Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-25
ARCHER COUNTY.
What 1t Produces and the Average Yield
Per Acre Farmers Advantages.
FIattering Inducements for Improved Stock
Raising-Settlers Steadily Coming In.
Land NJ owing Upward.
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ARCHER C1TY, TEX. April u Southwark
the star of empire takes its way" Mccormick
reapers in the van, with the Lone Star state the
| objective point. Archer county has 800 square
miles of territory. OF SO, 900 acres. Eighty pei
cent. of this, or $50, 800, is frst-class farming
land, and consists of upland and valley. The
fertility of these lands has been proved over and
over. They are rich, not only in humus, but in
he mineral elements so necessary to the perfect
development of wheat, as the heavy yield per
acre shows. Twenty-four and three-tourths
bushels is the average all oyer the county,
with from thirty to forty in the valleys. Corn
will produce seventy-hv bushels per acre, oats
thirty to forty, and barley the same Such
figures as these cannot be duplicated in any
of the Northern or Western grain growing
states. Besides the remarkably productive
power of the soil in this section, the farmer has
another immense advantage in the price which
he receives for his crops, it being 20 per cent.
higher than IN Dakota. The farmers OF this
section are not confined to grain growing, now
ever; everything grown in the temperate zone
can be cultivated, and there are very few but
what will make superior showing. Cotton
yields from three-fourths to one bale per acre
on sod lend. Farmers from the black waxy''
portions of Texas will lind land many nave
found) that cotton and other crops viii yield as
wel here and require much less work
to cultivate them. Peaches grow large
and luscious,. also watermelons and grapes
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ticuIarIy adap&d to the raising of fruit, and
those who undertake this business will find
Besides Ii the Neat fertility of the lands of
Archer county, tie whesF Surface is covered with
nutritious grasses ons which thousands of cattle
and horses have faagghd fattened for years. The
business of raising improved stock offers very
1attering prospectEx The natural pastures will
support the biEh&N grade of horses. cattle,
sheep, etc. shere plenty OF water. There
are four large streams flowing through the
county, es4fE having nom six to ten tributaries.
These STREAMS furnishRater and protection for
stock. The horses of ReXas are celebrated all
over the kountry for thafg endurance, and Justly
SO, for 4hey are nearly as tough as mules,
surpasinxaIl other horsesfn this respect. They
will go l6Ag journeys day after day and show no
signs of fatigue. If this stock be improved by
good strain of work horses it will prove to be
very profitable business, as there is great de-
maud for such animals. Several gentlemen in
this vicinity have entered into this business and
are very enthusiastic IN it's praise.
The raising of thoroughbred cattle offers
other excellent opportunity for money making.
The demand for these well as for thorough
bred horses is large and will not be supplied for
many years. 1t costs less to raise this grade of
stock in Texas than in the North and the prices
to be obtained are much higher.
Sheep raising is very profitable
and ali the sheepmen in Archer are making
money. Sheep can be bought in the spring after
shearing for 81. The next spring the fleece and
offspring are worth 81. 20. This is pretty good
profit on an Investment of 50.
The country here is beautiful with the fresh,
green hue of spring and presents picture fair
to behold. Before long, where now is spread
the smooth, green carpet OF mesquite grass, Will
be seen fields of waving grain. Settlers are
steadily coming in and the transformation will
soon have taken place. Those who come now
will save money, as the price of land is on the
upward move.