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Texas Farm and Industrial News'
VOLUME 8
SEASON IS OPEN FOR J.P.
RACE; LIST OF ENTRIES
STIRS LOCAL INTEREST
SEVERAL ASPIRING GENTLEMEN
QUALIFIED FOR IMPORTANT POST
Sentiment Early Crystalizes on Candi-
date Who Declines to Enter Run-
ning—Discussing the Entries.
Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, Texas, Friday, January 9, 1920
NUMBER 12
farmi'i* Vote and may land the office,
' : the- weather on election' (lav is 1111-
■ a v.•>-•,! !c sir -plowing.
, A- *'• Jackson went to Ritditm.nl ws-
t'‘i !:;\ itnd.'o' l iii-uiHstancnf, that gas o
i i sc to the re port thill he tools nil a>
■pi rant 1'oi- tlie place. Mr. Jackson is a
newcomer. in our, midst, lint is already
vvejl- and favorably known to the coyi-
uiuuiby. lie is -aid t6 phv siea ll.v: favor
th wfainous Hoy lo an who was known ns
the •‘law west o.f the 1‘ee.is." It it
should turn oat that Mr. Jackson as-
pires to he f he ,•• law encf ,,c t|u. lirav-
os he 'will lie a inr.n ida 1 do candidate,
ills tu-ws|/aper eoiuiia t ions are such as
Id- give him piibHcitv ail1, a id ages liver
opponents.
A dark Imrse, also I; n. vvn as the lilac It
T. li. Drown, majia
vinegar and mix
SPINACH HARVEST ON; Wail Street Journal Predicts
FINISH CANE GRINDING a Prnsnero.is New YW /
**?
ipw DIVERSIFIED. CROPS HELP
i'O MAKE iaUGAR LAND FAMOUS
Gross. Returns Pfer Acre Estimated At
Seau.os and Much Larger Planting
Is Planned for Next Year.
MAKING TWO BLADES OF
a Prosperous New Year Ahead VALUABLE GRASS GROW
iNPLACEOF ONE MENACE
Political infer.es/ in Sugar Lnfl'd is
centered tit present utt a successor to A.,
f. Sundermeyer, who. resigned a# .ius
tice of the- peace tor precinct No. -1.
While there are no active entries in the
race quite a number of prominent as-
pirants are -quietly testing out public'strap camlidat
sentiment to determine whether or Ubt gcr of the sales in th
their hats shall go .in the ring. ed feed departments of t|u- Sugar La nil'
First choice of the community tfuHy Mamifacturitig < ompanv. lie is known
crystalized on that sterling citizen, Col. J as a good mixer nudj, good fellow.
W T Kldridge, whose long residence j -A report that lx. K. Edwards, mantt-
here lias so greatly endeared him to the j get" of the Scaly Mattie- Company,
It was felt that hg ! had designs on the ..office speedily led
| to the comment that lie already has the
| “softest ’’ swap in Sugar Land, and
alliances, were i f- 't while, his air process is fine for
interests of
flip iiipi
•tiri tfip last
loyal citizenship,
was the ideal man; t'of < the • place.
Young ladies of the community, looking
forward to entangling alliances, were
of Mr,
Indicating the diverse’
Sugar 1 and- I inliistries is
deuce this week of sllijip
consignment of line s, rup and the first
: oimigniheiif , > spinach. Knell if.■ iti i-
of sufficient, importance t.o justify a
separate story, hut the cniitcideii.-o sug
gi sts their joint treatment.
i liree cars of spinach .make up the
record for the first vvee-k-'s shipments, -
They are consigned to St. Louis, hut
will radiate fro Mi there in smaller pack'
ages into a large territory.. Spinach
expectancy lor the season is g’T cars,
1 ach car made up of Siltt bushel hysket-s
(if a total of ‘JO,tltju baskets which are
expected to net a: minimum of *1 per ]
’' ''■•' "ptomistic view •ni' conditions siuchtln-iing the Migqt; (..Tie i
' ' “lr is tllkeu by tlie Wail Street -lout nn I, w hv,m. es the goner;;'
" 1 !l ;1' 8Wr comp,allies will etlj >v the mast jirosp, • . ,..... , p,.,,•
111,1 •'oanial points our that Sugai producers will* most direct Lv
J" from the prevailing high prices tor the commodity, increased pm
*r-tr';.-<cwrH“S|s higher pines will 1. n I |., ill. reuse . si ij.\'u e.piyl
ppliinistn is Mium led with reference to refine,. ., which the .loin,in!
