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barrieon Count, Tcxa. - -a.
IIIS is (oe of tih l.lest counties of East
TTt x;l. It v.a vret:ld-l from Shelbl)
C,,ulntv ill 1S,'i. It lias an area of
s'') squ;arl * ilC., ndl is situated on the
1>iunilary linll between Louisiana and
Te'' xas. ()1 tie north it is hounded 1)b
MaIrilon C'ountv and on the south lby Panola
anl Rusk Counties. It is traversedl lv the
Texas I'Pacific Railway, the Texas and
Sabine Vallev Rail\\a' i and the Marshall, Paris
and Northwestern Railway. the entire mileage
in the county being 77.57 miles.
The population inl 1S90 was 26.721 and the ~. ..'w
school census for 1894 reports 7,4 <7 children of S
scholastic age. 107 tch ,ol houses and 119
teachers. 'I'T talxablle valuati,n s for 1S94 amount
to $4,207.771 of which $.335,7S7 are charged
to live stlpk. Inci)Irovcl lands sell at prices
rangingll frol i S to S'25 ptr acre; unimproved
ulans are usuallii s(Iti at $3 to $10 per acre.
Th'l number O,f arms in the county in 1894 is
givrl :at 1,r 5. yielding products to the value
) f $S31,r40. T'lhics consisted of 14,215 bales
of cotton, 371,593 bushels of corn, 6,700 bushels..
of oats, S0.5,t( bushels of sweet potatoes, 7.750
bushels of Irish potatoes, 10,265 bushels of beans
all peas, 350 barrels of sugar, 850 barrels of sor-
ghuin tlmlasses, 7,108 tons of cotton seed and
2,500 luhllels of peanuts. Rice grows well, but
very little of it is planted. Vegetables of all kinds
grow in profusion. In common with several of
the adjoining counties having ferruginous soils,
fruits reach a high state of perfection here. Apples
require care Ibut do well, and the same may
bIe said of pears, which vield handsomely.
Peaches are extra fine in flavor and apricots ourt House
are easily growl. Grapes. figs and plums 2, Res. Bishop
grow in)profusion. They ripen three or four 3, Bishop's Col
weeks earlier than n n Missouri, Kentucky and 4. Public Squa
Tennessee and considerable quantities of early
fruits are shipped to the northern cities. In
the woods are several varieties of wild fruits,
notably grapes and plums, and in some local-
ities the mast is very abundant. Irish pota-
toes can generally be had ripe enough for - -
the table by the 20th of April, roasting ears by the 20th of June, watermelons by
the 1st of July. Wheat is usually ready for harvest by the 1st of May. Most
vegetables except perennials, can be grown twice during the year. About 2,000
acres are devoted to the cultivation of fruits and vegetables, yielding a money
return of $37,418.
Stock raising is a part of regular farm work in this county, there being no range
stock. There were assessed for taxation in 1894, 5,869 horses and mules, valued at
$228,475; 13,903 head of cattle, valued at $86,285; 8 jacks and jennets, valued at
$1.410; 1,873 sheep and goats, valued at $3,309, and 9,145 hogs, valued at $16,108.
Harrison County is a high, rolling country, made up of low hills and more or
less extended valleys and table lands, the whole area, except that occupied by
farms,.being covered with heavy forests of red oak, post oak, hickory, ash, elm,
black jack and pine on the uplands, and of white oak, red oak, sweet gum, walnut
and beech on the bottom lands. Two-thirds of the entire area are capable of profit-
able cultivation, and the tillable lands consist of light gray or chocolate loam on a
red clay foundation on the uplands, and a dark, deep loam on the bottoms, each(44)
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