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COTTON MTEMIELL HHK1CTS OP TUB UOVKH.V- MKXT X1CPOHT ON FAMM. RESOLTDF FERTILIZER I 1HUWIVU TJIK GA1X MADE ON k-LAT WITH 11ETTEH CVL- TU1U3 TUA-V OTIIBBS. COISIDEUILE PROFIT SMI Uanaver Hepovta He Cleared Hundred More Tliitn br Ordltutry TO THD Nnwp. Terrell, Jan. following -uu- vance sheets of the Government report on the demonstration farm here, made by ir.

S. A. Ivnapp. special agent of the Asrl- oultural Department at Washington, under supervision the farm was operated, liave juat been received In thia city: Prof. W.

G. Spillman. Director of Karm a)emonstratlons, and Prof. A. J.

Pletcrs. Uotanlst In Charge of of Seed and Plant: Gentlemen--Permit mo to place he- fore you a detailed report of the Porter demonstration farm at Tdtrcll, for the year 1903. method of organization is Rivon because it may provu of value. I have called it a "community demonstration farm." Respectfully, 3. A.

KNArP, Lake Charles, Dec. 31, 1903. Community Demonstration Farm. The- following successful plan of organizing a demonstration farm along 1 popular lines, and In an inexpensive way, was tested at Terrell In 1903 upon tho farm of Walter C. Porter.

Early in January of that year F. B. McKay, general pasyenger agent of the Texas Midland Mullroad, C. PORTEH, Superintendent ol' Porter Demonstration Farm, Terrell, Texas. aaktd the- United States Department of Agrlcnlture to establish a demonstration farni at Terrall, The correspondence waa referred to me and I replied thai the department had no funds that could be used for ft farm In that section and I regarded this as final.

Later, however, after tome correspondence, it waft sited by Mr. aicKay that the community would furnish any funds necessary, provided the United States Department of Agriculture would tho work and take the farm under full control. On tlw 24th day of February I visited Terrell, addressed a meeting of citizens und orgatiUed a demonstration farm upon the 'following plan: 1. Bight practical men, mostly farmtrs, by mass mealing to act as an executive and advisoryr committed full authority. 2.

Tha people subscribed a sum of money sufficient to guarantee that any contract by the committee would be carried S. One of the best ana most reliable of thai lection, Walter C. Porter, selected to conduct the upon farm. HP WHS to strictly SM instructions given by the Department, of Agriculture and If the result that he lost by the change from methods he had formerly employed he to be lully reimbursed for such out of the fund subscribed by citizens of Terrell. 4.

It if the Intention the first year merely to teat the varieties and to investigate the effect of fertilizers, of cultivation and planting without any special attempt to produce Targe crops, leaving for lubusiuent yuara when sure of soil conditions. It waa also considered wise to limit the testa to tho ordinary farm crops the country. The Fmriu. 3. The demonstrations covered about seventy acres of moderate rolling, light, sandy loam upland, underlaid with clay at a jdepth of about two and a half feet.

It had been planted to cotton or corn every fteaaon for twenty-eight years without any commercial fertilizers und -without the use of any renovating" crops except upon pfat No. 2, which was planted corn and cow peas the preceding year, Nearly all humua had been removed from the soil of this farm by successive cropping ujutl both the corn and cotton an Impoverished condition. The enUro tract was plowed In January about 4H Inches deep, with an ordinary turning plow. This was prior to tne or- ffinisation of tho demonstration farm. About thirty-seven acres In all planted ia cotton divided Into nine plats or seMi.

Just before planting: the land was CTOBH disked and harrowed. U'he cotton seed was planted one inch deep In thraa and one-half feet apart. The planting drill was followed a roner prwseO. the soil after the seed -was covered The cotton canm up in five or after planting May I to 3 It was harrowed and in about twelve davfc it side harroved and cultivated. May 15 to II It was cuoppcd to eighteen Inches, then plowed.

