The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-25
QUEEN 0RURPLR.

ofour land, This yoira million bales will ga
10 swell tho grandeur Of hls trlumphal pro-
ceiion through all tho hurts Of tho world
and 10 MD His Royal Majesty In carrying
glndnem IN the hearis Of toeming
millions ~ no furnishes them labor
for tor hands md clothing loT
for tholr persons, but while cotton, ~ one
,of tho products Of our State, brings much
wcalh % the people, md u therefore OF
prime importance among her agricultural
interests, there Is yet another Interest Of
equal Importance 10 ToxN. We alludc to
her stool, interest, md especially that Of
cattle, The pasture anla Of Texas are un'
surpassed anywhere In tho limits Of our
Unions In iacl, aro uncQualed, whom We lNko
Into consideration their oxtont md
our climate, On these pasture
lands roam millions and millions Of
cattle, II Ia not n 1no brood Of cattle, but II
Is n hardy, thrifty breed, oasy 10 raise and
capable Of MAILING its own living on thorch
gIasses that grow IN such luxurhnco on our
prairles, We have not seen ANY estimate of
tho cOttlo drive this yoar but We surmisotha
Il will be but little, II any short Of three
hundred thousand. This number Of cattle
will net 10 Texas putting II nj II low csil'
mate $4,000 600 Without going back
later than tho close Of the ato
war, what has tho sale Of
cattle nottel Texas during tho lust fifteen
yenrs? L. II high TO put the figures ut an
average of S3,5Oo,OOO per uunumY II not,
the SUN total ros the llocn years Ia S52 $780,
900. Where is nj this money! ono naturally
asks, The answer Is that Il has gone for I'M
proycments, cattle owners mud cattle shippers
having improved their homes and surrounded
themselves with tho comforts Of life, and II
has gone for the inclosing Of pastures md for
land, aud not few millions Of II are saltcd
down in the homes of the cattle owners,
hid in private places, laid up for
future use. A prominent gentleman of this
State said tGw years ngo when Texas was
putting hor bonds upon tho market that
there was no use 70 20 outside OF the STATE
to sell those bonds; that they could be sold
to cattle men who had gold and silver laid
away in old stockings and shot bags, if the
proper effort was made, and we doubt not no
was correct in his opinion Our cattle men
have all become rich, cattle dealers have all
made money, and they have the bulkof that
money yet in spot cash. But the time is
rapidly approaching when the vast
herds Of cattle that feed upon our
prairies must give way to tho advance of the
agriculturist and smaller herds must take
their places. Yet, while cotton remains
king, and spreads his Neocy banners overl
additional acres of land each year, Crumple
can still reign rs Queen. The long-horn COW
OF the Spanish brood must resign for grade
and booded cattle. Where now 100000
are represented by 10000 head of cattle, the
same amount Of capital must in q few years
be represented by tenth or " twcn-
tioth part of that number. Railroads
have doomed tho long-horus, and lonely
ranches with their sQuadrons Of cowboys
herding and rounding up countless thousands
of cattle, must give way to farm houses, and
orchards, and grain fields, aud cotton plan,a-
tons and dairy farms Our frontier is to be
peopled with industrious husbandmen and
artisans, The earth must give up of its rich
ness in the products of the fields and the
hillsides mus. TEEN with pleasant dwellings,
prosperous towns, handsome churches, iAvlt-
ing school houses. In the trail
of the advancing railroad thous-
ands are coming to bull up homes
for themselves and their children, and their
chiidren's children, on Texas soil. But
Crumple noed not abdicatc; shc can still
wear her crown and grace MS grand II throne
rs royalty ever pressed. 1t is on dairy farms
that her palaces must be reared. If oIeomar-
gerine finds ready sale and masquerades ms
butter, why will not butter find reader
sale? All the world wants butter, all the
world buys butter and Texas ia the place to
make butter. In 1879, tho cheese and butter
produced in these United States. sold for tho
enormous sum Of S250,0O0O0o. With the
rich Mesquite and Buffalo grasses indigenous
to our soil Texas ought to and can surpass
any State in tho Union in producing milk
and butter. The pasturage,,willkeep the cat
tie int all tho year round and there is there
fote no expense for winterfeeling, nor in our
mild and equable climate for winter housing.
lie. every farm have its pastures and the gem
Tie, patient, mich cows of the right breed
and let the production of milk and butter be
one Of the Industries Of farm life, and Texas
will in few years surpass New York or
any other State in tho quality and
quantity of her cheese and butter. The good
housewives will make the butter, and, as Is
the case in the Northern and Western States,
cheese factories will spring up in every neigh
borhood where all the surplus milk will find
ready sale for conversion into cheese. The
farm hand with his pillow and his hoe, Is one
of the grand factors in the economy Of our
countrv hut the dairy maid who OueeZcs