The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-05
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TINE Important position IcNnr VIII seOn
assume as q wheat growing State can
hardly be estimated Tho, cotton crop
agricultural product, but the large area
sown In wheat this year will give some In
teregt 10 the following, on wheat growing
IN Texas. We compile from the Bureau Of
| Statistics
The grain growing capabilities Of Texas
are lust beginning 10 be understood. Dur-
ing the war some wheat was grown to meet
the necessities of the people. At It's close
wheat was abandoned and cotton became
the chief product OF the State, and II was
not until few years ago that the cultiva-
ton of wheat was resumed to any consider
able extent. '
There arc 80 counties in Texas capable OF
producing 20 bushels of wheat per acre,
which is below the average product. II
one-fifth Of the area of these counties was
planted in wheat, it would yiele ll5,OoO,0 600
of bushels; the value of which to-day is
S115000,0O0, nearly four times tho value OF
the cotton crop.
WHEAT STATES COMPARED.
Texas wheat, both in quantity and ex-
cellcnce, is not equaled by the most ia
vored grain-growing regions of the United
States. Genesee county, New York, from
1880 to 1913, stood first on the list;
the average yield during that time
was twenty bushels per acre. Stark
county Ohio, believe, stood second; and
the average yield was eighteen. The aver
age yield yield in the uni TS. states sxer
age yield in Texas, in the thirteen counties,
il twenty-four and one-thirteenth bushels
per acre. Thirty-fve bushels are not unu-
sual.
THE SUPERIORITY OF TEXAS WHEAT IL: 4
1. Because it is drier, denser. and ths
heaviest known, containing less moisture
than any wheat west of the Rocky Mount
aims, and therefore bears shipment through
the Southern States better than any other
for the reason stated, being made from
wheat weighing from sixty-four to sixty
eight pounds.
2. It contains more muscle-producing
qualities.
8. Reaching market from four to six
weeks earlier than any flour made east Of
the Rocky Mountains, it meets in market
last years crop and therefore beats it.
The average wheat known to commerce,
when it grades No. /, weighs sixty pounds
to the bushel, and contains about nine
pounds of water. Just in proportion as the
measured bushcl of wheat. increases
an s sesfan' psfo 1assAi of nG the
nutritious quality Of wheat and less
quantity Of water, and the less water it
contains the better it is adapted for South
srn shipment when ground into flour.
II is a well-known fact that No. Texas
wheat weighs sixty-one pounds to the
bushel; No. 2 from sixty three to sixty-four,
and No. over sixty-five pounds.
mainly due to the peculiar circumstances
OF soil and climate under which it is
produced, and as our farmers increase in
numbers, and improve in experience,
the average quality OF wheat will be i'm
proved.
VALUE OF WHEAT.
Wheat stands at the head Of all cereals in
point of value, and as an article OF 1000
for man, has, in its Introduction as such,
kept equal pace with his civilization, and 1T
may BIO added that ancient and modern
writers agree in assocating the, improve
ment attained in the culture OF wheat with
The largest wheat-producing States in
the Union arc classed asfollows: Illinois,
81 900, 900; Indiana, 47O00,e00; Ohio,
4e GOO, 600: Michigan, 80 oOO, 600; Minnesota,
IS ,OOO, GOO; Iowa, 81 900 900; California, 3d.
OOO,OO0 Missouri, 25,0O0,000; Wisconsin,
5000 900; Pennsylvania, 1906, 900. The
total crop of the United States is 459, OO0,0 600
bushels, grown on about 35.0O0,0O acres Of
land, making an average Of thirteen bushels
to the acre.
In view of these facts the question natu-
rally arises: Have We in Texas this element
so productive of wealth, intelligence and
power? and can we develop it. so as to
compete with other wheat-grow-
ing portions Of our country. 70 which
the answer may be given that
thirteen counties in Texas, after emily three
years cultivation, produced in 1879 1885,
900 bushels of wheat-nearly one-third as
much as Illinois produced in 1860, alter
culture Of nearly forty years.
The wheat counties of Texas are filty IN
number with an area of over q, 10, 600
acres, and with one-fourth in cultivation
will produce, say only ten bushels per acre,
would yield 52S0O,0O0 bushels, 100000
more than the State of Illinois. The aver
age is fifteen bushels in Texas, and with
one-half the wheat lands in cultivation,
which will be the case inside of five years
will give greater yield than the States OF
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Minnesota COM |
bined, and with its vast network of
railroads, which are being completed
through the wheat region, will furnish the
OF cheap transportion to the sea
coast fer foreign markets, and at least a
saving of three times the distance from |
those States, which of itself will place Toxas !
in tho van of leading wheat countries of the |
world. Goulds Southern railway system,
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fs. Chicago, |
Texas & Mexican Central. Texas Trunk,
Dallas & Wichita, East Line & Red River, |
Texas & st. Louis, Houston & Texas Cen
trail. Texas Central, 1T. Worth q Denver,
all penetrate the wheat region, !
aud eila oue-losrlh sl crop viii [
require 5000 cars to move the coming |
wheat crop. estimating 600 bushels as car |
load. This will give some idea of why the |
railroads are building in North and North |
western Texas. Just think of 5000 cars. |
which would give each road four daily |
freight trains with IS cars 10 n train. To
remove this large amount Of grain Il will !
require at least three or four more elevators
in the city of Dallas, which will OF course
the largest distributing point In the