Imoe ha 1 satisfactory profit s'YtrfrW t h, prec.-d itig \ ,j, r. Melting.,
■ esfiuiated-at h.-t'iijo.iititi toms) Jam
p»*r emit'm « r l'.ls's tut;!!
1,1 |:u to tin* Journal, i ha. t !.;* iv: m*
' i' Mian tin* 1 • I roilt-< al''-\r i ,| !;• mt v<
‘ ..ition Ilufu’i.l.
v ■ -ssiiiu t In* sit itat ion .wit-1
imw ('uJifin t.rnn at
EXPERT SOLVES PROBLEM OF
JOHNSON AND COA COA GRAS"
Dottblo Crops' Re1 It From Dee; Plow
ing and Proper Cultural Methods
Show Big Fill...trial Returns.
'1'
I to
He
to
•Th'
among
basket, or a total of .fjoyn.io gross re
the earnest advocates of Mr." Mi dig, it would be a doubtful utility r turn for the clop, which-has beep grown
Eldridge for the officii positon which, :|i the office of a w ideaua ke oft'iein I. Jen .'hi acres of land, none of which is
would authorize Him to celebrate the I imsual interest was aroused by the j ope whit different from the thousands
ceremony called nmiriihtmy. Speeders jrumor that Mr. (1. If Ulrich, general j of acres which make up the rich sec
felt that lie would deal leniently wit lit manager of- the Industries, is about to i tion of the Brazos Valley,
them, as lie is an experienced autoist unleash a long cherished ambition for' This represents a gross return of
and knows how difficult it is at time to public preferment. It is now charged per acre] Farmers who.are ac
“step on the gas with absolute ieg.t. that he has quietly tot years stocked custogied to computing acreage returns
'Sugar Land with Sehiilenburg voters,, from cotton and corn may well be stag
and at the present contest may yet i K,bv these
w itness “ colonization'' ’ plntts tm a sc iie
not heretofore suspected.
Judge Andrew M. Waugh,"a political
prodigy who once carried tin* suffrage i
of Fugle Lake iit, his vest pocket, has
il
i roteretire to
l.Md'.tlOl) tons
season, 1.1) ill.•lease of L.’ per eeljt.
I'esIing_c.ouipurisoiIS of prices are, ci-m ),
is now quiited at about IJ cents cost and iieia
cangiii:; down to \"iO s,7.i for distant lnot.iths,
1,1 L ", b. Cuba paid for Inst season's erop 1
h ard, equivalent to about d.llO cents,■cost and
m,vstVsfj>iiil'icant finding made by the Journal
sugar indicates a continuation of average priei
Ja-t tvVp'years tiiicler gov ernment control,
tons. I t
;i griii’VHJ Iti’lit T,
I lie problem of making two
1 *rc» ti ta
. ii is
i i k«* 1 \ t-o it n t • i n ju
ble blades of gl ass g. c, c, wile ■
"lie im
* * v I'u
ti
1
Ti*
pis T i t a ble grew before has Ins
1 Veil
.‘it Sugar l.atu.l by experiments
1 mi tiiu
ni w; s 11 “ :.i r*
‘.’.the ctUivnh! esti-
! 111 perial lii 1 ins, vv hicli invlmle „
I'OUt Il\
'•'l.ljlii I I’d I
w |t li .'1,9(17,1100 t't 11
111 11 acres of rieli lira/os River
1 wit t mu
I^snevv crop for the world at I <>,<>( lO.OOfi tons,
’ Lit’ the record of the last pre-war vear. I
lia-le ate still mure pesimistic with r.efer.i,mo
■• d otirn.'i I. cn| n i-;t
lit for tntned-ale ship
.1 lies, prices com pare
■ the Siigar-Fqiinli/a
fiviglit -‘hasis, .
