Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-02

nan on A section 81 tnls tann. give MN
what cattle the LAID will support, LET hin
raise feed and give his cattle proper al
,cation IN wiuter time. let him have
few hoes and chickens. let him sell
little hr,ter and eggs and raise his own
meat and II his account does not show
a Drofit an the Investment u will be be,
cause he does not attend TO business. To
supplement- this let him sow little
wheat. he i sure Of winter pasture foi
bis stock and wheat enough LOT MS bread
aud he Will make good crop three YEAR,
out OF Eve and make lots Of money. and
will 70 through dry years without q
scratch.
Can 4 man with the same investment
here nece.ssrv establish himself upon a
irmer basis n any other country Is It
the fault OF the country. that a man comes
Id here with two horses aud plow, goes
10 debt SI24s for land. breaks mp aud
utiIikes bnt f0rty acres Of that land and
goes h 3eht for running expenses the tirst
wear and then failss | say, is this the
fault of the country A man must have
some means 10 engage IN business on
his own responsibility in the Panhandle
as well ~ anywhere else, Many whp
have come here have figured out twenty
1--WE bushels of wheat per acre AT from
TJ cents Ia 81 Der hnshrl. and made thai
the basis OF their calculations and have
been 1isappoiuted. although such crops
are nnite common. In trying to induce
immigration we should not magnify the
wheat Industry. but should labor TO en-
courage the immigration OF such men as
will succeed here. Let the men who hay,,
land to sell show M the country, to snMl
stockmen Of lower Texas. and to N,
sheer men Of the East. With feed raised
for the winter this country VIII support
three times the cattle now here, and THIS
number OF cattle will support good pop
ulafiou
Wheat is an right as {. speculative crop,
but as a dependence for the support OF
community It is dangerous in any
The country around Aberdeen is for.
tunute In having large number OF these
small stOakmen. Us consequence thls
community !. suffering very little from
the present crisis. Our country Is espe
cially well fitted for this business, ~
there are hundreds Of small creeks inF.
nishing water FOR a large number "l
small pastures without digging. our
principal difficulty so far has been that y
man could not fence but one section OF
lard In n placr, aud we hn many men
who would like to fence five Or six sec
tons. But this difficulty does not eHlst
in most parts OF the Panhandle az pres
emit. as I believe person eau ger patent
cd land in most parts. u strikes iht ny
the owners Of patented land II they .dll
not wish 10 sch II at present prices
would End Il profitable to lease It ~
small tracts at nominal figures to small
stoektneu. who would fence IL and raise
cnttle on II az a profit. Feed and care IN
winter gives the small stockmhu the ulni'
mum OF loss with the maximum OF M
crease. and turns the loss account oil q
large ranch TO q profit for the sllnu man;
Then At the end Of three or iNe-years
lease they rOnll sell il at d handsome adj
vance In this way much OF the So
called waste land would be utilized. IL
may be thought the demand for lana
nlong this line would be very limited
hut | think investigation will prove "a
tine contrary. There are settlers MllhH
five miles Of Aberdeen that wonld East
md fence from twenty to thirty section,
adjoining their present holdings of school
lands II they c0nld lease 1t at n reason
oble figure. And q little judicious us.
| ~ uriniers ink would bring hundreds o.
snch men in here. and what is true OF
ibis community will apply to many part,
| az the Panhandle. When the owners q
| large bodies Of patented land wake ny y
| their own interests they viii certainly
oLonJon the improbable large cattle
rnnchcs and encourage the small STOCK
men. such policy would be benthclal
not only 10 the land owners, but also y
| the merchants aud farmers as II wOu!t
| bring into profitable use much iahu no"
practically dead weight ON the owners
and would make much more school Ian,
available. and by increasing the yolum'
| NJ nroftnble business would surely max
money more plentiful among our people
Down East the cry is for intensified farm
Ing. Why not intensified stock raising u
the Panhandle? In the old states wher'
land Is worth from $50 to 500 per Aer,
the agricultural papers are h auT'S III,
wrass. why not use 1t to best advantage
There is not better stock country .,
aarth man tbis. Then let the people ap
nv themselves to raising, more slocA
better stock at Il decreased cost iis ,i,,,
If Fisldng so much in whent sptes.nn,Aia,tYb,oh
VI '' Il. Il. McCOLl4lSI1h'