Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-15
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liuf SOS. 90 q. .i
mrpars uars iisH sa a-rrses HHr.it
If ne rraisfs ef ilr Here hatrr',Hr la
some fHrrTieHca uilh rFrluHHfal 30 fi II
in ether sisirs, af have hfHfIafI eal If obi
hare. Fsmsuaer sous ,isli Hl i.a scar
asl there Whtau Agriculture nH1 - 10
Dallas, uhlrh accomplished one 90 CO.,
most FHeelirnt faits. Nos this Secifi
shaHll hs Al unce revived, anl every oihs
eouniy ia AoTlLrrn Teas slould ssishlisl
one without delay.
Hat Tor The immediate practical usfs o
fairs, Ia one respect, ne eushi nti 90 wait
We know that Northern Texas pr0lurt
most excellent crops OF harley, wheat, an
other swall grains, llN Mill Ieiuee Hul
other OF The many ernFs ~ Abe e1unlry pp
Hiahly Il ought la De i0upi oui, Il would
hr good idea for ihe r0pniy Court nftarli
eonniy taking uPa voluntary contribution
Tor the pnlIpse, 90 offer pTemiuR 81 Que
hundred dollars tor The best crop of haK,
palma christi, hemp, etc., anl the most sue
esssfil method af iurnms these crops "a
Immediate account, Ia the some what dis
iani highlands ia which Captain John had
his birth, the ilaN crop WaAcoRsideTri, ihir-
y years age quite Important, anl from il,
on most farms With which he was familiar,
a., bulk Of the summer clothing Of the fam
lily, the sheets towels iable-el0ihs, etc.,
we're all made by han spinning aud wesy-
ing 10 the farmhouse, Que good spinner
aud weaver Woullmake the cloth for a fam
lily Of ten,
During the war palma christi Eas eulli-
Na'ed 70 s"'Hs extent, aud Col, lm NJ, Camp,
: prospecting, studying, enlerprlsing plod
uer OF Grimes county, went 10 work on the
bean, aud after numerous e. perimenis, sue
ceedel In producing very exeelleu, cold
pressed castor oil, and In considerable
quantities. 4 large portion OF the castor
oil sold by the druggists, with finely en-
grayed labels, which, by the way, can be
pasted on the bottles in Dallas as well as
in New York, Il made In ST. Louis, and Il
Is source Of no little profit not only TO the
grower but TO the manufactures. ! believe
the crop will prove an excellent one, and II
any one will go where IL Is q crop, aud
where the manufacture Is carried on on a
large scale, he will have all that Col. Camp
CROPPED so long In the dark to dad, aud be
able to open up in the business at once.
Texas produces, between Rel River and
the Gull, about tive .unlrcd aud iif,y lnou-
sand h:..es Of cotton, 5aca bale of which re.
qnires six yards of ba gging and seven
pounds of rope. This bagging costs the
planter say twenty-five cents yard, and
the rope twelve and.a.half cents II pound.
One million and half yards Of bagging OF
% cents, costs $4,000, and one.and.,hree
quarter million pounds Of rope at bit,
costs 100000 making total of near six
hundred thousand dollars sent ont of the
State every year for the bagging and rope
which the farmers of Dallas, Ellis, Kauf-
man, Collin, Denton, Grayson, and other
counties should produce and furnish them.
selves, and which they or somebody else
who may come in will be very certain to do
eelore you, brother Swindells, get as gray
as-a goo many persons of our acqupin.
lance would be if the truth was known.
Don't you think you could raise n hun
dred or two dollars in Dallas for pleniums
for flax, castor oil NJ 4 hemp?
The Convention to reconstruct the State
is now the main talk of the politicians, in.
GLIDING the coloroa citizcnry. We baN
about dozen candidates anxious TO have
n hand in rstitution-m liking. Both par
ties are hard at work with heircandidntSs,
aud the Independents are also doing all
they can. l!urrah for them. | take no
stock whatever, and don't care copper
which whips
The recent advance in cotton has had the
effect to run up tho money market here
somewhat, and the addition Of twenty dol
lars q hale value has added largely and
will add two millions Of dollars to the pro-
cceds Of the cotton still in Teas. This is
no inconsiderable sum, and is bound to
prove to us before the summer solsticc that
the gloomiest day of this year, financially
speaking, has passed. Still, money is very
tight yet here, and interest at two and three
and even four and five per cent month is
not unusual.
Notwithstanding the hard times, bricks
and mortar are still being piled up n
Houston, and the earth is to-day being
cleared away for another brick store on
Main street, just below Willis store. This
makes the fourth now going up, and this is
saying n great deal for such times as these.
OF wooden structures there is no end. Not
less than fifty dwelling houses are being
constructed, possibly more.
Yours truly, CAPTAIN JOHN.