Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-02
NOBLE CROPS.
The Territory About Terrell is q Boundless
Grain Field and Such Prospects were
Never Heard of in the History
of Texas.

TERRELL TEX, Nav 30-We are asked
what is it this community needs most. We
say emphatically, farmers those who will
work small farms and work them well. In
fact that is the need of all other things.
Small farmers can get land from $40 to So
per acre, owing 10 quality and location, raw
or in cultivation, sandy, raw hide, buck
shot. black sandy or black waxy, with or
without wood, with or without water, but
everywhere Il good school for several
Months during the year free OF charge.
Splendid society can be secured.
We have good schools, good churches,
|. good preachers, good physicians, good cat
tie and horses and can raise a diversified
crop. Cotton is the principal product but
farmer can raise what he wants, and the
most successful farmers here are those who
attend strictly to business, cultivate well
and raise variety crops, so as not to be
dependent on any one production.
Arrangements will be made to settle a
good size settlement close together if nee
essary. For instance, if twenty or thirty
young men with families can be secured
from the same section who would like to be
close neighbOrS, we would endeavor to Sc
cure them small farms in size from twenty
to one hundred acres on terms that would
enable them to pay for their homes with
the produce of their farms, and especially
so when there is one advance payment
However, it is better all around when the
land can be paid for In cash This, how
ever, cannot always be done.
Do you ask why we devote so much spR6l)
inviting the small farmer to to- 10y
We answer that is a MAJ - our own.
We want that Glass; are going to get
them. If othsSeDeohs want dudes, growl-
ers, profse1eha1 do-nothings. pensioners
up2p1behest toilers and snipe-legged scape-
,sO6eces, just send in your requisition and
this community will endeavor to ship you
an invoice of all we have on hand.
We are trying to build up our community,
the section surrounding Terrell, knowing
that when this is done, the city will grow
and prosper inyoluntarily. We know this
cannot be done by importing the scrapings
from elsewhere, for they do not even make
good scavengerS, but stick like testers and
fiyblows to any good community.
Yes, we want manufactures, we want
them bad enough, too, but want only tacto-
ries and enterprises as will be profitable
and produce employment and wealth, aid in
development of city and county in a healthy
permanent way. We may be selfish along
this line. but our seltiShness is for the good
of Terrell and those who live here or even
visit our people.
As crops will soon be gathered we are be-
ginning to look for a good invoice of the
10000 small farmers from the Southern and
Western states. We are not afraid of in
Spection, for we want them to come and
spend enough time to see the country as it
is and rely upon common sense judgment
They will see in our midst, as they do
everywhere now and then, a worthless, IN
dolent farmer, whose ambition has been
covered up out of sight by laziness and
thriftlessneSs, and occasionally stumble
over the rag tag and bob-tail growler whose
aim in life is unknown even to himself or
anybody else, if he has any. But there are
lots of good people here, larger per cent to
the population than you will find in most
communities. This assertion is made with
the knowledge that expectation that people
will investigate. That is what we want,
and we are prepared to show our assertions
will pan out all right
The health of this section is splendid,
there being no large streams of water.
owing to the high altitude The main water
suppl, for stock is secured by tanks, or
ponds during the winter The county is
rolling sufficiently for excellent drainage.
Water for drinking purposes is secured by
wells or cisterns in good quality and guam
tity. There are portions where the water
is bad, and those who want bad water can
be supplied. The same can oe said in re-
gard to soil. All kinds of soil except that
there are 20 rocks, This Immediate section
is almost entirely destitute of rocks, at
least any way near the surface
We need the best element of farmers.
We have room for them, we propose to
secure them and that in an honorable way.