Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-21
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The Empire Sa& q the EWth.5
Her1& Ws!ss 1
And ReSourGs Practically Unlimited,
While Her SalubriOus Climate and
Unequaled Educational Facilities
Command the Admiration of the world-Peo-
pie Are Thoroughly Alive to the Value
and Extent OF Their Possessions.

this rule have been in instances where nc
attention was paid to records or law, and
assumed rights in reality were recklessly
signed away. And even in such cases
there is always legal remedy-the rec
ofds of the general land office. Texas
has in her general land office the records
of every acre of land in the state
Those who wish to purchase lands in
Texas can do so with as much safety as in
any state in the Union. There have been
fewer transfers than i'll almost any other
state, for the simple reason that people
go to Texas-and stay there. Few COM
paratively, leave the state after once
settling in it. Hence, there are few
transfers between the original grantee
the headright-and the present owner
This makes it easier to trace up title
In fact it may be set down as Il certainty
that the present owner of land in Texas
is safer in his possessions than the major
ity of those in other states. He has ac-
cess to perfect abstract of titles and
| can be sure of his purchase.
| And, i'll regard to the interests that
are now engaging the greater share of
| attention i'll Texas, the field is so large
| that it would be impossible to enter into
| details concerning conditions in each par
| ticular section of the state. We, there
fore cover the ground in brief, satisfied
with the knowledge that should any
reader desire information upon some par
ticular point not herein specified he can
readily obtain it by application to the
| ever attentive secretary of the state i'm
| migration committee at Austin Mr. T .
| b. Chiffon.
| The general healthfulness of the state,
the cheapness of lands and luxuriant
growth of both summer and winter
grasses enable the Texas stock
man to produce beef and wool cheaper
| than the same commodities can
be produced anywhere else On
the range no winter feeding or shelter
is required, and beyond the cost of brand
ing ,-rounding-up and shipping of cattle,
and herding, dipping and shearing of
sheep, very little labor or expense is
connected with either business Many
Texas stockmen do not own or control an
acre of land, and practically enjoy free
range. Any price obtained for their
beef or wool above the cost of freight and
herdfng, branding, etc, is therefore
clear profit. How can the Northwestern
farmers and -stOckmen, who must pro-
vide food and shelter during six months
of the year, successfully compete against
Texas live stock produced ut q minimum
cost? Partially be does not compete; he
is only disposiEg of his corn. grain and
root crops in the form of beef because he
cannot sell them otherwise sBithout loss
The Northwestern beef steer has eaten his
value in corn, lf;Sgraia, etc,
when he reachesT thss. Chicago
market, and tie Texas steer
gets there equally fat, without ever havei
ing seen an ear Of corn Or bundle OF
oats. His owner shas probably aevefs
paid cent for the gsass tihat madeSAini.
fat. The same is alsstrRe of other TsS-s
as live stock that fss5s;sent for sale tcs
Northern markets. EssE &.
The Texas farshes has the aatantage
over his Northwestssass9 Aleag ue1nsevery
respect. he can prov nearly every month
in the year, and has ample time for the
planting, cultivating and securing of his
crops. Think of it, Five months time
in which to SOW fall wheat. A careful
estimate shows that Texas could produce
Ga ZOO, 200 bushels of wheat, one-eighth
eff the entire crop of the United States,
without interfering with her other crops.
Three months in which to SOW spring
wheat, barley, oats and rye; five months
in which to plant cotton; five months in
which to plant corn, once in spring and
again in fall, and all summer and fall to
gather the crops. Then see the great
range of products he can select from and
adjust his crop to the demand. He can
produce of the common fields crops corn,
winter wheat, spring wheat, oats, bar
ley, rye, buckwheat, cotton, sorghum,
broom corn, doura, hemp, fax, jute,
indigo, rice, sugar Cane, tobacco, cas-
tor beans; of the grasses, millet, alfalfa,
Colorado grass, johnson grass, Hunga- |
rian grass, g.. of the vegetables, pota-
toes, sweet potatoes, onions, turnips,
radishes, kale, lettuce, spinach, arti-
choke, cabbage, celery, carrots, horse
radish, cucumbers, melons, squashes, |
citrons, caslaws, pie-melons. cante- |
lOupes, ETC.. and of the fruits, apples,
pears, peaches, nectarines, aprcots, |
grapes, plumbs, persimmons, figs, pome- |
granates, strawberries, blackberries, |
etc. Dr., etc. and in certain portions of the |
state bananas and oranges.
Grape culture, slthough but in its in
cipient stage, is, in the future, destined |
to rival that of California. It's introduce
liOh 4AihO LS-Aeio 10 UtiC " bLD SpilllbH
monks, who came from Old Mexico and |
established the first mission and settle
ment by white men in the territory now
comprising the state of Texas, at Ell
Paso, in the year 1852. The good fathers
imported grape vines from Old Spain,
and since that time until the present
day, grape culture has been carried on in
a small way in various places along the
Rio Grande. The juice pressed from
these grapes, which are still called
mission grapes, is, when properly
fully equal to an excellent quail
ity of sherry wine. As all varieties of
the European wine grape succeed in all
respects as well in that portion of Texas
as they do in California, it is only ques-
ton of time when Texas shall successfully
compete with California in that pleasant
and profitable branch of agriculture.
Within its wide-spreading domain, the
state of Texas possesses all known 7arie-
ties of soil-clay, limestone, sandy,
gTavelly and alluvian. Each of these
produces an abundance of timber or of
the native grasses. The alluvial
lands of the wide bottoms
which skirt the water-courses are
covered with a dense growth of timber,
in the eastern portions of the
state, and these river bottoms have been