The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-16
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ENNIS.
CORRESPONDENCE of the Herald

Correspondence of the Herald.
ENNIS, February being in Brazoria
county some time ago, took walk with
an eloqu ent member of the legal profession.
He called my attention to profusion OF red
berries growing spontaneously all around;
lie said that they were of great value and
exceedingly healthy. We stepped into a
store, the sides of which were partially hid
den with the plants loaded with fruit, and
there, upon the shelves, were dozens OF bot
ties filled with the identical article and la
beled, Best Cayenne pepper, Springfield,
Massachusetts"
| found one old settler Samuel Damon,
originally from Maine, but over forty years
in Texas, who gave me some information.
| asked why there was no milk to be had,
even to put in coffee, as there seemed to be
cows enough. lie assured me, with every
appearance of CandOr, that 1t was because
The cows could not be MIXED on horse,
back Since that time | have visited
Waco, Fort Worth, and, lastly, Dallas. Az
each place the table was furnished with
milk at each meal, but have
not mad an opportunity Of seeing it drawn
from the udder. | shall await further devel
opments before going INTO .he dairy bust
ness i'll Texas.
have raised hogs in Illinois, and have
found the long and cold wintertO be great
objection TO the business there, Us so much
food was required to sustain lie and to
carry the stock through the cold weather
that it made serious threads upon the prot
| its. | had asked TeX-i-ans before coming
| to the state if this was good hog country,
and was told, "the best in the world" no
attention or care, simply let them grow on
| the native grasses or roots and tatten on the
mast and gather them i'll. l have searched
| faithfully Tor place where pork is raised
: tI.,t .l1, an hn m
eral herds OF swine have been pointed out
to me by their owners with pride and the
| information that they had never tasted
| corn or other grain, and i'll each instance |
asked if they obtained the stock at Austin
of Mr.. Sitlings, as | had seen Il pho,
tograph OF that very hog ana
! its name was razor back,
| | had almost decided that did not wish to
embark in raising hogs in state where the
farmers imported their bacon and lard.
When | saw the article in your journal
headed Ennis, and which spoke OF Col
onel Hogan as u man with thirty-tive years
OF experience in Texas, and also had u hint
| in regard to Texas blue grass, am glad
| that / did, for | Immediately started for
| Ennis and saw the grass growing beautifully
and making a fine, compact sod. 1T was
| first noticed by the colonel near TINS town,
and / noticed considerable Of it i'll various
places around it. | am quite sure 1t Is
identical with that | saw growing between
! Mckinney and Farmersville in many places
| last week. have heard it remarked ire
quently that where blue grass grows the
people are rich, and as wish to be one OF
! the rich people, thought it possibly might
| be better for me to stop and grow up with
this country. SO | asked the colonel If Il
succession of grasses could be maintained,
and he said that with Bermuda and john
son grass for summer, Texas blue grass
and Fercue for winter, good pasture the
year round was assured. lclt that
good pasture being assured ! certainly
could make hogs profitable, as land wa,
cheap enough, the biggest factor III, the
whole question being how to get chrag
fence.
Ny nerves have been gradually qWcuni
down, and il seems rs il a whole Hood 81
light dawncd on me, when, in answer TO my
question OF "why is this thusly,' referring
to the things spoken ST in the first part u
this article. the Colonel answered, too
much cotton" Now, Mr. Editor, what dl
You think, can | fence up pastures and
make hogs pay in Texas? ;. l.