the: parent of a new industry 



Here is an imported Angora goat of high pedigree, valued at $500. Goat-raising is a 

 new and growing industry in the Southwest, and from these flocks of Angora goats comes 

 the valuable mohair of commerce. 



Union in 1845. She has always had her 

 individuality; she was not segregated 

 out of the great area of public lands of 

 the West, nor the product of any foreign 

 treaty or concession. Some of her ex- 

 tension to the north was sold later to the 

 United States and now constitutes the 

 eastern half of New Mexico. 



The question of dividing the great area 

 of Texas into two States is often dis- 

 cussed, for the settlers of western Texas 

 sometimes claim that their interests are 

 so different from those of the eastern 

 half of the State that they do not get 

 fair representation in legislature or Con- 

 gress. It was, however, provided in the 

 transfer into the Union that there should 

 ])Q no division without the consent of her 

 people, and as public opinion is highly 

 adverse to any such proposition it is very 

 tmlikely that consent will ever be given. 



THE naturae divisions OE the STATE 



There is a great diversity of physical 

 features in Texas, ranging from the semi- 

 tropical lowlands to the high arid pla- 

 teaus of the interior. This diversity is 

 caused by the variety of geologic and 

 climatic conditions, such as would natu- 

 rally be expected in so large an area. 



The Gulf Coast region, underlain by 

 younger rocks, is uplifted but little above 

 sea-level. It is mostly so far south that 

 it presents many features of a subtropical 

 province, especially in its central and 

 eastern part, where the rainfall is fairly 

 high. This region extends from along 

 the Gulf for about 400 miles, from Sa- 

 bine River to the Rio Grande, and is 

 from 50 to 100 miles wide. 



Though it is low, much of it is well 

 drained and only a small proportion of it 

 is under cultivation. 



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