San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-18

courses. That raising cattle is i'm
mensely remunerative needs no argu-
ment, but if it did Texas is filed with
monuments of wealth obtained solely
through this source. II is pretty gen.
orally admitted that the section OF
Texas lying between the timbered re-
gions on the east and the staked plains
on the west, extending as far south as
the Rio Grande, is the best adapted
to -,.... ....'...
SHEEP RAISING.
The number of sheep in this state
is estimated as between 5000, 600 and
100000. At the present time they
are raised almost entirly for the wool,
and the clip of 1882 received at San
Antonio alone amounted to more than
100000 pounds. Previous to 1872
cattle We're raised in Texas only for
their hides and tallow, but since the
development of the industry, drives"
overlands into the northern and west
ern states, where shipments are made
by rail, have been the rule. Many
English capitalists, large and small,
are interested in cattle and sheep rails
ing in Texas, and, as there appears to
be almost no limit to the land suita-
BILE for these pursuits, it is probable
that many thousands more will engage
in the business in the next few years.
.l SUGAR AND COTTON.
The best sugar and cotton district
in Texas lies along the gulf coast in
the southeastern part of the state.
About one third is bottom land and
capable Of raising from one to three
hogsheads of sugar to the acre, with
two barrels of molasses to every hogs
head of sugar. If this land was all
planted in sugar it would yield about
twice the amount to sugar and molas-
ses now consumedin the United States.
The lands in Texas capable Of produc-
ing sugar are placed at 1000, 900
acres.
For the information Of intending
settlers Texas may be divided into six
grand divisions, viz south Texas, east
Texas, central Texas north Texas,
west Texas and the Pan Handle.
These divisions, as has been shown,
differ somewhat in physical features
and soil, and to some extentin climate
and productions. Yet they are all
good and the industrious emigrants
would be hard to please that could not
find a home to suit him in either of
them. South Texas is the:gulf region;
east Texas the timber region. Yet
there is more or less timber shattered
about over at least two-thirds of the
state which lies between the Trinity
on the east and the Colorado river on
the west, and from the thirty-second
parallel of latitude on the north to
the alluvial plain on the south. West
Texas is the mountainous district, yet
in this division of the state are i'm
mense undulating prairies which often
appear utterly without limit,
A PHENOMENAL REGION.
North Texas and the Pan Handle
is that extensive region, most proper
ly speaking, which lies north of the
Texas and Pacific railroad, extending
from the Arkansas line on the east
to the New Mexico line on the west,
and FROM the Texas & Pacific railroad
line on the south to Indian territory
and Red river on the north. This
region embraces some of the finest
land in the world, and has climate
conducive to good health and long
life. The emigrant who succeeds in
getting a home here now, while lands
are cheap, will be the lucky man of
the future. This part of the state is
rapidly filing up with good, emerge
tic class of emigration. New towns
are springing up and old ones rapidly
advancing in knowledge and business.
Railroads are running in different di-
rections and new ones are under con-
struction. The rapid advance in this
region is indeed one of the phenomena
of our American civilization. The
population at pr. sent is composed of
about half southern people and half
northern and western people, with a
few Germans and other nationalities.
The northern or western element is
increasing with greater rapidity than
the other elem ents, and will no doubt
in the near future predominant very
largely.
Wild Goats as a Result OF the War.