The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1924 Page: 5 of 16
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is well stocked at all times
v/ith a complete line of
lumber and building ma-
terial. Looked after by G.
L. Jarrott who will render
you real service and assist
vou in planning your home
is stocked with
a full line
of slidf hardware and kept
up to the minute by Jack
Davis, who is eager to
We handle the Internation-
al Harvester Co’s, full line
of Implements and ma-
chinery. Rock Island and
Case Lines of Implements,
also Handling
aiso manoung repairs m
stock for each line, under
the care of O L Crow.
are featured by our firm,
tne service department is
handled by W. H. Gray*
who is a rea! mechanic
rending service with a
smile.
troubles can be solved by
H. Allen, who knows his
business.
Furniture,
wur stock consists of every
thing in staple house furn-
ishing, along with our high
grace line of Bed Room
Suites, Living Room Suites
Dining Room Furniture
and Rugs, cared for by S.
D. Crow.
We have just installed the
Burroughs Bookkeeping
System Handled by D. E.
Williams and Walter
Schroeder.
I have outlined to you brief!
and we stand ready to render yo
Come in and meet each on
get acquainted.
Why not bind friendship with business.
the organization we have built up
real service in every department.
of these men personally. Lets
L. A. CAGE, Mgr,
in 1 aft and help build a real town
grow, but help us grow.
Buy
watch us
Do not stand by and
■ TV .......- i
jrattle, bogs, tiieep. gouts, rtc. and aiv :«
taught In n scientific way. ! wonder j i
If rmi Imw stopped to think «;lUt the ‘
j fthuwlinn hi Hi in state i,i regard to
dntrying about which Mr. Enxafcr 1*
i going to spunk. \\ i have In (hi* .*,I,,.
oriT .! million dairy cows. Wo Imre 1
tin- iargod Jersey fiord In ||„. world
loro In Tcxita. diTeloped ».,• Mr f,n«
ntor Ho loir ooiiio of tin. greatest In-
• dividual i-mtv I,, (til-, oniiro omintrv.
; n,»* "hon ton take the fmlro
Sfflt,. of Toys*, wo rank fourth hi pro-
jdnctlon (it cow. dairy \ot
fmirtJi from tlio fop. Imt fourth from
iho bottom, There nro Jna, throe other
Mffttos below II«. Florida. Arkansas.
—------------===■ Uml-lnn*. mid then T'xn*. Wnv |.
iAFI S NEWEST GIN PLANT t,lat tnte. I led lev,. have right
“The Peoples Gin"’ hf‘n* «hvn von i.y nut nr-
. Situated in the industrial .se-tion of Tiff n ,!in! "ii! ■vo" fa establish one of
» newest Gin plant, of the rConle^ Gin Gomno COmreSS' ,b" «"•"«'»»*• dairy industries In
ab'M'e, a $30,(100.00 addition to the town’- interJ^n p 'V’ shown ,w n'”' dairy M
This plant is one of the m..«t m - i ' C” 'wv !fi TfS>u u in*t hardy ^
state. Solid cnncrote four;cl r™fJeni an<* complete in the " we hr,if pound „f huttc H
eighty .taw stands' to ba“«7 Fin with five *•> i- *r. while the ,„f the $
ink Placed, however batt?ry is il0w »>c- T kIU" >' *»- f-<*Hbs ,,f &
battery can he supplied if needed fofth!- arra?gea ,hat another 1b" »w<»- prwimtion ^
With r. cotton store,re hsu-r in r-m f c-ommsr cotton season. Tur ”><• Him.« is intie
of excess cotton the plant will i„. ’ . f, °Yer, 0,,e hundred bales "u'r *h»«y-'m- imndred pound* of mnw «
Taft's increased cot ton acr»»tn> ' tv"' ‘‘,en'' sl,aP« to help handle ' !“'r ■v'','r The average pradttetton per
up of prominent farmers of *hIs ,ar#e,*v 1,1 "*'* » imie over eigh- it
the direct mermpernent If s t r. lty and wil1 under twn ........ yon.- 9
ginner. ‘ *' *• carpenter, an experienced ■ mr‘' •'"*«*? ’«»>"* « still |mnr-r di,«v ^
ing. The average production for the
o,unify is ,1 little ,,ver fonrlven dun-j^
‘•"■■'d j.....id*, him iiimnf ilftv-slx pm;.'ids
of hulter '»! per year pep cow In thi- j.
county. T tielfeve that can lie corrected
The Importance af
Education.