' llnil I hr w orld short
■S ,w ell a'l.TTVthe lev els
illelt y (!rtiv estimate
ise of more I linn J.ililn,
a,il-. whereon small pntidie-
•oii artrl t'o:i t.'oa grasses' ha vm
I • -e , , pet intent s aros,- ,e
...............Ittcled by i 'lia.rh. ■
I'cieiv anil spinach expert’
of John-
appeared.
ut ot op.
\ idlenga,
ol Hugh r
I Industries. They were tried out
he uiggestiou of W . 'I. Kldridge,
dent ot the'Sugar Land h’nilvvnv,
for years engaged in river bat -
iguies by the British hoard of
to vv or]H -.tipply.......i'lii'se fig
tin s esfitnttte a decline in„tbe-world '(tnfput "iVf ah.
-MU-:;-kh j.
bout J„. (Kljhhl tons from
accuracy.
It was oven hinted that it lie could
bo induced to take the office lie might
follow the‘precedent set by the redoubt-
able Outer Van Twiller, who, as the
first burgomaster of Xevv Amsterdam,
tried only a single law suit. The plain-
tiff had an account against the defend- j *«»'- *'»>" »>«'<■« i» •'«»>• con,mum -,
ant The defendant had an offsetting! **'»' A- ArnoM. secretary of the
-^nm^F^-redtiuhtable Ontu , mint ml; Stnti'-repnbJkam-vmmmiT, to whul
the piues on which each accounf was | !>««•** '•»* »ot been disclosed. It is no.v
recorded. He found the pages identical' "‘"'..glv suspeeted that he. too, is ex
in number. He therefore dismissed the I periencing a reutta tssaiice of politic,.!
cause of action and ordered the consta^J ambition, such
ble to pay the costs.
But Mr. Kldridge has dashed to the
ground these hopes of the romantic,;
the perambulating and meroenary, by
refusing to allow his name to be con-
sidered. He declares he has been nearly
figures, which, how
ever, are not at all -.exceptional for
spinach, nor indeed are they exceptional
when compared with returns from other
crops which are helping to make Sugar
Land famous, ‘notably celery anil cab-
bage, nil likewise flowers, such ns
tube rosep gladiolas and "carnations."
as at one time caused
hint to lock , horns with George Fnniter
Burgess of congressional fame. Waugh
threw a scare into the democrats of the
old Ninth district, but the democrats
•if Xngni l.o. ml 'Ti, o ill,. L of r; ■ i in ,
j stuff. Besides it is urged against him
... . I that he only claims a Sugar Land resi
everything except a politician and htmj^..... f|( t(> „ Houston ta-xa-
aspired to nearly everthing except pulw^.^
lie office. Kurthermore, he is “as still
as the walks of ancient night with
reference to his choice to till the va
cancv.
Next in line for the place is W. T.
Eldridge, Jr., an ideal candidate in
many respects, representing a second
edition of what may be designated es-
tablished tradition, and combining in
demeanor tb-e geniality ot the -Aiuntrv
witli the grace of the city. It is felt
in some circles, however, that, his inflex-
ible rule of justice will prevent his en-
tering tlie contest. It is known that he
has recently Ter-ome the owner of a
Ford limousine of high gear, which at
times absolutely refuses to be restricted
by speed laws made and provided. Mr.
Eldridge, should he yield to the impor-
CAPTAIN BROOKS PICKS
WINNER AT WRESTLING
JOE KOPECKY TAKES TWO OUT
OF THREE FALLS FROM BURNS
Bout Is in Fast Time—Masked Marvel
Loses Latter Part of His Title.
Charlie Davis Is Present.
Joe Burns, mat artists, once known
as the “masked marvel," still has the
mask but is mi longer the marvel,
Joe Kopecky, Sugar Land’s crack
from all of which returns frequent!'
equal and sometimes excel tlie spinach
figures.
