1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1295 



county descriptions constitute the leading 

 features of the ahnanac ; but there is much 

 other valuable information concerning the 

 crops, resources, and industries. It may 

 be obtained directly from the publishers, A. 

 H. Belo & Co., Dallas, Texas, for 31 cents, 

 postpaid. 



To those who are seeking to locate in 

 Texas it would be best to write to the Land 

 Commissioner for a list of school lands 

 now being sold by the State Six million 

 acres of public school lands were placed on 

 the market by the State of Texas, Sept. i, 

 igo5. Other lands will come on to the mar- 

 ket from time to time as the leases under 

 which they are held expire. Prices gen- 

 erally range from $1 to $3 per acre, and in 

 some cases more. The terms are one-fortieth 

 cash, the remainder in forty years with in- 

 terest at 3 per cent. The lands may be held 

 forty years by making the original payment 

 of one-fortieth down and paying the inter- 

 est annually. 



Lists of the tracts of land going on the 

 market, and directions for applying for the 

 same, may be obtained by writing to Hon. 

 J. J. Jewell, Commissioner of the General 



Land Office, Austin, Texas. He will, from 

 time to time, publish additional lists of lands 

 to come on to the market, and will supply 

 these free of cost to the applicants. Per- 

 sons who are desirous of securing informa- 

 tion concerning the counties in which the 

 said lands are located can get this by refer- 

 ring to the Texas Almanac above referred to. 



To all who are thinking of making a 

 change I should like to give a word of cau- 

 tion. It is not every man who should come 

 to Texas. If any man has a good home, and 

 is making a comfortable living, and has rea- 

 sonable hopes of a prosperous future for 

 his children, he ought not to pull up stakes 

 there and go to unknown lands. If land at 

 reasonable prices can not be bought around 

 him to provide homes for his children in 

 the future, as they grow up, or if climatic 

 or agricultural conditions are unfavorable, 

 and a change will be to his advantage, then 

 go to the new country. Before doing this, 

 look the ground over carefully. 



Texas wants progressive people. She needs 

 them to develop her industries, bee-keepers 

 not excepted. In my travels I have seen 

 many localities that afford abundant room 



