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508 TEXAS ALMANAC.-1941-42.
on uplands, pecan and walnut along streams.
Little commercial production of timbers
which are economically valuable primarily as
goat browsing range. Some commercial pro-
duction of pecans Caliche, stone are only
known minerals of importance.
There is little land in cultivation; some
corn. grain sorghums. hay. grown. Vegeta-
bles grown in small quantities for home use.
Sheep, goats most important livestock in-
dustry, wool, mohair bring principal income
Beef cattle, horses, hogs also raised, Dairy-
ing, poultry raising limited to local needs.Area (sq mi )
Pop.. .......
Pop sq mi...
Tot val......
Tax lal......
Income .....1,521 Crop land (a) 324
3,977 Val. farms $11,371,587
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$14,993,164 Retail S .. $1,406,000
$4.947 744 Auto reg. 1,214
$2,502,000 Inc tax ret 199Sonora (2,528). county seat. is principal
retail center, wool, mohair, livestock ship-
ping point
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On Great Plains of Texas Panhandle. Gen-
erally level terrain except in east at head of
Tule Canyon, drained by upper reaches of
Red River Created from Bexar Territory
1876, organized 1890 Named for James Gib-
son Swisher, signer Texas Declaration of In-
dependence, who took part in storming of
Bexar. Alt , 3,500 ft. Annual rainfall, 24 35
in Mean annual temp., 57.2*; July temp,
77 6, Jan . 37.1.
Soils black, red, gray loam: some sandy;
nearly all tillable No timber in county
Minerals are sand and gravel, clay.
Wheat is most important crop, over 1,350,-
000 bushels annually, grain sorghums, hay,
barley, oats. corn, some rye also grown.
Principal stock industry is cattle raising,
closely followed by sheep, some hogs, horses
raised Wool, mohair bring cash income
Dairying, poultry raising limited to local
needs Erosion control, land-contouring, other
soil conservation practices general.
Area (sq mi ) 898 Crop land (a) 226,857
Pop . 6,528 Val farms $12,763,675
Pop sq. mi... 7.2 Mfr. val... $200,845
Tot val..... $14.582,275 Retail S .. $1,798,000
Tax val...... $5,832,910 Auto reg . 2,301
Income...... $3,186,000 Inc. tax ret 135
Tulia (2.055), county seat, is principal re-
tall, shipping point. Tule Lake is recrea-
tional center. Other towns are Happy (576)
and Kress.*TARRANT COUNTY.
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Largely on Grand (or Fort
Worth) Prairie, with north- L
west corner in West Cross Timbers and east
portion extending through the narrow belt of
the East Cross Timbers onto the Blackland
Prairies. Terrain generally level, some roll-
ing, some hilly, drained by Clear Fork and
West Fork of Trinity River. Created from
Navarro County 1849, organized 1850. Named
for Gen. Edward H. Tarrant, veteran War
1812, Indian fighter, member Texas Congress.
Alt.. 500-800 ft Annual rainfall, 33 14 in.
Mean annual temp., 65.4; July, 83.50; Jan.,
46 1.
Soils varied: black waxy, loam, sandy
loam, sandy clay, sandy. Timber includes
post oak, elm, cottonwood, pecan, mesquite
Minerals include limestone, clay, sand and
gravel, shale, cement material.
Principal crops are cotton (10,128 bales in
1940), wheat, oats, corn, peanuts, hay. Truck
crops grown extensively for Fort Worth and
Dallas markets. Legume, forage crops in-
creasing with cotton acreage reduction, farm
tractors have replaced work animals on large
number farms.
Beef cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, horses
raised for market, wool sales large. Dairying
extensively developed; creameries provide
outlet for dairy farmers, 50 per cent whole
milk sold to outside markets Poultry indus-
try thriving, eggs, dressed fowls, live fowls
marketed in county and shipped elsewhere.
Municipally owned Lake Worth and Eagle
Mountain Lake, are fishing, recreational
centers in northwest part of the county.
Area (sq.mi.) 903 Crop land (a) 152,775
Pop 225,521 Val farms $24,800,717
Pop. sq mi... 249 7 Mfr val $130,107,612
Tot val.....$256,986,166 Retail S... $99,469,000
Tax val......$154,191,700 Auto reg . 71.610
Income......$171,611,000 Inc tax ret 12,155
Fort Worth (177.662), county seat, fourth
largest city in state, largest grain, cattle
market in Southwest, Industries include
meat-packing, flour and feed milling, petro-
leum refining, metal-working plants, garment
factories, food-processing plants. furniture
plants, candy factories, cement products,
chemicals, twine and cord factory, cottonseed
oil mills, compresses, creameries. Outstand-
ing wholesale, retail center; railroad center
with extensive repair and construction shops.
Has excellent schools, home of Texas Chris-
tlan University, Texas Wesleyan College,
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary,
Masonic Home and School, at near-by Arling-
*tFor explanation of all signs, symbols, abbre-
vations and sources, map and text, see p. 407
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