At lii(< luNt
Tpnarif
Af. fVJI'Vf** ;n*<i
Migu :
... -riT1 n r;i!T........
Mr i.a«a,or ,.f 1 uitiirrias
Hoads and
•f. Kyi,, of „„,|
s'i ve short ad.lre*M'», which her •
hv adncatlon .ind the only way It can j.
)«• done correctly Is In mir public jj
'- ! •»*. Why not teach our children,
who are going nut inu, the schools
daily, cotton growing, staple crops, and
the live stock Industry. Why not
leach them something nhent theli llf,
Mr. Hi”,! given" .Hin'ti, ...... ,
on All that Is a-essar, of M, « thni appropriation than any other ! 1(1 ♦»»«* third year, the raising of*
..............7rn,on■ pnuitrT*n">*t«.«bt,
' h*™’ Population In the 1,1 ,ht' fourth je«r horticulture and
" «rcat pi.-asurei w«»ca. We will |I; fLls almllar lines of agriculture, and when
f" me to visit the Taft Ranch for a over four hundred thoo- « {m’.v finishes one of these Smith
linmls r "f reasons. I ' ns-t here Ihtsoiih f°F tlie encouragement of ’b^bs* High School he Is prepared to ’
with whom It seems to me I have „ teaching „f ,\gr;,,#|1|| go Into practical agriculture, and
*"tninon understanding. ! am cap* tally '‘'"“"stle science l„ the «<h(s>l„ 0f this »'la work efficiently and economically,
pleased today »t meeting Mr. Uantey And the mm appropriated ' '............’ “ ' '
_ . — ..rj/.upumru by
l ir. The jooplc of this State ought l!*' ^'‘deral tiorernment Is tsdng dup-
I'. knew more of Mr > ssriter and :h. : >■■■ a coimMernnje extent i,v
inounumental w,.rk he has done in ",,r ••w-fi State Government There jM
«'.tahllst.lng lit I . \as the greatest *’!"ig s|s't,t atinmdlv rt„.n n large sum
•lerscy herd In the world and In deve ,,f f«r the development of aKrj.
loping some . r the greatest Indlvldna! ' "It>»r.- dotneatlc sclcnic in what ,s
ci wk that have ever ts—n developed in “n,l''n “a the Smith-Hughes iiigi
........... .. , Sc}f.-:.n in this stale. There are ,‘J.
H Is an csfas ir,: pleasure for me to "indrisl thirty-three white schools |n
come here and «,*■ tin wonderful or- w*l,|h they are giving not i(i,t t>
g>uilgatio;i Hint Mr firun has hrought ''h-nientary coin,, jM g.|ven in th<
nlcmi her,.. 1, S,suits to mi this must [‘"'tiiinon high aiiools hid'|„ „ ^
he the most cutnpleie iigrlciilturnl jm,,rii Inafanecs they nr,, giving
*.rgahixarlot. In the I'nitcd Slates. If !"-ars of well organised, well rn„giir
there I, one more eomplete, acc(,m- j ,tJtr'h ulfural courses. The luw
pushing ns many lines of work In ni'*'*'*“ that a teacher of agricultural
wore successful win. I h,r. tieier seen m<hjects must „ gr,Kjl,l|(|. tf
the place. ,nd 1 li/iv, neve, r-'inl niseit *'Krleuifiiral college, *une stnnda, ]
It nor have I heard anybody tell atsmt ; "Krlt-uJlurai college i, ai^, fir,,vl,j,.'H
it. It Is. therefor,, especially Interest ,h*f '»» of ottr normal selniols can
tng to me t" visit this comniunity. prepare teachers for this work The
Mr, (iris-ii has iiskwl me to wiy u I»‘.i|i'c who an- fi-nehltig this work ar,.
few Words to yell this afternoon nhotit . "''11 prepared p,r the work they-
'lol,‘K 11 is plneing this |i,„. ,'f
Hgrhuitiirtii Instnielion on ipiite a ,nf-
f. lem h«-is from yvhut il is i„ the el
enientnry school,. The work, ns it }„K 1
!""" taught in the elementary schools
so fur hits not Ira n uineh of n sma-ess
laaams,. they have not had the right
kind Of teaehers. a great majority
Of the teachers are young ladles, who
fr"m ,!l" 'bit* oml go „„t Into
' 'bslriot* and retur,, to the
V ",i KrU!*-v !*ftertioon, taking the
I.eais of the eltr out into tin-
fh»* importf*Tii■=• nf nit ujjriotilturn! *h|u
<'atlon. I tiriji|[ probafiiv you van..
