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large portion of the State. The report of the amount 

 raised in the St-ate, given by the United States Agricul- 

 t.ural Department in 1874, is 6,3,000 bushels. 



EYE 



Does very well. Sown in the fall, it gives a large amount 

 of winter pasturage, and in the spring, if cut before ripe, 

 when in flower, it makes good hay. In 1874, 40,000 bush- 

 els are said to have been grown in the State, but a large 

 portion of the amount sown was used for forage and j^as- 

 turage; 



WHEAT 



Is grown quite largely in the northern and central portions 

 of the State., Texas flour is said to have received the first 



Eremium at the Agricultural Fair of last year (1875) at t->t. 

 louis. , • ' 



It does remarkably well at El Paso and in other portions 

 of El Paso county ; also in Presidio county. The irrigated 

 lands and mineral waters by which they are irrigated, all 

 being well suited for its growth. ^ We found flour selling 

 at from four to five dollars per hundred pounds at El 

 Paso. A steam mill at San Elizaria, a few miles below El 

 Paso, does, a large business in flour. 



We were told that one hundred bushels of wheat per 



acre had been grown near El Paso, the truth of which we 



doubted ; whereupon some of the first citizens of the place 



assured us that eighty bushels per acre had certainly been 



, realized. The kernel is large and full. 



According to the United States. census report of 1870, 

 400,000 bushels of wheat were then grown in Texas. The 

 report of the Statistician of the Agricultiiral Department at 

 Washington for 1874, gives Texas 1,474,000 bushel^ fpr 

 that year, showing a large increase ; and its culture is still 

 increasing. 



EICB 



Succeeds well. What is termed upland rice is grown to a 

 considerable extent ; but this is said to be only that raised 

 on uplands from seed gtown by irrigation, which yields 

 well for one season when planted on uplands. Thus grown, 

 the seed should be annually rene^wed. In 1870, 63,844 

 pounds Of rice were grown in Texas. 



