Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 259, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1878 Page: 2 of 4
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FACTS ABOUT kORTV TEXAS.I
rmutiou for thoty Doniriug to
Emigrate.
ltroduotion—Public Lauds— Land
Grants—Land Titles—Homestead
Exemptions—Price of La&d Soil
—Lumber — Water and "Water
Powers—Insects, Reptiles, Etc.
—Taxation And Bonds—Health-
Farming Products - Climate—
Schools—The Colored Element-
Stock Raising—Fruits — V egeta-
bles — Manufactories — Business
Opportunities-Trades and Pro-
fessions—Where to Go and How
to Get There, Etc., Etc.
Texas, although a state in name,
is an empire in size. It has an area
of' 274,000 square miles, or more
than tlie Combined area of Illinois,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York,
with all of New England thrown in.
It stretches from the seventeenth to
the twenty-ninth meridian of longi-
tude, and its extreme boundaries arc
more than a thousand miles apart.
Tt embraces within its limits rugged
ountains, fertile plains and barren
\stes. It contains some of the
thest land upon the continent as
rell as a great deal of the poorest,
/ts range of products is as diversified
ns its surface, embracing the cereals
/and fruits of the North, the cotton of
I the South, and the sugar and orange
of the- tropics. It was one of the
first to secede from the old home
government, and yet sutiered less by
the rebellion than any other southern
state, and is the only one that escaped
financial ruin at the hands of the
carpet bagger. Its state debt is only
nominal as compared with its re-
sources ; its bonds are above par,
and its rate of taxation for state and
county purposes is limited to one
per cent., except for special purposes.
Its population in 1870 was 818,519,
which will be more than doubled by
the year 1S80.
I'UULIC LANDS.
Under the conditions of the treaty
i which Texas was annexed to the
L,
ed States she retained control of
er public lands. These she has
[, t
ibli^L a permanent school tu,ud>
ran'
msed to suntuUlc immigration, to
jpstabli Ji a
and to foster
improvements. The state has never
been sectioiuzctf^fnit is laid off into
'•headrightsr," each pcrsoTT^rlahg
in such shape as suited his fancy the
amount of land to which he was en-
titled. The field notes or descrip-
tion of the tract, duly certified by the
county surveyor, were forwarded to
the land commissioner at Austin, a
patent was issued to the locator by
the governor of the state, and hence-
forth, for all time to come, that tract
become known as his "headright."
In early times the old Spanish sys-
tem of land measurement was
adopted and is generally still adhered
to. In this system the unit of mea-
surement is a vara or Spanish yard
(33 1-3 inches), and the table to be
learned by the Texan school boy
runs as follows:
331 inches make I vara.
5646 square varas make I acrc.
177 acres moke I labor.
labors make 1 league.
To one accustomed to the short
ajid.concise descriptions of land in a
"country where everything is laid off
in sections, where all tracts are square
or nearly so, and where all angles
are right angles, the complex de-
scriptions found here arc puzzling
in the extreme. It is seldom that a
line runs due cast and west or due
north and south, and the number of
sides and corners to a tract varies
from three to twenty. In one in-
stance in this county (Grayson) a
piece of land, as described in the
patent, has forty-three sides, and its
. /Wgj^ptiogf iwJwt'Miy bearing trees,
&c., to identify the Corners, covers
more than two pages of legal cap
paper, closely written.
LAND GRANTS.
While Texas was still a pavt of the
Mexican government, large grants
of land were made to citizens for
distinguished services—seldom less
than one or more than eleven leagues
to each person. These grants, as
far as they were located and could
be identified, were respected when
Texas became a republic, and the
same system was kept up, except in
smaller amounts, by issuing "dona-
tion warrants," "bounty warrants,"
and "headright certificates." Un-
der the republic the size of the grant
varied, a league and labor (4605
acres) being the largest and a single
labor ( 177 acres) the smallest. In
those days the head of a family was
entitled to a grant of 1200 acres,
which was afterwards reduccd to 640
acres and finally, since Texas be-
came a state, to a prt-emption claim
k>>f I'id a. . • \ u ai rant or ,i 0 Hi
could be located in a single
or in detached pieces, as its
iili i ^l. !it-m c it liaL "fMPTi-.l
that lands have been located in I
pieces of irregular sizes, of every j
possible shape, wifch lines running to
every point of the compass and giv- j
ing to a countv map the general con-
tused appearance of a spider-web
struck by lightning.
UNIVKKSITY AND SCHOOL LANDS.
