The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-01
TEXAS RICE CULTURE.
soarruINe Aaovr hinnnrY cow
TY LANDS.
New rtfc infnsed ~ the Develop
ment Of latent Resourccs--An
opportrhisy fnr HouSsoa
90 Control the rnaustry.

number o. hcdees have been burt hers
aniiog uie summer and lAA.
. New FIRMS have spcnrd ar New bust
ness houses efeetcsI and more eontein-
plated
IN tho SIS Liberty was thriving and
prosperous town, being situated at the
head o. tide water and navigaiion on the
Trinity rlysr, 4 was distribution point
Tor freight FOR initflCr towns distant as
far as no mites. Great STRINGS o. wagons
rolled Ia and out dasls, bringing cotton ana
CARRYING back merchandise from the
SteAuiunats which at ,haf time came prtu-
Npaiiy tiuu Galveston. The old l.iti1ehs
ssea& hilalrlousiy VI those times, ana re-
tuat steamed TO oar wnarvts, The Cleona,
asrly liird. i.Ea NO. ~ and the Black
/ Ci00a are names remembered, although
! others werr IN ihp trade between the
porth OF Galveston ana Liberty. Tile
geniai captains, Well lSreNn an over East
4 Texas. among whom the present efficient
cpepiy CLERK, taptain W / Cameron,
4 wFA nuulberca. Cdnt.iii : sfstyattfts sioss IA
Aiississippl, and Captain Dusah Williams.
4 ceeeased, We're MINES known asana wide
Whtn thia old town stood as Queen 81
i thA Irinity.A lfuu southern aristocEasN
found a lp4sment here. Houses etood
greetS4 an who came within their portals.
4 30 stranger was permitted 10 pass with
I nut being served hnaateoasiy from ms
/ arder then fur TO overcoming, Visitors
were fctcd with thar Southern royalty
! 80 cnafS cterfsfic 0nIung ner people. But
! aiosi water ttaiispe rtaIion MAS TOO SLOW
and the construction % raiironiS TO ana
| around the old town wrought great
! that progress noted elsewhere throf aRoai
| iha State. s.erehouses aud dwellings, yvef :
closed Qntn haif tae sexn stood N idle
detline aud Tor twenty ears affairs grew
verse! But at last change ~ being
I brought about ner reople have concluded
! q aE9lse from this icsnargy and from IN.
4 D. q
! self once more, Not a vacant house IN !
| the town OF any description, despite the |
/ This present prosperity q, not OF fleet 1
| ING nature, nut means nermanencg uR the /
gapia development Sf our igrm nnus IN
such are baeiled az Nv The hrRwny arms |
q the tnritiy farmer prosperity Is sure
Almost daily an smiErant outfit arrives
10 cue depot and we understand the other I
stations 80 the county are reporting siui-
riyed from Iowa and yesterday Lime
stone county contributed lth quota Con
for mpda % rent AMI ] arn informed that /
lac greater portion Of the lupis usually (
oqcurled by tenants haye already been (
taken Tor next year. Ftglls tntt nave /
ing prepared for cultivation. Some two
- three Thousand acres uttod up for tep-
apiry could be rented inside OF sixty DAYS /
and 70 FARMERS drawn from West ana
Northwest ffeas THESE pe9pie euinpl9ia
IN ellitle Failure FROM his cnnse y un-
kpefn here. We moro frequently are
cnt short from too much water. but the
fine aYatem Of dltclhne being iuauguiateg
IN tiis county assures g tHe System az
dIuiuaga When The ltnds within q "a
duH 81 nftv miles arltund EouHton ilnd /
occupancy md ray wibutn to thnt city 4
ber population VIII quici,ly double ana
she. VIII become. what, she u destined
The growing VILLAGES nov within this
circle wlli devslup lilto thrifty towns ana Ii
OF Houston VIII be N immense volume y 5
self The day is not slalt when these
contemplated ehaqgc5 W.T. p1 MrsNtlk
Houston reveals thousands of acres with
the turf brlns TUNED for the Aisr time
A great variety o. CROPS wlli BE- pithted
tias OF This state ARE adapted 20 tlia cas- ,
ture o. 9 greater t9ygrsity o. erels tnpan !
rlea gu ture ia, however, growing rapigiY
into prominence, as It's YFoIlaeriuiiy paying =
Tor s. an acre have yielded this year 10
tlio investor ~ and No pru9t' or ln o,her ,
words ilge ana six hlpdf}A peF Sent on
Whils Tie writer Ia not familiar with {
the dividends OF a National rapk, ms Nt- 7
uaGs that the rAturns euuniled tho annve
perceusage. The INCREASED acrense iof leel [
Cnr own farmers that have only known Q
cotton and corn are inclined towards rice
Z
dnnts are ne gtnerel thnB, slow Ia
yielding tho cOnerf az fne owner mere 2
az and after n eontinueg we 81 Nln wv ms !
gGrruunted with the cointofi ol ule ~ re 5
hes displayed tho usual economy neees- q
g'he wfiter witnesses these affairs ne '
facta. aud la hofdins we an lhug55uFf auas q
Iay tile possible attalnments OF riches N q
y.Fi
nose engnged IN the raising Of this crop
n other parts OF tho country.
Tho following from the New Orleans a
post. but i Is deemed worthy OF repetition
lt this time, The Truth says, fpne rice
,yhat value this oereal eAn be made 10 the i
aeople OF the Cniled States An EFFORT IS
being made ~ Chicago 70 INTRODUCE u Q
s,5..,riirh cheap ratcs 70 California, q flno j.
market. Success VIII come 70 thom lf Il
iccolnpliahine The future wealth or the q
state depends largely upon rice. %
While tho markets for most other stable (,
,f5p .,lid A oouiitss--ap Southeast Texas II
adapted 10 rs Hrowirg. enrching taose q
Who have awaited themselves OF rae pras- I,
,nt opportnnftes II " seldom thtt such 4
occasion offers to the farmer whose in- 6,
lpsitT doaeryes 9 better rewatd than y s
,rolntts. 1ie shraH-s Northern PLANTERS a
ire pouring into orr MIDST, and gs they "
iNNllk tiir NNltiiih tatNrf tAAlu AHt flhldcief
= petatninT tliem this crop p receiving n
HON undivided atlenipn. DO NOT uuder- AZ
tanu ME that rice nuituxc ~ hard and
VyiuR ctcp. for such is not The case mud IN
he IaeRniug lntended conveyed W. that ii
acsa men Rre deveioping and leaatig the Ia
9ay fliat nthrfe may fqinw There a
ldc In the aifairH ~ men, which, taken al n
"a food, leads on 70 fQrtpneN
Hdu9tun busi mn RHa rapffaiisfs 10
rire mill AZ your town " asked for the
rop 81 fsn.. for Texas faised rice alontt 4
VA You handle this crop, or must VI SOCK oi
/ market outside 81 The Statef II 81 "a be II
ipned fpuHfon enterprise VIII asaln aHscft / II
taelf and NOT sufior 4 TO be shipped dlsoa 81
where there mlilcd ard returned 70 hor 80
corr with the additional rhnrges nects. u,
Dfy 70 hccnmpiifh this The nntefnfisine
iule clay q lake ghtsrlee. La, With a ~
'oppihtinn of about 70po subscribed $50 hi
20 ip stock ard was fnined hv AR nins. II
ave A. LAIN e New York With SiaobO
pefetl9 one g ne cost csmpleto mills