The Daily Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 146, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 1917 Page: 4 of 4
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Orient, whore there arc no fields but
only small patches on hillsides and
in little valleys. Some sickle har-
vesting Is still done in the United
State's, but rice growing has become
a commercial industry in Louisiana.
Texas. Arkansas and California, and
is carried on with special machinery
and large, modern irrigation plants.
Fenced by your careful fathers, ringed by your leaden seas.
Long did ye wtfke in quiet and long lie down at ease;
Till ye said of Strife, “What it it?’, of the Sword. “It is far from our ken";
I <11 ■ < made a sport of yum sin un ken hosts and a toy of your armed men.
Ye stopped your tars to the warning ye would neither look nor heed—
Y set your leisure before their toil and your lusts above their need.
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ago.
■ Al! record* an to yield were brok-
en in 1*16. when the harvest was 17.-
' 000,000 bushels more than ever be-
1 tote. As a whole, the crop, valued on
I a basis of 93 cent* a bushel, added
| more than 139.000,000 to the wealth
The planters in Lou-
nearly 119.000,'<00;
those In
and those in
Giv< ii to strong d«>lu. ion, wholly believing a lie.
Ye saw that (lie hind lay fenceless, and ye let the months go by
Waiting some ea y wonder; hoping some saving sign —
Idle -openly idle—in the lee of the forespent Line.
Idle—except for your boasting -and what Rs your boa ting worth
if ye grudge a year of service to the lordliest life on earth?
Mrs. Toepperweln, who also repre-
sents the Winchester Repeating Arms
experts. Mr. Tnep-| <’0„ is undoubtedly the premier lady
perwein is the acknowledged dean ofi°l’ 'he world. Although she took
fancy and trick shots, ami his many ' »P -hooting only a few years ago, she
feats are of a highly sensational char-pia ’ startled the shooting world and
acter. Mrs. Toepperweln has no
equal among women for adeptness in i’'° by her great skill with rifle, shot-
Ladies are especially
See The Tribune Job departmen! for
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front 100 up.
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J. T. PRICE LUMBER COMPANY
BAY CITY, TEXAS
Profits In ( alii'ornia ( rops.
"The profits
were large,
planted in 191:5.
:I2((() pounds of threshed rice to
a< re. or seventy -one bushels,
total value was $:15'>,000 which
the. equivalent of $.’>9 an acre.
'California farmers in th - Sacra-
mento and San .loaquin valleys
possibilities ot rice culture and
from
or $.'al
perweins will lie gained from the fol-
lowing remarks: Adolph Toeppei-
wein. the greatest living fancy and
flying target shot with a rifle, repre-
sents the Winchester Repeating Arms
Co., and lives in San Antonio. Texas.
His native State has long been noted
for its expert shooters and this pen
chant for shooting among Texans,
added to his natural ability, undoubt-
edly accounts for the wondctTul skill
he displays. He uses no special equip-
ment. but ordinary Winchester rifles,
shooting regular cartridges with solid
ball; or. in other words, cartridges
such as are sold by all dealers. He
shoots at oranges, apples, bits of coal
or brick, walnuts, small marbles.
eiHPty cartridge shells, and many
other tiny objects, which are all
thrown into the air and hit with eith-
er rifle or revolver.
In the most remarkable exhibition
of title shooting ever given, Mr. Toep-
perwein shot for ten days at 72.500
2 1-4 inch wooden block* thrown into
the air by an assistant, missing only
9 out nf the entire lot. During the
shooting he made straight runs of
’4.540, 1.1.599. 13.292. 13.219 and 10.383,
He used two Winchester automatic
rifles and Winchester cartridges, and
the loading of the rifles was done by
himself. Considering the almost in-
credible score and the tremendous
strain of such incessant shooting, it
is unlikely that this record will over
be beaten.
Other remarkable feats by Mr Toep-
perweln with the rifle were his scor-
ing of 85 out of 100 2 1-2 inch targets
thrown intn the air while riding at
full speed in an automobile: and the
breaking of 3.507 targets without a
Ptish your business tn print and 11 miss nt the World's Fair in St Louis
Mr. Toepperweln Is the originator
On Friday night, April 27. Bay City
is to be given a rare musical treat.
Mr. T. N. .Vsbuiy, one of HuustonV
favorite singers, is to give a concert
horp. The choir of the Baptist Church
psidt r themselves very fortunate in
securing Mrs. Asbury as she is an
artist of rare ability. Further notice
will be given through the columns of
lie Tribune.
|__Asstfred Connections.
body in fine condition and restores
—•the liver must be active, the bowels f Phik and white complexion
so much desired by ladies. Price 50c.
using lll'Ml ' by Matagorda Pharmacy.
Hcourii the [ Our Job work Is of the highest
-on time and right.
shooting quickly.
Her first public appearing was at
hhe World’s Fair in St. Louis, where
with a Winchester automatic rifle.
I slie broke !'(!? out of 1,000 2 1-2 inch
flving tar; <>ts; ^ind later 1995 nut of
.'Ooo with a straight run of 1437.
Besides being a wonderful wing
and fancy hot. Mis. Toepperweln h
a consistent shooter at the traps and
has made a straight run of 226 and
won many high averages in open
competitions, shooting against the
best professional and amateur shots
in the world. At San Antonio, Texas.
July 18, 1908, she broke 961 out 1,000
targets thrown at the regulation dis-
tance, in 4 hours and 35 minutes.
At the Pacific Coast Handicap, held
at Seattle in 1910. Mrs. Toepperweln
won high general average over a large
field of the best shots of the Pacific
Coast and Canada. On the first day
of the tournament, she made the re-
markable score of 195x200, which in-
cluded 200 doubles and on tho final
day he broke the entire program of
100 singles straight. During the year
1913. Mrs. Toepperweln shot at 10.000
targets, scoring over 95 per cent. She
made straight runs of 100 nine times
and one run of 165. Shooting for the
Denvor Post trophy In a gale of wind,
she scored 94x100 from the 2l-ynrd
mark. At the Eastern Handicap she
outshot the field of over 250 shoot-
ers by scoring 98x100 from 19 yards:
and closing her season’s work at the
State Fair in Phoenix, Arizona, she
scored for the three days’ shooting
tho magnificent total of 397x405 tar-
gets; and in a special handicap event,
standing at the 23-yard mark, she
broke 93 targets out of led. Mrs.
Toepperweln is the only lady In the
world who ever had tho honor to
qualify as a national marksman In
open competition, shooting at 200, 300
and 500 yards with a military rifle.
more
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field, and (here is
is neees-
he devel-
llice stalks grow
height of between four and five
and have heavier foliage
cereals.
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shooting Ladies are especially u>-;and pistol. Shooting come* Hat-
ed to go and witness her astonishing ’,,ra' 1° her as without seeming dif-
skill with shotgun, rifle and pistol, ficulty <he masters various kinds of
Admission will be free to all.
Some idea of the unsntil character >
of the exhibition given by the Toep- ;
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Arkansas, Frederick Gibson of
7000-twre plantation.
On the Mississippi River in laiuisiana
I farms of a thousand acres are not
looked upon as unusual. On the prai-
ries in the southwestern pait of the
Slate, however, they are smaller, vary-
ing in size from :!•)() to xo acres.
"Like other grains, rice is a gras:.
grass, and so is rye Rice),
. .. . . , . , . i, , |1,1 this country on
drilled when planted, and drilled,
crops of rice can bo
of course, on dry ground. More than I
one stalk grows from a single seed.
When the plant in a field are five* or |
six inches high, water is let in from
the canls or ditches. Fields, there-
i fore, must be level, although each
IY Illi' I’Nri'ID M VIT S have pitch enough so that all
’.of tiie water can be drained off I wo
------- | or three weeks before harvest. Dr lin-
age is as Important as irrigation
“As the rice grows, more water
run upon the field. Then' may
seepage through the low earthen
banks inclosing n
constant. evaporation. It
stiry. accordingly, to watch
oping cron closely,
to a
feet,
other
“There should never lie less than
two inches of water on a field of rice.
Irtigation starts with (hat amount,
after the plants are well out of the
ground More water is applied as the
season advances, until it. reaches a
depth of from five to six inches. That
depth must be maintained until the
ci op is almost ready to lie harvested.
"Water is let in to lhe California
fields about. May 15. and the land is
k*i»t submerged until October 15.
Arkansas and Texas
submersion is about
before
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the
in it'll planted 16.000 acres,
which they riceived $.800,000,
an acre.
"T iriy foui thousand acres were
own in 1915. ’I’he harvest measured
J.LTS.OOO bushels and the farm prit.-e
•va:'. ninety cents, which meant $2,-
a return of
iron.
"Central and South
luiying i ice in Europe,
imports 250,000,000 pounds,
a
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entertained many
In
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas the
period of submersion Is about 100
davs. .lust before the crop ripens.
t<,e fields are drained, that they may
be cut with horse-drawn reapers or
self binders. Rice is bound into
( io-av, the same as wheat, shocked
n the field until it is dry, and then
threshed l.y machinery'.
"In olden times, rice was cut in
this country with sickles and thresh-
ed with flails, or treaded out
methods are followed today in
04L200 fyr lhe crop, or
$50 per acre.
"Last year. 1916. California planted
The yield was 4,453,000
Its value was $4,141,290, or
Wo have estimated the
cost of growing rice in California at
$3'1.25 an acre. Plowing is $3 an
acre, seed $2. care of the crop for
six months $1, harvesting $2.25.
siioi king $l. threshing $7, sacks and
sewing twine. $3.50; water tax, $5;
handling grain to warehouse $1.75
and digging out water grass, $1.25.
"California is enthusiastic about
rice and will sow 100,000 acres next
y<*ar. There are 400.000 acres in the
Sacramento valley alone that arc suit-
able for rice culture. Tho San Joa-
quin valley also can multiply its pres-
ent acreage many times.
"There are regions, too, in Oregon
and Washington that can produce
rice. In the meanwhile tho industry
is being expanded in Louisiana, Tex-
as and Arkansas and the day is not
remote when we shall grow all the
rice required at home and have a sub-
stantial surplus for sale abroad.
"Rice cannot be a general crop in
this country, because it requires a
long growing season, an abundance of
cheap water and a soil that can re-
tain moisture, but it can greatly add
to the prosperity of extensive regions
and thus increase the wealth of the
nation. It is one of the items in the
long list of the resources that makes
a land of comfort and protn-
But ye say. "It will mar our comfort," Ye say, "It will 'minisli our trade."
Do ye wait for tin* sputtered shrapnel ere ye learn how a gun is laid?
Fot the low, red glare to southwaid when the raided coast-towns burn?
(Light ye shall have on that lesson, but little time to learn.)
Ahead of the Land Boom that is on lhe road.
The way to get rich is to buy on a Bar-
gain Market and sell on a Boom.
of the country.
I is ana received
I tirtse in Texas, $9,835,000;
Arkansas, $5,870,000.
I California. $4,225,000,
"Modern rice growing require* con-
Isiderable capital. Water must be sup-
plied in large quantities, and ditches,
I < unals and pumping niH< liin< t y are
i ocessary. Conspicuous among the
| planter* in Texas are F. E. Borden of
a great acreage in
Dunlap of Beaumont,
lwho.se company cultivates about 15.-j
1000 acres.
"In
Stuttgart has a
one thing of urgency led to
years ago Mr. Cham-
with notes on the life history
j vu M i nimize several insects that
| were thought to be damaging the rice
fields in that Stale. Charles Edward
Chambliss he was the man had
been collecting plants and bugs since
j childhood. Bachelor of science, ami
I master as well, he never supposed
that he could become an expert agri-
culturist, witli rice as his specialty-in-
■ chief.
