The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-03-27
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Hos iuuf h.iufs ftsas sbel hsve hsid
la is a question that lies M tls iuiuio
a1ne g. iis solution, blt lt 4, u0' 10 no
disguised ihsi the dil't q fsp.d.y ts.t.rg 90
ne drlct'on NJ such System, oopnif,
Ills up 9th population l1fi become In
q greater demand aud q corresponding Ia
crease Of price l. pas up8u 10 ard received
lolly ia yshTa hru lsy,uF conrty,
liaft wet Of Is, was Dos vt
arEuu'zsd, tud hut three years ESQ
Is contained but 100 psIsoIs o-dsy
one OF ,ts cities alone counts popular ln
Of some $500 people, with proper Of
rapid increase, The unimpIoysi land thea
vas worth from s. T. s. per aofs, and I'M
pfoVsr, iom a. 10 $40 Aud this embrsesd
the sections Ia and shout Abilene, To-Day,
lors Co. tgis city are commal ding from $3.50
10 stU1 eleh, ard lands near by cannot DO
had for les, than $50 TO SIS per acre, The
same condition ol Things Is true Of Mitchell
county, sui It's capital ,its, Colorado City,
save that in 1850 there were ia ala the oouL'
lty but III souls. And 20 We
might 20 on with dozens aud dozens
Of .eosglies in oil that region, Land nj
80, or even so psr acre will not
pay 10 DO utilized in tho raising OF
o,t'le. At 10 per cert, per annum
ol the yalustion of ten acres, the amount
r,quiIyd To Iaile one hesd o, took, the cost
Is $40 year. or so for Two . osr-,ll hesd.
Hence, the large l.vA stock Gamer hnij II
pays him Infinitely best TO s.ll or leAse his
lands ,Fus increased 10 pi.cr, and remove
to chsOpor places, But The Iin. comes
when liss the lldiau, the hoTter IL driven
10 the extreme limits Of his stata by
| tue man with the hoe And even
then as with The Territory
he mnst surrender to The advancing new
regime, what then Is 10 hs done? Toe
eNpersuoe ii Other places ard other times
/ is to be our guide. 10 localities where land
/ Is dear We ilnd system Oi soi.ing aud lat.
/ genlDg prevailing so that couple OF acres
/ suffice where ten were needed before on
native wild grasses. Nor is the product
lmi, ed 10 the same peounisGy return. The
people Of the northern ana middle states
raise, in THE wise, yesrlups hat will out
weigh ous oSn LuT-year-9li breves, and
cove that vii yleli ten times as much bu.-
TER as our lopg-horned and lean ones.
Improved ltgck, Therefore would seem
t. De the solution, in gres, past, OF tho
ysxed question. True, disaster alter disss.
ter has followed the efforts Of come OF our
enterprsiug citizens With their imports
tons and trials OF thorough breds. The
GcC,mstiug fever has often worn away
THEN hops Bu, the disease brings it,
own remedy. Disguised with pure-blocd
atocE raising, the raiser turns his pets out
b. run with he common herd, and ia a
lutte while graded animal is begotten
With oil the hsrdihood Of the ma
tive. bLg with largely improved qualities.
The ue>t cross produces a yet hotter stock,
and so or, until in short while he is the
0w ler Of c. I 10 that bring The best OF re-
turns. The average price Of Texas cattle is
at present about $50, this being an out
side figure. The Breeders Gszatte gives q
review OF the sales of blooded (not thorough |
br.o) sock for the past year, and exhibits
the average figures per head es follows:
For ShorthorIs t2o5 Sc; Herefords, s47G.-
81; Hnlseips, 1913 60; Jerseys, $4,000.
Here il al increased return IN Short-holbs
of over 500 per cent. GA the
CON mon natives; and an average OF
over LOCO per cent. on the beautiful
little household pet, the jersey.
True, the care to be taken OF these entails
heavier expenses, but then it must be rec
objected that the milk yield must 30 into
the account, whether this be disposed of in
the fluid to humanity or to hogs, or in the
shape Of butter and cheese. Three and a
halt pounds Of The tactical is equal in nulri-
tive value to one pound of meat, q good
Jersey, therefore being equsl TO twelve
pounds of beef per day. Since The war o
number OF gentlemen in Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia have
gone into stock ia ration
al manner. They have raised feed stuffs,
sown pastures and meadows, built stables
and barns, and employed Intelligent
herdsmen. AS a consequence they have
succeeded in raising herds of acclimated
cattle, every one OF which is worth, in this
section, half dozen northern raised ami |
mails. Prominent among the new breeders
of fine stock in Louisiana are Mr.. JOSEPH
JEFFERSON, on his Orange Island place; the |
MEssRs. CHArrgE, on their river rancho |
above the city, and Mr. JOHN E. PELToE, |
on his prairie ranch, st, Landry. And in
Texas we have many more.
There was time when the rszor-back |
hog was the only one Of the oorcine tribe |
that was seen to any extent in this section
OF the country. Long ago IL was seen and |
conceded That the Berkshire, the Poland
China, and the Windsor were by far more
profitable, and to-day the little bristle-baok
racer of the fields, of only fifty pounds, and
that cared exclusively for himself on the
grasses and the nuts OF his own finding,
like the present Crumple OF the prairie,
has been remunerstively supplanted by
the 250 FOUNDER with his easy rearing d
the proved quality of his finer flesh.
Just go, too, with the fowls. The small
barn-y arders. weighing but three or four
pounds apiece and cackling over less than
100 eggs annually. has given place to the
hardy white Leghorn, the beautiful white
faced black Spanish, and the others that
Law the seasons through and never sit; to
the big-bodied Brahmas, the ine!y-grained
Plymouth rocks, and the juicy meated
Hondaus. equally good producers and
lorily looking birds, to say nothing of the
great increase of the gallant Games, the
best sitters and unequaled mothers of