Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-16

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4. soil and Climate OF Texas, py
Hight, commissioner oil STATISTICS
ounty is in western Texas,
q the county seat, is about %
a of Burnet, the present ter
Ftbe Austin and Northwest
Nav. Area 952 square miles.
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Inc OF live stock in 1881 49,. 42l,9l0
|&lue of live stock in lSS2...., Io6,N5
nater part of the county is
IN wooded hills and noun
Tween and at the foot of
= narrow, level, sandy plats
with a mellow, rich soil. The
n, in many places, are com
ssolid granite, and rise into
$: and from the top of one
= Dancer mountains view
4 of the whole of Llano and
*even surrounding counties.
e presents panorama of
r plain, valley and dell, and
u picturesque and attractive.
M growth of live oak, post
II pecan and elm is found in
II parts of the county, and in
~ the mountain sides are
'with dense cedar brakes. The
IA for the most part, short
,{lbv. and suitable mainly
md fencing, but is used for
6Ihg of log houses, and some
2nluable for mechanical pur-
fSlorado River bounds the
the east. The Llano River,
Fam of pure, clear, unfailing
Ms nearly centrally through
xest to east, and Sandy Creek
&ross the southern portion.
mey, Little Llano, San Fer
hhnson's, Pecan, SiX-Mile,
"a Hickory Creeks flow into
be River, and Coal, Silver
ID, Walnut, Comanche, Crab
id Cedar creeks into Sandy.
Fthese streams are fed by bold
Rom which water for domcs-
,oses is generally obtained,
Wells and cisterns are used in
rs of the county. The mean
as registered at the
States signal service station at
ID the adjoining county on the
24.90 inches, and is go distrib-
to insure abundant crops of
ain, but crops maturing i'll late
In some seasons require irrl-
or which the facilities are am
convenient on many OF the
al The lands most esteemed for
q the valleys or FLATS" ut the
the streams and at the foot OF
md mountains, which, it is
IA, comprise about one-fifth of
re- area, and the soil of which
Ill, rich, friable loan. Until
.he last five years this was eX-
IN stock county, but agricul-
IL Stunning considerable impor-
hn 1873, wheat yielded twenty
VI the acre, and in 1880 the
crop was about 200O bales.
Corn, oats, melons and vegeta-
Favorable seasons, return a
Weld. Late vegetables some
oqnire irrigation. Peaches and
are successfully grown, and rib
loof large size has been raised
finest quality of syrup made
The crop of pecan nuts is
ahd generally more abun'
M on alternate years
hnd, suitable for farms
Bought at from 81 to 81 pei
ltl cultivated land, with i'm
ents, for from s. to 81; an6
ar rents for one-third the grain
Fourth the cotton. Ordinary
slng costs about 5000 per mile
nber from $50 to $40 per l,00t
tock interests of the county ar,
lted by 1883 horses and mules
attle, p, 633 sheep, l,767 goat
542 hogs. The abundance o
(, pecan and other mast, rem
k use of grain in fattenini
Unnecessary in most seasons
te and burr grass are abundant
rich pasturage, and the pro
afforded by the mountains
foods against the north
liable stock to keep in good con
the year round on the open
Sheep are fed more or less il
winter weather, and work ami
lly when in actual use. The
,f work animals, and also o
luton, pork and other articles
], is low. Deer, turkeys ant
re found in large numbers, anc
perch and buffalo are abund
Ihe larger streams.
i ore has been found in severa
Is, and gold in the bed of Biz
Greek, but neither in payinl
ies. Competent judges, how
kpress the opinion that the sur
pications of rich deposits are, IL
parts of the county, Yer,
Extensive beds of iron anC
|ore exist in several parts of tn
Specimens OF the former, from
y Fountain, are said to contain
Pike per cent of pure iron, oqua
hty TO the best Swedish iron
Recimens Of the latter from
q mine on the head of Pecal
assayed $500 worth OF metal t
n This mine is now bein
Y with improved machiney
zone, granite, marble, steatit
Per valuable stone, exist in in
quantities, but owing TO tn
railroad transportation, II
Png has been done, except in
bay tor home use.
4 River, more than one hun
les in length, and with fit
Thin the county, and Hone
pom furnish fine water power
.las been utilized and applied