Finns are now in the making by
which the acreage planted to spinach
will lie increased front 30 to JOO acres
tor next year’s crop. Necessary drain
age lias been provided and a system
t b.rb-atjnn' *ov in. ■ *nf«‘irph>.t'' jt.
will ultimately greatly- increase pro
duct ion, not alone of spinach but of
the variety of soil products which
grow so abundantly in this section tin
eder. proper' cultural methods.
Last of the Sugar Cane.
This week the big thousand-ton
| sugar mill ceased to throb with the
I energy of grinding 3a,000 tons of cane,
which is about ail the cane grown
! within the vicinity of Sugar Land. Tlie
lust of the 000,000 gallons of syrup lots
poured from the boiling vats into the
waiting tank cars. *
It reqtiir^i about twenty-five days
: of steady operation td . complete the
cane grinding season. Thgj big mill is
; novv inactive, but not'Tor toiigj as plans
are being workeij, out by which it can
be utilized as an auxiliary unit to the
j refinery which it adjoins. The refill
cry, it should lie stated for the benefit
Wilson Wants Treaty Made
Campaign Issue; Bryan Objects
Ih- 111 mil heralded Jackson Day dinner in Washington, intended to fur
""h tJig keynote in the National campaign, brought disappointment to
loose democrats who expected a positive declaration from Fresident Wilson
«*n the issue of the third term.
Nli. Wilson mode no mention of his plans, confining his messa^o largely
to a discussion of the league of nations and coming squarely out in favor of
this being a Vamjitiign issue...........—----
A iiiiatn J. Bryan, in his address, squarely apposed the president
Me said in effect that the democrats .cun not afford to slum
C\ ell
voiild necessitate a senate made up of two thirds of
In this paragraph Fresident Wilson summed up liis
i i* vv s.
in the respon
di!ity for delay which already rests so heavily upon the republicans, lie
■aid'maf ing the pence treaty a campaign issue would mean a deluv of
onrteen months, and that even then for the democratic view to prevail
etnocnits,
up li is views mi t lie peace ’
reiity:
( I' ‘be senate wish 's to st,y. vvliat the uniloubti'd meaning f the treat''.
1 si,all ha v e no objection. 'IT e re can be Ho'reasonable objection to inter
pretations accompanying the act of ratification itself. But when the tic.ate
, is- acted upon I must know whether it means that we have ratified or i,e
jeeted it. We can not rewrite this treaty. We must take it without change*
which alter its meaning or leave it. and then, after the rest of the world
has signed it, we must face the iiiitbiuknlde task
kiiiil of tnmt v witli (.iurmfiny. * *
Smi rraiicisuo watT sH(*ut<*(l ;in ilio Nat ional i-oiivnut ion'.-it \ ami .Imic
a^ flic ilatr* of tin* vuntion.
r tin* rust ot tin* \\i»
f making anotlicr srparati*
wrestler, took the title away from
turiitv of his friends and eccept tbe.r£,; »»n.s JlLJ^gr UFltT, Wllllting. jJLlJlidUl'mnslei'.Ts of-ikgaf Laud, does
sponsible positon of J. F. for Sugar two out of three fails in I •) minutes for j „0t def)(>n(1 t(„. its SUpply of raws on
the cane crop of South Texas. In fact
the entire cane erop would not keep
Land, might be called upon at any mo the first ami 40 minutes for the thir l,
ment’to docket himself. Knowing his, I‘«' »*ed a toe hold in the first ami a
inflexible rule of .self-discipline his | combination body ami toe hold in u.e
friends say he would deal out such second diyision of the exploit,
stern justice to himself as might make Burns won his single fall with a leg
the office unprofitable. hold* employing the same tactics which
A likely and likable candidate is Mr. defeated Kopecky on q former o ca
E. F. Cole, who already has a chain of
titles which make that of Justice of the
Peace aprtear short, if not ugly, to para-
phrase Colonel Roosevelt. Mi-, t ole is
now manager of sales for the Imperial
Sugar Company, manager of the Ini
perial Brokerage Company.
sion.
