The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-29
TranpARED BOZ THE herald
Duripg the Week.

To sum up the weeks work performed,
farmers have base tsking Christmas. Hired
help, the OK, mule nd hcrrN have all been
turned loose since aat Friday and given pOr-
feet freedom and rest. No manual labor
has been performed, in order that the ami
versary which has oons down to us for
eighteen hundred and eighty years might bs
enjoyed
And Christmas upon the farm Iti
rest frem all manner Of toll, social gather
ings, the latest and the ohoiceSt to eat and
to drink, visits from the heighborr, the as
sembling upaor the parental rsof and areuRd
the old frogido Of all tho children an6 grand
children, with words, locks, aopg; and en-
braces Of cheer and affection. Texans were
in splendid condition TO have happy Christ.
mas. Ii has been year Of abundance 10 our
farmers. They had every reason to fael
happy over the prescAt situation and take
hope for the future, with lands doubled in
value, an active dsmsnd for all they
can produce, markets and scho0l-houses
right at hone, aAd each r0cur.
ring year adding to the wealth
of the industrious sad Che deserving, with
the best climate in America for toll and the
most remuneratiTa article that grows out Of
the ground -coiLon--Es their main crop.
Where could tsoy 20 to, whore ooald thoy
turn, what could thoy lay hand to and do
better The writer, who has sscn tao 'Eun
of many lands" who is acquainted more or
less with tho tolls aud tho rewards, the trials.
hopes, dissppointmaRis and good and bad
Ia af hall ktN at al IA ha
ion, would RdyiEc Texas farmers to DO con-
tented and stay ghsre they sre. They are
better of taan any To ever saw since
the war. Tho agricultural dis
tricts Of New England and esst
of the Mississippi known as tho South Az
lantic stttss, ere worn out and in q manner
worthless They cannot DO made TO pay at
all unless from FIVE to ton dollars per annum
are annually placed upon their every acre in
guano The northwos! ia moro''produotiye
than these but these lsnds are worth as
much 10 town lots ia Dallas, and after YOU
.haa them you could not make as much
money per acre IS you do in Texas. Lot tho
farmer Of Illinois and Of Texas meet in St.
Louis with the proiact Of one acre and lot
us see Tho result: Tho Illinoisan brings 60
busnels Of cora and gets 70 cents per
bushal or SIS. The ToxsR stepa up with A
900 pound bale Of cotton and gets 10 cents
per pound, or $50, or S35 more thar his
friend from Illinois. But hero it will bo
said, i've dom all make bala 10 the acrep'
We reply, "thsy dcn't all make GO bushsls
of corn to tho acre in Illinois bya iugful.n
And you can, for that matter, raise mora
corn upon an aversga Texas acre than thsy
do in Illinois, and, motcover, got 10 to 20
cents per bushel average moro for i. than no
does. For when sold Ia tho field, The Illinois
farmer rarely ever realizes over 10 cents por
bushel. Corn Is s,lliug in the
Dallas market to-day ct 40 cents
per bushel, in lhuck aud ear, With chsnccs
oil in favor Of its fetching 80 cents next
spring and sunmor. You can, too, beat him
just rs bad in potatoes, lie turnip,, in hsy, in
fact, in everything that may DO msEtoned,
includiRg hogs, sLosp, sswa, mules, horses,
poultry, gssdsn productions, or Ths.syor
else farmer tries to Go and enters lspiti-
matSly ia bis calling except wheat and ap
pies. These ara tho only exceptions we arc
wiling te cOncodo. Nor ara Nc willing to
ADMIT thcss articles are total failure, or half
OF 1t, in our state, Their average is greater,
but our crops amount to agreaL deal in wheat.
30 lar IS apples ara concerned, the north
western producers have not this season real.
izod preat Of % cents per buihel upon all
they have sold in Texas markets, nor any
where else. Wemaks more of our Struggling
and neglected pecan crop than any state
north DOES off lis apples. Our pecan crop
this year will sell for at least $1,000 600.
With 30 per cent clear profit.
The truth isyou may look NJ Texas through
any lens you ehaese, inatitu;e any And overy
sort of comparison, and there can be but ons
conclusion, and one only: It is tho fnOat
couRtry on earth.