It was plowed thereafter once ft twelve days till Aug. i. All plat, cultivated the name. Table attMU of fertlltutlon. all planted April II to 21: Kr.t to buuiuU, fertlllwr.

the ivsult of i i I pounds Mf i per MiTf ol ll.i.*. i i i ut Ilir i i tin- i i hi- vt-: i i i show:) i i 0 i bj- 1 Tlic i i i a i i I hi- uel i-ridH nil b.U 1.1: u.x; I all i i In "Kit J. iiiiiindu be ojvdlt.Ml to tlu- i wnulil Bhuw ut 1 jH-r ticiv, at i i dui-inj; the yk-ld i cost i'f Ii i.y i i i i a musi'lii' 1 in i for tiu i i i i i i i prev yi'iir th The boll i i crop, CouiimrlMoii i tiuliT Ordinary i i i i i i tlic t-ast of i a lUljoiniiti; Ik-Ul of pivcisuly simil.ir yiiil ami dr.ihKiHi'. only it h.id prudnced but erops the virgin a tnu-t Wo liuve ile- algnuU'd as Jlt-ld A. I wus in i i was planted to Kowdeii cut- ton tind was i a i in ln ordi- a way i tho uso of iVrtlUzt-rs.

Tho yk'lil on i i tract was ten bales of or IM J-3 pounds of per as iiM.ilM.st 3-0. pounds per aerr on plat I of demonsiratlon farm anil 414.1 poundu of pint '1, tain of ItJO pounds per acre, or. plat 1, and a a i of nounds, worlli JiS.SO, on plat No. 1', due to the belter i a i iind moderatq ust of tllizera. i per acre would suin'l to the credit of tlu a i fields if the soils of equal i hut as stated, thoy were not.

Tho adjacent HP Ms were comparatively new and rich in humus. It was far a i plats i or 2. On the northwest of the demonstration a is another tract of land, a rich sanely loam, hud been in i a i only abntu four years, here designated field B. It was a to Rowdeu cotton seed and given good common cultivation, but, no fertilizer used. Tho product 1 was one bales off acres, or 101.54 pounds of i cotton per acre, showing a Knin in favor nf demonstration plat 1 of 105.12 pounds per acre, worth and la- a of plat 2 of 253.

SO pounds, J30.W, due to intense cultivation and the use of some fertilizer. The comparison of the demonstration plats with these lields A and shows what proportion of this ijain is due to cultured methods and what to fertilizers. We have shown the gain in plat 1 over Held A to be" ti9.20'aml over neld to be $19.81. It has also been shown that the- amount to be credited to fertilizer on plat 1 was per acre. Deduct this and It leaves 111.09 to be credited to plat 1, as compared with field A and 111.71 to be credited to pint 1 compared with fluid on account of better tillage.

The cultural values as compared with plat 2 can not be made because the effects of culture and fiMttilizer were not separately tested on plat 2. The above results may be tabulated as follows for the Rowdeu Total Ibi Pint. Culture-- 1 Imp. vulture .33.66 2 Imp. culture .414.04 5 A Lbs.

per awv (-ain a ovt-r A. i Dai in value, orer B. 166 19.30 Ili5.ll! 9J.H 11.W n.tll Jture Not fertilized. Due to Tin? to i-ul- iliac r. ture ovtr rielO A.

tnre onr iWU H. 8.11 11.09 Due to in-r 11.71 19.81 8.11 30.J4 11.71 noticeable a the fertilizer and cultural had a much greater effect upon some varieties thun upon others; the Rowdeu and the Gibbon proving much more In this respect than the Rui- Big Boll or the Storm Proof, Fertilizing hastened maturity about ten days. The land planted to corn received precisely the same preparatory treatment as that given to the cotton lands and on March 26 It was disked, cross disked ami harrowed, and on April 4-3 was planted in corn, Inches deep, five teot apart. The following varieties were used: Native Texas corn. Wonder, Heed's Yellow Dent and White Pearl.

The corn came up April 12. On this clutc there was u. heavy hull storm, which damaged It badly. Cultivation commenced May 1. was thinned to a stand of eighteen inchei In the row.

Cultivation was repeated once In ten till June 15. At thU date the stalks averaged four and one-halt feet high, when a severe wind blew 50 per cent 'of them fiat acrosa the rowa, preventing all further cultivation. Most of the stalks blown down Old not recover and were a total loaa, besides preventing any further teat of cultural methods. Three hundred pounds of fertilizer per acre was applied to a portion of the farm. The fertilizer was composed of equal parts of cotton, seed meal and potash compound (before mentioned).

It was applied 100 pounds at planting (drilled with the seed), 1UO pounds on the aldea of the rows at time of first cultivation and 100 bushels In center of th'e rows about June i. The results In case of corn are not considered of much material value because of DR. S. A. KNAPP, Special Agent of Agricultural Department.

the direct lost! Uy the June wind storm and the Impossibility uf continuing further cultivation after tli.it Further, the Instructions were tn plant cow between the rows. This wan done, only to a limited extent on account of the prostrate corn. The following shows effects of fertilization. All were planted April 4-8. up April 12, and cultivated on May 1: Texas, roasting eara Aug.

