The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-16
TEXAN PRODUCTS,

Texas is the greatest pecan country Il
| the world. Here the nuts grow larger ant
| attain sweeter flavor than in any othe
region. The trees are indigenous, grow
| ing to an enormous size along the streams
and in the more fertile portion of the prai
ries. This year the nut will bring into tn,
state not less than S250.000. yet only small
| per cent OF the entire crop will be marketed
/ San Angelo Standard.
Millions Of bushels are produced in the
state annually but by far the largest por
tons are consumed by hogs or other ami
| mails, or rot under the tress On which they
grew. Ship loads leave the wharyes al
New Orleans unaSsorted, crude and rustic
fresh from the trees as they grow, to be
Heated to German, English, French, Span.
ish and italian ports. The shrewd foreign
ers buy these valuable nuts at an average of
81 per bushel They sort and polish them
by machinery, sell the choice sizes at 40 and
80 cents per pound, and the smaller sizes
are converted into oil or manufactured into
confections. No Texas farm is complete
without pecan grove. It will require
from eight to ten years for the trees to
amDly suffice fer the trouble and delay
-[Aransas Harbor Herald
In this part OF Texas the mulberry and
Usage orange grow in abundance. If the
silk industry received proper attention here
it would soon become source Of great
profit. and help to make this country indie
pendent OF foreign countries for large
part of the raw silk consumed. The women
have taken great interest in the matter be-
cause ser1culture is q work which women
can do better than men. To them it offers
another road to independence by healthful,
pleasant and remunerative work. A La
dies silk culture association in San Antonio
might accomplish much good, and they
would be as much Entitled to congressional
appropriations as similar societies in other
states. During the year 1889 the report of
the secretary of agriculture shows that
slxty-1our lots of silk worm eggs were dis
tributed in Texas, but with what result is
not stated San Antonio Times.
Mr.. F. A. Swinden of Brownwood who
has 400 acres in q pecan orchard said:
There IS 10 surer way of making a fortune
than to plant pecan orchard and let the
trees grow. a tree eight years old will
produce a buShel of nuts, and these are
worth from 81 to 81 per bushel. and when
the trees are fully grown, say from twelve
to fifteen years old, it will bear about four
teen bushels OF nuts. l think when nv
trees are eight years old my first crop of
pecans viii not be less than II, 600 bushels,
and the cost of gathering Will not exceed
10 cents per bushel. In the meantime
while waiting for trees to mature, the land
is not idle. l have part of it in cotton and
a part in alfalfa.
The P. c. c. country is pre-emincntly
the home of the pecan. The streams are
bordered with thrifty pecan trees that
yield an annual crop Of great commercial
value. Many families make more in
thirty days gathering pecans than they
could make in a year raising cotton in
Mississippi or Georgia. Raising pecan
In this country is an industry
that is destined to be more profitable than
the orange groves of Florida or the
vineyards of California. This trees will
begin to bear at eight years old. The nuts
are from two to four times as large as in
other states and will always command the
highest market price Concho Herald