The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-10

| many places rs high az SsW per acre.
with the Mamie Ross peach, selling
| them at 81 per bushel, ana We hold the
| market on peaches IN the West ana
| Northwest until about August l. Peaches
this year have Melted about Aib per
/ car, Smith county alone reports rev.
| enue in 1892 from peaches OF FHWQ.
The European grapes from around Rock
| port, which can be successfully grown
| from Port Iayaca to BROWNSVILLE, are
ready for market by June and sell at
| thirty TO over 100 pounds per vine nnd are
grown on stubs without any expense Tor
stakes and wires or training in any way.
The American grapes grow al over the
State and when properly handled pay
500 per acre or over.
Pears are grown all over the State and
successfully grown, rhe largest YIELD
known Is that OF Mr.. Stflngfellow at
Hitchcock, being 9l27 bushels on thirteen
acres
have apples from all portions OF North
Texas ana that have grown on all binds
large ana well favored. In a collection
! have from Bowie Montague county,
are Sen Davis, Arkansas Black Timber
Twig. VINE sap, Northern Spye, Mickey
Jack Winter Pearmain and Shockley.
Il u was vas, the opinion Of exc y; y;
would sell on the St Louis market at
any time on account of their general ex-
celleuce. Apples can be made an Industry
in Texas edial to that OF any State and
the profit much larger. / have some fine
apples from the Pecos valley and onions
weighing liilIty~OIe DQuuuS tdEns
The melon crop Is very important and
profitable one. Limestone county realized
from $50 acres last year the handsome
sum OF $50 yt6. This county was equally
successful with garden truck" as IL re-
ports 800 acres valued at sl30,66o
The fine cabbage sold in this State about
February are grown on the coast They
are planted in September and make 100
head to the acre. on onions from 500 to
5000 per acre are made.
OF course ] have many other kinds OF
fruits and vegetables, but have mentions
ed only such as can be developed into
an important Industry.
One drawback to succeEsful orchavdlng
and truck patching Is the difficulty In
getting sufficient persons interested to
ship In carload lots, for low rates are al
ways based on large shipments. The eN-
penditure OF money advertising the great
possibilities of Texas In other States VIII
bring people. but viii not bring the people
The men In other States who under
stand the value OF intense farming as APP
piled 70 varieties and methods are sue
cessful where they are and we need just
that kind. In France five acres is a large
farm. In California ten acres IS SUM-
cient for any family. IN Massachusetts
twafVe acres In cultivation is ample TO
base n good income and Texas can sur
pass them all by the same methods. Men
IN Texas ARE getting rich on ten acres OF
land, These facts are not known to the
general public only as matter OF vague
rumOt. and in consequence many IRE
saving and striving to get money enough
properly cultivated, would be worth more
10 them. The men to present these facts
are already men in Texas, but II takes
a constant presentation, together with
some educational features attending
to suggest the real facts. The markets we
have and the rates given by the railroads
Texas should from February to August
not send occasional car loads of veget-
ables and fruits, but sufficient people
should engage in the business to send a
fast speclal train over every leading rail-
road in the State every day Ia the whole
time 10 the great West and the North
west. Near the small towns along the
roads men could buy ten acres of land for
few hundred dollars and get more out
Of It than they do In packing and boxing
fruit and other products; and al increased
wages, Bee culture, which goes hand In
hand with fruit growing can be then made
an important industry, and dairyins In
Texas win be carried on to large and
profitable business Williamson county in
1852 from POLL stands OF bees secured
lo9,2si pounds OF honey, valued at Ss5ii
In the old States, when they can raise
COW pays 500 In the creamery. We can
raise over sixty tons In Texas, and should
contro, the creamery business OF this
i have endeavored to set out a few Of
the Possibilities Of Texas from generals
them. Should my department ever be
supplied with funds 70 collect a complete
list of Texas possibilities based on
methods that have BEEN successfully APP
piled IA this State and varieties that do
besr ana show the most profitable results.
and tnen through the proper and most up
proved channel present these facts TO the
people OF our own Stale. have no hesl-
fancy In saying that the State CT Texas
Will awake 10 an Importance In the mar
kets little dreamed OF today and the an
nual product of fruits and vegetables viii
equal, II not exceed in value, our Won
derfni cotton crop at the present time
i procured the greater portion of this
State exhibit from and through Mr. u
L. HUFFMAN, secretary >of the State Hor-
tieyltnrll society, and by his thorough
knowledge OF same, ! am able to secure
the necessary data for The preparation OF
this article. In this connection l desire
to say have read with interest q late
article by Mr. Huffman In the Texas
Farm and Ranch In which he suggests
q board OF agriculture for Texas. which
meets my hearty approval. His plan, as
he says, is the same as that of Massa-
chusetts, which has been tried and found
to be eminently satisfactory, and l am |
satisfied it VIII work admirably In Texas. |
There are no interests OF greater inn
portance than those OF agriculture and !
horticulture, and none that have been |
more neglected by this State along the |
lines pointed out by Mr.. Huffman, and I
a combination should be formed and d |
OF education at once begun SO /
that when the legislature meets such in
terests would be well represented In order \
that the necessary aid could be secured.