Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-27

il nlso species of bearded mesquite,
called by stockmen wild oats" which
il yery nutritious, and the gramma
and sedpe grasses, the former growing
an the lower, the latter principally on
the high. level prairies. Both of these
grasses afford excellent range for fully
two-thirds of the year.
CROPS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES,
Before Taylor county was connected
with the balance of the state by rail-
road the statement was boldly made
and generally believed that 1t was not
and never would be "a good farming
country. But within the past
three years numerous experiments
have been made which fully demon
strate the incorrectness of the state
ment.
On the Sd of this month ] enjoyed
the privilege of inspecting the exhibit
made at fair held in Abilene under
the auspices OF the Taylor County Elk.
position society, and from my letter to
YOU of the 9Th inst, published In your
Issue of the 9th inst, ] make some ex-
tracts to show that the statement men,
toned does gross injustice to Taylor
county and the district of country ad-
joining, viz: :.
~ saw corn there raised by Mr..
Robt. Malone in Taylor county. three
miles east of Abilene, that was from
yield of forty-fve bushels per acre,
some of the ears of which measured
ten to twelve inches in length, the cob
being small and the grains as well
matured rs any raised in the best corn
districts of the United States. Mr.. j.
w. Wooten had another lot
on hand equally as good as that
exhibited by Mr.. Malone. Mrs. SVEN
son had an exhibit of corn ON the
stalk, grown on sod land, the stalks
measuring twelve feet In height, two
ears being twelve inches long. Pre-
sumably these were exceptional cases,
and did not fairly represent her entire
field. but ut any rate they demonstrate
the fact that corn will and does under
proper conditions, grow and mature
excellently well in Taylor county.
There were other exhibits of corn on
hand. but IA had but an hour TO de-
vote to the fair, had to hurry through
and couldn't take in everything. i
must in passing, however, mention
one lot grown 10y Rev. Thomas Nc
Cormick, near Buffalo Gap, its ears
measuring eighteen inches in length.
Mr.. Il. G. Hahn, from three miles
east OF Abilene, exhibited lot of oats
that was extra fine. / measured one
average bundle and found 1t to be four
feet nine inches high, and the heads
were heavy and well matured. Mr.
w. j. Maltby from Callahan county
had another extra fine lot, which rep
resented fairly considerable field
that thrashed out iifty-four bushels to
the acre.
The exhibit of wheat was not large,
but what it lacked in quantity 1t made
up in quality. was raised on farm
and have been handling wheat since l
was child, and | confidently assert
that the lot ] saw at the fair, grown in
Taylor county, was quite equal in size
to any grown in the well-known wheat
regions of the country.
| also saw flour made in Taylor
county from this wheat, and was as
sured by those who had used the same
brand that it was very superior. The
yield of this wheat was reported to me
as eighteen TO twenty-five bushels, but
some farmers there had raised this
year as much as thirty-iive bushels
per acre.
Mrs. S. j. Swensop had on exhibit
specimens of German millet grown by
her in Taylor county, that were cut
from field that yielded three tons
per acre. And saw Ii lot grown on
with heads six and half inches long
and six in circumference, grown, 1
believe, by Mr.. f. c. Hahn.
The johnson grass on exhibition,
grown by Mr.. +. c. Hahn, measured
| al fas4f m hai uh ha Enl
which 1t was taken yielded at a single
cutting three tons per acre and two to
three Cuttings can be had per wear.
In the vegetable line there were
onions, cabbage, tomatoes, Irish and
sweet potatoes, carrots, beeis, squash
and cucumbeIs.
| saw one lot of I'll Paso onions, from
a lot of 1900 pounds, grown on piece
| of ground 3OXSO feet at the rate of up.
wards of 5000 pounds per acre Some
OF this lot We're as large as ordinary
sized saucers and must have weighed
from three to five pounds each. The
cabbage weighed nearly ten pounds
per head and the heads were hard and
firm and fully developed. The toma-
toes were, some of them, from three to
four inches in diameter and smooth
and well ripened.
The exhibit of Irish potatoes was
exceptionally good, the variety being
the Early Rose and the Peerless. j
was not able to ascertain the yield per
acre, but In size and quality. | risk
nothing when J say they could not be
"over-topPed" in any country.
There were sweet potatoes not yet
full-growp, Of course, that measured
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