The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27
HOUSTON. TEXAs FRIDAY DECEMBER q. 1895

properly drained make the finest corn
and sugar cane. Cane. especially grows
| 10 maSniiicent proportions and when con
verted into syrup is equal II not superior
| TO the finer grades CT me Louisiana
| product. From thirty to fifty bushels OF
corn may be gathered from an acre OF
| ground II properly cultivated.
! Cotton also grows hardly and produces
nountfuliy. Ii has never been planted
IN Inc county TO any great extent. but
truck farmers In the Sabine Fass neigh
horhood have experimental with Inc
| ileecy staple and demonstrated the pos
sibiIity Of gathering q bale or a bale and
cne-half from an acre
| Small grain. such as oats and millet are
sure crop, and upon the advice of eN-
lIFts VINO nave made an examination,
, the Port Arthur Land company. Il wcaiihy
| syndicate which has recently purchased a
, $1,000 acre tract O. land in this county,
Will next year plant 5QO acres in canalerc.
the valuable tanning root which, II L.
commended, wiz thrive in this soil. Ine
soil is also adapted to the growing Of
he raised a year, the yield Of hoth crops
being large, while the quality is not *
celled by the famous Utah potatoes 'rhe
can be cultivated with profit. Many vari-
cites of this potato yield from go to $40
bushels per acre. and they sell az from
! " cents to 81 per bushe This potato Is
valuable. both for table use and stock
| feeding purposes, and Us there IL no cost
Of cultivation except planting and pather-
ing, aigehraic rules are not necessary to
side crop
The chief attraction this county offers
ability Of soil and climate to truck farm
ing and fruit culture. Fresh garden
truck, such as cabbage turnips, poets,
| cnicns snap beans, beets mustard. let>
tuce. radishes and tomatoes may be hnd
any month in the year fer rhc simple
planting of the seed aud u little care and
attention Indeed, truck farming rs oes-
tined to be tho leading well az one OF
the most profitable Industries IN the
county In the near future. Owing Ia the
protection from the winter winds that IS
afforded by the forests 70 the north. east
and northwest. the planting and maturing
season Is frcm week to enc month ear
lier than other portions OF the gulf coast
country. and when the Kansas city, fNts-
burg and Gulf railroad, now in course OF
reconstruction from Kansas CITY to PORT
Arthur on Sabine Lake, IS completed II
VIII give the truck farmers of Jefferson
county the advantage of being from lu1
to 200 miles nearer the markets of the
distance i an item of incnlculablc oeuept
and while II VIII be Of value 20 the truck
gardener, 1t viii also mike more profit
able watermelon growing, which has t1r
| several years been pursued with success
iU the vicirity Of Sabine Pass
| Fruit growing has not been engaged ~
extensively as yet though those who have
| attempted tt have prosperSd. Nearly al
kinds CT semi-trcpical fruits do "ch In
jefferson county when they are given the
proper attention. Pears are espccially
prolific and trees thrive and bear anun-
ldantly with little care and cultivation,
| These trees often grow to the heiGht OF
| twenty feet and there are several fine or
charts In the county. the 1.cCompte l\eu-
fer and Bartlett being the principal varic-
Is indefinite, hut Mr W A. Ward. few
years from Dakota, has an extensive pear
orchard in the western part Of the county
and estimates that when eight years Oh
Is Indefinite, lsut Mr. W 4. Ward, a few
the tree VIII average s25 each. He turther
Gays that the trees bear indefinitely ana
lAn fYa,s a.sau oil
Peaches and the Oriental varieties OF
plums thrive i'm this county as I'm thoir
native country. the fruit being large anl
OF excellent flavor. while blaciperries
strawberries, grapes and other small
fruits flourish and hear In proiusion.
Oranges and haranas can be grown nut
they are not a sure crop.
A to the profits derived from truck
farming AMI fruit culture in Jefferson
person of Mr.. II W Joachlm who mas
a forty-flVc acre farm m the nburbs oi
Beaumont This gentleman caihe 10 THIS
county several years ago and purchaser
land AT 81 per acre He planted tho larger
portion Of IT In pear. pam. peach ana
vine fruits and while they were maturing
raised vegetable truck between The rows
of trees, Now he has one Of the pretti"st
homes in Southeast Texas. is surrounded
by all the comforts Of life. annually gain
ers money from his trees and vines ana
during the present year refused an ouor
of $1,000 per acre for his little farm. MT
Joachimi is now cudeavorirg TO Organize
i n StrAWpFrTN growers AfNlflall plls II m"
is successful the berry viii next year hn
shnped from this county by the car load
| to Northern markets, and profits therehy
doubled.
AZ a matter of fact there is no SUCH
thing az failure for an Industrious man
in jefferson county. AS peop'e produce
from the ground Or find ready provided
| the struggle for existence IL not great.
The climate Is mild ana salubrlous. Des,i-
tuition. such as IL experienced from Goa
! a a. failures North and "
or epidemics that often prevail IN tie
malarial districts, are never known
here. and the soil will produce everything
that grows except wheat and the ilnor
grades OF apples,
The natural presumption is that man,
in looking for Il new home. no matter N
what section he may have lived, desires
to find II where the natural elements OF
success are only awaiting his energy ana
his industry. In fact, the chief end OF
success with most men is the securing
of a home and competency, anl the
spot in this great country where thts can
be most easily accomplished Is doubtless
the one they desire to find Investigation
viii demonstrate TINT this particular spot
just now is jefferson county, the most
favored portion of the gulf coast country,
for here Is the ideal locality for tho cor-
tain fruticn Of hopes ana ambitions 81
the real homcseeker. An ingenious ana
intelligent farmer can not only raise
marketable crop in jefferson county, but
he can come nearer living completely on
his own farm than he can In any known
tatoes, cotton cane. oats and miliet, fruits
of all kinds which are indigenous to the
scm-tropical zone, besides rnanV Wh.ah
have heretofore been regarded as capable
of producing In tropical c!imes, while his
hogs, cattle and horses Will thrive and
fattcn off natural forage Here he is al
ways within easy reach Of f6cl. which is
not often the case on Northern mud egt-
ern prairies, has an abundant but Wei
distributed rainfall: his children can Sc
cure a practical educaticn at the eNpeusc
Of the state and lands can be pureha ga
cheap and on easy terms.
\ city Ike beaumont has many enter
nrising citizens who take a natural pride
in the prosperity Of the place AMI sur
rounding country, and they are always
ready to respond financially 70 any enter
prise that Will promote the citY's growth.
| Among the leading citizens and institu-
lions. the following are the more prom
inent:
Texas Tram and Lumber company, W.
A Fletcher. president. j. +. Keith, Vice.
president; G. II. Mallam secretary and
business manager; II. u. Fletcher, treas
urer This company has paid up cap
ltal of 81. 100000. and besides the big saw
min at Beaumont IL operates aAothcr at
! Village Texas. tho annual capacity Of
both being 5O,000090 feet OF yellow pine
imber: planning MIL capacity. 45,04po0