The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-19

amounted to $4,000, 900 bushels Of first.
class winter wheat. The conditionsin the
two sections are similar. The winter
wheat natures early and thus escapes the
dry, hot weather Of July.
Alfalfa Five Tons to Acre.
Can alfalfa be successfully grown in
Texas! In the northern part of the state
Mr: 4. p. Smith has 600 acres OF alfalfa
which yields an average of Ave tons to the
acre. Mr.. Smith is a farmer who uses
brains as fertilizer. Besides the 500
acres OF alfalfa he has corn, cotton, po-
tatoes, peas, wheat, oats, and large fruit
orchard. He does not strip the soil OF ITS
products, but keeps 400 horses and 100
cattle, 900 hogs, and a flock Of Angora
goats, Just to show the land that he ap-
preclates what it is doing, and incidentally
to increase his profits. All this stock. In
Guiding large focks Of poultry, eat and
grow lat and strong on alfalfa. aH5.- ..
The price OF lands in individual hands
has during the past two years been ad-
vanctng with rapid strides. The rich re-
turns which the soil yields to whomso-
ever Will tickle it with plow or hoe are
gradually becoming known to the people
OF the Mississippi valley. immigration
! mas set IN toward the Southwestern I'M
migration of actual settlers and not spec
ulators This fact with the known re-
! turns secured from the cultivation OF rice
and sugar cane, the growing of fruit, and
the garden truck business has had the ef-
feet OF putting heart into the old inhabl-
tants OF the state. They are beginning to
appreciate what they have. But still land
remains cheap-very cheap. 80,
"Texas Steer" Has Vanished.
The word Texas has been so long iden-
tilted with the idea of vast herds Of cat
tle-cattle of the wild eyed, long horned
variety-and limitless plains that the
| public is slow to accept any mental pic
] lures as at all accurate which do not con
tain these elements. But the Texas OF
today Is not the Texas of twenty years
ago. The Texas steer" has vanished and
In his place are herds of sleek, pure bred
stock; the silent plains are receding be-
fore the breaking plow and irrigation, and
the picturesque cowboy will soon be sing
ing his swan song. 5"-
The live stock statistics Of 1901 show
that Texas had one-sixth OF all the cattle
in the United States. one eighth ofall the
mules, onetwelfth of all the horses, one
eighteenth Of all the hogs, and one-nine-
teenth of all the sheep. This on its face
appears to be good showing: But wher
the size OF the state is taken into consid'
Grafton the figures are not SO startling
insomuch as the state embraces one-sev
i Endowment, OF the Schools.
One Of the first things that prospec
tive settler from the middle West or East
crn states wants to know is, How abou
the schools?
/ The state Of Texas has set apart to th'
common school fund all told about 38,
100000 acres ofsland. OF this there i
about 22,000,000 acres remaining. TIL
value OF this land in connection with tn
accumulated funds amounts to $40, 0,000, 600
the largest school endowment possessed
by any state in the union.
The state pays out annually IS for eacl
child of school age, against $1.s5, tn
average Of the United States.
The enrolment of the common school
is 1882, against 17.21 in Massachusetts
This indicates the general interest il
education. Separate schools are main
tanned for white and colored children.
Fort Worth's Growing Importance
Fort Worth, the railroad center of tn
northern part Of the state, is thirty-tw
miles northwest Of Dallas.
The population of Fort Worth is be
tween 10000 and IS, 900. And the city II
growing. The selection of Fort Worth b
the packing interests as the center TO
Texas has brought to the city the catt1
and hog markets of the state, as we'll a
many kindred businesses and industries
i This enterprise, alone has added 10000 t
the population of the city. .a's IT,
y = Fort Worth ranks forth among thelman
y rEufacturing cities Of the state 1t has owe
: E20O separate establishments, with com
bined capital Of 81, ZOO, ,ooo. The wholesal
business is increasing rapidly with tn
, filling up of the country to the, west. tTh
business interests of the city are ais
we'll prepared to meet every demand upo
d 1t, and are daily adding its facilities
The present houses are enlarging thei
plants, and adding to their capital,' ant
new establishments are coming to par
4 ticipateE in the reward that waits @upo1
business energy well directed. r.,