In most of the northern counties
of the state large quantities of land
were surveyed and set apart, many
years ago, for the purpose of found-
ing and sustaining a state university.
In addition to this each county was
granted a certain number of leagues
of land to be used exclusively for the
benefit of common schools in that
county. These lands are now upon
the market, to be sold to actual set-
tlers, at an appraised value ranging
| from $1.50 to $5.00 per acre, pay-
able m ten annual instalments with
' interest at ten per cent, per annum.
They arc divided into tracts of So
; and 160 acres, and 110 person can
! purchase more than one tract, so that
! the school lands are rapidly becom-
1 ing the most thickly settled portions
! of the country.
LAND TITLES.
A11 impression has gone abroad
! that land titles in Texas are very
precarious. This is partly true, but
! in the main very untrue, and arose
mainly in this way: Owing to the
low value of lands, it frequently
happened that a tract would be lo-
cated or purchased by a non-resident
and held as an investment. As
years rolled by the owner would
disappear and alhAraces of him be
lost. A ring of speculators was
formed, who hunted up this class of
cases and made forged titles to the
property, dating them back to about
the time of the owners' disappear-
ance. They then made transfers
from one to. another, all duly authen-
ticated and showing a perfect chain
of title down to the present claimant,
who would- have these instilments
all recorded and put the lancmipon
the market. Their transactions%ere
generally limited to two or
tracts in a county, in order to av
suspicion. These tracts are now
all known and their history is full
understood by every abstract man,
and there is no more danger of being
deceived in a title in Texas than any
other state, provided the purcha-""-
excrciscs the same i a■* « * cau-
tion haes fhnt yf mild there. The
fraudulent litlwpftre less than one
per cent whole. Further
thai thl" rigid limitation laws have
beenY ^sst cl by which persons hold
ing 1 eaceable possession under any
title a°d paying taxes for five years,
become absolute owners of the prop
erty against all adverse claimants,
except minor heirs.
homestead exemptions
The head of a family is entitled to
hold two hundred acres of land with
all the improvements thereon, also
sufficient stock and implements to
work the same, and these are exempt
from seizure or forced sale for any
cause except taxes or purchase
money. If living in a city or town,
he is entitled to a lot or lots, the
original cost of which, exclusive of
improvements, does not exceed
$5000. Under recent rulings of the
supreme court it is not necessary
that these lots lie contiguous to each
other, so that a man may claim as
his homestead a residence in the
suburbs and a business block on
the main street. The homestead,
whether farm or city property, can-
not be mortgaged or encumbered in
any way except for purchase money
or improvements, and for the latter
only when the written consent of the
wife has been obtained and the same
duly certified before a notary public.
i'rlce ok land.
This varies with the quality and
location, from twenty-five cents per
acrc to ten dollars. In the northern
part of the state, the part best
adapted to grain-raising and now
most rapidly settling, the best grade
of farming land, unimproved and
ng within ten miles of a railroad
tion, can be had at from four to
dollars per acre. As you recede
m railroads and markets the price
dininishes to about one dollar, the
lovest price at which good land can
befliad in organized counties.
soil.
he soil is greatly varied, being
composed of black waxy, black
sanity, red sandy and light or gray
saady, each having its peculiar
craps. The subsoils are yellow and
red clay, the red being considered
thd best, especially for fruit and
vegetables. The strongest and rich-
est of these is the black waxy, which,
hojyever, is hardest and most dis-
Bgteeablc to cultivate, owing to the
rttiwy qualities from which it derives
'ts name.
TIMBER.
T\* principal timber of the agri-
culture regions is the oak, and .the
varieties found are the post oak, red
oak and black oak, with burr oak
and chestnut oak in the bottoms.
. t ^avc in more limited quan-
tities, the elm, ash, hickory and
pecan. The bois d'arc (osage
orange) here Incomes a sturdy tree
and is very valuable on account of
its lasting qualitA When dry it
alhost as hard as m,Y and will last
ldigcr than any oth\,A. t)od upon
tl) 1 out jnr nt. [t is , comin-r
into use In the manufacture of
wagons and implements where
strength and great durability are re-
quired.
The streams generally are bor-
dered with timber, a <1 there are
occasional belts of timber upon the
uplands, extending across several
counties. In general terms it may
be stated that North Texas is sup- j
plied with sulficierit timber for fuel ]
and fencing purposes. The eastern
portion of the state is an immense
pine forest, which is now penetrated
by railroads, and the yellow pine
lumber is the cheapest and best
building material to be had, being
furnished at from fifteen to twenty-
live dollars per thousand. The pine
land regions are not desirable as
farming lands nor are they generally
healthy.
