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TEXAS ALMANAC.
STATISTICS OF ALL TiHE COUNTIES.
LAND. J(TOWN L'S.
COUNTIES. RAILROAD
Area in No. of acres! Value- V .alue
S Arces. Assessed. Dollars. Dollars.
Webb, - 4224000 o i
Wise, 576000 13659 13320
3238 31131
Wharton, 710160 117261 752200 30460 B. B., B. a
193336 108953 4280
William- 707840 263538 607800; 45060
son, 166108 155340 3300
Wood, 537600 125805 255240 24000
164981 20850
Young, 576000
Total,: '43878847161863202;1084304011
tin the column headed Railroads, are indicated such Railroads passing, or to pass through
the county, (according to their charters) a are actually in course of construction. G. . H..-
represents Gall eston Houton and Ienderson Lailroad: B. B., . & C.-Buflo Bayou, Brazoa
and Colorado Railroad ; S. A. & Mi. G.-San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad ; M. & EL. P.-
eiemphis and El Pao'Railhoad; l. T. C.-Houston and Texas Central Railroad- S. .-Southern
.Pacific Railroad; M. G. H.- Mexican Gulf and Henderson Railroad; W. CO.-Washington
County Railroad. Ihee ioadds not having yet been surveyed but a small part of their pro-
posed extent. may be made to run through some other counties than those named. We may
add that the Houston Tap Railroad is altogether in Harris County.
WOOL GROWING IN THE SOUTH.
A gentleman who has been engaged in the wool growing business in Ten-
nessee, and who has recently traversed North Alabama, informs the Mobile
Tribune that the raising of sheep in that State would be more profitable
than the culture of cotton. Thousands of acres, fit for nothing but sheep
pastures, would be had for 12 cents per acre. An Alabamian, who has paid
much attention to the subject, writes:
"If England, Seotland, or Saxony, or even our own countryman, Mr. Cock-
rill, of Nashville, can raise sheep and grow wool upon lands worth fifty dol-
lars per acre, what princely fortunes cannot the Alabama wool grower realize
when sheep-walks and summer pasturage can be had gratis ?"
The Tribune gives the following dollar and cent argument:
Interest on the cost of 1000 sheep at $2 each, $120 ; interest on 500 acres of
land at $1 per acre, $30; labor of one man, $200; keeping two shepherd dogs,
$20; extra labor for shearing, $25; salt, $10: incidentals, $45. Total, $45.
Value of wool, three pounds to each sheep at twenty-five cents per pound, $750; in-
orerse--700 lambs at $1 each, $700. Total, $1,445. Annual profit on 1000 sheep,
$1005--an interest of forty per cent., to which is to be added the increased value
of the lands.
There is a good reason to believe that in many parts of Texas, sheep can
be raised still more profitably.
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