The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16
|. Features Of the Two Sections that
A Have Been Overlooked.
|ur BERMUDA GRASS AND COW PEAS
,,.cr People Have Rccn In n
Country the Loss They
Know About IL.
=. Editor OF The Post.


80, mo ths, an acre OF creek bottom
rnaa grass Will afford grazing for a
-, az In Western Texas, We esti-
.,,h, TO ten acres as necessary for
animal, It sounded so big ~this acre
~, cow story--that II took some
far me 10 believe It, but l have come
,,,,ave A.. What do not understand
I'M, while telling me what wonder
hing ia Bermuda grass. they do not
M "a connect 1t in their minds with
,na.n growing of sooner beef
Nor prowllng around over East and
IN Texas few months, observing Ber-
A. grass as permanent pasture. and TAX
into consideration the enormous feed
INA Of various kinds that may be GER
r,y grown Ia this land of tifty-ineh
mail have arrived, by easy stages,
the conclusion that here is the future
al stock farm region OF Texas. Water,
mos, Important factor of the eombina-
is not lacking; IL is everywhere In
mrs. ere els, lakes and wells.
Malta will do we'll on most OF these
,,m lands it II is carefully handled the
summer after planting Many. how
r. fail to get Il through the iirst sum
by too close cutting or pas,uring
oush OF the crop should be left on tae
hund 10 shade the roots from the Au-
and September sun. BY another sum
the roots Will have gone down deep
bash 10 withstand our summer. There
cases In this East Texas country OF
eess With alfalfa. even upon uplsnds,
have had occasion to investigate to-
40 growing in the Willis country. 1t
no; the bonanza that some over sanguins
bple would have us believe. nor is II
failure that few disgruntled people
q have tried IL AID we're not built
hi to grow 1t, maintain. II Is like
Ia, every other business. some succeed
IL, while some fail. II has been 10
he extent case Of survival OF the
est" leaving the industry in safe hands
well on the road TO permanent sue
4, They are not only handling 1t better
(ry year, but there has heea steady
Bplus up OF market conditions. as the
ae Of the Texas hller' crop becomes
pva TO the leaf tobacco people. There
one trouble, however, that time viii
ke right have every reason 10 be-
he that Texas tobacco is being sold in
country as Cuban stock.
there is growing feeling among the
kple Of East and South Texas that their
,ion has been overlooked about long
bush by the home seeker and the in
(ter. with the result, that they show a
AIDED disposition Go DO something about
As evidence of their awakening to the
fess,y 81 bringing this section more
the view Of the outside world. l Oeed
y mention the hearty manner. morally
materially, In which they second the
hrts OF the International and Great
Hhern railroad management 10 make
hva the advantages offered 10 men OF
scle and money by East and South
pas, And the real estate dealers are
the osly people who are getting a
oye OF them" The merchants and bus
s men generally are alert 10 the era
progress that is dawnine upon this great
(ien,
lmcns the factors tina, are making FER
development Of East and South Texas
te Industry Of truck growing, which is
killy assuming large proportions Re- /
Is this season have been such that an
fr season will witness an increase IN
tae amounting Ia many localities 70 I
tfsi hundred per cent The market is +
usele doubtless, .or all that may be 1
w N the southern portion az Texas, 1
We nare, for few weeks, almos, a 4
serely OF the markets OF this country,
great marSe, possibilities abroad. 4
ains IN 10 certain things in the line .
|{tfiy trisrl e,s -. -
~ ny steamer Secretary OF ASricul- 4
Wilson, while In Texas recsntly. tela
writer that he is studying the situation I
Is this lac and has no donh, that the
taiaie VIII witness large export .
ae irom our sal! ports for our dairy I
Nu'trN PRODUCTS, together with sgch
rs IN the line Of early truck ana fruits
-M oeaf shipment abroad. The danger
" taai Ess, ana South Texas can grow
early stun than is wanted. bat that
IN sFos Il faster than the demand
aeve'eped. In other words.
se Is matter Of growth, no, alMays
ha while !, with others. believe
eacAsh people eNis, With the will aud
~ 70 buy all The Very early stun We
srsasee, they mus, he found. ana the
~ rubbed under their noses. This has
ssus 70 great extent last season and
ssa VALE mos, OF our praaac, has
~staeaici from 81 Louis Eastern
ere entering tho field this season.
vac result thai good deal ef our
an sS'ns direct to the East. having a
49, ~ 81, Louis Tomatoes have
bonanza 10 the growers his sea-
49, may cause them to Ne over
n ~, seAson. There Is marke; for
takes time 10 and II.
,ss,-s' susrss that the first people 20
a ~, nne Sui less aboa, what Il Is
u no, ,rues s 49,
sss people 10 Illinois settled along
~. upon the poorest Lana in the
'eos9se there were PLENTY on
wafer, as we'll as mast Tor the
le--k years after the Yankees from
and ether Eastern States
IN sna nailed" those rich nrair.es
oely - ssen considered by the natives
s,ss, Nscple 10 Arkansas saus,,ea in
ii H., "a car and white 0ak forests.
sa,nes !, ~ snd log rolled into heaps
sNall. sct them Out ~ the way Of
kteAes ~ blows with which they
4 ~.tsf patch. They safs shat sll
A prairie lands alnns Whi,s
sre ,. s.oo Tor was the hay, hish as
sat sa, srew upon them. During
IA, ,ss,ef, NE Yankee soldiers as
3 q tA., no ehiea would grow saea
u secn Sss seod Cor something else,
4 sohh,. hes got loose they came
tksir w, w those prairie lands, and
lt nav ~ houses, red harms and red
Nsf ZEE a'l over them Indeed,
g slaat ~. heen that the prairie
fcf amy SUI ceas, were regarded
la m.s.s except the long horas
e tsndersas' ~ recent history tia;
ls plsss ne wonderful Ssve,ormen,