The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-05-22
ABOUT TEXAS.

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piece, I'm Texas" So l eagerly
devoured its contents, but l was
not satisfied with the description
given of Texas.
This letter was written by a
lady at Italy, not the sunny land
famous for its fruits and flowers.
but our Italy of the grand old
banner state, the coming state
of the union, the state to which
capitalists are sending emplovere
daily, the state to which health
seekers are coming by the scors
and | am glad to say find relief
from their many ailments. Cap
italists find ready and profitable
openings. The lady spoke of the
wind being so terrible; yes, we
have plenty of wind and water,
too, in Coleman county, and the
water does not have "to be strained
before we can drink it or use it for
cooking" But our clear crystal
streams abound in the finest of
fish and our winds are laden with
the sweet scents of fragrant prai-
RE flowers.
AS dear old Cobb is a farming
county and said to be as good as
any county in the state of Geor-
gla, | wish to note the difference
in farming there and here. FIRST,
there we will take the average
farmer, he has say 100 acres; he
has 100 acres in cultivation IN at
least five different patches, F." for
the country is so broken that he
must get his tillable land wher-
ever he cal. 1t takes from four
to SIX head of mules to till this
100 acres and they must be fed
from January to January, eating
each about 500 bushels of corn al
$1.00 bushel, and $50 bundles
of fodder, which costs about 81. sc
per hundred, per year; he must
fertilize his land with the abomi-
nable stuff called guano, which
costs him $3.50 per acre. He
must hire at least four hands &c
do the blowing for he still holds
the single stock, scooter and
scrape j feel sore about the shins
whenever /. think of how many
times they have been skinned and
bruised while following these
Iplows) He plants so acres in cot.
ton, % acres in corn, Is in oats
and 10 in wheat; let everything
be favorable, he makes one-half
bale of cotton per acre, 20 bushels
of corn, 30 bushels of oats, 12J
bushels of wheat. The cost OF
hired labor is about $3.50 per year
the cost Of fertilizer $3.50, making
a total of $780. He gets 7 certs
for his cotton, which brings 1915;
it takes his corn and oats to feed
his team. If you will note the
| figures, his wheat brings him
1925, making a total Of 81 900 per
year. We balance accounts and
see he has $270 to meet his other
expenses such as provisions, cloth.
ing, blacksmithing, taxes, etc.
| The Texas farmer has his 10C
acres in one level body and he
bitches his six mules to "gang'
pillow and turns ~ inches of soil
at one round. While he is doing
this ho is seated comfortably on
his pillow and when night comes he
is not as weary as he would be if
he had gotten in his buggy and
gone to town and bantered around
all day. He does not want any
help until the 10Th of April, then
he hires a man at $50 per month
for three months. He plants 80
acres in cotton, 10 in oats, 30 in
wheat and 5 in cane. He doesn t
plant any corn as it is not sue
cessful crop in west Texas. He
also makes one-half bale of cotton
per acre, 40 bushels of oats, 80
| bushels of wheat and his cane
feeds his horses, with the aid of
a good pasture, except while he is
breaking his land and then his
oats is sufficient. We find that
the Texas farmer has paid out
500 for aplow hand, that gives
him two cultivators to run for
three months and with them he
can easily do his blowing. We
SAID nothing about hoeing, har-
yesting and gathering when we
were discussing the Georgia farm
er, but we will let the Texas
farmer spend $500 in that way,
which will make his yearly ex-
penses $3.50. He sells his cotton
and wheat for $1,775. We bal
ance accounts and find that he
has 81 ,225 to meet the expenses Of
provisions, clothing, blacksmith
ing and taxes.
Hence, the question is shall l