Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-15
Texas.-ImmigratIOn InVited-The In
dneements-What can be Done.


dneements-What can be Done.
A Columbus, Texas, letter of Aug.
10, saws: In climate, soil, production
and pasturage, Texas has no equal
Less labor is required to raise crops
less capital to begin life with, and
more made per acre than in any other
State in the union. Texas is singu-l
larry fortunate over all her sister
States of the South in her entire ex-
emptiOn from lakes, ponds, and marsh
rs, so prolific in endemic diseases
The State is well drained, except in
wet seasons which occur every ten or
fifteen wears. We in Western Texas
have measurably no sickness. Occa-
sionally we have attacks of bilious
fever, and upon the eOastyellew fever
but the latter is mostly tide water
disease, never found in the rural dis
tricts. With physical features of wood
land and prairie, we have a fine IN
land sea breeze Spring, Summer, and
Fall. In the day it is always pleas
ant, and at night refreshingly So We
never use umbrellas-never have n
case of sunstrOke. In Summer, sleep
ing out Of doors under blanket Is
pleasant and healthful. Several Of
the old settlers who came here in
1921 vet live, hale and hearty. In soil
Texas has no equal in fertility and
capacity of endurance. Land here
has been regularly cultivated a half
century without manure, and yet IS
as productive as when first broken
In fact. no manure is ever applied
Our cultivation has not only been SLOW
enIy but exceedingly uperficial-nev-
er going beyond two and three inch
es-and our crops are never plOughed
beyond the third time; yet we make
from fifty to seventy-five bushels of
corn, or a bale of cotton, or a hogs
head of sugar to the acre. These be-
fore the war were the staple articles.
Since the war we have tried many
others, with the following results per
acre: Castor beans from so to % BUSH
els; upland rice from IS to 100 bushels,
| two crops a year;tObaccO !, ,0O0lbs, two
crops a year; sOrgum from $50 to 300
/ gallons, two crops a year; sweet pOta-
toes, from $50 to 200 bushels, two crops
a year.
The poultry of the North cost Ii0re
than our thousands of sheep and hOrs-
/ es and our million of cattle. Here, if
/ you raise your bread, your meat will
raise itself, What other State can
boast a better climate; richer, more
productive soil; pasturage, the year
round, free to all withOutpriee Why
don't the poor flock here, when lands
and stocks go a begging, and labor IS
king? Land Is for sale on any time
and terms; improved farms can be
bought for from 50 to so, on liberal
conditions, and rented at from g to
IS3 per acre, or for one third and one
quarter of crop: Wild lands sell at
| i2& cents TO 81 per acre. And the new
constitution gives to the head of every
family $50 acres of land and TO single
men so acres, if they pay. for the sur
vey and patent and living three years
upon it. If without money, theneigh-
bors will furnish team-with tools,
provisions and team, and only ask
one-half of crop. Beef can be bought
at one cent, pork at five cents. NUT
ton at three cents per pound. Beeves
at SO per heap, mileh COWS at s.,
stock cattle at - and IS, stock horses
at SO, oxen for S25 per yoke, Nhorses
and mules for saddle or harness at
from $50 to $50, and sheep at 81
Milk and butter cost nothing.