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3 -. houses are maintained, and
. 88 teachers are employed.
b.iThe assessed valuations for
1 , a,!1: 1894 amounted to $6,858,349.
, ' '{ ' Improved lands sell from $15
to $25 per acre, unimproved
from $5 to $15.
The close proximity of the county to
as large a city as Dallas, gives a fine
market for everything that a farmer can
raise or produce, and no better locality in
the State can be found for locating small
farms. Lands can be bought cheaply, or
leased on easy terms, either sharing, or
rental, crops are a certainty, and the soil
is suitable for almost anything that is
cultivated in the South.
The value of the products of Kaufman
County for 1894, $1,524,305, was more
than $72.00 per capita for every individ-
ual in the county, and from this some
idea can be formed of what could be
earned if the cultivation of the more
valuable crops-fruits, vegetables, etc.,
were increased. Fine stock-raising
could be profitably engaged in.
The principal towns are: Kaufman,
the county seat, population, 1,282; Cran-
dall, population, 251; Forney, popula-
tion, 811; Terrell, population, 2,988;
Kemp, population, 355; Prairieville,- .:- -? -opopulation, 206;
.-- ']-~ _Elmo, population,
518; Lawudale,
population, 2 64;
and Lawrence,
." i- .:.population, 1 76.
*~t~"~' '~' '~~-'~ The business en-
c terpis ie terprises in the
centers C.county v con sist of 5
T;e - l)a banks, with a joint
capital of $260,700;
9_" .; 1100 mercantile
the l s establishments, 2
flour mills, 2 saw
FOR DINNER. mills, 1 ice factory,
1 canning factory,
and numerous others. The Texas &
Pacific Railway crosses the northern
portion of the county from east to west;
the Texas Midland Railway passes from
the south-east corner to tie north-west
corner, and the Texas Trunk Railway
enters the county on the west, crossing
the Texas Central Railway at Kaufman.
The roads have a combined mileage of
91 miles.
Terrell, the largest town in the county,
is situated on the Texas & Pacific Rail-
way, 32 miles east of Dallas. It has
seven churches, a high school, several
graded schools, an opera hall, two
banks, electric light plant, water works,
an ice factory, a cotton compress, a
flouring mill, 2 nurseries, a foundry,
cotton gin, and 2 weekly newspapers.
The North Texas Hospital for the
Insane, a stately institution, is located
here. The commercial business of
Terrell consists of the handling of
cotton, grain, flour, live stock, hides,
wool, fruits, etc.
Forney, also on the Texas & Pacific
Railway, is noted for its hay and cotton
shipments, and also does a considerable
business in the handling of bois d'arc
timber. It has all the conveniences
common to a town of 1,000 inhabitants.COTTON FIELD SCENE.
(61)
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