Burns was the favorite in the bet-
ting. When the referee announced Ko-
pecky as the winner a big shout went
up from the shortemlers.
Among tlie ringsiders were Col. W.
traffic jT. Kldridge and. ('apt. W. M. Brooks,
it was hinted that the latter .lei.I Let t>!
on the outcome1; ami the way ."lie shout
ed ‘‘come oil Joe," left few in doubt
us to his choice of champions.
Another mat enthusiast who had a
"close up" was Charles Davis, secre-
tary of the Faber Mercantile Company
at Kldridge. and generally known as tin*
dancing wonder west of the Brazos. Mr.
Davis was a guvst of the Kldridge',
for the event. After seeing a mention
ni the match in jin; News.lie made the
trip to Hugiir Land for the single, sole
and happy purpose ol being present.
manager for the Sugar Land Industries,
and manager of the Auditorium. His
versatility is solicit, however, as to leave
him odd moments in which to investi-
gate such encounters as may occur and
adjust such difference in tasth, under-
standing, disposition or finance as may
arise. Alt. Cole is recognized, as SKI de
gree test. If he enters the race he is
sure to receive the Hone-Dry as well as
the Bone-Black vote.
Mr. Joe Barlow, manager of Sugar.
Land Manufacturing Company, meets
the acid test of official requirements.’
His extreme youth is.,the ope thing urged
against him. lie meets this objection Mr. W. T. Kldridge, Jr., vice presi-
by saying that extreme youth is prefer- Rent of the Sugar Land Industries,
able to “old jokes," and refers to the vjsted Sait Antonio’ Wednesday, re
opposition a* coming principally from turning Thufsdav, not finding the lure
the vinegar department, which is an of the Alamo City a sufficient mag-
other wav of refering to sour grapes. 1 net to hold him longer away front the
• the big refinery in operation more than
one week out of the year. Its-supplies
of raw sugars all eome'from'Cuba, while
the Texas cane crop bought by the
Sugar Lund Industries goes into cane
syrup.
NOVEL SCORE CARDS ARE
FEATURE AT CARD PARTY
One of the lovliest affairs of the sea
son was the beautiful bridge party
with which Mis. W. T. Kldri Igc, .It.,
entertained a number of Sugar Laud
ladies Hafurtlay afternoon, compliment
ing Mis. WTjT. Kldridge, Sr. The rooms
were attractively decorated witli ferns
anil, carnations. Five Hundred was th'
diversion oj tlie evening, the fits! prize,
a box of beautiful hand made handkci
chiefs being won by Mrs. llonrv Herder.
The consolation jui/.e, a loveh lingeri
vt, w cat to Mrs. T. C. < 'arson.
Farmers Want Land Bank to
Have Enlarged Loan Power
Important uetioit fvas taken at Houston Haturdav when seid-etaries and"
,. treasurers ol National harm Loan Association adopted a resolution calling
"Poll Congress ,to increase iiiamimiiin loans by the Federal Land Hank ,,f
l^xas trout *Ht,0ii0 to fJo.OljO. Texas rnngres'-inen and -entilors are urged
-H to support such legislation. The resolution declare^ that many farmers ate
now unable to borrow from the Federal-Land Bank in excess of one-fifth
the value of their lands and that they are frequently ;nt,ccd to borrow from,
private agencies rtf trtglicr 1 fa tW f if ’TUTTT l' sri ft is-further clrtmteH tdrnf-.
these private agencies arc given the same privilgege.s with reference to tax
free bonds as are accorded tlie Federal land bunks. These joint, stock asso
editions a-e authori-ed to loan a maximum amount of *37,.'(Hi to one mis
tomcr on practically the same amortization used by the land bauks,
blit at a higher interest rate, The Federal Land Bank hits already vastly
beuefitted the farmers of Texas, and its enlargemiqit.along the lines iudi
eafed appears Io lie desirable,
England Buys Cuban Raws at
One Hundred Per Cent Advance
Alt increase of 100 per cent in the price ,,t Culmn raw sugar is apparent
in the piireha'se just made by the British go\enimei.it jit II cent's f. o. 1.
