The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-11
FROM WICHITA FALLS.
GOOD RAINS ON GOOD LANDS.
The Section Where sit Never Rains" and
Where the Soil and Climate are no
Good for Farming" Gives
an Excellent Account.

WICHITA FALLS, Dec. g. Correspond
ence. AT this writing fine rain is full
ing, which came Just in time, as the
ground was getting little dry for
ploughing. A great deal of new land il
being ploughed in this county this fall.
and this rain will put the ground in fine
condition for the plough. The increase
in acreage this year over last will be in
this (Wichlta) county at least 1000 per
cent. There being no question as to this
county being adapted to farming pur-
poses, the land is now changing hands
rapidly and a good class of farmers are
coming in. As the readers of the HER.
AID will see by the late election returns,
TINS county shows the largest increase
OF any county in the state in the last two
years, viz: 300 per cent. This in itself
speaks columns for the soil,
climate and natural advantages. Those
who have settled here in the last two
years are mostly from the middle and
northwestern states. Considering the
tact that this county had its first fur
row ploWed two years ago, and up to
That time il was considered "tit for moth
ing but stock" and those who were OPP
posed to the settlement of it by small
farmers freely circulated tho reports
that ait never rained in this section"
that "the soil would not produce" that
sit was useless TO try to farm west or
north of the cOunty,n etc, etc, the mao
pie have done pretty well in the wav nj
farming. The soil and climate have
boen tested, and the most skeptical will
now admit that crops can be raised hero
as well as IN any county in the state. It
Is now some other county west or north
ol inns that Is "no good for farming
The crops are here to show and speak
for themselves. Hence, it is useless 10
Try TO keep the pillow out of this county.
~ Is here to stay, and more
plougns are coming every day with able
ana willing hands to guide them. The
country where 1t never rains, and is not
III Tor farming, etc, has been in the last
year or so moved further west The
plough keeps up its steady march west
ward, ana the great desertp grows
beautifully less each year. Like tho
llsh IN the sea, there is as good vet MS
mas ever been caught" and there is as
good and productive land, and plenty of
IL, IN Texas, unoccupied as any that
has been located upon. The experience
OF THIS country is the same as that of the
now ola settled and highly improved
counties south and east of it. The same
was said OF them (only few years ago)
e'i''' vac vi IAio year ago, VIZ. That "lt
never rained," etc, The climate and
soilfmust change rapidly. Perhaps it
does, but the writer is under the impress
sion that "elbow grease" has had good
deal 20 do with the great change for the
better IN northwest Texas in the last
few Years.
lfthe readers of the HERALD here are
as hnppy when they get their paper AS
theN are mad when IL fails TO come.
which no doubt they are, the proprie-
tors have good reason TO believe Thai the
HERALD is highly appreciated IN this
section. The people here hope to see a
change in time in tho near future made
on tho Fort Worth " Denver, so that
they will get the HERALD and commu.
nication with Dallas daily. AS it is now
connection ut Fort Worth is occasion
ally missed and it is the cause of much
disappointment to the people and loss OF
revenue to this otherwise we'll managed
ana well equipped railway. Many per.
sons have come here recently from
Dallas and located; hence business with
Dallas is fast increasing. The connec-
ton at Fort Worth is an important one
10 this community.