The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-02-27
TENAS LITTER.
Horse BgANcH. Dallas Co
-, Ia. 1919

Horse BgANcH. Dallas Co
Tex~-, Ian 1873.
Correspon lrnce Hartford Herald:
Good morning. Mr. Herald Glad ia
zee YOUR face in the Lone Star State. ~
IL i like meeting an old friend. when one
has been absent among Strangers for a
long time. 1t brings TO his mind many
happy scenes of hy-gone years, and
makes one wish he coud have been there
to spend the holidays with old associates
instead of with strangers in a strange
land. But enough of that
| commenced this letter for the pur-
pose of answering many inquiries ahout
Texas. will commence by saving that
Texas is a beautiful country. The seen
cry is like looking a. a picture: one
never tires viewing it The land is level
or gently rolling prairie. intersperse'l
with small skirts of timber along the
margin of the streams The wafer that
courses down the streams is clear, lmpil
and sparkling, and ripples over gravelly
or rocky beds, and glides along quite
rapidly There i belt of black, waxy
and 800 miles long and 100 miles that is
very rich This is a good farming
country The land produces wheat, corn
oats, barley, rye, millet, bnckwheat, and
all kinds of vegetables and fruits.
have seen everything growing here that
grows in Kentucky, except bluegrass
Hog, horse. cattle and sheep raising are
all profitable. Farther west they require
no feeding during winter, aud but little
attention We do not have all the lux
uries of an older settled state, but we
have plenty; and best of all we have
health. Farming pays very we'll, wheat
pays the best The country only needs
muscle TO make it one of the most desir-
able farming countries IN the Union
The winters are short, aud it requires
but little feed TO keep the stock. for the
farm grazing is good at this writing
Fencing is cheap. costing about 65 cents
a rod. NV object in writing is not to all
lure any one to break up and come here.
lf they contemplate coming my advice is
come and see for yourself first. and make
a careful examination and then you are
better able to Judge OF how you will like
it. great many persons come here to
Dallas and stay only day or so, and go
away dissatisfied and abuse Texas for
every thing ihey can think of, when, il
they had but gone a few miles in the
country they would have been well
pleased. There the beautiful farms.
magnificent churches and commodus
school houses greet them on every hand.
better, too, than many of them were
used 10 in the older States. There is one
thing we do not need here-kid gioved
gentry. The country is overlooked
with them already. A great many pei.
sons come here expecting to get rich
without any exertion, but tail as they
do everywhere else. III man comes
here with the intention of farming or
stock raising. and will lay hold IN earnest.
he will certainly succeed. Farming
pays better here than in any country |
know of. | will give your readers the
average crops for the last five years,
with market price:
Wheat, IA bus. per acre. at 90 cents.
Corn, 80 bus per acre at so cents.
Oats. 60 bus per acre, at 80 cents.
Barley. 40 bus per acre, at 25 cents
Millet. tons per acre, at 81 0 per ton.
Cotton, $50 lbs. lint at 10 cents.