Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-29
SAN ANGELO.
Fisa'y st MsRFy 10 bs Mzds In Cattle by
this JGdlcious Application Of Bus;-
Hess Principles
a Wool Emporium -rhs OaHf Jruia Of IeIs,
in Fruit Esising-A FIGURING Mil
Eome DRy to Grind.
Travelling 1orrsepondence Of the Gazette.

Travelling Correspondence Of the Gazette.
SAN ANGELO, TEX Nov. 27.-Where
the North Corcao, fed by myriad living
springs, PUSHES over IFS rocky bed, laying
Itself down ia the deep pools and treachs
eroUs eddieE, sud but short dletsnce
from whore it loses ilg oliver line in the
crystal tide Of the Msin Concho, there
lies Ssn Angelo. Fifty or sixty miles TO
the west the stAked plains begins TO break
from the desd level Of the "Gress lAmeri-
car Desert" and throws Itself its rich
low lands, rolling prairies snd high
platAus that grow richer as they come &c
the eastward, until here they are ae
fertile as the valley OF the Nile, and need
but little cultivation to bring thirty and
sixty and 100 fold to the seeding.
Iovelier site for & city 1t would be
hard 10 fad. From the bluff river front
the valley spreads Itself even and
smooth for half mile back. There the
GROUND begins to rise and, sloping grad
uslly up to q slight eminence, which
makes beautiful residence sites, with
commanding views CT valley, river and
city.
When Tom Green county WAS first CT,
GAM I'd the county Hest wsB located at
Ben FicSIin, some four miles up the river
from thil place. When San Angelo, uE-
der the impetus OF natural advantages
and enterprisiAg citiz snry, began to make
some progress il the way OF building up
the question OF making 1t the county
seat, WAS mooted, and what promised TO
be al Interesting local quarrel began to
brew. The question wss settled, how
ever, b3 PicYIdeltial interference, tor s
few years ego the North CCnCho, swollen
by many rsln5 to au angry foot, de-
ecenGec upon Ben FIcklin, swept away
the courthouse and demolished the town.
TIE seat OF government WRe then lccsted
here, Snd courthouse erected, which lie,
everything considered, the hsndsomes.
have seen II Texas.
TIE country tributary to San Angelo is
PROBABLY better adapted TO the raising OF
stock than TO .ny other branca of indus
try, and 100000 head of cattle, owned in
this city, now grsZ3 in ON Green and
adjacent counties. There are also large
sheep interests here. During this year
100000 pounds of wool WIS
marketed here, and those best
posted in that article declare that
The herds are increasing to en- extent that
warrants the belief that 3 .000,0 pounds
will be handled here next year, 2,0G0, 900
in the spring and 600 900 in the fall.
l met most Intelligent farmer and
stockraiser here the other day whose con-
versatiol Interested me very much, and
would be Of equal interest to THE Ca
ZETTE's readers II could give " verbS-
tim. l asked him about the prospects
for the stock grower, immediate and re-
mote. He said they depended altogether
GA the msn himself. Where the rapcte
mad been divided up INTO pastures, some
OF 1Nich were graz d in tie summer and
oth6s left for winter feeding, there was
70 doubt but that stock iwould do well.
Where the treetment mad bsen Otherwise
the result would also be otherwise. The
man who allowed his cattle to run ut Will
over al MS range, trsmptDg out
more then they con6u ned, would find that
the fall grow.h Of grass would not
prove sufficient TO Eeep his stock in first
clSss condition, for the esrl7 psrs Of the
autumn had been dry, and the growth
Was not luxuriInt. Keeping cSttle from
running on winter pasture during the
summer is imperative, If the fall happens
10 bs dry, md II the senscn is IL every
way favorable IL will be found TO result
that much more proftsbly. Ny inform
ant declared that there WAS plenty of
money to be used by q iudicious sppl c.
ton Of business psncip.es to farming AID
stock growing,
"In the ffst piece" said he, "I would
huncle none but improved stock. A scrub
horse or steer costs IS much 70 raise snd
feed IS an improved animal which will
oripg twice as much In the market Then
msn IN this country should feed every
blade Of provendsr ne raises to some
sort OF stock. Sorghum cane, great Atri-
can .mlllet ana yellow milo maize
ere good fodder ctops, Many per-
sons plant these things snd thsn
sell the product. l can't see auy money
IN that, but 1 know they will pay If
turned into beef nRd horse fssh. Discreet
farming AID stock raising will psy, but
hsphazsrd farming acd stock raising
must depend largely for profit on the
state OF the weather"
For fruit snd vegetables this section Is
unsurpassed. TO this, anybody Who saw
the exhibits st the two Dallas fairs can
bear ample testimony. Peaches, pears
and grapes grow to uleQualed s'z', sud
are uaeX cel!ed in q svcr. A number OF
enteIprisicg men have planted orchards
and vineyards, Gud they have proved so
largely increased. Even now canning
factory Ia being cSnvassed, and will prob
aoIy soon be built. The soil about here
Id sandy loan that seems specislly
adapted to the production OF fruits, AID
Sn establishment tia. will reduce them to
form in which hey may be more easily
marketed, cannot be other visa than suc>
cessful.
Grain growing has not been tried in
this county enough to know whether 1t
can be done probably. Good crops OF
corn hsvs been raised, but wheSt, oats
and osrley sre as yet an uasolved mYs-
terry. A good msny people planted small
grsia the year Of the big droutn, and as 1t
failed tbs. year they gave il up. That,
however, WAS no. S fair trial.
By the way, in connection with the
grain question, there is bit Of history
connected WITH S,n Angelo that has at
forded q good iesl CT amusement to the
people OF othar towns in this section.
Several years ego tn question CT raising
grain was mooted, sud the farmers said
there wss 70 use II pl1nting wheat, pc
csuss they Esd no mAzkeS for There
was nc nil Tt'htn reach and they could
not ehir, j. l1rs L .EliY.