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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



are no greater possibilities anywhere in the state than in the sugar and rice- 

 growing region of the coast." 



A CROP WORTH $5:2 PER ACRE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. 



W. C. Moore, of Houston, Texas, gives the following regarding rice farm- 

 ing: 



"To go into the details of rice farming would take up too much time. How- 

 ever, I will state that it requires one man with two ten-inch gang-plows and 



RICE IN THE SHOCK. MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS. 



four good heavy mules (1,000 or 1,200 pounds) to farm 100 acres. It costs to 

 prepare and plant rice, including the irrigation charges, about $13 per acre. 

 The average yield in Texas and Louisiana is ten or twelve barrels per acre. A 

 conservative price is $2.50 per barrel. These prices will hold good. Rice very 