1, maturity AUK. 15, yield per 41 bushels, fertllUod. Native Texas, roasting ears Aug. 10, maturity Aug. 25.

yield per acre bushels, is pounds; no fertilization. WhIU Wonder, roasting oars 12. turlty July 27, yield per acre aa fertilized. White Wonder, roasting ears 22, maturity Aug. 7, yield per acre 23 bushels, ii pounds; no fertilisation.

Kced'fl Yellow Dent rousting ears Aug. 1, maturity Aug. 15. yield per aero 22 bushels, 11 pounds; fertilized. Keed's Yellow Dent, ears Aug.

10, maturity Aug. 25. yield per acre IS bunhels; te Pearl, yield per Whit ttcre, 22 bushfite, rl, yield 10 udundj; fertlltxcd. White yield par acre, 19 buxhels, Iti pound no fertilization. The fertilised corn of, considerably better quality than the All corn in the Held from tlie Irt to the 10th of October.

retultn from fertilising would have bevn much greater bad It for It should to noted tfce Whtte Wonder corn earlier than the varletien tested. An acre of -White Wonder corn wu planted In rows tpart and thinned to 21 In the TOW, The product wuthne and one-half leal than where rows I tnttment the California. JUda. OM pre- for cotton; thrown ttp Mt ftrtitetd wttt of PROMINENT RAILROAD OFFIC NTCIIOLSOX. a i i manager of To- jeka and a i i a system, headquarters at Chicago, hits had a lotiK and very satisfactory service i that road.

EiileriiiK Us employ In ISil' us a clerk In thy passenger department, his rise was rapid. Promotions one after another placed him in the position of ffenc-riil passeiiger ufcent in 1887--live Inter. This position lu 1 resigned in 15 to cept that of general passenger ugeut 01 the IALS--GEO. T. I Frisco mu- 1 i i i 1S97 returned to lus a i i i i 10 become i i a a of i AlL-liison.

Tope kit and Sun til I-V Railway Mr. i in on nf i people- who arc hard to induce- 'to say about thi-ir cuivers, satisfactory in every respect c-ven lils has been, Xul luna ago was quoted ay i to newspaper a "I regret a can not point with pridu to some wonderful a in my caret 1 1 which would add JnU-ivdt to the srury. but what you have cover the And the sketch he had given wasn't a bit longer a is- this. I ul' i i I I and 1 i 1. i i i Ims i i i i i i i i ituji'i 1 poi'liuii in' tin- a i i i-.

i I'M! i a a i i i i i i ior i i i ui i i i a i i i i i a i i i i i lit I i I i i i i 111 i i i i i i i i i i a i i 1 a a i i a i i A i i i i i i a i volrd a a the ah.nv i I i i inUi i i 1 i i i i i a i i i i i I a i i i i i i I I i I I'lll- lina'-'d i i i i i i i i a i i i i i i to Ml" I'l' W.u-o. i 1 i a i i i a i i i a i i a i i i i i i i i i i i i I I I I a Is i I i i i 4 i i a i Till." 1 i i a ever mi( i i i by i in i I'try nf of i In- i.mti'r.-. in '1 t'xan. ins a i i ia i i i in 'i i i i biMi-eU ui i a -ho, a Mas lain! 1'iirts i if bo from tin- huve ln- carried i its i i i i i i a i i i Ui- 1 i A i a tvi- v. L--''i and in i i a i i.s I'or i i a ity slzi- in i i When format i i i i no i has i i an i i i i of i a i i i i i i i i tin- a i wood.

Tiiv nt-an-st a i is i i un 'IVxas KaiUvay. i a drive of inik'ii takes tu the edgi? tin 1 wo i ids. i i i i i- of i woiuU'iv of i ho Ii has bcou suy- tix-sted a a acre or two of the trees now Ivint; prdae i.i all i i w'n-re i i i uo set a grew on the 'IVxas i nf i uf the Fair. poojile of 'IVi-r-11. ontoved a i Into an association to terit vtirletlos of ar-eds, a methods or i a i applk-atlun of cuninu-rcial fcrtilizcrri und other problenw of tin- in und they put up their money to a i i the addoviu- tlon agaliidt They selected tin excellent committee ot' business men anil farmers to curry out the plan.

