The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-15

small portion has yet been cultivated
Wheat will become great staple of Texas,
which at no far distant day will be produc-
ed in such quantities as TO make il an i'm
portant element of trade. The expectation
of wheat will be 4 leading feature in lis
commercial relations with domestic and
foreign markets.
\ CHANCE FOR THE FARMER.
Texas is the field for enterprise to the
hard orking farmer. Nowhere in the
world can he get so much for his labor as
in her virgin soil The intelligent farmer
will not require further information. Let
him consider, that with the richest soils
and with seasons from three TO four months
longer than here in the North, he has there
the whole wide field OF productions to
choose from and experiment in There the
stock-raiser has an ample competence from
little labor. There the cattle thrive upon
the prairleS, without other care than the
annual heTding and raiser must feed his
cattle from four TO six months in the year.
Sheee-raising in Texas is direct road to
competence. All portions of the State are
adapted to sheep raising. With a climate
and pasturage every way equal to the
countries producing the cheap woods
requires protection, the Texas wool grower
has this Northern protection 10 augment
his gains Merno wool can be proftably
produced in Texas at seven cents per
pound.
Such is the Lone Star State, the land of
beauty; the land of plenty; the land Of
provisions; the land of breadstufs; the
land of fruits; the land of flowers; the
land of forests, and the land OF rairies;
land that offers home that will be in
name and in fact a sanctuary to all who
will accept of it, and land that extends
a cordial invitation and an earnest greet
ing to all who wish to link their fate with
hers. For the farmer. let him choose his
favorite crop, and she will yield him an
abundant return if he will but do half his
duty to her fertile soil. To those who wish
to engage in manufactures, she offers an
empire eager to buy the products Of their
skill and enterprise. Tothose who wish 20
engage in commerce, there is no country
that offers more inviting field. Indeed,
| to all grades and classes of men, Texas ex-
tends a hearty welcome TO come and be
sharers in her great destiny.
WHITE LABOR IN DEMAND.
Texas wants white labor. The late en-
lTdUCDlSeu NOulDeTH ClIIZStlS uOeS nCS love
to work, and regards loafing as one of the
rerogatives of his status. 1t was suppos-
ed at one time that white men could not
and to labor in the cotton and sugar
fields, and that the Southern climate was
not adapted 10 farm. culture of any kind by
the white race, which belief deferred white
migration to the Southern States. This
however, was an erroneous impression, fol
since the freedom and enfranchisement o.
the colored man necessity has forced the
white man into the field, and it is now ar
established fact that the climate is adapted
to white field labor, and that the white
man can endure as much and perform al
. much or more labor than the colored man
and the consequence is that many poo
white laboring men and farmers with
small means are securing handsome
competency by cultivatjng but few acres
of Texas soil.