The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-01

the muscles. With equal breed She car
produce specimens that will rival the fines
Arabian blood.
In 1850 Texas contained only 753, 365 sheep
ten years later these had decreased to ia.
55l; yet in 1879 she had advanced to the
rank of the second wool.growing state, and
had 5,14S, 400 sheep valued at $9,7S6 ,476
500 sheep. In 1879 her wool clip was a.
66Si920 pounds, valued at $2,913,7Sl.
Notwithstanding the immense number Of
cattle sold Oh the hools, the hides Of
those slaughtered amount to 49,.
10i ,065 pounds, with money
value of $2,Sl0,4:6. / may mention Incl.
dentally that all Texas abounds with tan.
ning materials, and every one Of these hides
might be protitably made into leather.
There are q number Of tanncres in various
portions OF the state, all of which make ex-
cellent leather. The confederacy established
tannerles i'll Texas, and large portion OF
'their army was supplied from them. In the
last report Of the commissioner of agrcul-
ture you will see an engraving and dcscrip-
lon OF the canaigrc, Il plant Of Texas, which
mas been long used for tanning skins, both
by white men and Indians. The root con
tains twenty-three per cent of fannie acid.
Our live oak and mesquite are very rich in
the fannie principle, and besides these forest
trees we have an abundance Of sumac.
THE FLORA.
We claim that the most extensive and val
liable pine, cvpresSand live oak forest now
remainil 6 uncut in North America is to be
found III eastern Texas and western Louis
lana. Its value consists in its large yield
per acre, the magnificent proportions Of the
trees, the quality Of the timber and its ac-
cesslO!llty to the ever-increasing markets on
the wide prairics, stretching hundreds of
miles to the westward, and to the gulf ports
Tor shipment TO the markets Of the world.
tIhe yellow pine lands of southern AIissis-
'sippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia have
been drawn upon heavily to supplythe mar
rkets of the eastern states and the ship
yards of England and Scotland, for many
years past and the few tracts of valuable
timber now remaining unculled are gener-
ally far removed from transportation ad-
vantagcs, and command a large price.
The yellow pine of the south is increasing
in demand, and becoming more valuable
each succeeding year, for the further reason
that the white pine forests of the northern
states and Canada are fast becoming ex-
hausted.
The extent of the pine territory
in the northern states and Canada
has been largely over-estimated, and its
thin belts have been pierced through and
through at many points by our brawnylum-
bermen in the different states. And the
Canadian statesmen, who for many wears
talked of their unbroken forests of pine,
reaching away back for hundreds of miles
towards Hudson's bay and the Polar sea,
have within the past year seen almost the
last of their profitable lumber limits" or
blocks sold out. The choppers have reached
the line of the scrubby white birch and bal
qnf tttifl ,I,n;r a.
ders, they have been obliged to turn back to
find new fields to conquer. Where will t!.cy
go now2 We will tell them: Come with
us to Texas, and we will show you, in the
eastern portion of our state, little tract
of primeval forest not yet culled out, about
the size of the State of New York.
The trees are sound and thrifty, and rise
often to the altitude of $50 to 175 feet and
often without single crook or limb on the
first 100 feet. The sap does not average
more than III inches, which is great adj
vantage over the pine of other districts.
In southeastern Texas there are fourteen
counties, aggregating an area OIL ,493 square
miles, This area is divided as follows:
Coast prairies, $3.50 square miles; miscella-
neous timber embracing white, overcup,
Spanish, red and black oak, beech, maple,
elm, ash of three varieties, magnolia black
walnut, red cedar, black, yellow and white
cypress, gum and various species of bay, an
area of 1914 square miles; short leaf and
hammock pine an area Of 9s3 square miles;
long leaf yellow pine, ,466 square miles.
This tree IS the true turpentine producing
pine, and i'll the course OF
time large portion Of the naval stores OF
the world will be drawn from eastern Texas,
The annual production of lumber is csti-
mated at 10000 NOfeet, with money value
of 81, 3i9,69l.
l have said nothing Of the other forest
trees ofTexas We have oak, walnut, hick-
DRY, pecan, mulberry, bois dare, which is
unequalled for wagon and carriage building,
the magnolia, and many others. No man,
who has not seen the oleanders and mag
nolias of Texas in full bloom, can appreci.
ate the height of grandeur to which flori-
culture can rise. The magnolia growing
heayenward, near TO hundred feet, pro-
duces thousands Of flowers, each OF which
rivals in beauty the solitary blossom Of the
as the oleander, not the sickly
shrub ofy your northern Conservatives, but
the tall, growing tree, all covered with
blossoms Of sunset hue.
Our statistics of sugar are not so satIsfac-
tory as we could desire, because no figures
have been collated since 1873, which was a
very unfortunate year, the late rains having
almost ruined the crops. For this, however,
we have accurate figures, 1904 hogsheads
ofsugar, II, ga barrels of molasses of money
value, S433,0 Our sugar lands are equal
IN extent and productiyeness to those of
Louisiana.
At the last published reports there were
six cotton seed oil mills in the state. |; is
believed that several others have been since
The products of those six were
valued at $506 063. IL is but n few wears
since cotton seed had any market value. 1t
was thrown awayas waste. There is ample
and profitable employment for twenty
mills.
THE FRUITS.
Another source of largo profit which Is
awaiting development is the pecan.
The gathering =. of this delicious
nut being usually done by boys,
II may DO denominated minor
industry, yet 1t Is an amazingly profitable
one. The nut always commands ready sale,
the demand being greater than tho supply.
There Is many an acre OF land to be bought
for Q dollar, which, ifplanted with pecans,
would in ten years bring hundred dollars,
Poeans ore purchased by the storckeepcrs
figures showing tho amount of this
industry, but that II Is considera.
BILE Is evidenced by the fact that
San Antonio ships half million pounds OF
this. fayoritc nut, and hundreds Of thou
sands Of bushels rot on the ground, or IRE
eaten by the hogs.
One OF the popular deluslons regarding
Texas Is that no apples grow there-that II
Is not fruit growing. country, This is n
great error. Nearly oil tho fruits of both
the torld and temperate zones flourish