To this uoininiltr-e, composed as follows: W. H. Flowers, preuident; B. -T. Chlldrc-ss, J.

B. Purler, Walter C. Porter, J. X. Stalling, K.

B. MeJCay Ou-eretary). K. Henderson and C. T.

MuGliuiU. jjivat credit iw due for their Judicious jilann and i services. The farm demonNtratlonn under the immediate management of Walter C. Porter, one of the thorough and reliuble farmers in North Texas. By resolution of committee the dt-nioiiHtration farm was placed under control of 3.

A. i a aif(-nt of the United i i of A ture. The object of all a i dernon- atratlou la to tent or prove something. If thia be done in such way no oni it or reads about it. nothing has nc- compliMhed.

On the phin tha uom- mittpe koep.s in close touch i work and the large of mtni and fttrniftra who have HUbBcrlbed to the guar- a kept conattmt inspection of tin- crops to see whether thoy would be obliged to pay up any money In the fnlt. On tlnal settlement the year's operations on the demonstration farm Walter C. Porter, the manager, reported that he had elearod $700 more than he would have made under ordinary methods of farming, and that in 1EMW he should work his entire farm of about SOO acres tipyn intense cultural methods. Many of the largest farmers In that soetirtn made nlmflar statements. Hon.

E. H. R. OrL-en, president of the Texaa Midland Ruilroiul, became greatly Interested in obwerving the progress of this demonstration furm. His Interest took practical direction In November, 19v3, in purchnslnif 410 acres adjacent to the city of Terrell, and the Immediate- Investment of a large amount of money In Improvements, with the intention of makinx one of the.

most complete demonstration farms in the United States, General to Be The Collowinf an? the points which are to be observed In any crop which you nifty plant. 1. Kind of grain planted. Number ol 2.. Government numbtr.

3. Soil. 4. plowoU 4 5. Depth of plowing.

dlaksd. T. Number of times disked. 8. When harrowed.

9. When planted. 10. Amount of seed planted per 11. Drill or broadcast.

12. Depth planted. K. Was it rolled or harrowed after plAnt- Inn to covey aeed? 14. Fertilizer uatd.

kind and pounds per acre, 16. When seed germinated. Ifi. Stand. 17.

Vigor during growing season. 15. ftrnitching or nlomW 19. Average lielpht of plant at harvest, 20. When matured.

21. When harvested. 22. When threshed. 23.

Tleld per acre. 24. Weights of grain per barrel and per bushel. As soon a field a repnrt nn all these up to AVheii grain Is ui 1 report on lu and 10. Then every week during 1 the Krowinp period Htate liow It is doing.

If any hanpc'im to tnp know. At harvest rp.ijort on 1 i'- malnder. I to keep a full run of ymir farming IN 11KMAM1. Conn I I'riipdHVH Them I Rtrnd I I i i i TO Tnu Nrwa. Doni.son.

County Com- of Orayson a i six mnli's. a mules about seventeen hamlH high and hnavy In proportion and not under nor over 8 yeuvn old. kind nf miilc-s Ihoy want they ore witl- ing to pay as tin a span. Euch of four f'ommlflstancrs IK Mti- pdwerod to buy mules and f.ih la looking out for good teams. The mtilow arc to used on tho grade wnrk of the roads, and It thr- Intention of Com- mlMlonerii to put the roa.d force to work an Boon as the equipment can be gotten together.

The flnt for the new road force purchased In city this morning oy CnmmliHloner jHmen Morclrind. were bough', from J. C. Hoaklns of I. and the price agreed upon 1275.

The ComralMrtoneni' Court Will at Sherman In rtftilar aeMtlon Feb. 8. During the MMlon one Any will nM ttnlde frtr Inapectlon and purctwM of Sax wIM announced beforehand uid tiie and tivtn an oppbrtunlty to on hand with Whin the roaJ credtnc that bran Kveral IM BUI of tlwfr to work OB tha county I tlwm. All an In ted WATERWORKS FOR WACO. City Council MakeM for a i tike I'lMlti ol' the It i'11 Water Si'uciAi.