WATER AND WATER POWER.
The northern part of Texas is
well watered. The numerous springs
arc supplemented by streams, fur-
nishing an ample supply for stock,
and the water generally is soft and
palatable. The average depths of
wells is not over twenty feet. The
water, whether from springs or wells,
is several degrees warmer than in
the higher latitudes. One's teeth
are never chilled here by the cold-
ncss of the water, as is often the
case at the mountain springs or deep
wells farther north. Still, experience
has proven that nature knew best
what was adapted to the human sys-
tem, for those are healthiest and less
troubled by thirst who use the fresh,
clear water without the addition of
ice to reduce the temperature.
Water power is very little utilized,
and probably never can be much
relied upon. The beds of rivers are
often of quicksand, making it im-
possible to construct dams, and the
long dry season would render it im-
practicable to obtain a supply to
d equably.
11 seen, idt .
1 two inchus 1
our years the
er but once j
CLIMA
The climate is mi
In winter snow is
seldom forms more
thick, and in the 1 as
thermometer has r
touched zero. In Jdnuary and Feb- j
ruary there are days together when a j
fire is not needed and an overcoat is |
uncomfortable. The occasional "cold j
snaps," in the shape |ol "northers," I
seldom last more than forty-eight,
hours. Stock does vtry well without j
shelter, and plowing is done ev. ry j
month in tlie year, unless it be July I
and August. Spring ppcus in Feb-
ruary, and in March all nature has 1
resumed her robes (if green. The;
summers are longer, but the heat no
greater than in latitiups ten degrees
farther north. The thermometer
seldom rises above ioov in the shade.
Our hottest days are ({quailed in St.
Louis and Chicago, nut they begin
earlier and hold on later. As an off-
set to the heat of th^ day we have
to be employed in picking. After
picking it is taken to the gin, where
it is ginned and haled for one-twelfth.
A fair cron is one-half bale
poll IK
three-
laii crop is one-half bale (iy
) to the acre; a good crop is
ourths of a bale,
crop one bale. Cotton
always a cool breeze at night, so that the school'fund will eventually swe
mori
:uid ail extra
has brought
in market for the last two seasons an
average of nine cents per pound.
The seed yields about thirty bushels
to the bale and is worth from five to
ten cents per bushel for feeding or
for oil.
SCHOOLS.
Texas has a good school system
and the nucleus of a fund which will
eventually equiil that of any state in
the Union. All poll taxes, all fines
and penalties collected, and all pro-
ceeds arising from the sale of public
lands, go into the school fund. When
it is remembered that over seventy
million acres of land has been donated
to railroads and that for each section
so donated an alternate is set apart
as school land, it will be seen that
ng refreshed
jfood night's
eason do we
night such
>t day iri the
this cause or
>r some rea-
(vercome by
imstroke are
one rises 111 the
, and invigorated
j rest. Not twice
have a close, swclb rin]
as frequently follows a !
north. Whether from
not we cannot say, but
son people are seldom
J the heat, and cases of
unknown.
There is no denying Ithe fact that
the climate has a somewlat enervat-
ing effect upon the human system.
A man comes here full ofitlie life and
energy of a northern ctine, and is
astonished at the indolcntWays of the
people. Gradually, however, he
seems to lose his own vitility, and in
a few years has drifted into the ways
of those around him.
FARMING PRODUC S.
The range of products within the
reach of the farmer is extremely
carry machinery through the summer I varied. Our location is uj>on a^kiud.
of middle ground, where tlie grain
belt of the northr and the cotton re-
1 gion of the,•■south overlap en0I1 other
iy
Stl
ten
fr<
months even if the building of dams
were jiossiblc.
insects, reptiles, et
The greatest pests yf this country,
re the flea andjjaa bed-bug. '1 hey j
fe indigenous to the > < :.l *■ 0. it v. -
real extreme valance on ttic part
the hoiiuykeeper to 'Ttcep them at
ilfs only 1h Isolated cases that
hfi mosqiti'to becomes troublesome,
and then not as much so as in higher
latitudes. Lizards, chameleons,
horned frogs, and the common order
of harmless snakes abound here.
