The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03
AS TO HARRIS CO(ll
What Her Fertile Soil CA BE Mad
to Produce.
LAND THAT IS GROWING IN VALUE
Is Adjacent to the largest City ID
the State Of Texas
ADVANTAGE F0R VIII SIZES.
Harris County Has Good Roads ana
Briiacs--Accosnmosi ationa Tor
Agricultural Population.

4 Agricultural Population.
I'm HERE is NOT an instance on record
of Harris county farmer who has
worked his land faithfully and has not
made Good crops and secured good re-
turns. OF the $500 square miles In
Harris oodhty four-hfths Is prairie. inter-
sperstd with timber From tho southern
boundary, Clear Creek. to tho northern boun-
4 dairy. Spring Creek. there is q gradual eie-
Walton. With numerous streams coursing to-
wnrd tho bays the lands OF the county are
admirably drained and with railroads RAJ
| dating In all directions from Houston there
| is no section OF the county that is not within
eaay reach Of transportation line. The soil
| In the prairics Of the southern section OF the
| county is n black waxy lime land in ths
northern and eastern portion tho earth IL
dark and frablo. with an admixture OF sand.
| On the margin OF the prairics, especially
| where there Is d growth OF small pino trees.
! Ia found light gray or yellowish soil. ana
in tho bottoms bordering tho streams IL .
deep alluvlal. seasonablc rains extend from
planting time Artesan water is found In IN
cxhaustible quantities ut from 400 To 1900 feet.
Tho principal water courses are the San
Jacinto river White Oak. Buffalo, Smms,
Green's. Cypress, Drny's and Carpenters
bayous. aud Clear and Spring creeks. San
Jacinto river and Buffalo bayou are naviga-
BILE to the head OF tide water. Surrounding
Harris county are Galveston, Braaoria. Fort
Bend, Waller, Montgomery. Liberty and
Chambers counties--which nro classed among
tho richest and most productive In tho State.
Tho soil OF Harris county will raise my
OF tho crops of tho Southland. Corn and
cotton. oats and potatoes. sugar cane and
sorghum IRE particularly adapted to tho
county. while for vegetables and garden truck
generally the land Is uuexcelled Tho City
OF Houston, with its 6s,ooo or 10000 inhah-
itants. offers ready market for such pro-
duco AZ tho farmer docs not SEQ 1t to ship to
the North. Not only that, but 1t provides
such means OF distribution. by reason OF It's
great railroad facilities. ~ mako 1t possible
for a farmer TO be within touch OF many
markets. In which TO place HIS crops.
Ssss
TTARRIS COUNTY Is not only farming.
~ but an excellent stock raising region.
Tho prairics are severed winter and
d MINER with highly nutrtive grasses, For
doiry purposes or for live stock no better To-
cation could be chosen White clover aud
Bermuda grass so well together ard MAKE
permanent pasture. Tho many streams the
abundance OF shnde afforded by the timber
which intersperses the ranges and the cheap
ness OF tho lunds advantages which arc
being appreciated by not few men, who
realize what handsome profits result from
giving proper care and attention to cattle.
There Is no county in the State which has
many of grass lands fronting on or
close TO railroads. This III duo TO the great
number OF transportation lines that center at
Houston. The noarpeas Of these lands TO tho
railroads make them valuable for hay when
not employed for other purposes. AS Houston
rs tho principal hay market of tho State this
is no incopslderable item in tho consideration
OF tho value of Harris county lands. Experts
pronounce the Harris county grass first class,
tho best in the state. In fact II Is we'll
known to all who have engaged in tho cutting
OF hay on Texas prairies that the grasses inn
prove after every cutting.
IL nocd not bo supposed that these Harris
county lands best for hay or for pasture.
Whom properly cultivated they will raise cot
ton, corn, oats. barley. miilet, potatoes. peas
and beans equal 10 any IN the State and rs
for gardens. they arc wonderfully productive.
To tho intelligent, thoughtful home seeker
who can reaiizo that this State OF Texas viii.
within twenty years, DO first In population.
hrst in productvenosa. frst IN wealth and
hfst in NIL tho essentials OF greatness OF all
The States in tho Union. II must BIO clear that
nnds In Harris county, now so cheap, VIII,
before many years puss, DO eagerly sought by
hose who arc slow TO discover the trend Of
development, but quick To seize opportunities,
AS Houston grows In population and expands
n area, Will the lands OF Harris county
-equires greater stocks OF provisions. 10 will
ho demand upon tho farmers of tho county
Increase TO supply that requirement, AZ
Houston broadens ih-9 city OF cosmopolitan
with tho suburban homes and pastoral
pleasure grounds. II Ii not too much 70 OK
,ect that the. next generation Will see Hous-
on city of quarter OF u million tnhab-
tanta. The growth OF the city within the
asst decade has been large. but not nearly
Is great as 1t would have been had conditions
throughout the North been such as permitted
PEOPLE TO avail themselves OF tho opportunt
les offered in tho South. The long period Of
financial depression, the inability OF Northern
arncrs TO dispose OF their farms and the
General stagnation Of business have initiated
gainst immigration to Texas, but now the
poss y %seh 6gsn,e aess + 20 aIss
oint OF America - nearing a close, The
otton and the wooden mills. It has been do
!ded must b near the heids Of production
ucing States Of the Union. Houston Is the
aading interior cotton market In the world
,oes y not appear fe as; 1a ,nat hsqstNn
az points? II no. does II not follow thst
Iarris county. with Its many water courseA
transportation lines, should resp the benefits
Qmlng from this new Industry 1t does
OF necessarily follow that the City Of Hous-
IN viii be the site OF all ouch mills M ar.
sl<b!ished In tho coast territory. The mill
ieh usually select locations adjacent 10
tiles and having the advantage Of cheap
IDds nearby. where homes Tor tho spinncrs
nd tie weavers and tho general workers
IN be secured at nominal Irioes.i
~ AR SIGHTED THINKERS believe the
= lime Is not far distant when all The
cotton and wooden mills OF America
III b. near The fields where the raw ma-
rial is produced No city ia The South IL
feiy 70 be more prominently III view. Il
ich a change takes place. than lioaEtoii.
id no county Is likely to b. more thoy-
ighiy Inspected thnns the county ri Harris,
he cornt, offers every advantage for raill
tes' Il Is close to the coal fields 81 East
eAas and 70 the great lumber belt bounded