Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-10-17

crop is sold. Aud this leads me 1,
notice tho advice given by som'
persons who can now remembeI
more than a year back, 10 hol,
their cotton till spring, IL is no
good, as sure ~ you live, brilhvl
Swinlells, Last year with ooll0I
az 10 cents in this market, tie sam'
persons advised planters Ia bring
their cotton dawn aud sell L. AZ
terwanls when tho staple went Il
20 cents the planter MAS dlsap
pointed, Now, with cOilon at II
cents, a price IA good deal above lhg
average, tho advice il Ia hold for 4
plvlhorie market by and by, which
is suro t. show a declinol II !
owned cotton, which having dabblcd
Ia 10 the extent of dozen bales
once aud got my fingers had'y
burned, | don't think ! shall sonn,
should nlv avs realize On IL when |
could at above IL cents, and always
hold when could at brluw ! l ar
say II cents, But mind don 4
give any advice ON the subject, Ad-
vice Is too valuable TO be- wasted ON
so uncertain n subject, You may
base your advice an the best calcu
lations possible, aud some ihsigniii-
cant element orOthcrthat you never
thought of may upset all the cnlcu'
laiions, What say Is, let cotton
alone as u main dependence, aud
raise crops that you can have some
certainty about.
Aud among these are grain, stock
and cured meat. The timc must
come very soon when the whole
coast country Of Texas will look Ia
Northern Texas for its mess pork
and bacon, as well rs its supply of
flour. Aud this is going To be no
small matter With the growing
necessity for accepting the situation
our coast country people are making
the best of il with II great deal of
spirit, and their power of recupcr-
alton is wonderful. mentioned
last winter my friend Perry of Gulf
Prairie, who made s25, 900 crop of
sugar in 'G7. llc is going TO beat
that this year. And several others
promise to do so too. ] saw Col.
Waters the other day, who has ono
of the finest plantations on tho
Brazos, and formerly owned 200
negroes. He is re. establishing his
place in sugar cane, and will make
good crop this year, and plant for
n big srop next year. He is one of
the most successful sugar planters
in the State. So will all of the peo-
pie in the sugar region ere long do,
and within year or two the whole
State will be supplied from our own
border. This sugar region will
then exchange its sugar and molas,
ses for your bacon and pork and |
flour, and those who get up good
stocks Of hogs in time will find
their account in it. With the rail
road in operation, and the Trinity
made navigablo, Texas ought to ex.
port vast stores Of bacon and mess
pork, instead Of being n customer
Of Cincinnati and st. Louis for so
much provision. Don't you think
SO?
Texas has made heavy strides in
the direction of being clf-depcnd-
cnt in the last ten years. Then it
was the most expensive country 10
live in east Of the Rocky Noun
tains Now it is one of the chapest
Then ship loads of corn wero CON
stanty coming from New Orleans
N Nc. mono IS =; c"e. hc"-ht except tci D
Galveston and Houston. And for
len months in the year none wnui-
ever comes. Then scarcely yard
IF cloth was made in the State
Now we have the machinery for
day. But why emu
mcratc? A comparison Of the cost
Of living in Houston and in any
New England town of the same
size shows difference of 20 per ct.
in favor of Houston. Food is cheap
er, labor is cheaper, property is
cheaper. let the politics become
settled, and the advantages of a
lome in Texas will be appreciated.
l lately had the privilege of read
ng the manuscript of most useful
md interesting book by Mr.. Thos.
A ffieck, it being treatise on hedg-
ng and hedges, written in practi-
al and popular style. The infer
nation given should be in the hands
If all the people. The suggestions
will enable any man to select the
ledgc best adapted to his wants,
md the management is given with
uch minute regard to the farmers
wants that no man need fail in the
undertaking. of surrounding his
arm with a living fence. The book
will soon be published, and | do not
loubt will have Il large sale. Among
'thcr topics treated is that of pro-
cape jcssamincs (Gardenia
Florida). And as very many pco-
,lc would be glad to know how to
10 this, | copy page or two for
heir benefit:
Prepare water-t tight boxes eight ;
nches deep. Fill them within an
nch of the top with the sharpest,
leanest sand procurable. If not
lean, have it well washed, floating
fl all impurities, earthly or vegeta-
lie matters. As it is desirable that
he wood or shoots to be made into :
uttings should not be too well ri
'ened, in fact quite green, the best
inc 10 plant them in boxes is in
or October, or again just {
fter the first springs growth has
'een made. If planted in the fall
md successfully treated, the plants
will be strong enough TO set out in
row early in the spring Take
My the young wood and still rath !
r soft than otherwise. Cut square
Glow a bud; remove the leaf and {
at the base bud and next |