenty upland aires,
and how they grow three crops of
other things on the same land the
same season, making the land rich-
er every year meantime.
He was asked : "Why let your land
grow up in bushes? Can't you keep
company; he usually dodges around | See that yours Is ready for the next
to smoke and conceals it, perhaps shower.
lies about it. His will power is j „ .. . ~ .
1 , Do anything within reason to get a
weakened, and he yields to other
; ;ood man settled down in your corn-
vices. 1 think no teacher or parent Inanity. It Is the thickly settled com
should lose an oportunity to instruct 1 uunltles that are 'most prosperous,.
You won't find one man In a thou-
sand who is doing the thing he would
prefer to do If left entirely unfettered.
If he Is worth a tinker's dam, he Is
making the best of it. and Is content-
ed to rest the matter with his own
conscience, and Is comparatively hap
py. So, If you cannot be or do Just
m hat you w ant, make up your mind
that you are In a average good condi-
tion If you are able to do something
honest and profitable.
on this line. Fathers and mothers,
you who have not suspected your
boys, instruct them on this point."
Even Exchange la Wise.
The man who has something to
sell every time ho goes to town is
the man who will accumulate. He is
tin
iappy and Intelligent.
The hot sun that Is soon coming Is a
friend to the Implement and vehicle
iealer, and he works for Ills friend
.hrough the carelessness of the chump
who leaves his tools and Implements
jut In the weather.
Don't vote any more court house
man who can buy a home and i -a*08 unt" y°u hBVe (,on" something
The express companies by false rep-
resentations have enlisted the aid of
the retail merchants association, a
National organization, with headquar-
ters in Chicago, and they have suc-
ceeded In scaring Congress from doing
anything along the lines of a parcels
post this season. It Is coming, how-
ever, and the sooner the better for all
of us.
Will Campaign in a Balloon.
Chicago, 111.: Shcrburn M. Beck-
or, Milwaukee's '"Boy Mayor," pro-
duced a sensation in the ranks of
(local politicians with the announce-
ment that lie would make a cam-
paign for lb" .vernorship of Wis-
consin in a balloon. Mayor Becker
has placed an order for a duplicate
of 1 he large-1 balloon in the world
with llie Buiiibaugh-lleimann Com-
pany of St. Louis, and will cruiso
about Wisconsin in the huge craft.
pay for it. You will find them hero
and there, and you know who they
are. Their names do not have to
be called. May their tribe increase.
Greenville Banner.
or the public roads. Fine court
louses are mighty pretty to look at,
>ut your wife and children get no
jeneflt out of their looks. Make first
jood roads, then build fine things for
be lawyers and offlco holders. [
Things look very much like 190S is
going to be one of those fine crop
years that we read about. Diversify ho
that you will have the cinch on som8
money and a good living at the same
time.
Heflin's Victim May Die.
Washington: Physicians in attend-
ance upon Thomas McCrccry, tlio
white man who was shot by Repre-
sentative ilcllin of Alabama in this
this city a little over a week ago,
state that the patient had about ono
chance in ten of recovering. Tetan-
us developed Monday and the physi-
cians have almost abandoned hope.
Antitoxin is being used in large
quantities, but the disease will not
yield to the treatment.
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