Tarantulas, centipedes and scor-
pions, of which such terrible tales
are told, are occasionally met with,
but hardly cnee in a lifetime do we
hear of a person being injured by
them. They are far more dangerous
at a distance ft a 11 at close quarters.
Poisonous reptiles, such as the rattle-
snake and the copperhead, are not
more common or dangerous here
than upon the prairies of Illinois.
and the products of both i arc avail-
ab'.v. A farm which can produce
tmrty bushels of wheat to the acre in
one field and three-fourths of a bale
of cotton to the acre in an adjoining j their class everywhere—a few thrifty
to enormous proportions. At present
it is sufficient to sustain a school only
about four months in the year. Like
.ill other southern states there is a
MTong prejudice against true schools,
which must be worn away before
they can reach their full degree of
liscfulness. Even legislators are not
above this prejudice, and the school
law last enacted does not permit the
levying of a tax to supplement the
school fund, no matter how willing
the people may he to pay it. For-
tunately, some of the citics and,towns
have special charter privileges, enabl-
ing them to provide for their schools,
and these the law could not affect.
The city of Dcnison is one of this
class, and her proudest boast is that
for three years she has maintained a
system of free graded schools during
ten months of the year. Truth com-
pels us to admit, however, that not
three other towns in the state have
done the same thing.
.the colored element
is not Sufficiently strong in the north-
ern part of the state to be felt either
politically or otherwise. They rep-
resent only a small percentage 01
the inhabitants and are the same as
and
improvi-
taxation and bonds.
Profiting by the example of some
of the western states, which arc now
overwhelmed with a bonded debt
assumed during a period of inflated
prosperity, the people of Texas have
adopted a constitution by which
counties, cities and towns sue pro-
hibited from issuing bonds in aid of
railroads or any other private enter-
prise. By the same instrument the
rate of taxation is limited in cities
of less than ten thousand inhabitants
to one-fourth of one per cent, for
general purposes. A few of the
older cities have been drawn into the
vortex of debt, but the law has been
so framed, and the right of taxation
so carefully hedged, that it is next to
impossible for a county or city here-
after to become involved beyond its
means. The line has been perhaps
too closely drawn, but those who
have sufiered from over-taxation,
will agree with us that it is better to
err on the side of economy than on
that of extravagance. Very few
counties in North Texas have any
bonded debt, most of them have
good county buildings erected and
paid for, their credit is good, and
they are enjoying a season of finan-
cial prosperity.
health.
but the majority lazy
dent.
stock raising.
Probably larger fortunes have been
made in a short time in stock raising
than any other line of business. Nu-
merous instances can be citcd where
men who were poor ten years ago
now number their cattle by the tlmus
and. Most of these have acquired
their riches in a legitimate way, but
of oci asionally one it will be said
that he be},an busmt-s.s with "a "bull
and a branding iron" and in a year
had raised a hundred head. The
stock field is a large one and offers
as good inducements as ever. lie-
ginning with one, two or three liuti-
j tired yearlings, which can be had at
i live to seven dollars each, a man lias
but to sit down and wait for them to
grow up, increase and multiply.
Still even this occupation is not
without its drawbacks. The suc-
cessful stock ra ser must banish liiin*
sell beyond the limits of civilization,
must eat, drink and sleep with his
herd, and be ever ready to protect
himself and them against incursions
from v.olves, Indians and caul"
one, and where cattle and hogs sub-
sist through the winter without other
food or shelter than such as they cai
gather upon the range outside, is cci-
tainly a desirable one, and the com:
try Is full of just such places. 1
careful inquiry among farming me 1
has given us about the following a
basis of facts which can by relic
upon:
Wheat is a crop which scldon
fails when well put in and in proper
season. The black lands, both sand
and waxy, produce from fifteen to
J forty bushels per acre. The proper
j season for sowing is from the 20th of
September to the 1st of December,
although winter wheat is often sown
as late as January, and even then it
frequently makes a good crop. The
harvest begins about the middle of
May, and the price of wheat usuallv
ranges about $1.00 per bushel. A
very common plan here is to sow
wheat upon corn ground, without any
preparation, and then cover lightly
with a plow or even with a brush.
