Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-08
FIFTY MILE STRIP CAN M Dii.
IENDLD UPON ron
CROPS

special 10 the News.
CLARENDON. Fob. Tn a
study of the agricultural resources
aud possibilities OF Donlcy county
many interesting phases OF It's de-
velopment have been noted by the
Chamber OF Commerce within the
past few weeks. Most prominent OF
which has been the fact that there
Is strip approximately fifty miles
wide running Just around the foot
OF the plains that. as far back as
the history of this section Of the
country goes. has always been fam
ed for It's dependable rainfall ana
crop conditions.
Early Settlements
In the time Of the Indians when
the nearest settlements were FL
moro. Colorado. Dodge City, Kansas
and Henrietta. Texas. this section of
the country was known by them as
the Green Bclt" and II was to this
land Of dependable pastures thar
they always came after their raids
upon the white settlements lower
down In the state.
With the coming ~ the Carhart
Colony In 1875, OF Adair and Good
night In 1877. Christman. stanton
aud others soon after. until within q
few years tho Panhandle became
thlckly settled. comparatively speak
ing. for there were three settle
ments scattered over this section of
present plenty this yeritablc rcpub-
lie OF progress became known az the
Panhandle. One settlement nj Mo-
beetle. another NJ TascOga. an old
Mexican settlement originally found
ell by the Catholics. aud Old Clar-
cDdon. n few miles from the present
location Of this city. were the mother
cities Of the Panhandle.
First Hallway
Ranches we're established In 1875.
the first attempts at farming about
1850 and In 1856 the Fl. Worth ana
Denver built through TO Denver,
Colorado. and settlements sprung
up like mushrooms up and down che
entire line The land of dependable
pastures. the Indian Green Belt"
began 10 BE- broken up into individ-
ual holdings. fences began TO APP
p'dIs iuHu W wv ulOhfu anu upii'H
established
As the dependable productivcness
Of the entire belt OF country run
ming around the plains became more
evident by continued good produc-
ton through q hong period Of years.
more settlers were attracted until
at the present Donley and kindred
counties bid fair TO become the rul-
Ing agricultural counties of the en-
tire state.
Soil Composition
The composition of the soil Is
such as TO allow for every variety
OF crop known In the state The
peculiar typographical contour OF the
country seems 10 be such thar
through some happy medium OF con-
flicting air currents dependable
precipitation e. the continued rule
d not mere chance OF this section
of the Panhandle. with the result
that as far back rs the record of
agricultural endcavors 30. Donlcy
and kindred counties have not had
CROP failure of more than 80 per
cent with the average crop cOndi-
ton well above so per cent.
Crops of Region
The principal crops OF this section
are its grain-iccGs. Il, head sor-
ghums. kaffir corn. maize, fcterila
and cane. In these II eXcells. pro-
ducing an average Of approximately
one ton per acre year after year,
with exceptional yields recorded al
more than two tons per acre at
times. The cost of cultiyatine this
crop IL variously estimated AT from
81 To S. per acre with an additional
SO for harvesting. The average price
Of the product Is around $50 per ton
or per acre. unless marketed through
livestock. when II runs rs high as
si5 per acre. In meat gains ana
stock product.
Cotton. June corn. cane. all kinds
az fruit and vegetables, water
melons. alfalfa. peanuts aud pota-
toes are other standard crops Of this
section. Each year sees an addit-