Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-12
BROWNWOOD.
The Steady Growth and Advancement
OF the Infant Mart Down in
Brown County.
Small Grain, Fruit and Vegetable Coun-
try-No Danger of n Failure of
the Crops.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
BRowNwoOD, TEX, Dec. 10.-Proba-
bly, there is no town in Texas now at
tracing as much attentionas Brentwood,
and no county in the state offering as
great inducements to the emigrant farm
or as Brown county. The completion of
the Gulf, Colorado s. Santa Fc road TO this
place has done much to advertise us and
bring this section into public notice. 1t
has only been few years since we were
hauling all our freight from Fort Worth
and Dallas, Il distance of one hundred
and forty or fifty miles and for two years
past our goods have all been brought by
wagon from Cisco, distance of sixty
miles. But Notwithstanding all these dis
advantages, without any railroad
facilities, Brownwood has grown
from an obscure village TO a
live city of 5000 inhabitants, commanding
u trade of rich section of country in
this and adjoining counties. This mar
Vicious growth is attributed to our de-
lightful climate and to the wonderful
fertility of our soil. Our people have
long since come TO the conclusion that
our soil was too good to be used for
grazing purposes exclusively, aud a num-
Der of studious, practical farmers de-
cided to open farms. AS result, to-day
our county boasts of the finest farms in
the state, supplied with all the modern
conveniences known to the farming
world. Our farm houses are not vet
built IN such elaborate style as those of
the eastern and central part of Texas.
but now that our lumber has been re-
duced from $50 to $50 per
thousand there is already growing de-
mand for larger and handsomcr dwellings.
both In the country and city. Ours is a
small grain, fruit and vegetable country,
and while corn and cotton both do well
here, wheat, oats and all small grains do
best. Our average wheat yield for four
years past has not been less than twenty
bushels per acre, while our oats crop
averages sixty bushels to the acre, and
other small grain in proportion. While
my assertion may appear eXtravagant, it
Is backed by the fact that we have a com
plete roller houring-mill with capacity
OF 2O0 barrels per day, and another 100
Darrell mill, both of which are kept busy
Gay and night. Our -four readily
mas sale at good prices,
ana our enterprising millers
nave demonstrated that our wheat can
make as good -four as any in the world,
ana 10 brentwood Is due much OF the
credit ior removing the prejudice against
Texas flour
Ii one crop fails here the farmer is sure
10 succeed with some other. and TINS
there need never be that danger of fail
ure OF crops which so often INJURIES even
the best planters in country where at
tentionis paid solely to growing either
wheat, cotton, corn or tobacco. If the
wheat crop is an entire failure, which ia
seldom the case, the farmer knows that
ne can utilize the same land and grow
twenty bushels of corn and a half
oale OF cotton TO the acre. and
u, from any extraordinary circumstance.
al the crops should fail for an entire
year,he can then resort TO his small bunch
OF cattle or liocks Of sheep for his sup.
ports and 1t would be well to state that
our country Is so diversified by fertile
Valleys and hills, unproductiye but fine
LOT winter and summer pasturage. that
every farmer can have nice valley farm
ana sufficient pasture for a small bunch
Vi cattle or sheep. Experience teaches
That diversified farming paws hest Good
ianu can ne bought here at from So to $40
per acre, and the laud Is as productive as
the farms In the older states where prices
range from Slo0 to 5000 peracre. our win
ant. "iS pieas'
ms county has direct railroad connec-
uoh Win Galveston and New Orleans.
thus atording farmers good market for