The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-22
ID. McCALEB, Editor.
Our Agents,
DALLAS COUNTY.
INFORMATION FOR EMIaRANTs.

that the best way TO give informa-
ton to emigrants is by answering
such questions as are propounded
by persons desiring to come to this
country. In doing 80 we shall say
something that we once thought
was known to all the world "and
tho rest of mankind" People Of
this country who are not in the
habit of receiving letters of inqui,
ry can form no adequate idea Of
the ignorance that prevails in 9th.
er States in reference to this coun.
try. Almost everybody knows that
Texas is good country, and es-
'pecially Northwest Texas. 1t is toll,
erably well known that this is the
only country in the world where
both wheat and cotton grow to per.
lection; that wo have q fertile soil,
a healthy and salubrious climate
are facts of general notoriety. But
as to the products of this country
beyond wheat and cotton, the rail
road faci hties, the size of towns
and cities, the churches, school
houses, public libraries, newspapers
and state of society in general, they
know absolutely nothing.
The questions that are asked
about this county and city are not
only surprising but notifying
What do the citiz ems of this enter.
prising and flourishing city think
of intelligent men in enlightened
countries asking such questions as
GLOW far are you from arailroadY'
GLOW far from the Texas and Pa
cific railroad j? Have you news
paper published in your town."
10 many of our citizens it will
seem incredible, but'it is never
theless true that scarcely a day
passes that we do not receive a let
ter asking us if we have newspa-
per published at Dallas, and ifso,
please send them copy.
Have we newspaper publish
cd in Dallas? Yes; we have three
spicy weekly papers, and as live a
daily as can be found anywhere,
and hope soon to have q large book
printing and binding establish
ment, and then we intend to print
five hundred thousand copies of
"What we know about Texas" and
what everybody else ought TO
know. We will give some ques-
lions in the letters lying before US,
and brief and truthful answers:
"Have you a good farming coun-
try?' I08uG9
We have; wheat, corn, cotton,
oats, rye, barely, millct and hun
garian grass all grow finely in this
county.
"Can you raise vegetables in your
part of the country ?"
We can raise every vegetable
that grows in the temperate zone,
and many that belong to the torid
zone.
"Can you grow fruit in your
For peaches this country is supe-
rior to any country we ever saw.
Pears, plums, appricots and grapes
grow very finely, and bananas and
figs have been successfully grown
in this country.
"Have you a goo d country for
stock raising?"r W. Lwr1
Not in the sense in which stock
raising is usually understood in
Texas, that is to try to raise them
on the range without any food ;
this is prairie country, but it is
being rapidly fenced up, SO that
the range will shortly be destroy
ed but this is o very healthy
country for cattle, and in the. future
it will pay tofeed cattle in this
coutry., W ~ g..
"What are lands worth p gil 7
Lands in this county, first-class
black-waxy soil from two to TWEEN
ty feet deep, convenient to rail
roads, wood and water, are worth