Gtilm, which is exai7fty, double the I J cents paid by the United State,
Kquali/ation Board of Cuban raw of last vent 's crop. K■ i■ • I;in I i- c<
ited with having bought approximate’v lo.opo tom;, the trails,icttion beiim
one of the iTtrgcst in new crop sugars, and involves above I per cent
the entire erop. That Klirope's l.uv .ng powei is |,y m nCiins exlmimted,
despite disadvantageous ex,-|iange rates, is indicated f tIn- statement that
payment for these sugars calls for *10,000,000, 1
f r i <
ol' tlie bride and
Kegrnbrectit, <J. Bnggcsc^K I’. < 'oh-, | gajf heri^ig ot'
Stanley Blum, Henry Herder, I’aul groom.
Schumann. F. V McLaughlin, B. Var Kvi"-vl,odv here Dyes Lie <;r, n
,>1"’ "! "'Hlcretf ot tlie Tutsi con-. M:iu, T.'i . 4 )*r«on, ftitis Herder, William his winsome bride. T|)t.v },a vt. h j(,
test which received nymy compliments |irooks, J. II.* Fowler, L. F„ Drier and five t|„. diurcl, work and social Hm
beautiful hand painted wore <>. c. if,.j,(rich of Sugar 1.ail'd, and Miss of tl,
Whitmore of Houston, and Misses Vera
Teagiii' and Anna Watson of Htigar
Lund, and Miss Hegeitbreclit of Srnly.
Captain W. M. Brooks would bo a
most formidable cnmlidate were it not
for the handicap of Ids name which
•ound* strangely like that of n candi-
date for governor several year* ago
saccharine delights of Sugar Land.
Mr. and Mrs. A. U. Jackson announce
an informal reception Monday evening
begtnaiaf 7:30 honoring their son,
platform sounded like “elvittw-! Mr. Ben Jackson, and his bride, former
booze and petticoats have knocked ly Miss Hattie Mae Mtodghill. The
However, < aptain inni'iinge occurred Thursday at Rovso
solidly »up|»orted by the'('Jty Texas,
was th
cards representing Kcsvpiils with their
filers cunningly devised by the'use ot
penrl buttons with thread, holes reprw
renting eyes. A few* strokes of the
paint brush had eoaverted each button
into a winsome and ehurming little face.
The idea is an entirely new one in score
cards and bids fair to become widely
adopted by hostesses whose well di
lected thoughtfulness is always reflect
cd in the pleasure of guests.
A delimits salad tutirse with sand
widies was served at the conclusion of
the game. '
Those enjoying the hospitality of the
evening were Mesdntues L. F. I,tiller, A.
t ra i t s
Th,
i. It,
ouiiiiin'ity, and their spllmdid
ol eb.Vae.ter a,;e well known,
groom is sf,a of Mr nn,j yj,.
t i>m I a nil tug-on ■ a Imge settle and who.
- ,r,o b ett.v.ily-i-HG’i est ed in t'tiiin lands.
Mr.' I Uli'idge liad .observed through
the 'years Unit Johnson and. Loa-Coa
grasses were rapidly .spreading over the
rich river bottom .soils,’ crowding out
vegetation turd every other rlmrarter
find ruining vast stretetTeslit land for
agrictilt it, ii I purposes. At the same
time the grass aretis were too widely
spaced lo make profitable grazing or
liny producing areas. This condition,
especially witli -reference lo Johnson
grass, was and is more or less general
throughout the State, being bv tlo
means a problem local to the fiver sec
-t ions. In laet the Johnson gross iqcii
lire Inis taken rank with the boll wee
vil and oilier pests and lias "been the
topi of vvliat MaentileV would describe
as "intrigues in Hie palace and debates
in the pari in m cut.'' Johnson grass -lias,
been a emit inning issue ill the Texas
legislature, ami it will doubtless be
I oil ltd on the docket of the Texas Rail
road < nmmissioii. Texas railroads have
been yjetitnizeil by it to the extent of
damage suits claiming that Johnson
grass.along the right of way has spread
| to adjoining lands, and in the bright
; lexicon of the rail-boat'd there are reg
.illations requiring rail rights of wav
. to lie trimmed, singed and otherwise
‘ manietired against this insistent and .
