Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-05-07
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To answer the many ihalires made u
lpe concerning. tie advantages in Texas i
Ry those who are plating emmigra
ting here, andbythose.South Garoliniaus
Who are daily corresponding with me, q!
propose through You vaIaablesJoGrnall,
once for all, giSe al.fs@aifa il. as brief
4 and concise manner. as space win allow
for the ,ipf9rmation n.ot Of W your many readers
in South Carolina, and elsewhere. .sS
Texas is avery large state extending
from Red River. on the East and North
70 the Rio Grand On the, West, and the
Cult faMixieoio on the South, and has ian
area of 10000, 900 acres. East Texas is,
known aahthe stimbered portion Of the,
State, and is the best watered., The fSoutli
western, middle, aud North. = Western por-.
tion of the State is. Prairie, and only has
small streaks of o9tfst Timber bordering along
the creeks and rivers, and;is not so well
watered us the timbered land. 1t will be
readily understood that where a state
includes So much; territory, that there
would be every yarietyiof sol, which Is
true, Of Texas, but Mil. Venture tic
assertion that there is less poor laid III
Texas than any other State iii proportion
toiitslsize. The soil in Eastern Texas is
9 soft yellow laons, of sandy nature
with clay foundation from 1 to 3feet
beneath the surface, easily brought into
cultivation and very. productive, especi-
ally adapted to the growing lof cotton,
corn, wheat, oats, rhye, sweet-potatoes,
ahd'all garded vegetables of every kind.
The .e,tr. average in seed cotton per acres is
from 100o'to 10000 lbs.;I and right here /
viii say that such thing as using ma, ia
pure ,is never thought ,.of. here. lie
average production of corn is from Is to
20 bushels, wheat 15 bushels, and 1 never,
have seem any country equal sliis a.
sweet-potatoes. Ali kinds Of fruits do
remarkably we'll ll,cspccially peaches which
grow and bear abundantly if only planted
OH open groun1.
The country abounds in excellent
sprinps ofc!air cold, healthful, frcc-stone
water, which bubbles up from almost
every hill side, oras good good water can
be obtained any where by digging wells
only twenty 10 forty feet deep.
The growth that covers the Eastern or
,imbcred portion of the State consists of
hickory, oaks, pire, dogwood, walnut,
gum, &C., and Of the largest and finest
varieties the pine is known by Carolin-
Jams Ms short-lcaf, but here it is called
yellow pine, it lias as much heart as the
Carolina pine and is soft smoth grain and
makes cXcellct lumber for all building
purposes now Eastern Texas has an
ABUNDANCE Of pine all over it, and the
countries bordering on southern Louis
iamna and Sabinerriver have an arund-
nnee Of the long leaf yellow pine; where
the long leaf pine grows the country is
level and not SO thickly settled yet, be-
cause'it4 is not ms fertile as where the
cqpntry.iss rolling. .Ia,
The range for cattlessiis not..tas good as
It was ten years, s,ago,as the country settles
up and the forest istrod sby stock ;bushas
have come up and taken Che t5face of'tlie