Summer fallowing is a process here
unknown. It may be noticed, • how-
ever, that every year more attention
is being paid to wheat, and of course j thieves, which are to be dreaded
North Texas is as healthy a region
of country as is to be found any
iy a
where in" the Union. Owing to its
high location, pure air and good
water it is free from malaria, except
in river bottoms, while rheumatism,
catarrh and neuralgia are almost un-
known. Indeed, numerous cases can
be shown where people who have
suffered for years from these diseases
have been wholly cured by the cli-
mate here. The fevers that prevail
are billions and intermittent, a type
easily controlled and very seldom
fatal. The old form of typhus or
fever is seldom met. The
tVe pneu-
M\g month
of February, and is fr"wmtly fatal
among those who hafc^^cn poorly
clothed or housed. Ptf >pllc of good
habits and properly cared for have
little to fear from it. Yellow fever
sometimes appears along the gulf
coast, but has never reached the
north part of the state, the altitude
being above that ever reached by the
disease. Chills and fever abound
disease most dreaded is
liionia, which prevails in
with better results. As mills are
built and shipping facilities increased
more of it is raised, and it is gradu-
ally changing from an article of im-
port to one of export. There is no
reason why Texas should not rank
with the best wheat producing states.
Only winter wheat is raised, spring
wheat never having been tried so far
as we know.
Barley yields well so far as tried,
but is very little raised, owing to lack
of demand and shipping facilities.
Oats yield immensely upon all
wheat growing lands, often produc-
ing seventy-five or eighty bushels to
the acre. They bring from twenty
to forty cents per bushel.
Corn produces well on valley
lands, yielding from forty to eighty
bushels. On light uplands it runs
from fifteen to forty bushels. A
great deal fails to reach even this, but
owing to neglect of cultivation.
Grasses.—The introduction of do-
mestic grasses common to the north
has not proven satisfactory. The
wild grasses of the prairie arc very
nutritious, and retain this quality
when cured upon the ground without
being cut. It is believed that as the
soil becomes cultivated and domesti-
cated the tame grasses can be suc-
cessfully introduced. The best pas-
ture grass is Bermuda, which yields
more pasturage than any other grass
known and never kills out.
Cotton is the staple of the south.
Before the war it was the main re-
liance of the planter, for the reason
that it is always cash and will bear
transportation to any distance. It is
planted in April, in solid rows, about
the same distance apart as corn.
When about three or four weeks old
these rows are "chopped out," leav-
ing the stalks about one foot apart.
ter
re
rn;
which are
jn< eased in
he day is
about in the order mined
The raising of cattle, sheep and
hogs in connection with farming is
much more profitable in a warm
than in a cold country, where the
crjp of the summer is stored away
to be fed out in wintei. Every
thrift) farmer has his bunch of stock
about him, which increases and
grows anu thrives, lie scarcely knows
how, except that it is without cost to
himself, until in a few years the rev-
enue from his stock is equal to that
from his grain. The native cows
are very poor milkers, perhaps from
the fact that for generations back
their calves have been allowed to run
with them until they weaned them-
selves. The breed is being rapidly
improved, cattle raiscis having (lis
covered that half bloods ,ca:i be as
easily raised as natives and are worth
considerably more in the m.ukct
Formerly, nearly all imported stock
died of fever during the first season,
but latterly it has been found that if
sheltered and protected from the sun
during their acclimating perbd they
become as hardy as natives. The
same is true of horses as well «s
cattle, and many a man (the writer
of this among the nu.nber,) has lost
valuable hoiscs by not kiuwing this
in time.
In this connection we might state
that with all her cattle, Texas has
very few dairies, makes but little
butter and still less cheese. Those
who have entered this line of busi-
ness are reaping rich harvests in pro-
portion to the capital invested.
FRUITS.
For certain classes of fiult the soil
and climate, particulaily in the
northern tier of counties, seem spe-
cially adapted, and fruit growing in
It is then cultivated the same as corni being made a specialty in those points
The picking season begins in Scpj
tcmber and lasts until December.
along the rivers, the same ajin all ; field of cotton has to be pickcd abouj
' 'I In r newly settled counti^^fthut three or lour times. One 111:111 ai
.is the coun' ! tend about the same number of acre]
improved. I corn, but extra help would hkiri
accessible to market. Having an
advantage of from one to three weeks
time over Missouri and Illinois, the
{production of such fruits as will bear
^transportation is very profitable.
)cuison, the teinfinusof the M. K.
"
.Si 1 . railway, is the dfcter of the
finest fruit region iiAhe state.
Large orchards ami fruit'irms hav«
iibcHily been established,
being enlarged and
number every year, anti
not far distant when e«dy (fruits "will
be shipped from this to the
cities of the north-west by the cut
load.