TU Tut; Nnvs. U'aco, Jan. City Cuuncit adopted re-fommendatluiis of Mayor Allen i). Mjmford a mTiniKouient.s for i the liwll Water Company on the ol reported at the i In The Nuwn. Huving fulled to obtain uii for ihe 4 per jL'eiit water- worky bondd.

such ttd. council and the Muyor to accept, tin- other made which the Muyor'tj adopted by the council, Hfeta us follow.s; "1. The Bt-11 to complete Hale trunsfer und conv'y- aik'e of i a a und unit to tin- city. "2. The cltv to execute its to I lie Bell Water Company for the sum of payable on or before one year from date, ut the rate, of per cent) und one-half pt-r cent Interest pur a Interest to begin to run from April 1 next, i vendor's lk-n upon the plant to aecure the payment of the uanie; givliijf the i option to tiikt- up said note und pay the same, i accrued I at any time a it i be able to sell the bonus i said pf-rlnd of twelve months.

The L-fty in borrow the money In St. Louis. UH named, and pay the said debt Of "4. The Bell Wattjr Company to act as agents of the city and conduct and operate the plunt, fof romaiiuler of present quarter, i April 1 next, and receive all of ttiu rents and pay all running and opt-ratlnB expenses, and inako all ntcussjary ivjiuirii, ajid i the ofll- cera of the city hereafter to be appointed, run is a i preserved atnl bear UK- most L-ritical A i i i a i holes niadf bj- woudjSecktrs. Stubs of bro- twigs an; all shown JUKI as tiK-y urew, aful a i said to exceed in delicate tracery the.

pi'trinVd trtt-fj of tho -Bliick I i or thone i i on the A sum 11 bough wits recently to St. Louis, which attrai-ltd nmch a i tile stout- cliist-ly a a and being capable of receiving it high siate of polish The fact a in some- uxxvit za'lun hits nut been ii'-'-ompllwht-d, leaving a i stoiir- uii'l part wood. Iri i wonderful. One uf the stuiii- trees. In broke down sapling which hud not petrified, and shoots from the i afterwaiti grew, changed i stutu-.

The stone forest nvelvtr or i square of i and i a i of er.tln; area in the i ungle uf Ounmnche line speclmc'iia ure on exhibition in the, exposition room of the Texun tral Railway In East Waco. 1 I 3 liciiuiiieiiut Itec-ortl of 13 lu Is easily king; of the exuurt of our Xatlonal butiliitfttj. Tia.uw.OuO 'more thun Jl.Ow.OOu a day wnd hulUhiy." iticliultiil, und ti.Wy.'ii'JO day fur the last three months, day for Jlit 1 a month. Such Is nit-ntal record. In hintory uf our cotton export uilun we befure rtai-he-d a ilgure as the uclileved In Uec-t-nibt-r, iitiKi.

i each i year since 1X3, the it-cord of our tixpurtaik.n is: ISSi 1S88 Thy ibtal of these exports tor the years to 1903 IM 000,000. all of i has enriched the bunk accounts of the Southern or) ton plantCM. Compare thia gigantic, result i cotton exports oC dt-cach- years recurdhd prior to 140 C3.0CO.OOO 1S50 7l.ui».OW RCO ll.OOO.lXK) WTO 1SSO 211,000,000 The 190U total of exceeds the prior 'reeonl-brenkinr yt-ar, lOO, by OOO.OuO, iiTid It exceeds Ifilri. the lirst tlrical year of tiie present Republican stries, by or 54.000,000 more than double our entire cotton exports In liM). i years of cotton exporting fcas brought us up frotn in PROMINENT RAILROAD OFFICIALS--T.

J. ANDERSON. HOMAS J. AHD'BRSON, naiieral pus- if i id ticket agent of thu Southern Pacific, Atlantic hwud- ciuartei.t at Houston, la another of the mtn prominent In that profession today. has had experience in practically tvory department of railroading.

Mr. Anderson was uorn In Hanover County, July 14, 1S61. At tlm use uf IS years he entered thy riivclmnlcul deparimeiu ol' railroading, left engine running In at the age uf 20 to accept service in the traffic department of tlie Atlantic. and Ohio Railroad. The remainder of hid career may be briefly summarized a.s follows; May, 13i)4 to 1863.

union ticket agent Seaboard Air Line, Bay Lino 3teamera and Old Dominion Steamship Company at Norfolk, IMS to 1SW, city ngsnt Seaboard Air Line at Norfolk; 1892 to February, 1S91. passenger agent for the road at At Ian in, February. to Jun. 1, IJi'Jit, pasHenger agent for Ihe systfrtn ut Portsmouth, lSi9 to 1900 general tnicl ticket ent Intfrnutional Comfumy, New Vork. On 1, ifeOo, Air.

