, 1877-09-27
I'ENAS.
stock-Raising in the Northeast
ern Section Of the State.
Prices for Which Improved and Unim-
proved Land Can Be Had.
4 Renort on tho Clfmnsc...Tlle Renting
OF Lands, Etc.

,ort,ut business. Though there aru no largo
irnI, like those of Western or Southwestern
Tc1ss, every farmer who has been hero airy
,cprtfl uf ttrnc has moro or less Dt stock run
n,a on the rrafrfce, costing him little OF notll-
tnc beyu1ld ttc trouble of collecting once year
md branding the calvoa or colts, etc. Working
.tosk an,1 mtlch stock arc cared for in the vim
Ter, and fed. Tho other, as rule, shifts for "
self.
A 4.ycar.old steer tells for about eosi, milcll-
eow fos so, dry COW for l,ccs for about el5,
=. will tunIrokcn) mule Tor $50 to f100. an
Au,c,i, an horse for s75 10 s10o, Texas horse
in,ustang) for$.5 to 84G Nonoof these animals
II sale lave cost tho owner s. per head ast,le
from the cost Of breeding animals. But tmmt-
grafton Is pouring into this portiun Of the State
ycrr rapidly, and the stock range is steadily
diminishing, nml It looks 10 nc as II tic next
Ten years. or fifteen Mt tho longest, wttl sec the
whole Of this part of the State under fcncc,
whcu farmers tnn only keep lust slich stock az
they ran rnstMrc, 30 that II would be folly for
IN lie expectation that he would have
4 frpc stock range fur years Tn come.
There arc undoubtedly localities in the State
where good farming lands call he SECURED Mt
abundant stock ru,,Ec fur generation to comu.
1MrHovEn FARMS
IN these northern counties sell for from $40 to
tS0 prr acrc, nccorlinS to atnoant and character
lrec towue. An improved farm IS unc OIL which
there l., cheap ho,ise nn1 o,ltl,uialings, Il well,
and irunI 0nc-thfrd To- two-thirds Ot the tull
fertctl aud uns!cr cultivation. Un!mptoycd
ss y %ai.y In and io eaton @ ood a paft i:
btr, rsn 10 bought frum i've ~ fifteen niles
from raittoati md towns for Is per acre, QUO
fourth cash, balance On one, two, and three
5e1r.' Tine
iioinr west twcnty-1vo to scycnty-aso miles,
tue best Of lands can be bought of private par-
tsrs at from SLID to 81 per acre, atsl at this
Litter distance State iatnl. cali be takcn as
hu,ncstealsa fn trarts Of 1f0 arrcs, or located
Of ti0 acres.
The Gust OF making settlement, or tho
amount OF means required, will depend upon
the l0catfnn, amount paid for land, kind Of
Vii il buy good iair working sIa,, of l,,rscs,
wagon, harness. ploW, harrow. al1Ii cultvator,-
al the oatlt that woula be required tu work
hrln IS reuter-.
RENTING FARMS
practcc1 to come extent III this part but such
chances are much IN demand. and aro taken up
1. fast as offered. Many Immigrants conc with
iletr teams from. tho osl States, East or North,
aal u they hive ncasls, prefer to rent for year
auaiutei with the country, and decide where
tAcy can permanently locate to the bust advnt,-
taec, think the Immigration largely stapa III
ticso northern counties under tue idea that
q they lfnyc rot to fcxas they nro far enough,
The consequence Is that thoso who hasc farins
to rent can select their tc,,unth fro.n thnsc who
hays complete outi'ts, mid 10 whom they will
have to iNrntsll nothing hut the land and
Texas lmuo Il, ana q different condition OF
things, aud that tlrrc tho Reuter- will bc In do
manI.
learn from farmers who rent their Ian1s TINT
tie reuters ls rue do well, anu II, the co,rsu
q two Or three years ret land Of their own.
1jut they must have something to start with
here.
sulo,non says, "Tho destruction Of the pour
H. their puycrtY." Tha is Us tr1c In Texas 40
ssss's s.s Win esap a{ a ta se s,s s"s sa sfns ssa
opportunities Offering IN eycrY ilullti, and yet
not bc able to grasp one of them simply for
wsnt af little money. Norman Mcleod sotlc
i sa1i III sa ses wfs,' 10 tc Whs ~ioat e GsnSy paX
Is an lniIassalln to lill liz tho ocean. Thu bull
h (ust bctlina him. \ mouth brncc lIe may ha
atlrto command a dozen unnks, but now tic
tlng'o onu needed must to Furnished by otl'rrs
or lie wilt bo tossed by tho bull" Thousands
Of people III Ch'caro, through no fault of their
aMl afatrcss ~ believing Just hchfntl thc1n.
Who sill furnish tho plank that will enable
AL cl.AssRs or PEOPLE
en- en- By founi IN tug population Of thfs patt Of
tae etate. They have conlc fFo1n tho East,
North, anl Northwest: As r1llv / bcleyu
orderly peopic: Any o1e coin'ng with tho Idea
tlHtl h!ulsclt wuiuliy disappointed, for lot ilim
g. e., where he VIII, hv will iind people
:s nis,tl ~ hts1lESnt hssIi f ani wri
6Iarscty populated that churches and erl.ools
aru mainly confined to The tOwnh anl cities,
though iInl Ron!u country Aclluolhouscs IN tho
lnore y.scttlcsl rural dtslrcta. Theao will
ROME ROME with dstser popu!atI1n. OF thu school
funds AMI school svstein Will nrito hereafter.
THE 1ltfnctFAL TOWNS
In tha part OF tho State aru l'lrls, Clarkav!lle,
aud aud sl'sr,I'a,., on ~ Northern !'ne Of rail-
cenTas and Sfs For Woitb esa sis; ss;os S s ai
siac. Ut these, Sherman. Dallas, md Fort
worth arc the only ones in which iayn spent
ny %yr Sa!s ,bs t.l S; Il ssssn M r,o ~! @ f
ins West, command tho trade Of tue vust
1ssnttcF region to tho West, which ID
5apHlly fllinB. up with settlere. Fort Worth,
eeug thirty Mittes further West than sherman,
y az espceialy busy town ~ celitre Vt frontier
iiIaue, terminating me strongly nf tho Mississippi
on,s; 70 when al surplus products Of tile hack
,shI.', 4, aSn 70 he hauled by wagons, and from
anne WY. y u tic couuty-soat Of Tasrant
Coui,1y, anu VISA quite enart town beiorY thp
eu','"'s.n @ c .' o. ttle railroad 10 It about ycar
aid ,,su and ls n "a. hss %arnpie: " population
hucll l!l1tter mcl]ey n II nrasenfs ..'t. rnr"iv
lc found. FErlghtsrs Ia iru, thc bact Iv ru,1utry
1asa i1s um %1'1 en t,1'' Nv wheat, bulao Iica an;l
srdw.re. rc iarS m" md Mlsn sod. rrssscs
and everything needed Ia new rointrv. st1.'t
lHcn, land explorers, farmers with the1r nr1si.
urc, rattle sales, and hotsu auctions, tno nnsi.
ness lllorks anu residences, abantics sn; ,smt"
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