Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-04-09


is healthy and thrifty, where the water
and grass suit The animal, and noxious
and poisonous plants are rare or DO not
exist. Now Eorses are bred successfully
in all the linesh1ue Iegiun throughout
Texas, and with fenced pastures and
few weeks of winter Ieedhse' 10 well al
most any where 10 the Slate YET mere
are particular localities, which sfe by Da-
lurs adapted to The highest de,elo fment
OF that noble animal. Without disp2rase'
meni OF other sections, the horse raiser
would DO well 10 examine the country
from Austin 10 San Antonio. giving tie
valley OF The Ciboo special attention. IL
the breeding OF horned cattle be your OBJ
jec, you can hardly 60 sD's, Out OF The
piney woods cattle do veil in all parts Of
The State, from the sal, fats Of the coast
10 The mountains. snd from The RIo
| Grande 10 the cane bouoms Of Red River;
you have only 10 look for the convent
ence OF water, and for range not already
over crowded. Perhaps you can find all
the conditions OF profitable stock rancho
upon The cheapest terms on The Aransas,
The Alsscoss, or The Neuees while the
newly discovered process for packing and
preserving beef, now in operation a, Cor
pus Christi, Powder Horn and other pla.
ces, secure you certain and lucrative
marke, for all you can raise. The cult
Walton Of the grape can be successfully
carried on throughout, the whole west.
The wild mustang grape abonnds in the
valleys Of he Colorado. Guadalupe and
San Antonio, from which good vine is
manufactured. Experiments prove that
The grape of France. Germany and Italy,
produce luxuflsnily in this favored locslI-
ty. Now IL The person coming to Texas
expects to find all these advantages con-
bined in any one place, he will be woluI-
ly disappointed. Oysters and sea fish are
not found in lbe interior. the orange and
banana do not grow on the mountains,
| heavy pine forests and extensive pralries
do not occupy the same districts the ex'
pectslion Of finding all these perched TO
gether in one favored spot. unreasonable
as il is. las led hundreds TO loss and dis
appointment in their search for home in
Texas. The ohjec. Of this is not to IN
st.uct those who have money and time
how and hero 10 select home, but 10
give to men of limied means. and with
whom the waste Of time and money IN
travelling is an object. few practical d.
rectlons as 10 what to do and what not 10
do. Texas has often been styled the
"lazy mans home" and in q tour ihro'
the State, you are struck with The care.
lessness ,ba. pervadrs everywhere, the
climate has an enervs'ine effect upon The
people. The slovenly ,yslem OF cultivation
produces them good living and they are
satisfied with present arrangements
Flour is selling for $l2; corn 81 per
bushel cotton Is CT, (bslsd); farm la
Dor command. $50 per month mechan,
les SO per day. Although Texas is the
finest country IN the world for raising cat
lie. it is now the poorest for butter and
milk owing 10 bad management OF their
cows; butter brings 40 Cts per ponnd,and
very scarce. Most immigrants on reach.
ing this Stale rem, for the FIRST year, there
by giving themselves an opportunity oil
becoming acquainted with the leading iea'
lures of the country. sfording them time
for selecting permanent home. and al
the same time producing them comfort
able living Lands are rented to them,
they generally finding oil labor. stock.
&C., giving 10 the landlord one-fourIh the
cotton crop and one third corn. pot'toss.
&c. Texas i. now fss, learning that the
change of her vas, products Of raw mate.
rails into form ready for home con.
sumption is attended with even greater
profits han producing the rsw material
alone. She j, finding ont that by the
simple operation of packing beeves in
barrels. and shipping i, ready for the
consumcr.toge'her with the hides, isl!ow,
horns and hoo1s. more than ihree times
the usual price Of the beef on foot is real
lied. They are beginning to learn. also.
that far more than the value OF the raw
cotton is saved 10 the State by manufac-
turing into yarns and cloth what they re-
quire for their own consumption. rather
than paying first for sending il North 10
to be manufactured, then paying the man
ufsc,urers profits, and paying to have it
sent back in fabrics. and finally paying
all the Intermediate profits OF the mer-
chants through whose hands il passes.
But this vast saving is no, all. The
beef packing produces the lsnnery, the
shoe mandatory giving employment 10
hands and operatives. who in turn offer
market for farm products for miles
around. This, believe 10 he the secret
Of the prosperity Of New England for
wears pact, TO whom the South has gwen
ali her raw material. and the South will
expe!ience similar prosperity when she
learns 10 r-epsie her own raw material
for home consupp'ion This revolution
in The habits and pGtsui's OF The South I"
destined 10 moie ihal compensate, in i"
effects upon DOR malerisl prosperity The
losses experienced by the ia'e disastrous
political revolution th'Ough whlth we
have Just passed and are now suff,rirg
from The effects Of Now Friend John.
although from notes taken on the spot.
the .hal is not told" concerning this
great State. must bring these diajoin,ed
sketches to close. having trespsssed
much more on your columns Than | al
fret intended. Respectfully.
w. 4, VI.