The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-08-28
4 BRIEF APPRECIATION
ny FRANK MCDONALD.

Forrestou is q thriving and pros
porous town of some 400 population
on the NJ. X. 4 r. railway, ten miles
south OF Waxahachie. the county
seat Of Ellis county. the banner cot
ton CoLnC. Of the great Lone Star
state. It's prosperity rests upon the
firm pedestal Of agriculture, its mar
IvellouSly rich enyironing soil, the
stable asset of prolifically yielding
| land which every politico-economis
| from Stuart Mil TO Henry George
! agreed was the surest foundation of
| wealth.
/ The black WaNy soil OF Texas has
! ever had prominence as the greatest
! producer of the great white fleecy
staple which garments the world, Ell
! lis county long ago took precedence
as the greatest nurturer OF the little
green boil that means so much to the
comfort and well being of humanity
and that portion of the county
stretching eastward four miles from
Forreston to Nash has been well nigh
universally accorded pre-eminence as
the pearl of the round world in the
production of he plant which woven
into the wen Of fai ric clothes alike
the millionaire Of the worlds me-
tropOlis' and the beggar on
the distant sun-baked sands OF Hin
doostan.
There was ginned at Forreston |
last season $500 bales of cotton and |
shipped from Forreston over the |
katy tracks 9152 bales, an |
amount of product which would be /
seized upon with avidity and point |
ed to with pride by many cities of |
many thousands population as a |
phenomenal production; and whilst !,
the output of the present year will /
well known unprup,tious early con !
ditions it will not fan far short of |
1906.
The average WELD of cotton per |
acre last season was three-quarters |
of a bale, the normal average yield |
is two-thirds of a bale to the - -
: c, ~ Stl(!s!,o never Ten short
Salf A bale to the acre, the last
mentioned minimum atfordlng at
present prices most profitable
crop
corn is the other great staple cul-
ttyatod at and surrounding Forres-
Ton and from thirty-five 70 iorN
bushels to the acre is conservative
estimate of the year and year out
WELD of this great nourisher on man
and beast on average acreage.
occasional well bearing orchards
tell a tale of what might be accom-
plished in horticulture, but the en-
vironing soil is so prolifically yield
ing in the staples of cotton and corn
90 al
planter is so well accustomed, that
tha possibilities in this regard, and
as prrtains to general diversified
farming have never been pioneered
II should be noted in this connec-
lion. however. that the character OF
tho prevailing soil is particularly
nropitious for the raising of tn,
staples of wheat and oats and they
ar. usuailv an unfailiug and profit
able crop Last year, Merchant VII
4 snurlock the principal grain opera
- tor here. shipped more wheat thal
was handled az the county seat q
WRNnhaChic. ten miles north, cl'
.of approximatr,y 1o.0oU population
An lands contiguous to Forresto
b. f1r man, miles ar, improved, an
Notwithstanding their rich charaet'
ana ff. surrounding cunComNau'. 81
81, cultured civilization. sell Tor ir''
$1,000 to Fllu.uu au acre. ACCORD
-. .ur tu the doa.ahu'fy oi location. 30
f.rfrr 4r Investment erf. than Oh
bond EFF lut government 1000 5000
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rfuuf uuH.lhi'IlrH 900 F'....Nf'
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