Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-01

Of cattle Craze the whole year. and in
yariably come through the winters In
prime condition for the early markets
Ever aud anon the face Of the country is
dotted here and there with lakes Of clear
sparkling water. The sod Is easily turn
cd aud put IN cultivation: when plowcd
deep aud In a thorough manner Il
yields ample returns In fact, the posi-
Utilities Of this soil, Of rich chocolate
loan. eighteen inches to four feet deep,
are immense
This IS pre-eminently small grain
country. Wheat, barley, oats. corn. sOr-
ghum. millet aud broomcorn are the
principal crops raised, while all kinds of
vegetables grow in prOfusioA And with
little or no attention after plhrs4ng As
for fruit; we'll from prese1tk fIospects
this viii be the fruit regioA 81 Texas"
The Gazette correspondent has sampled
as Inc large, luscious Naches aud
.{,}sis grown IN Hartley. Agunty. az can
fe found In some of tlg renowned fruit
Acalities of the Eastern states Several
Shpments Of fruit from young orchards
have been made 10 ColOrStk points. I'm
maense orchards have b6ea planted out
this spring, composed Of TIE very chOic-
est varieties of peach, plum, apple. pear.
and j. a. r Todd's orch rds Of 1o0oo
trees being among the lI3gest Several
thousand more fruit trees are already
Vftefeu Tor tull plantitV.
The town controls nearly all the trade
Tor nifty to seventy-iive miles east aud
west, and is the distributing point for
Moore. sherman Hansford and Oebn-
tree counties. Also drawing considerable
commerce from New Mexico. Owing to
It's favorable location aud rich natural
resources, II Is undoubtedly destined TO
make large trade center aud city of
several thousand inhabitants.
hra "a. .N ~.
and cattle company Of Texas. ii not Of
the United States, is located In the
southern portion Of the county,
whence several thousand head Of cattle
are shipped to Eastern markets annually:
from $4,000 TO $4,000 monthly IL paid
out as expenses of this ranch of 10000
head Of cattle, and 100000 acres Of
land.
The heavy snowfall Of some fourteen
to eighteen inches, which covered the
ground last month"; was of ineStimable
benefit TO tue wheat crop. The soil is
stu moist enough, and ths condition al
most insures an abundant harvest. as
good rains can always be relied upon
durihc April, May and June. Several
thousand acres of wheat IN this and adj
joining counties are looking remarkably
well
Last year was dry year and yet
eighteen bushels Of wheat per acre was
ANlHhA VII - a. NAllfAtAA INElus lnitt
miles east Of town. True. we do not al
ways have just the seasons most de-
slrable. Yet the following reliable
data, obtained at the United States
signal service station here fully ex-
plodes the idea of this being n dry coun.
try. The meteorological reports shows
1913 inches Of rainfall for the five grow
INK months from April 10 September
The rainfall for the month Of June. at
this place. was exceeded at only six sta
tons out of about seventy, located at
different points throughout the entire
state. For July Il was exceeded ut six
teen places. August ten places. and
September only nc twelve other points.
Our summers are really delightkl-
nights cool and mornings refreshing, and
no severe winters.
Our climate is uneycelled for health
fulness, as IS evidenced by the fact that
two Of our best doctors have quit their
profession and taken up the hoe. An
abundant aud ineXhnustible supply of
pure. clear, cold water can be obtained
anywhere by digging We have the
best school house In the Panhandle, and a
good school. Twelve business houses, in.
Guiding n large windmill supply house.
hardware, drugs, dry goods aud two
large stock of general merchandise, viz:
Messrs. Hall & Walker. and n. Humph-
rey, the latter carrying $4,000 to
$4,000 stock.
Hartley county is the only one In
which plenty Of vacant homestead land
and school sections can be obtained IN