The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-07-04
Letter from Texas.

Ep1roRs INrELL1aENcER: Perhaps a
'few dots from Graysun County, Texas,
which is called by some .'the Eden of The
best State in the Union" ,"=may be OF In
terest to some Of your readers. Ii you
could see the growing crop, have no
doubt but you would acknowledge it to
be- the Eden for farmers. Wheat and
cats are already harvested, and will yield
from q, to 80 bushels of wheat per acre,
and oats from IS to 100 bushels per acre.
This is not on little pet patches, but on
40 and so acre fields, without any fertill-
zers whatever being applied.
The harvesting is all done by reapers
and mowers, combined with bundle
carrier that throws off ten or twelve bun
dies in place ready to be shocked. SO
that not much hand labor has to be en-
ployed in harvesting these heavy crops;
AS these crops are threshed great deal
of it is sacked and hauled off Immediately
to the nearest railroad town where it is
sold. Every town of any size has grain
buyers Just as we have cotton buyers in
South Carolina, and farmer can sell sny
amount OF wheat, oats, or corn tor the
cash. Nearly every town has fine Roller
Mills. where the wheat Is ground
into the best of flour before being
shipped. or, ~.
corn crop promises to be tho heaviest 1t
has been for years-or about IS bushels
per acre. You could not wonder at the
Immense WELD expected if you could see
how thick it stands on this rich soil, and
how CLASSY and green it looks. The rows
are only 81 feet apart; with stalks stand
ing in the drill from 18 70 "a inches apart,
and nearly every stalk contains TWO TWO
shoots and some three. They 90 not
strip the fodder here as they say i injuries
the corn. Cotton looks hne, ana Is nov
blooming. The yield here is from half
10 one 200 pound bale per acre. Last
wear wit S drouth from the 18th June
I'M October they made 80 bushels ofccrn
per acre and half bale Of cotton. What
<impressas me most iS the ease, or the
little labor. with which these crops are
made. The land is black, waxy loan,
and mostly rolling prairie, and the culti-
waiting Is done with improved farming
|implements, such ss the cnltiyato- and
disk harrow. The hoe is used butlittle
except to thin the crops, as they have no
crab grass to contend. with. One man
With the improved farming Implements
used here cen cultivate from 40; 10 ~
acres by having little extra help IN
hoeing and thinning his crop the hrsttime
santh Sony ne Carolina DIN can be grown here in
narfaction. such as barley, rye, milles,
ssnaet pv,se a,,d irish % potatoes. ield peas, and
ali GARDEN Vegetables, and al1 kind of
fruis except apples, which do not attail2
the size and perfection they do further
North, Mo az, This rich land rates high, all tbe
s,av M IN from si5: 100 to $50. 90 per acre for iu..
nroyed @ land. and there ia not much heIy:
how how that ia no. .ipBpso4ed. fhere VA.
some m .isTSs catf}a or stoak ranches con.
taininr from 20 to 80. 900 acres OF. land !,
int this rIoils soil is In 80 much demand
inr for aoricnitnral n1 i purposes that the owners
ara @ Sailing some OF their pasture lands
now ,Mv s ri Ell 90 to 5000 per acre.
Mr. NJ John % Bowen with his good lady
10 i,s : = ,onnd one aitArnoon with his nice
Ils,s."n,d sanv aor e.o,,tis ensn ~ horses and
pnas9n WIZ sem.te tar ,oi,as o vvaat of here to
casrieS tsaos as ro,ches onc 9th tbeir thousands
see ssa .avIS ns hn,sas ond ss many cattle. Wa