Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-18
BROWNWOOD COUNTRY.
JOHN HOWARD INTERVIEWED BY
A GAZETTE HUSTLER.
lie Talks of Brentwood, Brown and Adj
joining CGunties--& Tip to Fort
Worth's Board of Trade.

Replyng to dozen or more que lions
put 10 him b. GtZETTE hustler yesterday
John Howard of the Brentwood country,
who has spent the past ten days IN that
section. had the following TO say:
The prospects for good crops are all
that could De desired. Wheat is looking
fine and the increase in acreage this year
over last IS said 10 be 20 per cent. There is
also a large increase in the acreage of oatas
corn and cotton. Farmers in our sec
non are, comparatively speaking, out of
DEBT. and / have il from reliable parties
that thelc is not farm in Brown county
murtgaged | did not look over The county
records. but was informed by those who
had. that such is the case. This of itself
speaks well
FOR THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE.
Il learned while at BrOwnwood this trip
that the Brownwood country is white
mans country Ninety-nine per cent of
the population is white, there is not over
twenty-five negroes in Brown county, the
same can l believe be said of Coleman Nc
CuliOUgh and other counties included in the
Brentwood country.
Il also learned that there was shipped
from Brownwood last year three full car
loads double declIcrSl of chickens to New
Orleans, and that the farmers of that sec
tion-genera!lV Speaking-raise their own
hog meat and have quite supply for sale.
Yes YOU may be right having no ne
groes may account for having plenty OF
'HlChsllS aIi HoSH-SoIhe people consider
raising chickens and hogs small business
pat III my opinion the sooner we get out
u 'lial Aotloh
THE BETTER 1T Will BE
for all Of US. Show me a farmer that raises
his own meat and bread, and when he goes to
town takes with him dozen or more chick
ems 10 buy his groceries with and | will
SiIoM you L ldruler without d mortgage on
ms farm OF crop =,
II would be vel. think Tor .the bust
t ness men oi orr " orth ana IhE GAZETTE
" oTSOHle ttroushlS posted SArthe brown
WOOD countrN there IS m9k business IN
lLial SectiSt ~ orr WoIP than most OF
YOU people Sirt Tor haow from my own
experience Ma $oseIXElon That II IS neceS-
sarS 10 VISIT vaNse%on III order to fully
appreciate IN
~ es SIR, thN a dozen or so of as rich
ana pfoductlVegu 4tes as there IS IN the
state thaI aTHlAtary to Fort Worth,
auu II would FINo foster and care for
that oGSlne54
wen VI Ile vSAHslQn OF the Fort
W ortn ana 10 Gra\feR brentwood Will
place Fort Horth nv
DIRECT CoANEcTIoN&IAT THAT SECTION,
Gnt II wont DO to deINrdEn that now-a-
days. Natural advantages Nd direct con-
nectlonS are all well eno0h providing
they are made use of.
No. SIR; the Brownwood ceuntry is not
boomIng-so TO speak-but it is progressing
and developing rapidly, and strangers who
visit that section seem to be agreeably sur
prlsed and well pleased with the country
generally.
Speaking of coal, from what have seen
and learned, believe that the prospects for
getting good quality and an abundant sup
ply OF that much-needed article is better in
Brown and Coleman counties than in most
any other section Of Texas. You need not
be surprised if you hear some good coal
news from the Brentwood country
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
coll, did you say-yes the prospects for
oil IN paying quantities are excellent and
the Brentwood oil fields are attracting not
little attention from capitalists outside
of the state. Last week a:party of capitalists
from Denver, Col, leased several large
acts of landm Brown and Coleman coun-
tleS,and will begin work at once
While at Brownwood and Santa Anna,
met prospectors and homeseekers from
Iowa. Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri. Ar
Kansas. and Tennessee, as well as quite u
number from the old counties of Texas
Yes, they had heard and read about the
large pastures in the Brownwood country
being cut up for farmers. and they came
out TO see about It, and those l talked with
expressed themselves as being
WELL PLEASED WITH THE COUNTY.