The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-25
TEXAS.
spGcAL CORRESPONDENTS or THE HERALD.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD.
Town of Wnco, Its Rapid Growth and Pres
perity-The People Hard mt Work and Let
ting Politics AiOne-Seeking Rofuge Against
Iudinn Observation-Disclosures of the
Great Wheat Region Of Texas. and the In-
Gucemeuts for ImmigratiOn--The Country
Between Austin and Waco-Stago Couch
Politics and Why Br0wniow Has Not Been
Killed. us Explained by n Tcnnesseenu-A
Swearing Minister.
WACO, August 20, 1887.
In my varied iourncyings thus far through the Lone
Star State, have not CHANGED upon thoroughly
pleasant cheerful looking. entorprsng wideawaH and
so ahead town than Waco. Most charmiDgy located
amid environment OF scenery at wild and
picturesque there Is that in Its broad streets, fine
stores, neat dwellings and beautiful churches. giving
token Of higher culture than meets elsewhere here
and business energy and spirit Of progress and improve
ment which, while they would excite astonshment in
Eastern and Northern towns are the moro wondered
at and appreciated from their rarity in this young
try and the free, carcles haphazard OF settlers
making up tho larger share OF the population And be-
Sides there its Waco University buildings In arohi
tecral design and finish very nearly equal to anything
Of the kind In the older sister States, and the Waco
Female College and Bosqueve seminary also enc build
ngs, and there i5 its wooen and cotton mandatory
Of the largest in the State last but least
latitude. 1t is vacation at the university, but at
term time thoro are two hundred and nifty students
gathered within its walls, with o like number receiving
instruction the other seminaries The Waco manufac
turing company, though now Il is temporarily IN charge
Of the military, has at work two thousand spindes and
turns out fine cotton and wooen fabrics any fac
tory In tho country The whole town s the growth Of
few years. having been located 1850 by Captain Ross
formerly Indian agent Once 1t was the seat OF gov
eminent Of the Waco Indiana and there still curious
stories aoat Of famous battle fought here just before
the declaration Of Texan independence between the
Wacos and Chcrokees and resulting dsastrousy 10 the
latter. find politics very little talked here. The
people will discuss manufacturing and the growing OF
wheat and cotton, but ignore potics The subject
Of Indian raids occupies attention than
strucon. goodly number, too. come In from the
country to insure safety against Indian depredations
There IL only company of soldiers here Company H.
Twentysxth United States infantry, under command OF
Captain Emerson but with this protection and the fact
that Indians to attack large towns the people
feel quite secure against molestation.
cotton regions of Tcxas and also described those sec
of the State chiefly devoted to stock and sheep
raising Being nov in the wheat region I will briefly
describe what known the wheat growing section OF
the State and the Inducements TO immigrants desiring to
engage this branch Of agriculture There arc thirty
and Milan counties noreastery to Red river aud Lamar
county, thence wos TO Cook county, aud thence south,
embracing WEe anu BOsQue ana the iuteTmeul3t0
counties to the northern line OF Travis county.
This region embraces fully 20 600 square miles, or 90
600 900 square acres and Is mostly pISs and four
OF twenty bushels to the acre Tho yield this year,
though not good anticipated from the late season
sructive is estimated Ut 10 coo 600 bushels from which
will be the great importance attaching TO its
cultivation and the revenue capable Of beng derived
from II export Although lis cultivation has al.
ready attained importance little dreamed OF in the
early Of the state yet its culture is still in ITS
tnfa md m nd le
its production is just beginning 10 be appreciated Tho
plain fact undoubtedly that there is no better wheat
growing country in the world The Climate, soil and
elevation OF the country peculiarly adapted TO its
culture and the seasons arc suited 20 its successful seed
the black praro OF the eastern portion red
OF the western Untii lately has BEEN supposed that
The black prslres were capable OF producing
qualify; but II Is now known that the
lands OF the Upper Brazos and the branches
OF the Fed river viii produce the largest yield and the
finest grain portions OF them yielding high
forty bushels the This rich troducivencss
Is owing TO doubt to the that tho soil OF the red
land is ulled with gypsum in soluble State furnished
by tue wsshnss from the great psun belt through
which the hcaaraters OF the streams named Gow. The
black adhesive soil Of the eastern section contains
gypsum, but IL 10 rich In the Carbonate and phosphate
OF lime, derived from the white rock which 1t rests.
Both those soils possess remarkable ability TO resist the
severe droughts which are sometimes experienced here
There Is another variety OF sothe black, sandy soil
found the river and creek valleys OF tho tim
bers but this does not yield VOL the other varc-
ties, and is less capable OF ing drought Tho kinds
OF wheat principally cultivated are what are known
tao early May, taliornia aud red May wheat To do.
scr be the process 81 cultivation, time and of
sowing, and mode Of harvesting, in which, by
chimes Of the North and south. sec. are
In use, would lengthen my intended paragraph 10
statistical article will say this much, that the quail
Ivy OF the wheat is generally good, except whom injured
by rust 1t Is always heavy, rarely weighing less than
sixty, and frequently going high seventy pounds TO
the bushel 1t Is whittier than Northern -four have
ever seen and for sweetness and flavor SURPRISES
It, Another point Is that new -four can be manufactured
ready for market early In June from six weeks TO two
months earlier than il he sent TO the southern
kets from the North, advantage that will always give
TO Texas the control Of the markets a. leas. for this
unquestionaby destined 70 he the great markets for this
product The future Of this wheat region hardly DO
estimated The section have described is capable OF
yielding four hundred million bushels OF whea, annually
or eighty million barrels OF -four. The golden limos OF
the Rocky Mountains contain such mines Of wealth
as this wheat growing section Of Texas. Now 10 the
time for cnterprsng smgrants 10 establish themselves
here before the introduction OF railroads shall have
increased tho price Of the lands, which cheap
and be Ind In quantities to SUIT almost any
Nowhere else the state Is the temperature agreeable
SO gradual that they are hardly observable, and
where else Is there such prevailing and remarkable
From Austin here the stage route through pleasant
fertile and interesting country, going through the upper
half OF Travis county, visiting Williamson and Bell
counties and leading into the centre OF Mcclellan
county. Most OF the country is rolling PRAIRIE but
some of u Ia level prairie with little or timber
except on the streams We passed by several sawmiis
and three -four Mills one driven by water and two by
steam. The villages all small sasdo, however, u
quite nourishlng little village, situated at ,he sasdo
Springs which draw some people there from their sup
posed healthfu properties, aud where located saado
College, Incorporated just before the and having
its last catalogue about hundred and fifty students
In country where there Is leo the water OF tho Saa
do Springs tasles refreshnsy COOL and also aIk
refreshing seeing the white foam OF the water came
ieappa and sparkling from s smooth rock bed fountain
The time VIII como when the Salado will DO lined with
manufactures This whole section, In fact Is finely
watered, much 30 that we seemed TO be almost con-
santy crossing creeks and streams, which here have
abundance OF water unlike those lower down IN the
State and Eve promise OF great manufacturing capacity
In the future, when emigration and capital
shall have developed the countrys resources. Btton
the county seat OF Bell county on the Lampasas river s
through this section most Of the labor being performed
BY whes The people hero bavo lost conndens In negro
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