Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1882-01-12
CHADwICK's PLANTATION.
The result OF white lab0r-FactS
and Figures for the eonsidera-
tiOn of LandlOrd'S-What
Tenants can do,

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Mr.. J. n. Chadwick, one of
the largest land owners of this
county, owning in all about
10000 acres of land, deter
mined last year to try the virtue
of white labor on a portion of
ii. TWith this object in view he
engaged Mr.. a. P. DeKarwows-
ki as manager of his plantation
four miles cast of Brennan and
containing in all about 5000
acres. Mr.. DeK. had on the
! plantation last year about sew
enty families in all, of these
fifty-two are Polanders, or as
they are called here Poles, the
remainder are Americans and
colored people, the latter made
very poor crops. The average
of the crop on this plantation
last year was three-fourths OF a
bale of cotton, and forty bush
els of corn to the acre; the
land on the plantation is of the
very best quality, but still the
average is very large consider
ing the dryness of the season.
As an illustration OF what was
accomplished by some of the
tenants the following figures
furnished by Mr.. DeKarwowski
speak for themselves:
Mr.. DeKarwowski cultivated
with two pair of mules Ioo.acres;
made 81 bales of cotton and
500 bushels of corn. Hired
labor by the day at 50 cents
and board.
Andrese Stagnant cultivated
IS acres with one yoke of oxen
and pair of ponies; made %
bales of cotton and $50 bushels
of corn. His own family did
most of the work.
Jan Nowack cultivated rs
acres with one horse and one
mule; made II bales of cotton
and $50 bushels of corn. He
did not arrive on the plantation
till the 18th of March.
Andreas Harcinski cultivated
20 acres with two horses and
made 10 bales Of cotton and
$50 bushels of corn.
These instances might be
multiplied indefinitely, but
enough are given to show fully
what was accomplished. Near
ly all the renters among the
Poles have corn to sell the land
lord to supply new corners.
In the center OF this magnifi-
cent plantation there is a pas
ture of six hundred acres, and
in the center of the pasture the
cotton gin is located, so that it
is convenient to all the tenants;
around the pasture houses, all
comfortable and substantial
box houses, are located, and in
addition each tenant has sheds
for his stock and cribs for his
corn. Lumber has been pur-
chased for the erection of
school house for the children
of the Polish tenants.
oMr. Chadwick rents the land
on this plantation at $3.50 per
acre in money rent or at the
rate of one bale of cotton to IL
acres to croppersH
hMr. DeKarwowski brought
this colony ofPoles to this plan
tation and states that he can
get FIVE or six hundred more
families by next year if proper
encouragement is given him.
A fine opportunity is thus Of
fered other large land owners
to procure reliable labor if
they want to do SO. With such
results as those stated above it
seems like folly to daily with
,eolored labor, and it also shows
what any industrious man
can do who has the energy and
industry to buckle himself down
to honest and hard labor. The
prediction may safely be ven
tured that in less than FIVE years
every one of these Polish ten
ants, who have made so auspi-
cious a beginning on the Chad
wick plantation will be the own
ers of farms of their own and
will be well along on the road to
wealth. Truly Texas is a won
derful state and her soil verify
teams with wealth, but it re-
quires hand ticks to extract it.
In no other country in the world
could tenant farmers do as well.
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