391 



Good. Middling. Bad. 



Fall T^-lioat ..^,_ 243 448 112 



Fallrye 110 ;5;58 330 



Beans 109 218 96 



Eapeseed 79 167 140 



Springwhcat 183 229 62 



Springbarley 363 255 43 



Springoats 391 287 55 



It will be scon that, on "tlie whole, wheat, barley, and oats are much 

 above, rye considerably below, and the other products not far from 

 middling. 



Southwestern Texas.— Our correspondent resident at Kerr 

 County, Texas, sends a communication respecting- the climate, agricul- 

 tural resources, and future prospects of that county and adjacent 

 regions, from which the following statements are condensed. Though 

 in the latitude of Southern Louisiana the altitude and rapid drainage 

 of the region along the Upper liio Guadalupe jilace it out of the reach 

 of malarial influences, and the consequent special danger of losing time 

 by sickness in the most pressing labor-season — that of harvest. Of the 

 healthfulness of the climate and the rare beauty of the scenery, lan- 

 guage cannot convey an adequate idea ; in order to be appreciated, the 

 elevated, pure, vitalizing atmosphere must be breathed, and the charm- 

 ing scenery, variegated by mountain, hill, slope, and vale, and by open 

 meadows, alternating with groves of oaks of dilferent varieties, and of 

 other forest trees i)eculiar to Western Texas, must be seen. The 

 Guadalupe, worthy its traditional reputation of being the most lovely 

 river in Texas, and its beautiful tributaries of clear, pure water, afford 

 unlimited water power and abound in fish of the finest quality. 



For the production of cotton, corn, and the smaller grains, no part of 

 the State is more favorable. Experiments in cultivating cotton have 

 proved the locality to be unsurpassed in adaptation — a full bale to the 

 acre being, not the rare exception, but the average yield. The yield of 

 wheat, under the culture of intelligent and progressive farmers, is from 

 thirty three to forty bushels per acre ; and corn, this season, promises an 

 abundant crop. Cereals mature from four to six weeks earlier than in 

 the wheat-growing districts in the northern iiart of the State. The 

 region is also unsurpassed in its adaptation for raising stock. The 

 range of natural pasturage is extensive and of the best quality ; it is 

 watered with a plentiful supply of pure, flowing water; and the ele- 

 vated surface, made up of hill and dale, is free alike from the oppressive 

 heat of summer and the uninterrupted sweeping blasts of winter, to 

 which the lower and more level tracts are subject. 



At fruit-culture there have hitherto been only a few attempts ; but 

 the region is emphatically the native home of grapes. The evidence of 

 this is seen in the fact that they grow wild in the greatest luxuriance, 

 and in varieties which seem endless, "the mountain and hillsides being 

 in many places covered, from base to summit, with dense masses of 

 luxuriant vines, heavy with luscious burden, and all susceptible of im- 

 provement by judicious cultivation. It is wonderful to witness such 

 exuberant growth of vine rooted amid rocks apparently untouched by 

 earth or moisture." Apples, pears, peaches, plums, and cherries, 

 recently introduced, all aiford most favorable indications of thrifty 

 growth and abundant yield. 



.To these favorable conditions of climate and soil are to be added the 

 fact that timber and rocks for buildings and fences are abundant, and 

 that a law of the State gives to each actual settler 100 acres of unap- 

 propriated land, on the condition that he occupy it thre& cousecutive 



