Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-22
NEEDS OF THE WEST.
Danish the Syndicates and Encourage
Farmers and Stock. Farmers.
Big Spring Pantagraph.

Big Spring Paragraph.
"The development Of Western Texas
needs class of men who will engage
in farming iii the way il Is done else
where. Because lana lie so cheap here
men soon get the notion that a farm of
n quarter of "A section is of not much
use; that an entire section will do TO
begin on, while two or three sec ions
are necessary to make any thing like a
respectable appearance, This idea
needs 10 be changed. II man will
take II quarter-section of land, build a
house, barus and make the improve
ments that farmer makes when be-
ginning in any other place, he will
soon have conf TtAble home and the
settlement of the country very materi'
ally advanced
"To bring about this result the state
may well take the iDitialive. Itshould
refuse to dispose OF its lands in such
princely quantities. One section to M
individual is sufficient, while half
section would be better. This. with
well, fruit trees and shade trees, are
what the country needs, There will
still he left magnificent domain for
grazing purposes.
West Texas needs supply OF men
to come in and start on quarter-seetion
farms. That they would be successful
there Is NO reas enable cause to doubt,
The experience at Marienfeld Is am.
Pile proof of this They can now get
lands at low figures, and, by reason =
BILE industry, in few years they will
have independent homes In thickly
settled and prosperous portion of the
ststen
Such are the views of our contempt
rary, the Staked Plain, and we are
ready TO say with ii that the West
needs more men who will make agri.
culture their principal pursuit ald
build and improve comfortable homes;
and that there can be no doubt of the
adaptability OF large extent of the
West to farming; and that now while
cheap lands are available Ia the oppor-
tune time for men of limited means to
come TO West Texas and secure
home and recognize the grand result
OF such settlement; yet we differ as to
how this iflsy be brought about.
We are opposed to the disposal OF
the state lands In limitless quantities,
yet this is grand grazing country
| and we do not think the quantity that
can be purchased should beso restricted
as TO entirely conflict with the grazing
interests. There is a wide field for
both farmers and stockmen, and,
while the states policy should be q
liberal inducement for the immigra.
ton of farmers, 1t should also encour-
age aud promote the stock interests.
| The lease law does neither, except
with wealthy individuals or syndi'
Gates, hence II stands in the way OF the
early development Of the West and
should be abolished. A plain sale that
will suit both farmers and stockmen ia
required for the rapid advancement OF
this section.
Stockmen should be allowed TO pur-
chase Fix or ten sections, and we
would soon see many homes built and
improved by them also and sur
rounded by small farms and pastures
stocked with graded herds. And as
time and the advance of the West in
creased the value of these lands for
farming purposes, such stock farms or
ranches would be divided up and more
Of them tiled,
Farmers from the East would con-
tinue 10 seek homes in the West and
improve their quarter and hallsection,