Peaches—Texas is tl|- natural
home of t he peach, all vui ibties doing
remarkably well. Until ibeently lit-
tle attention was paid to their culture,
a id yet some of the specimens of
natural fruit would be hard to excel
in any market. Since the introduc-
tion of the earliest varieties they often
realize for their producer) from four
to six dollars per bushel. The \ms-
den, Alexander, Foster and Rivers
have thus far proven among the
most profitable.
Af>ptes—Eurly varieties do well
as they mature before the extremely
hot weather sets in. They bring
from $1 50 to $2.50 per bushel.
Late varieties are liable to olister and
sunburn upon the trees, and have not
thus far proven a success.
Pears—Formerly g ew and pro-
ilucevi well, Inil of l u« jtraia haVe
been subject to blight.
Plums—Pioduce well. They have
not as jet been tiouhled by the cur-
culio. The wild goose is the favorite
and most successful variety.
Cherries—A few varieties, par-
ticulaily those oi the Morrello type,
have been successfully introduced.
It is as yet an unsettled question
whether sweet cherriev can be profit-
ably raised.
Grapes—Are indigenous to the
country. The woods are full of wild
ones, some of which are equal in
size to domestic grapes, and very lit-
tle inferior in quality. The Concord
is the standard vine, being more
hardy and sure than any other, but
the more delicate varieties, particu-
laily the Ives, Scuppernopg fil<T
avay, are being successful 1; i
duced and promise to be veil' ptofit-
I much
til, and
ell, are
p ifitabl.
fi
able. Grapes can be r*is
cheaper here than at the N
this is gradually becoming wine-
producing district.
Blackberries—Produce
easily raised and very
We know of several instandi whe
they have ie:dized f >r their wners
dollar per lull in a single swon.
Strawberries—Do well i on sai
dy land and are exceedinglyprofita
bie, but are quite liable to b« JUrnct
out during the hot month of th
summer. If located where ley cat|5
be irrigated or easily waterd they
become one of the safest aii surest
a< well as most valuable erOf. A
high as $700 per acre has
ized from them.
Raspberries, Gooseb
Currants—Do not
K*ed.
VEGETABLES^
The native Texan ha
use for any great variet
bles, and still less ambi
vate them. It is only
vent of people from th
anything like mafket
k O . *a
th:> part of the State lids
and the result so tar ha]
satisfactory.
Sweet yotaloes—Are
what Irish potatoes are t
Tlicy grow everywhere
classes of soil, and are a s
of diet with eviybodyj
best upon a sandy soil,
tain an immense size
brought to the Nkws o;
time ago which weighed
half pounds, and was la
man's head. They sell
per bushel when first p
cents during the plentiful
$1 late in the winter-P
from two to four hundred
a ere.
Irish Potatoes—Prod
bly well upon moist grou
crops are raised in a sea si
crop, ripening in June,lis
to rot. They are not as
Northern potatoes, audi
not as great, ranging fro
live to one hundred and
per acre. The fall crop
perior both in eating 1
qualities. The average
cents to $1.
Peanuts—Are a profit
upon sandy soil, producin
to two hundred buslie"
which readily bring 75
bushel.
Melons—For
vvaterme
A whole
seen the smallest of whfu.u weighs
fifty pounds', and a single nfulon was
produced last year weighing ninety-
six pounds. They are as fine in
quality as in size, and are ilfton ship-
ped in car load lots to NortkBrn cities.
Pews. Beans, Turnips, ^Radishes
and Lettuce—All do vyell.'
Onions—Do not attauj a very
large size.
Tomatoes—Produce wel but need
great care and sometimes jkhelter to
prevent the fruit from scaling.
Cabbage—Require pKVer soil
and skillful management. Ks a rule
about one person in four succeeds in
raising them. They are vtf'y
and a good cabbage-patch fl il,nu^
fortune. J o., ^
RENTING FAHN!M'.N'
M in aj- %
The annual season
is about Christmas. <.
%nd
s very little
of vegeta-
ion to culti-
ince the ad-
! North that
ardening in
been tried,
|s been very
to the South
the North.
upon all
aple article
They do
nd olten at-
One was
ce a short
nine and a
rger than a
at 75 cents
oduced, 50
season, and
They yield
bushels per
ice tolera-
id, and two
1. The first
very liable
food as the
lie yield is
m seventy*
f.y bushels
s much su-
nt! keeping
>t'ico IB 75
able crop
i from one
per acre,
cents pi
I
•? M
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Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 259, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1878, newspaper, January 1, 1878; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth326806/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.