The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-07-21
THESTAhF0RDC0UNTRY
Place Well Addgted to farming and Stock
Raising on Small Scale.

Editorial Correspondence:
Stamford, Texas, July 19.-We, of
the black land belt, have never vet
gotten over the novelty Of going
out west. The west appears 10
have attractions for us that are never
satisfied until we have seen it. Just
look at my friend II. D. Rosser. He
went out to Crosby county few
years ago, on what is known as the
north plains, where he can ride all
day and never see tree and Rosser
has been writing back TO our people
ever since endeavoring to induce
Ellis county to move out to him It's
the same way with every one that
comes to this section. There must
be something in the atmosphere that
makes a fellow feel in love with
the whole universe. / have not
caught the fever yet but then I'm told
that it takes a black land fellow
little longer TO become inoculated
than the sand lappers of East Texas
] have been out here week, while
| have seen an illimitable amount
of scenery it doesn't make me feel
that | want to give away everything
l have in old Ellis to come out here
and live on climate, scenery and
ozone With the fellow who drinks
White Mule whisky it is my opin-
ion that this is a good country for
those who like that sort of thing.
1t is unquestionably fine country:
much of it has come under cultiya-
ton in recent years. From Siam
ford. on the north line to Arson, the
county seat, is fifteen miles, and
there's not an acre of vacant land
The traveller travels between two
lines of barb wire all the way.
Not near all this land is under Gull
tivation, but it is under fence. The
average farmer here owns whole
section. He puts 200 or 500
acres in cultivation, the balance he
retains for pasture, where he raises
Texas ponies, mules and cattle.
These pastures are covered with
short mesquite grass and mesquite
trees cover the face of the earth
When your farmer wants to bring
more land into cultivation he first
grubs out mesquite timber by dig
ging down, cutting off the roots anu
taking up the whole tree or bush.
The soil is of a reddish clay, easily
cultivated and remarkably free from
weeds, One man here often culti-
Yates 100 acres in milo maize, sorg
hum, millet and cotton, No general
attempt has been made TO grow In
dian corn. but those who have fields
of il this year are rejoicing in as
fine yield as any of our Ellis county
farmers. More and more is being
planted each year. Cotton seems TO |
be almost a certainty, at least there |
has been no general failure since
1894. The yield is about the same |
az that OF the black lands. Just now !
the cotton crop OF Jones county ID |
much better than ours and gives |
promise of half bale per acre.
Stamford, the main railroad town |
of the county and terminus of the |
Texas Central out of Waco. is city |
of $500 people. II is the distribut- |
ing center for all this country and |
for several adjoining counties. Last |
season it bought 80 900 bales of cot
ton from wagons direct and much |
more is brought here for compression |
and shipment Here are located |
three wholesale grocery houses, cot
ton seed oil mill, ice factory, electric
light plant and many other enter
prises. IL is a large cattle feeding |
center. and boasts a hotel costing
$40, 600 The business houses are
mostly of rock and are very substan-
-ial as well as modern. A magni-
hcent city hall, better even than
lurs. is situated in the square and
around IL are built the business
houses But when YOU start across
he square you go twice as far as you
TO at home ] asked one of these
sesterners Why they used so much
space for a public square and for