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COUNTIES AND CITIES. 411
producing counties and sells finished beef
cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs, sheep and wool
on the market. An extensive dairying pro-
grami has been under way for ten years, with
farmers selling much of their milk to the
Borden plant in Marlin.
The Brushy Creek watershed and soil stu-
dies project north of Marlin is one of ten
of its kind in the United States. The project
has a $50,000 annual pay roll and $60,000'
worth of buildings.
Marlin (5,700), county seat, is famous for
its hot mineral water with curative properties,
attracting 150,000 persons to the city annu-
ally. Manufacturing plants include milk re-
ceiving plant, brick plant, cotton compress,
cottonseed oil mill, poultry dressing plant,
mineral water crystal plant, granite carving
and surgical brace plant. A new $235,000
courthouse was started in 1939. Bluebonnet
Photo Fiesta is held annually for nature
lovers.
Rosebud (1,565) is a trading and shipping
point in the southern part and has a cot-
tonseed oil mill. Lott (921) is a retail cen-
ter in the southwest. Reagan (500) is in the
southern part of the county and Chilton (231)
is west of Marlin.
*FANNIN.--In Northeast Texas on the Red
River, created in 1837 from Red River County,
organized in 1838, named for James W.
Fannin, Texas hero who was massacred at
Goliad in 1836.
Area (sq.mi.) 838 No. farms. 5,815
Pop.......... 42,500 Crop land (a) 294,769
Pop. sq. mi... 50.7 Mfr. val... $1,129,477
Tax val...... $15,944,290 Retail S... $5,908,000
Tot. val...... $22,989,000 Auto reg.. 7,248
Income...... $9,142,000 Inc. tax ret 235
A very productive farming country, Fannin
has a level to rolling surface with the Red
River on Ais northern border. Altitude 550
to 600 feet; rainfall 39 inches; mean annual
temperature 63.9 degrees.
Resources: The county has a wide variety
of soils for crop use. In the Red River Val-
ley is a reddish brown alluvial. Farther south
are gray loams and sandy soils, and in the
southern part is- a rich black waxy. Timber
includes blackjack, postoak, black oak, live
oak, pin oak, hackberry, bois d'arc, hickory,
walnut and pecan. Tests have been made
for oil. Brick clay deposits are available,
Crops: The county raises from 50,000 to 90,-
000 bales of cotton a year, 1,500,000 bushels of
corn, 300,000 bushels of oats, grain sorghums,
onions, alfalfa, truck Crops, berries and fruit.
The county ranks high in budded pecan
trees. Soil conservation is widely practiced
and home canning is highly developed. Farm-
ers grow all their feedstuffs. Some effort is
.being made to improve cotton staple.
Livestock: The county ranks high in dairy-
ing, with special emphasis on pure-bred Jer-
seys. Foundation cattle of many herds were
imported direct from Jersey Islands. Loca-
tion of milk plants in Northeast Texas has
stimulated the industry. Nearly 10,000 acres
are in permanent pastures. Beef cattle,
hogs, chickens and turkeys are raised in con-
siderable numbers, and more farms are add-
ing sheep. Honey is produced commercially.
About 17,000 acres of poor land in the
county were retired from cultivation by the
Resettlement Administration, now the Farm
Security Administration, and its occupants
placed on better land in a submarginal land
project. Throughout the whole area flood
and erosion control measures have been adopt-ed as a model for the county. Wild game is
being preserved.
Bonham (6,500), county seat, is a wholesale
and retail market with cotton gins, cotton-
seed oil mill, cotton textile mill, cheese
plant, mattress factory and pump factory.
Recent school improvements total $100,000.
Bonham State Park of 515 acres and a 75-acre
lake is -well stocked with fish. Federal Park
of 17,000 acres with sixteen log and stone
houses attracts hundreds of visitors annually.
More than 50,000 attend annual Fannin Coun-
ty Fair.
Honey Grove (2,475) is the leading market
in the eastern part with cotton gins, com-
press and cottonseed oil mill. Ladonia (1,199)
is in the southeast, Leonard (1,131) in the
southern, Trenton (490) in the southwest, and
Savoy (284), in western part, has a fine con-
solidated school.
.*FAYETTE.-In South Central Texas, cre-
ated in 1837 from Colorado and Bastrop
Counties, organized in 1838, named for Gen-
eral LaFayette.
Area (sq.mi.) 968 No. farms. 5,279
Pop.......... 30,780 Crop land (a) 178,383
Pop. sq. mi... 31.7 Mfr. val... $991,095
Tax val ..... $16,478,936 Retail S... $6,101,00(
Tot val...... $33,000,000 Auto reg.. 7,744
Income ..... $9,518,000 Inc. tax ret 319
A productive farming area, Fayette is a
generally level prairie, broken by small creeks
and valleys. The Colorado River flows, south-
eastward trough the central part of the coun-
ty. Altitude 250 to 500 feet; rainfall 36.5
Inches; mean annual temperature 69.7 de-
grees.
Resources: On the open prairie land, which
comprises half the county's surface, is a rich
black loam and black lime land. The bot-
toms are chocolate loam, sandy loam and
black waxy. About half the county is cov-
ered with timber-postoak and blackjack- on
uplands, cedar, pine, burr oak, pin oak, white
oak, elm, hackberry, cottonwood, willow,
sycamore and pecan on the bottoms. Some
lumber is produced. There are deposits of
bentonite, lignite, kaolin, brick clay and ful-
ler's earth.
Crops: The county grows from 20,000 te
30,000 bales of cotton annually, 1,000,000
bushel of corn, 20,000 tons of hay for forage,
22,000 bushels of grain sorghums, rye, sugar
cane, tobacco and fruits and vegetables, par-
ticularly Irish potatoes. About half the land
is cultivated. Soil conservation and home
canning are highly developed, particularly
since the AAA program. Many of the farm-
ers are of German descent.
Livestock: Beef cattle, horses, mules and
hogs are sold commercially and the county
has big sale of poultry and poultry products.
Three fourths of the farmers have dairy
cows, with the milk plant at Schulenburg of-
fering a good market. Some sheep are
raised. Anuual livestock value averages
about $3,250,000.
LaGrange (3,000), county seat, is a growing
commercial center on the Colorado River. Lo-
cated in very scenic country, it has some
tourist business. Monument Hill Park, state
park on the river overlooking the city, is
where the men who drew the black beans in
the ill-fated Mier Expedition are buried. In-
dustries include, two cotton gins, compress,
cottonseed oil mill, mattresss factory, large
marble works and a few wholesale houses,
Schulenburg (2,000) is a farming market in
the southern part. Flatonia (966) is- a cot-
ton and poultry market in the southwestern
part. Other communities are Fayetteville
*tS See notations on page 386.
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