The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-13
William Green Sterett Writes About
the Country Called West Texas and
Tells of It's Wonderful Resources

formation known AZ the cap Rock
or elevation which runs southeast
from Childress county 10 Andrews
county. This rock, which in many
places rises abruptly 20 several nun
bred feet, il as a great wall, with an
elevated plateau behind II on the
north. and lowlands % the south.
But this cap Rock" in is meand-
erings does not define the lines Of
the Panhandle. for. ~ has been said,
n goes in a southwest direction from
Childress county, lying on the south
western lines Of Oklahoma 20 An
drews county, lying on the south
eastern line Of New Mexico.
Influence Of Altitude.
The true lines Of the Panhandle
lie between the thirty-fourth and
thirty-seventh degrees 81 latitude
and the one hundred and seventh
and one hundred and fifth degrees
az longitude. The altitude Of
Above the Cap Rock is $3.50 feet
speaking generally a. that IS the al
t,tude above the sea NJ Plainvicw
on course there are localities Of les
ser and Of greater attitudes, since AZ
pnlhart. In Dallam county. u is b.
coo feet
AZ the recent meeting 81 the West
Texas Chamber % Commerce. -
has been said IN a former article m
The News. people from every part OF
the Ear West and West were
present and one had the opportunity,
not 81 seeing the vast domain mem
toned but Of talking 20 representa-
tivcs ~ every neighborhood Of o..
T. was in the plains country
that I was most Interested. since IL
was section that ! had never be-
fore visited considerably. although ]
had been 10 Abilene. 90 san Angelo
and 10 Amarillo Naturally ! sought
out the people ~ the Plains country
Tor information. and ! could also
look about me. being in it, and oh
serve the lines 81 industrial endcav-
or and the results 81 u
Men are made what they are 70
4 great extent. n not wholly. by
meteorological conditions and the
face 81 nature" or the terrain
where they exist The meterOlogi-
cal condition IN Central Africa, un-
der the equator. whore the sun for.
ever scorches. and meteorological
conditions in the Artic where ice
and snow forever cover the earth,
have made the inhabitants 81 each
Just Whist they are
Vow this Panhandle country b.,
~ have said. somewhere near g.
300 feet above sea level, or ~ least
2 400 feet greater than the elevation
~ Dallas and ~ surrounding coun-
try. The rainfall IN the Panhandle,
h. aid 90 be twenty-five inches a
wear. basing the calculations on five
year periods. The rainfall 81 North
Texas. with Dallas representing u
In this matter, h thirty eight inches
per annum.
Agricultural Diaerenoes
We have floods and drouths In
North Texas ~ they have them IN
the Panhandle, and IN mentioning
the rainfall In both localities, a. ]
have done. ] mean the normal rain
fan The difference in such ram
fall. a. mentioned, and the difference
In the altitude Of say, 2sO0 feet; the
difference IN the tillable character
Of the soil. 10 | may call il that, and
the difference in the adaptability OF
vegetation 10 such soil and climatic
conditions. all go 20 make great
difference IN agricultural pursuit
Ordinarily in illustration, our In
dim corn is the stable and reliable
crop OF our country But on the
Plans and further south and west
this ia not the case. simply because
the rainfall IL not sufficient
In its stead are the maize crops,
such As kafir corn, which Is plant