Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-11-06

Of the branding Iron burning Into the hesh
OF calf, and his piteous below awakens- .
feeling akin 70 sympsthy a. the odo5 ca o.
not seem TO cause him serious incon.
venience, for he frisks back into the herd
again after the operation is over, apparently
contented that his treatment was not
worse. The cattlemen brand only In the
spring and In the fall, for the reason that
the wound caused by branding only heals
after three or four weeks, and II In tho
meantime, the branded cattle scratch them
selves and bring the blood, a blow-hv will
be apt 10 settle thereon, deposit few
million eggs which, ,dev veloping into worms,
will eat the flank out Of an animal, II un-
unchecked.
The people Of Texas and throughout the
great Southwest are intensely Interested in
securing deep water harbor In the Gulf
of Mexico. Hundreds Of thousands of
dollars have been expended on the Gal
weston beach, but the work has been
tion Of sand bars, The thoughts OF all are
now turning TO the country at the mouth
of the Brazos river, and Congress will be
earnestly urged 10 aid the effort 10 secure
for Texas the great ocean trade that mas
been 80 near and is yet 80 far. promi-
nent citizen of San Angelo asserts that II
would add two or three dollars to each acre
of land and to each head of cattle In Texas.
Assuredly II would save them from the
extortion of railroads and the cormorant
Armours et al, who now have the cattle
men at their mercy.
Nor would IL affect the cattlemen only
in this beneficial way. Texas will pick
this year l,750,0 900 bales of cotton, which at
an average price of $40 per bale will realize
$40, 0,O00, 900. How much more valuable
would this crop become If ready access TO
the markets Of the world could be had on
the Texas coast2
A HEALTHY COUNTRY.
There is wonderful inspiration In tho
air down here. The ozone In II seems TO
have tho peculiar property of warding off
fatigue, and men can go through violent
excrtions here without much physical inn
pairment. Even under the glare of the
MONDAY sun n soft breeze plays, and no
matter how hot the day, the nights are de-
lightfnl. For those who are victims OF
malaria there Is no finer climate any
where The ranchmen sleep out on the
prairie these October nights with only
their blankets wrapped about them and
their saddles for pillows. There Is touch
of savagery about IL that is alf delightful
after one has lived for years in the more
commonplace surroundings OF Eastern
civilization. And then the game! On our
tour we came across flock after flock of
quail, and could get almost near enough to
beat them down with club. We saw
herd of antelopes, which timidly per-
mittcd us to get within 500 feet Of them,
our party being to windward of them.
But something frightened them and they
scampercd over the prairie faster than any
horse could follow. Prairie dogs are nu-
merous, and the holes In which they live
arc often serious pitfall for "A horse that
is not wary of his path.
Some day In the near future this won
derful state of Texas, more than six times
rs large In area as Pennsylvania, will be
filed with the children Of men. When
that time comes, Tom Green county Will
not he lacking in all that goes TO mako up
the story of progress With its cheap
lands, fine location and bracing climate II
is most naturally fitted TO hold an onor-
nous population on its more than >, $50, 900
acres Those who are decrying the evils
of excessive Immigration would cease if
they came here and saw the magnificent
owner of his home and the carver of "A
useful destiny in settling upon this fair
portion of Gods garden. Increased cult
walton render droughts less possible and
least damaging.
No fertilizers are here required. The
decay of centuries has made rich, black
loamy SOIL in some places Is inches deep,
where the morest tyro ut farming could
easily SOW and reap. Corn, cotton, wheat,
oats, ryo, millet and sorghum are very
finely raised here, even under tho most
imperfect system Of farming. What would
they be il the heightened experience and
splendid system of the Lancaster county
firner were practiced upon thomp
II. NJ. II.