Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-15
REID, LOOK
And Find a Home.


That migratory spirit, SO prevalent
among the people of America, and
usually attributed to a restless and vaci-
lating nature, in fact ia born of one of
the grandest and noblest desires of man
-"acquisition of a home.'' This coun-
try, and particularly the large cities. are
full of such people living on salaries, in
rented domiciles, and from hand to
mouth, daily chafng under this unsatis-
flying condition, and hoping from
day TO day that the time will soon
come when they can go forth into other
scenes, when the acquisition of home
of their own may be possible, and when
they may cease to be mere hirelings and
become the architects of their own for
fumes. Such are not actuated by a mere
restless, rowing disposition and a love of
change, but by that God-given spirit
which causes men TO look to the future
and bend all energies that
their loved ones may live in
comfort after they are gone.
To such this article is addressed. We
were Of you; we-have realized our hopes,
and in our gratitude now attempt to
point out the wav for at least few
We cut loose from an old state where
property was very high, after years of
toll and hope deferred, and have ac-
quired that home SO long sought, in No
Ian county, Western Texas, and hearty
welcome awaits all who may come actu-
ated by that laudable purpose.
Nolan county is situated about 200
miles west of Fort Worth on
the Texas and Pacific railway,
and contains, at present, between four
and five thousand people; its territorial
extent is about thirty miles square; its
lands cannot be surpassed for agrioul-
tuTal and grazing purposes, and are now
in rapid process of conversion from an
uHimproved state into thrifty and profit
able stock farms. Geographically, the
country - undulatiDg prairie, broken
here and there by water cohlzses running
through Culinary width Fertile valleys,
and by low Tanges of very fertile table
lands. ThrSkgh the country from east to
west ana northwest ranswhat is known as
the ''divide, 'Nhioh separates the water
sheds of Bra5ps and Colorado rivers.
About one-half Chs county ID what is.
known as messate prairie, having
known fire wood BIT easily grubbed and
cleared and vssF festile: In a consider
able portion thsson lisa dark waxy loan >,
very fertile, apd, whs6 not in cultivs-
ton, is covesse with aAuxuriant growth
of grasses, principally mesquite in the
valleys. Thessoil OF theEbalance of the
county is a re8 slluviaI strongly impreg-
mated with gypsum. AL Of these soils
are very productive and easy of cultiva-
ton. The whole county isBeven now,
dotted here and there with farms
IN q fine state of cultivation,
fully filling the hopes and expeota-
tions of their tillers, yielding abundant
ly in all cereals. Year before last cot
ton raising was an experiment, but re-
suits exceeded all expectations, and last
year the acreage was mere than doubled
and the results show that il is the most
reliable cotton section of the state. The
following is a carefully prepared tsbu-
lated statement of the products OF the
county; Cotton, from one-half to .sfe2.
bale per acre; wheat, fifteen to thirty
five bushels per acre; oats, six4y tosi
100 bushels per acre; barley ands
rye, thirty to forty bushels per acre q
corn, thirty to sixty bushels per aerss
milo, maize and duro corn, from my
10 100 bushels per acre; millet, two crdkss
year, six to eight tons per NPee s.
johnson grass, two crops year, 81
niue tons per acre; sorghum cane, two
crops year, five TO six tons per SIRE;
Colorado grass, two crops year, fou@ TO
six tons per acre; castor beans, fifty to
sixty bushels per acre.
Garden vegetables are produced in
great quantities; potatoes, Irish and
sweet, of the various varieties yield
enormously. Melons and pumpkins are
produced in great quantities ana of enoT-aI
nous size. Comparatively, last year We
had very fine peach crop, and grapes
yield in abundance. 1t is true that but
very few orchards in the county have
reached bearing age, but we have such
confidence that all fruits common in
Texas can be raised we are planting
large orchards of great variety. Do not
be afraid that the ghost of the great
drouth of few years ago still stalks
abroad in our land, for we assure You
such is not the fact. We can truthfully |
assure you that good crops were raised in
1855 and 1889, and that our crops for thell
present year are assured beyond ques-
ton. The rainfall from year to year Is |
increasing. The more tree planting and
the more filling Of the soil the greatersl
the increase. Such is the history of ain
countries. ff
From April rains the ground is thor |
oughly saturated, and TO q great depth, |
and every water hole, tank and creek in
the county are now full, insuring stock /
water for months TO come. We can
truthiully say that in all seasons, even /
In the great drouth, large portions of the |
were well wstered by living /
springs-one ranch alone in the southern /
portion of the county belonging to jim |
johnson, our sheriff, has upon it at least i
100 springs within g radius of two miles. /
The principal streams, some OF /
which do not run au the /
year, are Sweetwater, Bitter, Mulberry, /
Valley, Fish, Champion. Silver and Oak
three first flowing into the
Clear Fork of the BrRZos river and the
1--we latter INTO the Colorado river. You
Of moderate means, oomei for now is the
time to acquire that long wished for
home, and that, if you do your part,
sill be self-supporting Ere long they
will be beyond your reach. Now these
lands can be purchased at an average
price OF from s. 20 IS per acre, but every
month increases their vslue. II is fine i
Leld for investors. Place your money in
these lands. Values are increasing
ali the time. and the influx of actual set