Anderson became Ultitrk'i pasaengwr a Kent of iho Southern Pacing Company and the Houston and Texas Centi'ul Railway" Company at Waco, Tex. In August of the ritxt year ha wan made division passenger agent for same two and then npetdily follom'ed his proEnotlon to bn asaistant general pia- senger agent, i he-adqunneis at JIuu.i- ttin. On July 1, lyii, became general pus- ytnger agepi of the Atlantic ayatem. ing ttiP-posltlon made vacant by retirement of F. B.

Morse. On Aug. i lie assumed the or" assistant traffic manager rail and steamship lines east of El Paso with the title of general passenger agent. Air, Anderson has the reputation of the ability to make warm peraojial friends wherever he may happen to TO. His rise is considered to have been rapid, and this id due, It la said, to his ability to perform u.

maximum of hard work with a minimum of effort. 'ri'n, i i i i i uf i i i i i t- A i i 1 of 1W3 i i 1'iirl we J.ilx.iK'-i.l^' n.ii-.'n.^m.i.mt) i i i i nr i i i Uht.lH"* iii ivlX for i i lu Tin-" i ui pcri.s weiv: i i i i i JIiT.uini.vW i Ml.UOO.iiM HK'U i 111 i i i a Is iii, in a i i to tin; lui'se and in- coi i i i i i lion nf rut tun by our own i i-f-vi'r i i Out i i a i a I raided I'rou. fiM nvi-r biili-s in ami Yd. huiviiu a says. "In v'ry i i 01 raw i-olios: i I i i a i i a a The 1SW formed about JK-V cent of a uf a i i jnod- i nf a i i means to ihe Xa- i i i i i the i i but i oi 1 Jars- 1 i w- i huvi- a i I i 4 ITS.c'AMWU pouiuli oV cot Lull b.

tu its i i a In mei i A i i i i i i i aiul Amerk-an- iiiLiniied i a J. Billiard, in Now York Sun. EFFECT OF 14-CENT COTTON. PlnnterM of South Uayinjc Mure Couds--luiiK'lpuI Iniprovo- inentM on liitrrfitt-e. duos lie cr.tlon menu to U'e Tliib Mut-siion and the various to It a bei'-n offered by the txpt-ns hi litati.stk-t: IK cno nf most Intc-restinK a has Urn brought about by the develop- ini'tits in the world's markets for Tiduy there can bp no (inesiinn but a as whole is by most tin 1 pruspi ri.His app i i section of tin- i i i i probh-m has been worked out In many i witys by miuiy txpcrts.

Thfi simplest way has been to work on a basis of a crop. a i a bales will a been marketed by the emt of year, ut si price averaging lie, and a in an ordinary year of the past the smite, amouni of eotton would have been marketed ut Kc, the South has received uii increase of JlO.WW.OCW. Taking the remaining bales and i a 1 It will bo marketed at an average prh-e. of against mi average price of 7c In a former year, the South will have gained another JlOO.QW.iXw. making total of Tbls enrutnoiLS sum will be distributed among and will benefit hundreds of thousands of people who are actually of the soil.

i this at i command tiiyv will bf able to lii't the debts of yearn, contracted struggling liloiig' under low prices of cot- lon. The high prices of cotton last season alone weiv aufflck-nt to put the planter In uu almost Independent position. He had more money ut command und was not obliged to go Into dbi i the beginning of the season tu buy supplieH to raise his crop. At the present, time reports uiv comlns in from till portions of tlm that the planter has money lit the bank and is buying more general merchandise than he was yver able to purchase before. The planter Is nut bulking at high price for finished cotton oods.

According to wholeialv dealers In ry goods, all parts of the are taking highest grades of cotton und according to whnleKuler-t in othrr abu buying freely all the und even trie luxuries. they are uf life The South In consequence of re- ct-lvltiR 1 adequate prices for the cotton that It Irf furnlsihip.tf the best market to the of the North In all lines. Rnllroiid8 are bringing South immense quantities of harvesting machinery and all manner tools, implements and vehicles. Thim, while the South IH receiving sums of money from other parts of the country and the world, It is also paying back Immense sums exchange for the that It needs which It does not manufacture Itself. Perhaps the best indication of general prosperity of the South to be found In the unprecedented number of municipal improvements that have made or have been projected within the last six months, Every little community that Is large enough to call Itself a city has in some wny spent some of the money that hns come to It in this tide of prosperity either Improving Its streets, building sewers, establishing waterworks, Installing lighting plants, flee- trlc railways or by putting up municipal buildings and business blocks.

