Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-29
A BUDGET FROM BEAUMONT.
Jefferson County Lands Cheap and
Prolific.
GOOD PROFITS IN RICE CULTIVATION.
Prospects OF the Proposed Road TO
eonroe-To 1iesume Operations.
inerensed Passengers Service.

beaumont, Texas. October Nj,
writing OF the agricultural possibilities n
,TiSI ls county about one year agt
al,', ost Correspondent took occasion I,
Neii,vnsuate WIN ngures tue money tina
Youiu ue made in the cultivation OF rice
ulehase pace of land, cost OF cutivn
u harvesting, thresning and milnn,
VIE ESTIMATED from data furnished bi
an experienced farmer, the aggrcgat.
ueuueted from the gross value of tn,
plouuSt at the prevnning market price
una the cash balance that would FEVER
tue farmer was SO large tnat many
Ieuuers OF The Post doubtless regarded
we story us carnations OF an Imagination
tnat was disturbed 10y the revolutions
OF peculiarly constructed wheels.
AheTe mas been practical demonstrn.
uoh thls year OF the profits in rice cul.
ulIe ~ Jefferson copnty, however, and
tuose ihcliued 10 believe that the results
nv oNefdfawn can have their doubts
| removed by personal Investigation.
Most any Of the rice farmers in the coun.
" could be safely cited as evidence, but
| none would he moro convincing than
nafe the results obtained by Mr.. G. IL.
Snoemaker on his Hiilcbrandt bayou farm.
rms gentleman moved TO jefferson eoun.
| ~ last winter and for 40 nor AGRA
purchased land that had acyer been
,ouehed by a pillow. During the winter
he prepared 40 acres for cultivation
nhd sowcd ii TO rice in the spring, lie
has Just finished threshing the crop hnr-
vested and the result is 4TIS sacks
ana average of ten sacks or thirty bushels
70 the acre. The present market price
OF rough rice ranges from ~ 10 S2.JU per
sack and by valuing Mr.. Shocmaker's
crop at SID per sack il Is. in round
numbers, worth Sl1.US2.S0 Now for the
Pfonts. The total purchase price of
tne land was S2,13i.5O, the cost of cult
wilton not more than one.third of the
gross crop. or S3S9i, making Il total OK
nense Of S623l, leaving profit of 50, 4h2.
rms being the first year the land was
under cultivation the cost of lcyceg and
other improvements must be deducted,
but the profits are more than sufficient to
cover all these md still leave cash
account to the credit of the farmer. Tho
purchase price OF land. cost Of lovccs,
etc, are profits. Of course. though the
farmer makes thcm with his first years
labors. The above illustration Is merely
Tor the purpose of demonstrating the
case with which thrifty man Gun So
cure home aud bank account by tilling
tue soil of jefferson county. II there X
another agricultural industry that will
yield equal results The Post correspondent
has not heard of II, and Just here IL
might he added that there are a number
OF acres of rice lnnd In this county TINT
can be purchased cheap just vt present,
II VIII be much higher In u few months.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following deeds have been filed
ti,od iost VIII 'VuntS 'ierA biahehetic
w. a. Ward to II, j.. Rood, 1i2A acres
Of land out of the A. o. Donuell patent,
Jefferson county, $500
Lcvia Blanchette 10 III. IT, Reed. 1924
acres out Of the y. o. Donnell patent,
Jefferson county. $500.
GaIN L II.
ture company, 175 acres out of the u,
Montee survey, jefferson county, $500
y. III NanWormer to Mrs, NJ q. Shaw.
lot q, block \. NanWormer addition 10
Beaumont, $3.50.
II. ID. Crary to Frank Slcycrt lots $40
and 347 block %, city of beaumont, re-
lease
i. II. Keith and wife 10 Herr V. Radez.
XIV. :,36 81 acrcs of land In Jefferson
county. release.
j. w. Proctor md wife TO Charles |
Charlton, 57xiO0 feet OF land In the |
NJ. c. Cartwright ct al 10 Matthew |
artwright and Anna w. Roberts. one, |
third interest in tho Cartwright addition |
to beaumont and onr-third interest IN |
that Of lie David Brown survey decided |
TO NJ. G. Cartwright and Annie n. War. |
Edward Domino and wife 10 i. i. |
Smith Of al, 6OxlbO feet of land In the |
Jamcs NIcIaddin survey jefferson conn
Nv. $500.
IL. q. Easley and wife TO John n. |
Gilbert. OOx126 feet of lfsid in the city |
of Beaumont, $500.
Beaumont Pasture company TO Edward
NJ: Bates; 1886 ncres, Jefferson county,
S2T ,62o.Hi
THE CONROE ROAD.
Tho visit of the Hon. John A. Me.
shane of Omaha 10 beaumont and other
Southeast Texas points leads the Manu-.
fncturers' Record 10 print the following.
Ex-Conrressman John A. NcShnne Of |
NehrnsIta Ia identified with n nroiect 10
bulld n railroad from Conroe To Kountze,
Id il now in Texas 10 arrange the he.
inning Of the construction work" Mr
"a tho owner Of about GO.OO0
,eres ~ nine lands In East Texas a
md from Conroe 10 KountZe wonld mass
broueb his timber holdings aud add much
"a their value 1t is no more than renson-
,bIe' therefore. TO believe that he wonld
'avor and nssist the construction of The
,ooI SUGGESTED nv the Nannfncturers'
lecord In fact IL IA known thar Mr..
IicShane has expressed Willingness to
lonate $1,000 10 the Conroe road, pro-
,ided II ia e.tended To Beanmont mi
IL NOT nrobabie thar such nm extensien
,,iii he made. To the contrary. lie road
Viii he built from its present terminal on