i persistent pest.
| Having known Mr; Johnson \ grass,
both as a farm operator and raiinad
executive, Mr. 'Kldridge has studied its
aspects as a problem and its possibili
ties as a plot it, and lias solved tlie one
and is prepared to pocket the other,
j He has not patented Hie process, ami
w ill demand no ’ royalties for its use.1
Tim formiilji is simple ami the results
a re sure.
I’lie I'onnilln by which Johnson grass
, is converted from a liability to an as
set does not involve intricate book-
keeping ((f tec It i iil'ii J bulletins. Its situ
pier tflail the rule ol three ami as plain
lis t in' nose on t lie, face of one of II, ,.s
ton 's notable citizens, who lots written
and pnblisjieil a charming poem thereon.
I he formula, in brief, involves deep
plowing, together with a duplication of
crops, with fencing sufficient for the
area mi ler attack.
. In the experiments, conducted by. Mr.
' \ elliUigu <Iiup plows are used, requiring
: three to four mule teams.1' On harder
LsijuiI- tractor plows will doubtless give
jtlic_best results. The plowing under
ni the Johnson glass is done in Octo
lie¥■■ I lie freshly plowed soil is then
• l'b'.nte.l to spinach, cabbage cr am
other winter mat tiring crop, This win
ter erop is harvested in Jau.qa’rv. Hv
. late l ebruarv or early Miircli tlie .Trilln
’ son grass has come back and is readv
for pasture. Here begins the spring
ami summer efn of fat cattle and lings.
I One acre of Johnson grass w ill fatten
and keep fat live head of dairy cattle,
oi' Liteon hogs. The ,pasture season
mis through to October, ami then fol
lows again the deep plowing and the
planting of winter crops.
I’rofifs arising from these winter
crops are always large. This month
(■ reeo,
GREEN WEST WEDDING
\ wedding which calls forth tin*
heartiest good wishes of t his Comniiinity
was eoiisutnate,i Sunday, January I,
when Robert K, Lee Greet, and Mis*
Ia,ttie Florence West were married at
the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
iind Mrs. M. W. West,pm the Richmond
, ad Rev, 'I. iJohnston, pastor nf
ti ,' Frosbyterinn chur^li, performed the
11 any in the pieseii, c „f a large
•‘"Uigur Laud qpinaeh slijpmeiits are be
s. j ing made oil a basis that (lives a gross
»."•! sl"‘n* » year in Fram e1 return of nearly *700 ait acre from the
, " ri,"",y ,li8 ......... I bind. Returns from cabbage
r.V; a; ,, tm.mber the Three Hundred wgrtli, *!<j<) a ton, approximate the
fifteenth Supply Train in the Ninetieth j fig
Division >101-,' Ins return from the j five year* of aneh metbpds will entirely
r Vth ,hC 1 * Johnson grass......I leave „,c
fercanDle ompany.bnt resigned „ few soil free for growlnfe ‘food crops "
days , auo to incept Mr. VeUengn V " 1
proposition to not tn _______,.;^ .
same
three to
frflc for growl up
accept
|M.t in some camhjnnfiq.n_j_£njrnge erpps, Amdhirr uVpemneu, t'ried
tuMn um! dtiiry Hurts and will conduct, out ^ r" 1
tffO “f tIi(inj(m thin V#»Al\ « I
Miss Imogcnc Ireaon wont to Whnr
ton to spend Monday,
here with reference to Johnson
grass shows that by lining mixed with
; Moulton grass it will within a reason
; able short time become KU aiiuunl in
•tend of h perennial.
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Jackson, A. D. Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1920, newspaper, January 9, 1920; Sugar Land, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth821830/m1/1/?rotate=0: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .