The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-22
rnE FUTURE OF QUEEN cHuMrLE,
AND TuE STATES INTEGRITY.

aono for its ISOLATION, bat II 10 not TO be
disguised that tbs d'l't lsrspldly setting 10
tha direction ~ such system. AsA country
als up with population land becomel 30
" greater demand and "a corresponding b..
n-sis Of price 8. pat upon 10 and received.
o. ly tix years Ago Tsyior oonpty,
iaft west 1T US, WAa MOI We.
,rganizsd, nnd but three years ego
t contained but 400 persons. To-day
one OF lie cities alone counts u population
4 some 5000 people. with a prospect OF
rapid increase. The unimproyed land then
sa, worth rom SO to 50 per acre, aud inn
proved, from IS 70 $40 And this embraced
he sections IN and about Abilene. To-day,
ols IN this city are commanding from $3.50
10 $500 each, aud lands near by cannot be
hsd for less than $40 TO s25 per acre. The
same condition ofthings Is true OF Mitchell
county, and It's capital sit0, Colorado City,
save that In 1850 there were in ali the oouu-
" but III souls. Aud 90 we
might go on With dozens aud dossns
OF counties In all that region. Land at
$50, or even $40 psr acre will not
pay to be utilized in the raising OF
oatle. At 10 per cont. per annum
on the valuation Of ten aoree, the amount
required 70 rAise one head OF stock, the coat
Is $40 year, or $40 for a two.year-cli head.
Hence, the large live stock owner finds Il
pays him infinitely best 20 sell or cas-, h,'
lapda thus increased 10 price, aid remove
TO cheaper places. But tho tnt com p
when, Ike the Indian, the hefdsf ~ driven
90 the extreme limits OF his 81 ur by
the man with the hoe. And even
then, es with tho l,ir.iofy
| ha must surrender 10 the ad ysncng now
reg. What then is 10 be donei The
experience Of other places AID other times
| Il 70 be our guide. In localities where land
| {, dear We md q system Of soilng ard fat.
tenIns prevailing so that a couple OF acres
,0fli,e where Ten we're needed before on
native Wild grases. Nor is the product
l.mliUd 70 the same pecuniary return. The
p .ople Of lhe northern and middle states
rs, Ia this wise, yesrlings that will out
weigh our own four-yssr-old bseyes, and
O SO that will yield ten times xs mucn out
t.r as orr long-hOrued and lean ones
Improved stock. therefore, would seem
e. be- the solution, in great part, OF the
vzed question. True, disaster after disas'
ter hes followed the efforts Of some OF our
snterprising citizens With their impofiI-
uorB ard trials Of thorough. breds. The
scomating FOYER has often worn away |
tneir hopts. But the disease brings its |
ogn remedy. Disguised with pure-blood
sock raising, tho raiser turns his pets OUT
t. run with The common herd, and III
Hole while Il graded animal is begotttn
With al the herdihooi Of the ne-
lives but with largely improved qualities.
r ne next crows produces sat nstie- stock,
y d 60 or, unit in u shor, while he Is tie
oW aer Of CT il hat bring the best OF re-
mrns. rhe average price OF Texas cattle 10
az present about $95. this being Gu out
side cure. The Breeders Gazette gives
review OF the salas ofblooded loot thorough
br y eek for the past year, and exhibits
tho average figures per head as follows:
For Short.horna. 1905 Sc; Hereiords, Si76.-
81; Holateins, 1878 60; Jerseys, $4,000
Here Is an increased return on Short-horns
OF over 500 per cent. on the
CON mon natives; and an average OF
over l,600 per cent. on The beautiful
little household pet, the Jersey
True, The care TO be taken OF these entails
ls.rier expenses, but then It must be rec
elected that the milk yield must 80 into
Le account. whether this be disro sed OF in
he fluid to humanity or TO hogs, or in the
hape OF butter aud cheese. Three and
,alt pounds Of The tactical Is equal in nulri-
Tvs value TO one pound OF meat, q good
Iersey, therefore being equal to twelve
,osnds Of beef per day. Since the war u
lumber OF gentlemen in Alabama
dississippi and Georgia have
zone into etock in ration
Il manner. They have raised feed stuifs,
Iown pastures and meadows built stables
md barns, aud employed Intelligent
.erd.men. AS o con equenoe they have
in raising herds OF acclimatsd
,attle, every one OF which is worth, Ia this
ec ion, hall "a dozen northern raised ami
nes. Prominent among the new breeders
NJ fine stuck 10 Louisiana are Mr.. JosEpH
JEFFERSON, on his Orange Island place; the
NKshs. CHATFEE on their river rancho
above the city. aud Mr. JoHs e. PELToE,
IN bis prairie raucn, SC. Landry. Aud in
Texas we have many more.
There was time when the rszor-bsck
Jog was the only one OF the porcine tribe
hat was seen to any extent ia this section
,f the country. Long ago it was seen and
conceded taat the Berkshire, the Poland
China, and the Windsor were by far more
profitable. aud to-day the little brstIe-baok
rae. of the fields, OF only fifty pounds, and
that cared exclusively for himself on the
grasses and the nuts OF his own finding,
ike the presen. Crumple -oi the prairie.
has been remuneratively supplaniod by
he $50 FOUNDER with his easy rearing asd
he improved quality of his finer flesh.
lust so, too, with the fowls. The small
Darn-y srSers. weighing but three or four
pounds apiece ami cAckling over less than
100 eggs annually, has given place to the
hardy white LeRhorn, the beautiful white
aced black Spanish. and the others thet
ay the seasons through and never sit; to
he big-bodied Brahmas, the fineiy-grained
and the juicy.meated
aondsus. equally good producers and
or,lly looking birds, TO ssy nothing Of the
,rest increase of the gallant Games, the
pest sitters and unequaled mothers of
hem all. As in changes with
III. these, so with the future Of the cattle on
he hills and prairies. This Is the course
II events. and people need not fear of vio-
ent disrup,ures Of relations. Tho transl-