wb«f 1 >ji» * #• to «»y « JHtlo
^!tT s*f 1 tirMi. m\nh x.v onr “ itimtlifn
Ijl i - for Vtrq | 2w*!iovo !fi
I»r©< flinl aiiil in grtfDttf ut think'** in a
|»raof!rtl way.
'Vd* hnv* in T»*\nn »1om- »,i fivo
fhoi)*?UHl farina. wn huv«» t liov ro
million a«T*T» »;f h»ihI nt-iioj*
oulfJvatloia to 1!*'AT f!u» v**ar ju^t j*os?,
j»;'o»l «<■*•(! f Ur in «-y^Vh v«Jnofl ftr
luoiG ibfijj ;» v ms tniu l.' ;is fho croj
' ‘ ....." ......................* ' 4 , . ....."?T<> Hi" rnrnj
prothiM-l by thi* noxt ranklM^; '-^Tnifs. „n.| rtlrcx? morn j,j..ns „
:m*l ronshlernhiy nmro ihiin rho nnrf
two nuikiiik wtari**, Lav:, an(|
lUin"U. I lutvt always <*i»| tSwis*-
*rn*at agricultural -rlin;
nrc; hut Tiats, tin eroaf profit ?ijkri-
ruiturjil vjup’r** of -.urs. ),ms fit"
b<\Vf*ml Ilium* sijiivs. That tuouiln that
JikrKUiltntv in T> \as Is of
iuiporfmu i>. \Vh ni > on rntririiltural
"h" ki,4(l "f bats and dresses arc
rr !" "icy import
Us, e tilt urn i ii lorimuion to (hose child-
1 his iy m.t us U should he. The
'•"‘est; i, then as t» hon long wiIt
H"""' h'mlfh-Hughes Hjgl,
svhods .h.,, instruction over* i
’•’"r “ ,r pwf«.l of time 0,1 different
>b;"s of agrle.dim, Is one governed
••I '*' • *» » “ • ■ “ mil •« Hifiiii: ‘ inilLlHi jx
tieople here, and I hfdlevc the pisiplttj !,-v uinn yv„ are going to h;iv,. enough
of Texas, therefore, ought to speak : Hiiinisl ttarhers in agriciduu-, to hike
«u*l think In ngrlenltural terms j ear- ' eletnenlHry agrlciitture a, o
('.■tuing to cd-iMiticn. I h,di ve that j bitight in our public *rhoo)«.
a Ris.il definition of "duenfi.,n Is "The t want to tell v„„ hriefh just how
training for complete living..’ induing the work Is given |» these smith-
yuuiik * bilrircn h*nrn ;!- thoy Hiiffliv
grow older and go out Into life how 1 covers
>i bool*. Where the work
four year is-rlod, it is g,.„.
Ihe more happily, m-re prosperous. | orally divided s„ that the first
tind live more efficiently. I.cfs .....| is given to the afndy of indu's.
I have H[»iketi nlsiut the phases of
the work «s given in our elementary
school*, and high s, loads, and will con-
•bide with the work of our A. A M
• oil. g,.. a step higher, .v great many
lieoplc In this stale have no eomeptlon
of what an agricultural "ducatlon
iTii-ans. They do nut know what can la-
done with an agricultural education
after « laiy g,-ig it. We have a great
tiiiiny hoys coming f,, ,,ur s, toad every
year from the farms over the stale
with definite Instructions to study
anything at the college except agricul- l
tun*, Sui.li iiilvhe in coin,- from par-
ents on a farm or ranch In T-xns. who
made I heir living that way alel have
never done anything else. Il seems to
lne a rather sad state of affairs
These Smith Hughes High Schools arc
g*dng to prepare. In niv Judgement. •»
nnat lo.-al conditions, and 1 heiieie
we arc going to he aid,, to estahllsh
tuiongh of these to torn out u great
mo o' practical and successful farmers
A- A & M. College Is the only school
Of Its kind in the state, that means
t!ii.l the facilities nr- of .nurse limited
arol Ir I,. Impessilde tn turn out a great
number of men who will go into prae-
tlc.il work. A>- we hr ... lieu(I. .[ half
tn.llion (arms i:, this state, when flic
Is.ys are taking olher studios PcsPles
agriculture, it is tmiscssil.l.- for A.. A
M. College !" p; par, all of the pno-i.
cal farmers for rhts stale. They must
tom,, from the puldl. schools prcjiar-
ing first for leudcivliip and then f„r
farm itinnagemen!.
There is a voting mail h rr. Mr, y|.,.
Itov ell. who is J, graduate of on: fn-
atitutlon \V„ are turning out cmli
year a number of men who arc lender*.
Huite a nmrtlier ar ■ going ,mf
chefs, teaching agriciiitnre in college*
Hill! in the Stnit li-i lughc,, High Schools.
Huile A uumiier gr) out a* coiiidy
agents atid extension experts, tttid.
com,- j., contact with practically
nenrily every farmer In that county
In that way c.vtetisloti specialists ,-nn
go Into m-arly cvei.v fattning coin mi m
of this state and come In contact
with the lest farmers of the state,
svhih- working at the experimental
station on problems of Inter,-a |(l (he
| •
cition. and what w,-are doing in Tex t the plant, the study
tig our children in an j (for, of the plant „t ,)w
......... nnnt #H wH ah doing Federal work
low that applies, to agricultural edit-[ try. They start in wTh t'l'm" 't.l'u'"* a,'w* "FricitUnre lines. Home going
tw -study of oat hnslness met, will be closely
!\irr*Tl Hhh wU-u,hlrt'‘ «m! wo m
U iwfiiuu 3n huifliu^ romsts h)o^ with
was A very jdlffe,lent |iarts of tit, plant f wl* °‘C a“rltulnsn,! ,,,1!irs,'s at the Col-
tmiti at that time, hut ! apoke raised on a Wnek land farm near \u* 1T’’ Thte Ji* ,iy fur the greatest asri-
the State Teachers' As*,elation mi ; Hi. and 1 grew up to manhood chop
miliortar.ee of teaching agriculture ping cotton and corn on n farm with
the public schools ,.f this state, out ever stopping to think how ,i,o
f w«* rhf
.....mi ninth »?«»«’ *h-
first public utterance. »« cotton oho,. ;,ml the corn plan, came !.
Id thu si/ih* iii i*•■»?#» evi'tono.. «....» i ... iS/oifT
as I know in tin* state in behalf
teaching agriculture tn our pul,li-
lt has net n just twenty y,-«r«
the subject of agriculture iva*
Intriwhiesj into our seinsil* atvl
a hundred rhottsitnd children
the schools of th, state ar,. being
it! elementary agriculture.
1-b tin l’nleru! flovernment
1 what was known a» the Sratth-
HlU. ''-(ting aside a certain
to Is- increased each
o'f-r a period of eight years, for 1
cullnra) state in the fnlon, n state
where every Indent is either directly
f,r Indirectly interested itt agriculture.
Every Imy who |s going f„ )»<■„„„. „
into existence and how It grew and
without having nay idea whatever of
.mything; that could lie don,, to |hn?
phi.-i; to oenefit it in !Uiy way. Aiut
this i* a ?oo,| ex am pi, - of th, wflv M(
li«vc been bringing up ttu
this state, In these schools then in the
'first yetir the clil!d !,* taught ahout -
Plant j f";; 1
tn the « end year. Instruction Is
given along nttitua) luisbimdry Hues,
* hiring that year they get full Instruc-
tion on i,|) the different phases of
or stock raiser should know
.'•otut'ihilig about agriculture \„j
banker or business nmn Is ten times a
le-tter hanker or business mat; where
ho has an ucrtcnRural A'ditcnrion
children " i,h n than tie
11 rt | would t«- had he
• » “"''mu IWHSPjt OJ
purpose nad pro rated on the basis j animal husbandry, bwf cattle, dairy
/rth'nri'Nl koju<- olher
kind of I n.*tt It sit lot, „m( |w,j
literary tsluoiition, i,
subject that I* going to have tt direr
bearing «n his llf- work. Merchant*
here naturally sell their go,vis to
termers ami if they art* wise they
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Clark, W. S. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1924, newspaper, May 15, 1924; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth712221/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Taft Public Library.