The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-23
CITY AND COUNTY OF DALLAS.

re on an excursion W lhAhhi WINE w |
his city last week, were somewhat dis
appointed that we had no board Of trade
rom which reliable data could be pros
nured relative 10 the trade Statistics Of
our city and county, Their object IN
desiring 10 procure information on this
subject was 10 report II TO the several
mercantile and manufacturing OK.
changes In ~ Louis, of which they were
members and Representatives, A board
for tho purpose of accurately preparing
these statistics would be Of incaoulable
benefit TO the city, and IL Is hoped that
measures will AT once be taken for the
establishment Of such an institution,
" need not be class company, but ms
olude in its membership people OF any
and every branch of business
In this way only could II be
soll-austalnlng Tho requests made
ara Of such Importance In the way OF
advertising our manufacturing and
commercial interests, IN well M the Ng'
rlcultural, stock and horticultural In
torosis of tho county, that we have pres
pared some statistics from several prs
yale sources, which, however may be
relied upon M acuratc, We have not
gone into detail ~ to the various pubs
liz matters likely TO bo sought into by
an inquirlng stranger, for tho reason
that our space prccludes such M article,
even II II were desirable; yet we give
below, in u general way, facts and figs
urcs concerning the city aud county
which we hope will answer the purpo'
sos of the parties who are looking toour
future welfare and are DESTROYS OF
spreading before their friends who did
not accompany them on the excursion,
an account of what this portion OF our
great state IL, The statistics are based
on calculation from the records of the
past commercial year, ending in Au'
gust last. Dallas county is situated IN
the center Of the wheat growing region
Of north Texas. 1t has nm area Of 5IO,'
600 acres, with u population of from 3d.
600 TO 10000 inhabitants, TwoNthirds
of the county il rich, black, prairie
land. Tho other third is about equally
divided between sandy, timbcred land,
aud rich, black soil The timbered is
such as are on the creeks and river
bottoms. The staple products are
wheat, cotton corn, oats, barley, hay
and some stock About one half of the
prairie land is in cultivation, which
will make about $4,000 acres of land
in the county in cultivation, This land
IL planted in the above named staples,
which are grown successfully, side by
side in the same farm, the same season.
The average yield of each, with proper
cultivation, is about as r)llows; wheat,
Is or 20 bushels per acre; cotton, one,
half bale or $50 pounds of lint cotton
per acre; corn 80 bushels per acre; oats
and barley, 40 bushels per acre. These
estimates have been doubled with ia.
vorable Seasons and improved cultiya-
ton. 1t is presumed that about one
third of the land in cultivation, or CT :
600 acres, are sown in wheat this seas
son, and about one.ffth, or $500 acres
are planted in cotton and about the
same in corn Tho remainder is plans
ted in oats. barley and hay.
The total valuation of assessed props
erty in the county is nne million three
hundred thousand dollars. Total in.
debtedness, about ninetystive thousand
dollars.
Lands in the county average in value
over seven dollars per acre more than
in any other county in the state, owing
to their superior productiveness and the
extra facilities for the transportation in
any direction of the products. The
county is populated with people from
all parts of the civilized world. Here
you will find neighbors fraterni2ing who
wore the grey and the blue; there are
Irish and Germans, Swedes and Italians
French and negroes--all kinds, with
opinions of their own, having come tc
this the garden spot of the world to live
in peace and happiness. Our delightful
climate has been praised by all who
have been in our midst. Taking the
months of August and September OF
last year, the maximum thermometer in
August was neighbour degrees; mimi
mum, seventy>four degrees; average at
twelve o'clock meridian, eighty,eight
degrees, In December (the weather
being unusually severe) the maximum
thermometer was fifty degrees, mini
mum, seven degrees above zero; average
thirty>nine degrees. Snow four inches
deep fell during this month, but it
melted away in a short time. The
Texas northers are light in this county,
as compared to other parts of the state.
In word the soil of the county is rich
ana productive, and the climate is mild
and temperate During conversation
held with Mr.. John A. Cochran, pres,
ent member of the legislature for this
county, and an old citizen, he said he
had seen thirty.iive crops grown on the