But
I another and eight
' bliss, t
: of inswts that he meant to elaborate, ;
I was asked to direct the rice invest!-1
gallons of the department of agricul-|
turn in Washington. The notes re-
i main unprinted and even unelabor-
ated.
Meanwhile, however. Mr. Chambliss
j has so perfected his knowledge of rice
culture that he is now regarded as
I being the first authority on that sub-
ject in this part of the world. He it
I was who counseled and directed Cel
1 Ifornia Into the business. Planta-
I tions in the South have been his head-
quarter* season after season. A
grain of rice to him contains the ^tory
j of India and China and opens visions
j and a new prosperity to thousands
of farmers in his own country.
V hj Orientals Eat Klee.
"The wheat of the Orient is rice
Every one eats it there. Americans
get a balanced food ruliot. in meat
anti bread, along with vegetables.
Hundreds of millions of people In the
Orient obtain the same balance with
rice and beans, peas and other le-
gumes.
"Less land is required for lice than
for beef, swine or mutton Rice m
the Olient, therefore, can be produc-
ed more cheaply than meat. Its food
value has not been fully understood
in this country but now that every-
thing else is dear rice is coming into
general use. Ab it
, euten in the United
I grown.
Rico comes into this country from
Japan millions of pound- of it every
year. W»* also import large quanti-
ties of cleaned rice from The Net tier-
lands, Italy. Spain and China and of
broken rice from Gieat Britain and
in normal times, from GermanV. In
turn we export rice to Cuba. Hondu-
ras and other Southern markets.
"Some European countries buy
rough rice in the Orient and then mill
it ami export it to the United States.
This is done in the face of a duty at
our ports of one cent a pound. There
i are hundreds of thousands of acres
jin tliis country on which profitable
grown. Th'*
igeneral policy of preparedness, now
j so much discussed by our people,
^should include rice as well as wheat.
steel, ships and guns.
America are
Cuba yearly
Brazil is
large customer of English and Ger-
man mills. The markets to the south
should belong to the l otted States
Eventually, I think, they will. Labor
I know, is beggarly low in the Orient
but v.e have machiiieia . fertile laml .
and plentv of water ami can produce
rice on a wholesale scale.
“See what
fornia. The
was planted and harvested in
Fourteen hundred acres were
in the Sacramento valley,
into the valley three years before
and established a testing station on
fifty-seven acres of land,
been demonstrated that
be grown, farmers in the vicinity ven
lured into the business.
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Some of the canals are 150 feet
wide. In Louisiana there are wells
i 600 feet deep, and a set ies of wells,
fifty’ feet apart, pumped by one en-
gine. is often used by companies and
individual planters to irrigate their
lands. \ six-inch pipe, or well, will
flood from sixty to eighty acres, and
eight four inch pipes will irrigate 500
acres.
"A grain of rice, as it comes from
tiie threshing machine, is covered
1 with a hard hull. Under the hull,
'near the nd of the grain is tiie germ.
Rice goes from the thresher to the
mill There are sixty-five mills in
tiie United States. The milling cen-
ters are New Orleans and Crowley, in
Louisiana: Beaumont and Houston, in
Texas, and San Francisco. Mills are
also located in South Carolina. Ar-
kansas and Georgia. A Now Orleans
mill deans 3500 sacks of rough rice
in twenty-four hours, and a mill at
Houston 2400 racks.
"Tho mills prepart* lhe rice for the
’ultimate consumer.’ Hulls and germs
are scoured off by largo revolving
stones down to the bran, which, the
microscope shows, has seven layers.
Six layers of the bran and part of
the seventh arc* also removed. Then
follows a process of polishing atid
powdering. This is done because the
eaters of rice want it lustrous and
white. Years ago, in South Carolina,
and it is (lie case now in the Orient,
tiie hulls and bran were pounded off
the grain in wooden mortars with
hand pestles, and important food ele-
ments were thus preserved.
