Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-06-08
lcoRREsroSDESCE ~ THE FREE pRlss.l
Farming in Texas,
PRAIRIE CorrAGr. TrvAs
April IN tu-

r"fmlhg in Texas,
PRAIRIE CortAGr, TrSAs,)
April 80, 1855.
MtssRs. EpfroRs In replv 10 vour motto o.,;.-
Tor information as to uho, the farmer and .tocL
raiser find ready market for ,bc;r r,rio,,,
reductions I answer, that newly arrival i,,,.!
grants require large quantity Of corn, and pr..
visions n' they traverse the country in ovorr di.,
uoh country merchants take large ouantitie. If
produce in exchange for goods, and market for
more or less IS always found in every small village.
throI1fn the state. Every farmer sbould rsi.o
hi pork and keep all hi. stock in good boor,
lie certainly sustains no los. by feeding on, al hi.
surplus corn.
Htock raisers are generally extensively known.
and often market is found at their own doors. If
not ready market can be found in Eastern Texas
." ''ou's'aha' Corn our principal crop. commands
W 70 NIFTY cents per bushel, in harvest time,
""' 'u''"s Tue winter months, from seventy five
''",' 10 one u'IIar and hity-cent- per bushcl The
Po'"c' per acre Is from thirty % forty bushels tie
result OIL what you Nermontcrs would call crop
half cultivated
Let the same care and cultivation be bestowed
upon the crop her' which is customary among the
pest farmers IN New England, and firmly believe
'""' 'ne P''du'' would be nearly doubled, and that
''' without 'he aid Of manure. The labor and OK
l'n'' Of monurins farm in New England, you arc
we'll aware is no incousi1craLc item
Inc more our prairics cultivated, the bct,cr
they become, and after series Of years, if the
farmer is disposed to have out his manure, it. gene
raj distribution will amply repay him
Mlli9t l. another very productive crop, reprodu.
eng itself, and yielding several tons to the acre
Ihe ""rcson pca," is cultivated here to limit ed
f
extent and l. said to be very prolific, and nnlc.
superior fodder for stock generally
I"hacc" grows well, and three pickingy can be
gathered in season. And we have vast e1ten,
OF country peculiarly adapted to the growth Of
wheat, which outwcghs the product Of mn o,b,,
N'f'' ny three or four pounds to the busbel. Tina,
portion Of country which has been tested. lies ives,
and north Of the centre Of the State. 1t il. M,
portion of Texas, would invite the attention of nj.
those persons in your section Of country who az.
DESTROYS of seeking more salubrious cline mud
/ tlIl enjoying climate which approNimato. To that
/ u winch they were native born, barring now and
! forever the severity of your northern winter.
Nearly all those dciicou, fruits which abound with
y'"' VIII in the middle regions Of Texas succeed 3D.
"'f''f' arriving NJ maturity me three y,ats
'''''''' INA" win YOU ~ an instance III point
! hor'' within few miles of the Bay, a peach tree
which come up from the seed last Spring. tbi,
| season produced one blossom, and has now upop II
| me- heaithy peach, the size of an ounce ball
Aho'her three year. old has upon it the mate
RAJ Tor some two bushels Of fruit Fig and ounce
ree'' grow well here, and bear the second and
third year The native grape, (of which delieiou,
wine mas often been made) abound, upon nearly
every water course, and they can be gathered By
cart load.
another very important advantage which tbi.
section OF country has that of the coast is the
widely scattered quarres of building stone, which,
when hr't taken from the quarry, is of so soft tex
tuFe' that 1t can be cut out with an axe, or saw.
! INTO any sized blocks you may choose and becomes
! nara ana permanent for building purposes. upon
exposure to the atmosphere. The Capitol of tho
| state is built with it.
Here, then, is land, goodly land. lterallv
flowing out with milk and honey within whose .oiI
lies hiddeh mines OF wealth. with climate 50 at.
trac'iVe, that few persons leave it, but for to re.
turn, interpreted with gentle hills crowned with
the beautiful live oak, clear sparkling streams,
Astounding with delicious fish. rising so bold and
Tree that they at become river, broad and
fertile pralries GALL waiting for plough) skirted
with timber Of various kinds, from the summit Of
whose oak crowned mounds, surmounted by tho
Farmers dwellings, can be seen for miles around not
the cattle upon thousand hills" but thou,and.
OF cattle upon the almost boundlcss prairie.
will here recapitulate the various product.
which are raised in Western Texas, so that the
/ FARMERS oil ermont can see at glance what they
can pitch into, after they the rund
t"iher SIDE Of Jordan, viz corn, cotton, sugar
cane, wheat, rye, hemp, tobacco millet, sweet and
lrish potatoes, peas, beans, pumpkins and squashes
and all kinds Of garden produce summer and winter
/ ('tep in, gentlemen, and can give you to-day.
green peas, beans cucumbcrs and Irish potatoes all
res h from my garden.)
such Is the country for all those who come to
seek habitation and home, who with re.olute
hearts and strong arms, determined to overcome
all obstacles which labor and perseverance, can &C
comrIiSh. Here, the immigrant can nor purchase
virgin soil, for from fifty cents up to twenty five
dollars per acre.
Come, then, good men, and trua, from all Now
England; we want the land occupied, we want to SEQ
hundreds and thousands of acres, In one vast wheat
/ held We want to see rock crested streams
crowned with the buzzing mill, we want to supply
our own state with the best of -four, and have sur.
plus Of half a million of barrel. for our southern
neghbors And all this, we venture to predict will
he realized before another ten years ha, elapsed