The aggregate bond Issue of Southern municipal leu has far excpeded the Increased sum that it hnn received for the cotton crop. This is especially time of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Tlis prosperity of the South la general and the aolid da tlon upon which Its business IH being built again attested by the fact that all municipal bonds find a ready sale. In many Instances towns and cities have not been obliged to RO outside of their municipal limits to find the money with which to build these improvements. In lurlte amounts Northern capitalists hove been only too glad to Invest, Instead of putting thtlr Ital Into the old lines of secbrftie.i, Atlanta led the Xatlon last year in ing one rat Ions, showing an over 1902 of 63 per cent.

can hardly be any comparison drawn between high prices of eotton and the high prices that ruled soon a er the war of the rebellion. In those days the South was In no poimlon to enjov Us prosperity, and again high prices were the direct result of abnormally short crops. While some planters raised coxEon and received high priced for it, other planters had not recovered from the destruction caused by the war and. therefore, $ld iiqt plant any cotton. The enromous gum that the South will receive this seaion from its cotton crop will be well and will put to good H.

L. J. in Chicago Tribune. TRADING ON THE RANGE, Hardly Anj-thlni: Uulntf on 011 Account the Cold Weather of Late. TO TUB XE'wg.

San Angelo, Jan. is hardly any In the cattta business going on In the range country. The extremely severe cold to have put a quietus upon a fow trades there Were unoVi- way. However, there has been renewed a i i in horse and mule lines and tlm trading In tlwfee animals haw been and i rontluues quits brisk. In fact, many more could have sold than wore offered.

Several cur loads, have out, howevwr, and thn buyers ars gathering up more horses und mules for shipment next week. The ruliiB which have fallen the Rtovk country were not nf sufficient volume to hmelii the range to any great U'ht. Tho problem of range now getting to a serious a with the atook- nvm. The proapf-cU are beginning to indicate poor Hprlng range. In which event (he stock spring shipments to market will Io very late letting fat enough for that purpose.

The following uhlpments have ntn.d« from this point: J. V. Tockrum, one car of mulei, to Gold- thwalte. i K. fox, one'car of horses, to Kalb.

J. fl. DoOaon, one car of mutas, Hllla- boro. K. one car of to Fort Worth.

Craak The food of the active njt-orackcr cx.niliitt largely of IIIMCU In ipdrg and but in lutumn and wlnUr of brech-maM, at)4 In- iemrch for tt ofttn be It. MU to prlM off rukM of bmrk, it Hn rtm of a irM lltu ttw ervfMri, or to CONDITION OF CATTLE I'OHTIIK SAYSTHKY AUI; IN SUfEETIIIITER IFTEISTATION A That Town 1 ulxetl OfUelul lUpyluK Fl i IIH SPECIAL ru THE News, Fui't Worth. Jan. D. Jordan.

l-VikTiil Quarantine Inspector for the Pan- htuuMf i i i nt yim- was i I ho i-U' looking i i business. Mr. Jorden has from an extensKv i i tlit- LVmhnndl? country and the Now Mexico country, and stated a In rflili'iulUl condition fur i season of the. year. They uiv not as fat as In some parts of ArlZium NVw Mexico, but.

Centrally siieiiklns, iir.t la a very satisfactory condition. TlK-y wintered well, und a have buyn no losses. Should the wvatlivr I't'iiOitluns remain favorable stock- i i i fn Panhandle will fare this a iimny yours pusi. In tnuny urns. 1 is but most of the stockmen i a liberal supply of tVed- curry i a over weuUlL-r period, and as there has been no occasion to draw upon thlw supply yet, id mat bad weather does rfft In ttu-ix- will be kss loss i ex- ln-i'UMiCMd lust when the weather was llerce and feed supplies were almost t-xhiawte-d.

February was tho- worst I'or stockmen last your, and, ud that month has arrived. It run not bi- fore- a will be rii In the line of a a a i winter. Spi-Hkliitr of the of a across the ijiiariintlne line. Mr. Jordan says the movement 1ms been extremely llglu this t'ati, und estimates the number at approximately 4.00U head.

On Jan. 31 the Hint will ulutftni ti.i uii cattle that not been dipped, aud In order to pass for shipment it will bf necessary to dip them twice In the South American dip or once In crude oil. "VVAN'TS STATION. W. K.

