Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-01-21
GREAT is TEXAS.
Jack Rabbits and Sage Brush Are Not
the Only Products.
Pampa, Texas, Jan. 10,

Pampa, Texas, Jan. TO-
| Editor the News:-You will find en-
closed check for which you will please
!credit me with same. We are always
glad to get your paper because we
love to read the news from our old
home State. / have been in Texas six
years and doing well, and like the
country fine. There has been much
said about Texas and various descrip-
lions have been written and not doubt
they have all been true
Very few people realize the size of
Texas, and the different climates,
soils, etc, within the State. While /
lived in Virginia, friend of mine
came to Texas to locate, but re-
turned in few days Disguised, and
what ne found was this: Sand hills,
jack rabbits, and sage brush, but if
this man had gone about fifty miles
further west he would have found
himself in fine country and no
doubt would have stayed. l live on
the Estrada staked plains, or better
known as the Panhandle, which is di-
vided into three different sections as
follows: The North, Middle and South
Plains. The north plain is better for
ranching and cattle raising, and is
divided from the middle plains by the
Canadian river, which is treacher-
GUS bed of quick sand, about one mile
wide. The south plains is tight
soil and is a warmer climate, better
, suited for fruits, melons and Indian
corn. while the middle plains where |
am located, | consider the best part
oil Texas: This immediate section
is now classed as one of the best
wheat belts of the world Our altitude
is 3,UOO feet, soil, a black loan, from
three to seven feet deep, with a clay
can be seen distance of thirty
miles. This country is settling nm
fast and it will only be a short time
until all of the grass land will be
piowed up and in grain. 1 noticed
an article IN your paper Il few months
ago from L. r. Smoot, in regard to
his wheat yield for this year, giving
his cost of blowing, fertilizer, etc. /
know that his yield was good for that
country. | will give you the cost of
an average wheat crop here. so that
you can compare the difference, espec-
tally on the credit and profit side per
acre: Double discing, 75c.; blowing.
$l;50; drilling, Soc; seed wheat, one,
half bushel, Soc; harvesting, $1.5O:
total per acre in the rick, $4.75. Yield
per acre, az bushels. Sold for S1.1O|
per bushel, making $51.7O, less $4.75
and threshing 1929, clear profit, S43.65
on land that cost $4,000 to $4,000 per
acre. P
Fertilizer is not known in this conn
try. The land is very strong and one
halt bushel of seed wheat per acre is
a plenty to sow. There are no rocky
orlars or brush here, and all farming
is done with sulky machinery drawn
by morse power or tractor engines. one
man here can farm five hundred acres
as easily as twenty acres on the aver
age farm IN Virginia. The average
farmer here will raise from three to
live thousand bushels of wheat. also n
crop of spelto, Kaf1ir corn and milo
maze, and many are raising red ton
cane, mlllet, alfalfa, feterita and In
diah corn. A good many farmers here
TINS year threshed from their farms
as much as ten thousand bushels of
wheat, a few threshed from twenty
10 thirty, thousand bushels. think
inc people IN this country are among
inc pest IN the world. They are ali.
ways ready to extend the helping
hand to those who are in need.
mo negroes are allowed to ston
mere. Our town is located on the
Santa Fe r. r. with twelve hundred
inhabitants, business houses. etc nc
ioliows: Baptist, Methodist. and Chris
tlan churches, two theatres. two hanks
ana two hotels, three restaurants, two
drug stores. two barber shops. bakery
Two garages, fie general mercantiIe
stores, one gents furnishings two
hardware stores, two lumber wards oil
station, feed mill, four elevators. cab
met shop, S11 900 free school buiJd-
ing,. $4,000 depot, with all mode,n
equipments; also many social and
!ratcrnal organizations. Our town is
Incorporated, and has electric lipbts
old. e's"e years
VIII say in conclusion that those
VINO nave money and wish to purchase
nariis WI DO we'll to investigate this
country before buying elsewhere. IF
nothing prevents, hope to return 70
laH 1e. on visit next fall.
wishing you prosperous wear
'''''''' Respectfully,
J. R. BROWN.
+. S.-Now, should Won NOT he-
lIeve the contents of this letter asl-
D. D; Wallace, of Sprinpville ne bn
mas been IN this section twice ret,n.n
ing to Virginia only a few months
ago. l am almost sure that he dons
not belong to your Ananias clnb &c
! nave never seen his name mentionoJ
IN connection with same 7 ID
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