"Modern milling methods damage a
large proportion of the grains With
the Honduras variety about one-half
of the grains are broken. The break-
age of Japanese rice, which is also
extensively grown in the United
States, is about one-fifth. Grains of
this rice are more nearly round than
those of the first named varietv
Rronghly speaking, there ao* three
grades of milled rice, namely: fancy
head, screenings and brewer’s rice.
"About half of the rice grown, in
the United States Is of the Honduras
type and about half of lhe Japanese
type. Within the types are many va-
rieties. Ono hundred and sixty-one
varieties are grown In Ceylon and
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orchard and pro per.
I of the gods, male or
with tiie weather.
Rice Is both eaten and drunk
Hie Japanese, Sake is brewed in J.ip-
hii as lager beer j, brewed in the
United States. Ambei sake, made
from lhe best of grain, is sold to (lie
rich; white sake, to tiie poor. 'I’he
brewers thereof are wealthy and po
tential men, just as brewers are in
Great Britain and this country.
Tiie Civil War almost ruined the
icie industry in South Carolina From
j 1846 to 1861 the average yearly pro-
jduellon of clean rice in tiie two Caro
Unas and Georgia amounted to K)5.
j09(^000 pounds, oi ..J.5O0 tons, oi 1317
modern earloads. Three-fourths of it
was grown in South Carolin i.
Production dropped, in tiie three
States, (<> ||,(iO0,ooo pounds between
1866 and 18X0. By JXX.5, (lie center foi
rice growing had been shifted to l.oti
Islana. to the prairies in the south-
western part of that State, where tile
tmck'liot day is so stiff Hint it must
he flooded witli water before it can
be plowed.
Four years ago commerical rice-
growing was begun in California.
Isirgo sums have been invested in
rice canals and ditches and in rice
mills. The American crop of 1916
was grown on 878,80 Oacies. Exactly
41.982,000 bushels were harvested.
There was no shortage, a- compared
with Hie crop of 1915, and i ice is tin*
only food that Is almost as cheap now
as it was before Europe began fight-
ing.
A young Virginia, fifteen years ago.
being a zoologist and entomologist.
i ”'a:: railed to I'oUth Caioliua ami ask-
j cd to scrutinize several insects that
lhe American Rice Field.
| "Brought within one fence."
1 Chambliss said to the author of this
article, "the rice fields of the United
States would equal tho area of Ma ■ a
chusetts and Connecticut, or of Con-
necticut and New Jersey. They are
located, by the order of their rank.
I in Louisiana, where the harvest was
20.392.000 bushels in 1916; in Texas,
where the harvest was 10.575.000
bushels; in Arkansas, where the liar
vest was 6,312.00 Obushcls. and in
California, which produced 1,54,1.000
bushels Other fields are to be found
, in North Carolina. South Carolina
(where they tnt.nl 3.500 acres), Geor-
gia. Florida. Alabama and Mississippi
(where they aggregate 1.900 acres).
“The average yield last season was
47 8-10 bushels to tho acre. The
farm value of the crop of 1915. which
j means the average price received by
the grower, was 90 cents a bushel.
T.ast season the price ranged between
93 and 95 cents. Rice purchased at
retail by consumer*, however, is *1-
has been done tn Cali
fir.->t commercial crop
1912.
sown
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Mr. ami Mrs. Adolph Toepperwein. ■ of many marvelous fancy and trick
the celebrated marksmen, will give shots and also of th. feat of draw-
an exhibition of expert and fancy | ing the heads <>f Indian chiefs and
shooting lure, which everybody ought ! other pictures with bullets shot from
to see. as no such marvelous shoot- ' a rifle. Rifle shooting is not his
ing lias ever been done in this sec- only acquirement, us lie does wonder-
tion. | ful work also with revolver, pistol
it will be a revelation to all of!a>'d shotgun.
tiie wonderful possibilities of modern
arms and ammunition in tiie hands
of the greatest experts. Mr. Toep- I
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