April, toon. 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 
JOURNAL 
17 
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I’KAril TUBE. RIGHTT'.E.V MONTHS OI 
preferred for fruit* unit vegetables 1 1 
soils arc nil rii'li and prod u<: live b-voud 
u--tii.il requirement of artificial fcrilll'xi-r*. 
anil need only proper cultivation to yield 
bountiful crops; the seasons being so b 
1 lU t hot Vi I nds a mi Ana slating ill nghrs 
are unknown. 
Water. 
Good, clear, soft water ran be bad here 
at u depth of from twenty to forty feet in 
abundant quantities, it j* eontldeuiiy i„ 
llevwt that the finest flowing artesian 
wells can lie obtained. at from 40d to WO 
feet, which will furnish for all |>ur|>— , s 
an ample -supply of the purest water ,a the 
world. The wells of this kind that Unvi 
been bored in other parts of the state are 
ever-flowing, require no pumping, and (lie 
water rises to a aufllcient height to ad- 
mil of its lining carried In pipes to aujr 
part of tile -place. 
,l>, t.X THE TEXAS COAST COT NTU> 
will keep perfectly In the freak, or f 
blinked clean and stored In a crib It will 
keep equally m il 
Oats. 
Oats will yield from forty to tifty l ush 
■ Is per Tun- on n>- 1 * ground and frrun fir rj 
to eighty bushel* per am. on old ground, 
making an nun«ii:iUy strong straw it will 
stand -regariJIi-ss of lu>w heavy iUc v> >t> 
may be. It I* lian-rsled early ennugb tor 
the farmer to rale- a good rot tun crop on 
the same ground the *atm season. 
Stork. 
Stock raising is one of the chief at, t 
most protlinblv Industries of Southern 
Texas The prairies being green with a 
■nd 
Vd.l 
tM.-d 
OM(f 
fsnu 
The Coast country of Toss* u t, 
,o l~ preeminently- th» homo <rf rt 
grow . r Nearly all msHstlc. *r.,w 
abundance amt with Utile nr no 
Mon. Thi- region l* jus, mt p,„ 
Eastern markets tii sb CnUfomt* 
their frntta, when *.td in »>,.■ **. „ 
are naturally la s better .credit. 
• nnscqoemlv .-on.mnnd higher T . r r . , 
to thl* the fart, that Teas* fruit r, n 
a tid 1 
.lx weeks earlier tfc.n CaUft.moi. ,i„t u 
l» evident that the fruit irli »t 
T.«»s ts r*l«afcle of belnj deivkqwd 
M» Great tinerh an On hard. 
Shipping Facilities. 
The M'h tldid liarisir fadllit, . s jy 
m Galveston gives Hr,* farmer of ib< i 
••ountry a svwlwwnt mnrltet for m* 
product* whii-lt t* a big advantage 
i he western and northern farmer, who has 
ro submit ti» heavy toll* evu-trd t,y .Se 
railroad. for carrying h . «nr;.i > ;,rv| 
net* to the seaboard. Too mi. b Impir 
lance .snoot he attn.-t-d to ne.« f actor, as 
farmers In Itu* Interior states know to their 
coat. 
Budding SCstrnsl. 
Hardware and tuitdlng ■islrr.uis . r nil 
h Imls con be pnrebaaent .f tho k>~il inrr 
chant* nearly or quite a* cheaply as in n.e 
north. while the pmxltDHv -if the grs-at 
lumber district* of Bust Texas n-d 
by both ra'I am) w*',r tp»avpt>rt',i "n .«• 
a I ilr» lumbar to lie had at about one half 
the price paid tty the farmers of Kansas „r 
Nebraska. Thu* with cheap building ma- 
terial. supplemented by a mild iltioni- 
the settler ran Improve hi* land amt make 
Cotton. 
lexiw prodtu-i'H froiu one fourth In one 
•bit I of tltp crop of pot ton grown in t he 
I'uited K tale. It N tin- tlcnaf country 
Itirmei K riiiinii|H>l> and U Jir*’ as <s»tttert 
iblc Into an a* a nuggei Into gold 
Owing in i lie fittil. .oil attd g»'*I ell 
nutie. ihi' t’oiiNt man try has long n. . n n 
worth'd is lllc bt'l region fur • limit c.il- 
lug. The noil. Wiib proper s'ttlt i> i ' m. v II 
prudm-e from throe r.iurth* to otv- :nc! 
fourtli bales |o th. .oi,, which, with 
the Iiimonl pfh'i ol -• i d. rmlki rot It'll 
fnrmlttc very prnlttiiblc 
Corn, 
The My lug. Corn I* King " i. «u< me 
In T, xnv Mil* <■ n nl » ,ih good mlite.i 
lion, will I I, -hi I | o m loll l ... ■ . I: 
IiuhIh I, per acre II U pi, tilled 'u I . bru 
ary and I* mnturid and ii nlv I, r murk ■! 
In the latter part of May, the till,, ol the 
year when, a* a rule, th- price on this 
M, tplr l.» at I he high water mail., all Work 
having been dom* hefoi. w a in wi nh. 
sola In. t orn can. after hni lug ui«ut. i 
be left oil the stalk* nil autumn, where it 
rusM or mi: mi \sov \r.vn i i f\npo 
IWI» \K\US I 't‘ V I I 4 i|".M i ' M I li"M A ttll.li I'laiUlt; 
luxurious growth of gi iui the ye.r pmud. him*, if a home at on. .slf th. ... 
no winter fell ng - nio-wvi. Tti. • c -e • •, .t:.-nt -t «•••■'• •• - '• *, 
tie turn here tin- ••.•inio* nioiivy, an I '.it wb:!- bis dtiMe and u -> - 
"h the tra. Idler III long !■. m Wb»u I bo Kttlv or uo fr«si to carry tb«a» through tAa 
Her. ford Short born ml I' t v . i. - • 
bie..l», nh’.h utc better tdaplut f -r n- I >v- r Uliem- ... .r- , m; 
