The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-28
1nnlsrast Settlers Are Pleased and
Others Accepting Opportunities.
"a PRACTICAL TALK BY A TEXAN
the Bayou Improvement, Climate,
Soil, Health, the schools sad
Churches Fine Inducements.


try. embracing the counties OF Brazoria,
Fort Bend, Wharton. Matagorda. Harris.
Liberty. Jefferson. Chambers. San Jacinto.
Montgomery and Galveston
II think the prospects are good: in fact.
there is now steady flow of immigration
into these counties, and our experience has
been that every farmer we have succeeded
In locating has become an enthusiastic
helper in the work of settling up the coun-
try"
Have the farmers you have been instru-
mental In locating here made a SUGGEST"
They have. without a single exception"
"What sort OF crops have they usually
planted?"
Corn, cotton, oats and milet and in
some cases Cuban tobacco and watermeous
and all kinds OF garden crops"
From what States have the principal
part OF the farmers your firm has located
emlgrated FROM"
THE States OF Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska,
Missouri, Indiana and Kansas
do they Use the same methods OF fRrn-
ing here that they used IN the States from
whi2h they cmigratod?"
Yes they cultiyo their crops the same
way. They first put their ground In good
order by blowing aud narrowing before
planting. and then use The cpitiyator, etc.
what do you think about raising tame
grasses. clover. etc."
Il think any kind Of tame irrass will
grow when It becomes necessary 10 grow
II. There s so much wild grass here OF n
very fine quality for grazing and for hay
that tame grass is not needed. AS to clover
We have white clover growing In parts Of
this country as fine ns I ever saw in Kon-
tucky or anywhere else. You can SEQ as
fine specimens Of white clover as YOU will
find anywhere growing along the lawns OF
the sdcwalks OF tho city OF Houston.
where 1t has been gown as an ornament
and IT seeds twice d year"
Then You think the country ia e,fc
farming country
II certainly do farmer here who VIII
put forth half the energy that he dld I'm
the Northwestern States VIII mnko far
moro than he did there for many reasops
but can take tho time to mention but
a few First. he ls In touch with two nnc
markets, namely. Houston ana Galveston
where he can ger bctier prices for his farm
and garden products thnn he can get I'm
the Northern cities, and save tho long haul
to market. second our climate ia 40 nill
wo have plenty of grass the year around
for cattle and horg,. "a ,,ai,s ,,,t .
living, only fcedIng such stock ma nrn
worked and COWS for milk There is also
u lhlk' S+iN me IN IUtl Tor COOKING and heat
ing purnoses So vou can so, I'M, A.,
raised and sold from tho farm and Garden
IL almost nil clear profit. whereas IN the
North and west you would have 90 feed
your stock from six to nino nontha e1ch
year. which eats up ali the profits from thn
farm
Then you think this is a better country
for general farming than tue Northern ami
Northwest 3rn States and that the farmer
will realize more clear profit from farming
alono hero thau hn ran thore2"
II certainly do. for the ronsons above
given and could giyo many more but
space will NOT nilpv."
Then you think this gulf const country
will soon hc settled No with n ,fool class
OF thrifty farmcrs?"
Il can src no good reason why II ahoull
not aud A. already stated. II is aetll,nr nm
fast and I can't sec anything to sion H. A.
every one. 50 far as | know. ia perfoctlt
satisfied and ia writing TO his friend. hack
home 10 get ready and come. and as tho
country has been pretty well advertised
through tho medium OF tho real estate mon.
and by people who have come down and
settled, IT. Is getting SO now that fnrmers
In the Norihera and Western States nrc
packing mp and moving without fire, com
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