Lewis of Colorado City, ex-supervisor of the State quarantine line, was in Kurt Worth i morning. Mr. Lewis tfaid a summing up conultiuiig in tncl around Mitchell County, stock wits IriK well, mid i hu anticipated little from usual winter conditions. Mr. Lewis had made application to bureau of Animal I Mr.

of Kansas City, lu a recugtilZfU as an official dip- pint a He says hv hau received en- courayenient from certain railroad that should the establish a station at therw will uo in fcettiiiK a dippJnif vut located the right of way. Aa ia ea the main line and at a vyry central rolnt. it will be vonvenltnt for Htockiuen. and would no doubt be appreciated if Mr. Lewli succeusful In securlnj; pfuper approval of his application.

Speaking of the different dips now recognized by the bureau. Mr. LtwU said a In his opinion, ii wag a mistake in udoptiinf cruder oil aa ofnclnl dip. a.s the oil. when in the Humnurr will remain so loiiv that It will practically burn the cattle up, and uatd In wlnivr time will freeze them to death.

"i'he South American tlfp, which Introduced I (hid country nbout two from the Argentine Kepubllc, far better thin crude oil," said Mf. in my opinion, which curdpd. Much an carboleum und xenoUum, ami others of a carbolic origin, would equally as effective if we obnerveU method and manner of dipping As applied to the South American dip. particularly In leaving them submerged for a period of fifteen seconds." TakfH UMHV with Mr. To Th.

NUM. Farrnersvllle, Jan. was with regret that I read the article of Crane in The News, defending the of President Roosevelt In that wretched Panama business--u proceeding that itself admits is a hifh-hanrted act and can not be defended. Mr. Crane himself exposes the wtakneai of his position when he--In order to justify the President in making war upon the friendly Republic of Colombia by sending the warships of this country to prevent her putting down an insurrection of her that had been encouraged by offielali of this country, if not starred by Gen.

Jackson's act of pursuing a lot of Indiana and Spaniards that had making a practice of making raids upon our and murdering them and carrying off thtir property into the SnanUh forts and capturing and hanging them as they HU reference to the recognition given to Cuba by this Government was equally unfortunate, for he soya they had no blaiice of a Government, yet we ftcoghiwd their indepenafenc-e. I do not tfit Mr. Crane- can Und where any people in world put un array In the (Md organized aa was the Cuban anny and fought as they did for independence, and made the dftbts that they did without ft semblance of Government. The fuct of the buslnesa ii. the Cubans did have it semblance 01 a Government, with a constitution duly adopted.

8 President and other necessary officers. Yet. in whatever recognition thia Government gave to Cuba, she refused to recognise their Government, yet knowing they liad Now nots difference in the treatment of Cuba to that of Panama. Cuba, after had declared her Independence of flpmin and put an army in the field. In which moat all of the men of Cuba enlisted to ma in lain, and fought until a great part of the people of the island were destroyed, yet during all theae yearn of warfare, in which the Ctibmn patriots gave up their lives for Independence, Government stood by and refused to give any word of cheer or recognition until our warship was blown up In the harbor of Havana.

Then the crv was raised: "Remember the Maine." Then we sa to Spain: "This must be stopped, and you muat'lfet out from Cuba, and let them govern themselves." But they refused to recognise the Government they hnd organ- ised and fought for years to maintain. But as ynon as a little body of men fa Panama, notified tills Government that they had seceded from Colombia and were willing to conclude a treaty with this Government, that Colombia had failed to ratify, we at once recognized them as an Independent Government, ond were ready to do with them, and said to the Colombian Government. "You shall not send an armv to put down an uprising of your people," Tet, when Cuba was struggling for years to Ubliiih her independence of Spain, we Stood" by and refuaod to jeive a helping band, and permitted Spain to against them UW most cruel war of modern W. Y. Marrtave Compulsory Amemy In Jiipun, as In China, eel I AC eschewed find tabooed, and In the country especially It all but ttt avoid marriage, be you "robust or Inffm, well formed or deformed," Indeed, Chinese be nick with a dlvvaee whlci is practically Incurable hU wllf by no means suffer htm to die until they lave procured him a wife.

"Hay, so ble is considered among thiW- obwrvea Dv. Wesiermarclc, tho dead are married. Thus the spirts of all moles wlfeo Infancy or wtoy- hood art In iltae married to of Tribune. Hufcor, ixar Port Arthur, bJt by Riuita lor an pmt IW MUfUa itt a nut at a Uapnol.itmcnt, for. llM tw ku Krn built, It Off.

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