THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



of salt to two gallons of water. Keep the 

 pickles under this solution. When ready 

 to put in vinegar, take out and wa^sh off the 

 salt, soak for 24 hours, changing the water 

 two or three times, then warm up in some 

 vessel and soak again. After they are 

 good and fresh, put in another keg or ves- 

 sel and cover with vinegar, which has been 

 heated. Let the pickles stand for a week 

 and they are ready for use or the market. 

 Such pickles are retailing at the stores for 

 from ten cents to twenty cents a quart. 

 JOEL SHOEMAKER. 



FACTORY TALK IN TEXAS. 



A wave of industrial enthusiasm has 

 swept over Texas during the past year and 

 its effect is now to be seen in every sec- 

 tion of the State. The enterprising citi- 

 zens of the State are talking factories 

 everywhere, and in several towns the talk 

 has brought forth material results. 



Nearly every issue of the Post records 

 -some movement by a Texas town to 

 secure an industrial plant. Hillsboro has 

 reported a plan that promised to result in 

 a $50,000 cotton mill. Wharton told of a 

 proposition to erect a $200.000 sugar mill 

 in that section, the centre of the finest 

 cane producing country in the world. 



Citizens of Cameron met to complete ar- 

 rangements for the erection of a cotton 

 factory, over 50 per cent, of the $100,000 

 stock required having been subscribed. 

 An item from Franklin was that a broom 

 factory would be erected there and put in 

 operation within a short time. The town of 

 Husk reported a contract closed for the 

 erection and operation of a cotton and 

 woolen mill. The proposed organization 

 of a cotton mill company at Navasota was 

 also noted. 



This one day's record of six new indus- 

 tries started or contemplated in six different 

 towns is indeed a gratifying exhibition. 

 What is of especial interest in this coneec- 

 tion is the fact that each of these factories 

 will be built by home capital. 



At Cameron, where a $100,000 cotton 



mill will be erected, over 100 farmers have 

 promised to take stock. The Husk mill 

 will be built by the enterprising business 

 men of that town, and 140 subscribers 

 have stock in it. The Hillboro factory will 

 be organized wholly by local capital, the 

 shares being only $25 each. 



It is such development as this that is 

 wanted in Texas. The citizens of the 

 State the men who are directly interested 

 in its progress must bring about the in- 

 dustrial awakening that is so essential for 

 the future growth of our towns and cities. 

 The building of factories is undoubtedly a 

 profitable undertaking and there is no need 

 to rely upon outside money to start the 

 manufacturing boom. 



Factories create wealth and set in motion 

 the wheels of progress. They add to the 

 value of every line of business already es- 

 tablished and they make possible many 

 new enterprises. They give employment 

 to thousands of laborers, and give a better 

 market for agricultural products. 



Let the Texas towns continue to show 

 their interest in this line of work, and the 

 progress and prosperity of the State will 

 be assured for all time to come. Houston 

 (Tex.) Post. 



The Southern Association of Commis- 

 sioners of Agriculture while in session at 

 Atlanta, suggested that county officers 

 throughout the South be compelled by the 

 laws ('f their respective states to make re- 

 ports from time to time on the condition 

 of growing crops. This would be an ex- 

 ceMent idea if there were any probability 

 that such reports could be depended upon. 

 Anyone who is familiar with the sectional 

 rivalries in remote districts will doubt, 

 however, the practicability of the plan. It 

 is pretty certain that one county would 

 not permit another to excel it in making 

 estimates and incidentally advertising local 

 resources dependent upon fertility of soil. 

 Exaggerated reports would be a natural 

 result, and these are precisely what the 

 planters do not want, as they would nec- 

 essary have an adverse effect on prices. 



