Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-12

Barley Culture in Texas.
Mr.. william Z. Pierce, postmaster al
Gainesville, Tex, kindly sends TIE Ga
zErrf a letter to himself written by Mr..
George W. Wadsworth, an extensive
grain and malt material dealer in Boston,
Mass. with reference to samples of Texas
grown barley lately received by him. In
his accompanying note MIR. Pierce says:
"You VIII see in the letter that special
credit is given to Reeves county, though
in fact the counties of Childress, Harde-
man AID Wilbarger had equally as fne
samples at the Boston exhibit. win
such product as sent TO Boston you Will
not long have TO work up reputation
for your new brewery. 1 doubt if any
country can produce such fine barley as
can Texas, judging from this showing,
and particularly those regions of our
state tributary TO Fort Worth. nope,
and feel sure, that our farmers will soon
see it TO their advantage TO go largely
into barley culture. You have permls-
sion to use the letter inclosed, in any way
that in your judgment will do the most
good. -
In postscript MIR. Pierce adds that
the writer of the letter gave sample OF
the Texas barley TO Mr.. Burkhardt,
the largest brewer in Boston, and that
Mr.. Burkhardt said it was as fine sam
pie as he had ever seen, either from Can
ada or California, the two grains that
have long carried the reputation of being
the beat known. Following is the letter:
BosroE, Sept. 9, 1880.
W. L. Pierce, Esq.
DEAR SIR have tested sample OF Reeves
county, Texas, barley, and the result has shown
80 per cent. Of 1t sprouting to perfection. IL is
a plump, handsome grain, and can see no
reason why malt made from such barley shouiu
not be equal in every respect to that made from
Canada grain. Should any of your friends De
able TO make up so much as a carload OF such
barley would. were they to ship 1t TO me, nave
il matted and the malt worked into beer. WINE
not at al questioning Its merits, TINS would OF
course, be n true test of its worth-one thaL
would place It entirely beyond the pales OF
doubt l may add that the shipment OF sln-
gle carload would not be likely TO pay proht
to the shippers, yet 1t might pay rlght roy any
in the end If the brewers her5 find that Texas
barley would answer their purpose as well Us
Canada barley there is every reason for sup
posing that large and profitable trade could pc
worked up for Texas. ] have made a speclalty
of barley and malt for many years ana am READY
to use my experience to the best possible agVah-
tage for your niends and your state SHOULD De
favored with shipments from Texas. respect
fully, Gro. W. "ADswoRTH.
1t will be seen by a reference to the
map of Texas that the counties sendlnS
the specimens of barley so fayorably re-
ceivsd are widely separated, Reeves
county is near the western border of
Texas the stranger will find it by trac-
ing the Texas and Pacific railroad TO
Pecos river. The counties of Wilbarger,
Hardemau and Childress may be found
by following up the Fort Worth and
Denver City railroad to about the begin
ming of the Panhandle proper. This
great distance apart of the Localities is
interesting as establishing the strong
that all Northern Texas Is
we : adapted TO the growth of barley.
We consider it more than merely proba-
BILE that all regions of Texas capable OF
producing wheat successfully would also
produce barley. This rule, as Is well
known, would take in very large pro-
portion of our state
Every section OF country capable Of |
wheat Is not also capable of |
successfully producing barley. 1t re-
quires peculiar atmospheric conditions |
for the crop. Exactly what those condi- |
tions are we are unprepared to set forth |
at present, but quite likely dry atmos-
phere ut certain seasons of the year has
great deal to do with II. A compare
lively humidless atmosphere Is one of
Canada's peculiarities, and we know
thet the same is popularity of Califor-
MIA; and since these two sections are now
the leading barley sections, SO acknowl-
edged of all North America, the most
hypothesis would point TO the
humidless atmosphere as the prime factor
IN the case. Texas has an atmosphere
exactly similar, and hence there would
seem to be nothing against the establish
nent of q belief that Texas, If fairly put
10 the test, would prove es great bar
ey country as the greatest.
There Is much more profit in barley
han there Is in wheat, hence il hehooves
,ur farmers TO hustle themselves IN the
direction of finding out what they can
make the crop do Tor them. AS esti-
mated in the letter, Boston would prob
IDLY take large share of our product,
lut really there would not often como up
necessity for going 80 far in search of
market. All the nom barley producing
tates are full of breweries, more or less,
md al are forced to send away for their
aw material. The day would not come,
zen though we should make barley our
eading staple, when we would be unable
o find ready sale for every bushel of our
product. The United States is rapidly
,ecomng a nation of beer drinkers, and
I takes barley TO make beer, and bar
ey, as already intimated, is not crop
# general range-it is confined to re-
ions with certain peculiaritles.
In the state of Texas there will soon be
many brewerIes, all of which will be de-
lending upon some distant region for
heir raw materials, unless We get to
reducing them At home. If we can
reduce those materials at home Cor even
ne of them) how much better it would
70 for our breweries as well as for our
elves. The indications are that we can
10 it If we will. Let US at once proceed
o try the thing on all over Northern
exas.
Hop Culture for Texas.
While talking on the subject of beer
we may as well go the whole
og by infiictiug upon cur readers a
,ort orttcIe on hons opofhar rroduot