The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-03-31
A Novel Schenae.

| A number of years ago, q school teacher left
Hanover, Pa, and emigrated to Texas. lie found
that the climate suited him, did not undergo the
usual trials with half-breed Mexicans, horse
thieves and Indians, which are 80 graphically DC
scribed in newspapers but remained there content
edIy, and established himself home, made some
money, and short time since returned to Hanover
for visit.
During his absence from the East, he had kept
his ewes open, and discovered sources of wealth
which had been passed by others unnoticed, or
with but little attention While IN Hanover he
managed to interest some OF the capitalists there
in scheme he had on hand, and after his return
to Texas, he carefully compiled statistical table
and returned il to them.
His project was, to open new field of industry,
namely, goat breeding and farming. In Texas
there are thousands of goats which can be bought
for low price, lie purpOsed to purchase large
tract of land, buy ten thousand goats and pasture
them. The goats breed very rapidly, and allowing
for every accident, will treble in single year.
In the mild winters of Texas they will find pas
turage nearly the entire winter and their food
outside of the pasturage, will cost but little
Their hind quarters are excellent eating, not at
all inferior to deer meat and when smoked and
prepared. they are often sold for venison their
fore quarters are as general thing, thrown away,
although hogs will eat them and fatten nicely on
them. Now to provide against the waste of the
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profit, large droves of hogs are to be kept, and to
improve the quality of their food the forequarters
of the goats as slaughtered, win be thrown into
great steamers erected for thatpurpose and cooked
and the hogs when fattened sent off to market
where they will command a good price. Thus
goats will be turned into pork with an increase in
value.
The hoofs, and such horns as the bucks may
have, will be turned into glue the spot, the hair
saved and boiled, and the skins, which our readers
well know, are very valuable, will be tanned and
put upon market which is never Overstocked.-
Every scrap will be utilized and there will not be
the least waste.
The statistical table which the gentleman sent
on is very nicely and carefully prepared, the in
crease is kept well down, every casualty allowed
for no overstatements INDUCED in, and yet to the
practical business man. after careful investigation
it seems evident that there is "milions in il"
No such field for profit has opened for years,
and the acute business men of Hanover at
once grasped at it, thousands of dollars were SUBJ
scribed, and now the stock is almost all taken.
In the coming Spring there will be quite an en-
igration buildings are to be erected and a great
many of the men who are to be employed on the
immense breeding farm, will be taken from this
vicinity.
The men who hold the stock among the most
seeing and enterprising men of the section in
which they reside, and we expect before another
year has passed. to hear of prosperous settlement
in the rich virgin lands of Texas, known by the
name of "New Hanover" settled by York county
men.