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raising in the past four or five years. I'll give you a few very 

 representative crops I know of. Albert Anderson, of Jennings, 

 La., on ninety acres raised sixteen and two-thirds barrels per acre, 

 and sold his crop for $6,800. He watered it from one eight-inch 

 well. . S. Abbott, of Welsh, La., flooded 250 acres from one 

 eight-inch well. Crop paid for land, teams, tools, seed and all im- 

 provements and $1,300 besides. George Mound, of Jennings, La., 

 sold his crop of 126 acres for $7,200. John Robinson, of Welsh, 

 La., sold his crop of 196 acres for $6,500 watered by eight-inch 

 wells. 



Now gentlemen, I hold that no other section of Texas offers 

 such inducements as does the coast country. Its climate, in con- 

 sequence of the proximity of the sea, is always equable. I'm sure 

 it is most healthful. For rice growing it offers better and cheaper 

 lands than can now be had in Louisiana. The rice grower is sure 

 of his climate, for he practically makes it himself. He is certain 

 of a good return for his investment and labor, and he can make 

 more money in return for intelligent farming in cultivating this 

 staple than in any other crop grown. 



I wish any of you who may be interested in what I have said 

 would send a postal card to John Howard, Immigration Agent 

 of the Southern Pacific Company, Houston, Texas, and ask him 

 to send your their pamphlet called "Southwest Louisiana Up-to- 

 Date." It will give you more accurate information about rice 

 growing than any other publication I have ever seen. 



S. L. CARY. 



THE RICE FIELDS OF TEXAS. 

 From Farm and Ranch. 



BEAUMONT, Tex., July 7, 1900. 



Modern rice growing is no longer an experiment in Texas, 

 as the results obtained last year have proven. No longer does the 

 citizen of this section look forward, dreading the time when the 

 timber would be all cut and the land become useless for habita- 

 tion, for the rice-growing industry will abide as long as time it- 

 self, because so long as people live they will consume rice. Under 

 the modern method of flooding the fields and regulating the sea- 

 sons, using improved machinery for harvesting and threshing, 

 other rice-growing countries cannot successfully compete with 

 American farmers and the staple can be grown here and exported 

 at a price for which they cannot produce it, with all their cheap 

 labor. Rice-growing in Texas is on the increase. Where there 

 was one acre last year there are six acres this. The area has ex- 

 tended as far west as Raywood, while there is a large acreage 

 at Orange, and the increase in this vicinity is about 200 per cent 



Prominent among the promoters of this industry is the Beau- 

 mont Irrigating Company, which flooded last year 4,500 acres of 

 rice, and this year have over 4,000 acres of their own land, while 



