The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-19
n IN SOUTH TEXAS.
|r.d.s, Of Wheat Can Be
Grown Here.
4, ss ADDED TO OUR LIST,
| 80 proof Oats Have Been
..shiy Testcd-SOuth
rexas Tobacco.
MARK we'll!


ta' shnr beyond that fIeaven and
"A .bape compact and beautiful,
sction free, companionship,
y "A ether signs Of purer life,
LIS a fresh perfection treads.
,Srs strong in beauty. born OF us,
= "a sxcel us, as we pass
M old darkness
s.,u-n fell. dethroned by Jove.
~ closing speech of Oceanus.
4, made way for Neptune's sway.
Venus rose respondent from
mremosyne passed away. So 1t
!. me and OF time. The old must
& ~ the new and fall, as Saturn
..,rsa Of Natures law, not force of
Of d Joye.
~ reat Southern plantations and
a. live stock must now
~ and in their stead
ss,as and white cottages,
.ss,s for drainage and transporta-
I. and macadamtaed roads, and
y ,snhaltum and rock. And when
J. II accomplished. we also shall
s,ory that old darkness of mud and
liver. 1t will come about not by
chandler. or Of Jove. but by the
more intense necessity. and the
Il that necessity's pocket. The
,nyowing OF agricultural popula-
n n itself induce greater diversi-
n crops, and more attention will
M no Maid to grain of all kinds, as
n forage. All that experience can
lad mems minds in the proper
!, And now, first, as regards
WHEAT
thirty years ago Red Nicaragua
vas introduced into South
Isras, and samples Of il
In Brazoria county were
"a the Mark Lane corn ex-
a London, England 1t was there
by experts to be first-class ship
,rety. II Is very flinty, SO much sc
|, mills we had at that date could
Ma Il. 1t will ripeu in the coasl
Two or three weeks earlier than the
Il the Panhandle, and will there
in demand by shippers at the tol
annually. Other varieties OF wheat
nave been successfully grown II
climates, and especially in our owl
n States, should also be tested
result would be, with wheat as
q rust proof varieties would origi-
nt Of them.
variety Of red rust-proof oats
Nd It's origination on the farm OF
Thomas Hare at Lynchburg, in
punty, %, In my opinion. yearly In
u In farm value. Under improved
II culture the weight of the grain
bushel has advanced to 80 or Sc
and the number of bushels to the
hon 90 to Is. There is another va
(noxn as Virginia winter oats, which
Ind any winter as far north as Phil
y and therefore Is worthy Of a fall
thl section
proper to remark that wheat or oats
grown and harvested in this region
lsn crop Of cotton can be made OF
me ground.
FLAX
alton Is again callei to the import.
y adding flax 10 the list of crop:
nay be grown on these vast prairies
VII Of the matter Is. the warm clay
south Texas ara cininently adapted
crop. 1t can be sowed both in The
spring. Read this letter:
whitaker. Houston. Texas:
texas, January 20. lS9S.-Dear Sir
WEI &c your inquiry Of the LIST in
regard to my flax crop OF '9S, | be;
ay that it was a grand success
noa different kinds of soils and a
.lseasons, both early and late. Tha
wen drained sandy soil doing best
Wy sowing seeded the best. TIL,
ing teoout the list OF March, cam
y. \! ana mad as much as 1873 bolls t,
n. and every boil has 10 grains o
y nv seeds. The next u5th of April
Y nicely and filled very we'll, bu
s s1 u the early. the seed not be
lnsnp estimated that the yielt
n0la IL to 10 bushels to the acre
i, NOpe were assured of a marke
,. Sea IN Houston there would b.
ee crop sown. Yours truly,
,ns,u A. Stockdick.
~, OF practical people is Gale;
aal equal or better oppor'
M ~, mere for the manufactur,
tAi,,ra .nah existed around Omaha
,sr. y years ago, when Kountz,
h u u, and made a great forum,
h ssh'lon is also called to tn,
M sa oist climate will also produc,
hss. wax nber, whereas the high DIR,
MA, a. Nebraska produces coars
aar ~ twine ana tow. | hav,
d eor a 'ne limits of the city O
n a' II not superior. to an,
aot ~, country of the world. arr
Of m On.y my opinion, but 1t is tn,
ths.a,y experts who have seen it
ler,. s,UFe, absolutely a fact tina
Ne m uners more opportunities, nc
ID, ,sss ah OF capital, but also to tn,
sou.,.n er than any other sectio,
sust,r! or any other section of an,
iter so az .he POINTS OF cheap land
Il. s sOod schools. cheap transpcr
d eror. .ne duly considered. AS 70
K i lrs, they are simply end e-s.
lie ms. II young joe Leite
saufac,nasy ne put In the wheat p!
IA haya Industries down here
ey h Ne us factories today. wherea
tau In,a .. ., like the baseless fshri
,hs 40 min air or Spanish castlr :
refer manufacturing iniustrie
b fae,o,,o are not alone lInseed I'll
essmn,n Tor other assured crop
GAN ~ NJ central sugar mills Tx
v sus.s MI. Cunningham pays SEA
kA ~ y. zane loaded on the cars.
rs f,s, .aa money enough 10 nut ~
hotton for even az that rrlc
rcvinr s I'm can maze $50 v
~ m,asand shipping cane. ais
bhasco eye the assured Sou
snd s.op' ] have seen tota &C
al rown. and cured in the Yves
nown sr.rt that South Texas Il
sny ., V y, nne strains of s-el /