Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-06-14
A SCOTSMAN IN TEXAS.


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Few people N Great Britain, whaA tAsy
talk or reAd Of Texas. have any ideA tAAk
they am talking and readiAg u . country
about Eve times the A1e u EnG3And, o.
OF 81 area Of over 17S, O0o, 900 q acFse-
70 os exact, liz, SCI, $40. Thfn wonderful
country" forms the southweseeea puiAt Of
the United States, Hes besweea 20 degrees
aud 3G degrees north latita1s, and returns
the roll OF the genial Gulf Il Mexico for
about 400 miles. From east to west II
measures 800 miles and from north TO
south, 700. A very large sxtsnt il TROLL
ing" prairie and woodland lying a IN OLE
walton Of under 600 feet, bat still there
IN m immense area ct mountain ranges
~ high tAbleland, varying from I 1000 to
1000 feet above sea Level the highest
point being ., S98 feet. rts climate has been
the subject Of mHcA Diversity Of statement
Some say they would not change il for
amy othcr climate in the world; others
hold thai It is unfit for habitation It white
men. As far a. can learn, ths "msan"
OF these two extremes would come pretty
near the truth. In q country lying between
the frozen and tropical regions II is GER
tain that the climate will b characterized
by rapid changes Of heat and cold, and
probably these rapid changes arc the worst
feature Of the climate Of Texas, a. vol o.
Of the Northern States Of the Union. The
Middle States have more equability. Both
IN s"-nmer and winter it ia warm in Texas,
Gy5ept when o northern" sweepa down
upon it (the Texans have little love for
anything hailing from the north), and then
tho atmosphere is chilly as long a. the
north wind lasts. Sometimes, in the SPACE
of five or six hours, the Thermometer will
fall from SO or SO to so or SO
degrees when northern" springs up
suddenly. In this beautiful little town OF
about 80, 600 inhabitants, and all along the
coast, the heat is tempered by a constant
breeze from the Gulf, aud the thermome,
ter seldom exceeds "a degrees in the shade;
but in the interior the heat is often very
intensa--much too intense for white men
to labor in the height of the day. Snow
falls occasionally, but never lies more than
q few hours, while winter often passes
without the pools ever being coated with
ice. Vegetation begins very early. and
several varieties Of fruit and other rardep
produce have been in use for a couple OF
weeks. On the whole it must be admitted
that the climate of Texas in spring and
simmer is not conducive to health, as ma,
be imagined from the fact, that with ths
view of checking the spread of fever sn(
such contagious diseases, Texan cattle arr
prohibited from crossing the Red Rive,
into the Northern States during thes,
seasons.
The total area under the various kind
of farm crops-Indian corn. wheat. rye
oats, barley, potatoes, and hay-in 1877
was about l, 700, 600 acres the area unde
Indian corn being about l, 500, 900; unde
wheat, 100000; and hay, go, 900 acres
Indian corn yields an average of 20 bust
els per acre, wheat averaged 10 busl,ell
rye IL bushels, oats so bushels, barley B
bushels, potatoes 100 bushels, and hs
about one ton.
On the first Of January 1875, the nun
Der of COWS in the State was 500, 100; oxe
and other cattle more than 2,343, 7Ot
sheep numbered ,691 400, and hogs abo,
100000.
Regarding the history and CHARACTERISED.
OF the Texas cattle sentence or two vi
suffice. They ore indeed none else tina
spanish cattle, direct descendants Of thoe
unseemiy, rough, lanky, long -hornsd AMI
mails reared for so long and In such larp
herds by the Moors on the plains {
Andalus;a. The Spaniards who dil
covered Mexico, and afterwards settled
Texas, brought cattle with them
snd go exclusively have the descendants q
these been reared in Texas that the Tska
cattle OF to-day may be called full-bloode
Spaniards, inheritug md displaying q
the characteristics Of tho herds ths
roamed on their native plains. In Texa,
these imported cattle, though compsrs
lively tame and quite at home, had sue
unlimited ranges to wander over that the
very soon became nerfectlv wild hou,d
ing off with fury at the SIGHT of a humn
being and even yet many of the herd
are in semi-wild state, and 60 furiou
that I.an on foot could not venture l
approach them. The herd bows ara q
mounted, and the wild cattle knnv ! w.
Oh horseback, and run from him hut
man on foot is a stranger and an ensmv i
them, and they at once give battle JTnd.
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