Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-05
lHh GAzETTE. FORT WORTH TEXAS, MONDAY NovEMREp

Where there was vacant land, each
head OF a family being entitled To take
up lov acres, and each single person
over iS years OF age so acres, but In CON
sequence of the superintendent of the
seate lands To various schools, educa-
.ionai, elemosynary and other pur-
poses, There is now no vacant lands,
anu no homesteads can be entered.
me state, however, sells to settlers on
very favorable terms, aud where the
iahu mas been settled on, grants those
VINO occupy 1t, the preferences in pur-
FARMS.
What Is the tendency OF the farm.
ers OIL Texas, and are large plantations
or small farms the rule In the statee',
me tendency is strongly toward
smali ARMS. There ATE only u few
large plantations IN the state. mostly
IN the southern portion, and many or
these are being cut up and divided.
As rule the k,rms are not owned hy
those who cultivate them, the greater
portion being rented or farmed on
shares. At least two-thirds of those
under cultivation in the state are thus
rented.n
What is the most successful system
oil labor in Texas?p
"Ihere are three systems of labor in
the state-the share, the rent and hire
system. the share system Is the one
most generally adopted, and seems to
be the most advantageous and TO give
the most satisfaction, as IL encourages
the hands 10 work. Negro labor is
somewhat demoralized, and white la
Dor, which is employed largely in the
western and northern portions of the
state. is found 10 he the best, and to
bring about the best result.
. There isa strong feeling In Texas
in favor of diversified industries and
varied crops and many farmers of late
years have been raising their own food
supplies. There has, however. been
very little increase in the number of
hogs In the state. The farmers are bet
ter oil than they have ever been.
While the cotton crop has increased
wonderfully during the pnst few years,
the corn has increased still more rapid
ly. The credit system Is much less
prevalent through Texas than former
ly. In old days, the farmer used to
look 10 his merchant for everything.
He spent his crop before he raised 1t,
and really acted merely MS the agent
and overseers of his merchant. All
this is much changed now. The credit
system u sun pursued somewhat IN
ever 1t is carried in it will be found
that the farms are slovenly, badly and
carelessly cultivated. Elsewhere, how
ever, very little credit is asked for and
the farmers are getting out of debt.
They have learned, moreover, the adj
vantage of cultivating more closely,
instead of pursuing the system COM
mon throughout the South some years
ago, and especially so in Texas, Of
cultlvating more land than they can
properly work. The increase of acre
age in the state, therefore, is not as
great ms the increase of labor When n
farmer places 10 per cent. more land in
any crop, he devotes p per cent. more
time and labor toit. The result is that
the yield per acre is now larger aud the
profit greater than ever before.
THE past season, ending August 81,
1880, was, by large odds, the most pros.
porous ever known in Texas, ana it's
production, particularly cotton and
corn, has been uneXampled. The pro-
ductions of the state, including those
in cattle, wool and lnmber for ls12-S3,
must exceed Sl30.OO0, 900. This year
the drouth of the state, and the cotton
crop will not he rs large"
TIMBER.
"How IS IeNas llNeu as 10 tlihner,
NOTWITHSTANDING the iacI tlat me
greater poruoh OF tile state consists Oh
an immense prairie, texas possesses
The largest area oil woodlahds OF any
state III the mon IL Is source OF
great wealth 10 me sthte already, ana
one Whlcil IL hopes 10 luIsely increase
rms tinoereu country II sllualeu III
Eastern Texas, covering me greater
portion OF "a counties. Large streams
run through II, asu mliroaus traverse
II IN every direction, SO as 10 give tile
mills easy communication with the
markets OF the world. vi the woods,
pine and cypress are lhe lnosI aOnhd-
M ooo ooo on1 feet of Understandable nine
which, at the rate ~ Is now
being cut, or even at u nlilch increased
rate. VIII supply the demand MOI nh!y
of Texas, hut OF tilal Nilst lIeeiess pam
standing west oil IL, through NieNlco;
Arizona aud southern california, ana