Daily Velasco Times (Velasco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 104, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 6, 1892 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 1.
VELASCO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 6, 1892.
NUMBER 104
ABBOT & MARMION,
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CHOICE FARMING LAND
On Line «f Velase© Terminal Railroad* in Ten, Twen-
ty, Forty and {¡ighty Aere Tracts, at 115 per
Acre. Terms Easy.
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Velasco, Texas, April 2,—It is
generally believed that this eoast
region is not adapted to grain, and
men who have farmed fifty years
in Brazoria county and nev$r ex-
perimented in grain will teJU you
so. When I assert that red oats
and chaff Mediteranean wheat are
as sure crop here and yield
than in any other part
South, am satisfied I will
believed by a majority oj
readers, unless they wflj t
trouble to, examine the evi
bring.
For many years Mr.
Way, one of the oldest and most
successful planters in this jrÉtinity,
sowed oats and rarely feilél mak-
ing over 45 bushels per acre.
Usually be made over double that
and several times raised volunteer
crops on the same land tbivi yield-
ed seventy-five bushel*. This has
also been done by the Jamison
and Bruner families nt Angle ton
station, sveral miles distant They
sowed in October and harvested
early enough to raise a good cot*
ton crop on the same land, aver-
aging occasionally over half a bale
pe* acre.
r, Way says the only draw
^3 experienced was the rapid
o^oats during the winter
them liable to be caught
ho a ijjrees when they were "boot-
ing*" He discovered, however,
tfat the danger of their being kill-
ed could be guarded against by
brnshsng them down: that is, drag-
ging a light brush over them and
bonding or breaking them. This
also made them stool out better,
made finer and thicker straw,
more suitable forage and heavier
heads.
The Dance brothers near Co-
lumbia, have raised on bottom
land, I believe, over thirty bushels
of smooth head wheat per acre.
Colonel M. S. Munson, a gentle-
man known and esteemed all over
Texas, and a practical agricultur-
ist, sowed wheat of of the red
chaff variety for seven years in
succession without changing seed
and raised as high as thirty-five
bushels per acre. The average
yield ovey the United States is, if
1 am not mistaken, less than four-
teen, according to official statistics
Colonel Munson's wheat has been
exhibited at St. Lousíh, Chicago
anil New York, and leading mill
men have written to him desiring
him to plant extensively and en-
i gage his whole crop to them at a
I considerable; ad varied over what
any other wheat Hells at.
This was in consequence ol the
i fact that it can be harvested here
six or seven weeks earlier than in
; what is called tne grain belt, the
i quality being far superior to any
other samples exhibited in the!
aforesaid cities.
It is conceded even by thhsei
gentlen.en that the richest bottom
land «long the streams are now
well adapted to wheat and oats, j
GOODTO $ HQcFPL/HíD BROS, Publishers.
DAILY
TIMES
THE TIMES is second to no paper in the
state as a news disseminator and gives to
its readers a bright and sparkling newspa-
per of four pages, (twenty columns), at a very
moderate price. It keeps lully abreast of the
times in local news and its matter is free from
every thing of an objectional nature thereby
making it a valuable and necessary adjunct to
each and every home in Velasco and Brazoria
county. Send in your subscription now as you
cannot afford to miss an iqsue. Call or address
THE DAILY TIMES
veliasco,
texas.
TEXAS COAST LANDS.
THEIR TALUE WHIN Ü8E FOB
SHALL tiBAIN.
Wheat ui 0 ts of Superior Qulity
and in Hood Quantity Prefaced
Where They Are Sevpu
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PERRY & NORTHRUP,
—i—i—i—i ijv^i"tryi"v>mnnrifi n n«n
-THE-
OLDEST REAL ESTATE MEN
AT THE MOUTH OF THE BRAZOS RIVER.
tSF Ten etyoioe 10 acre tracts one-half mile from Velasco, for
fruits and vegetables. Soil rich, mellow, sandy loam, at $50 per acre
one-third cash, balance one and two years.
constituting over three-fourth of
the country, will bring a first-class
crop nearly every year.
The Iftfifc Qf s good neighboring
market in fprmer times, and of
labore^ who could use improved
agricultural machinery, prevented
planters who knew grain could be
raised here ftom putting in large
crops thereof.
These objections will shortly
cease? as ije are receiving an im-
migration of white laborers from
the North and West, and have the
bept market in the State growing
rapidly ift out new deep water sea
port, Velasco.
Colonel Sanson once stacked
wheat froni or seven acres in
his barnyard (pr the use of a nuin-
of domestic fowls, allowing them
to scratch jit out at will. At the
end of two years \ybat was left of
thi#, wheat waif untouched by wee-
vjla and grew wejl when sowed.
Nicaragua whew4 for stock feed
succeeds every year íjere, and
yijelds enormously. In fact, this
seems its native soil and climate.
Oats do better when the seed is
changed every third or fourth
year by getting a supply from re-
gions farther north, but the same
is the case all over Texas, the In-
dian Territory, Missouri and Kan-
sas.
1 treat the matter at the length
I do because farmers at a distance
mostly believe only cane, corn and
cotton are successful field crops
along the Texas coast.
Colonel Munson's postoffice is
Oyster Creek, and he or any of
the other gentlemen I have men-
tioned will give inquirers informa-
tion regarding grain making here.
N.
er and enabled to secure more
concessions from their more nu-
merous brethern of the opposite
political feith if it be in an organ-
ized, united conditionf Does he
not know;that there is as much
discipline in an army as in num•*
bersf Does he suppose for an
instant that tbe opposite party is
not cognizant, of;every democrat
in this country and every demo-
cratic vote that is polled! Will
they be less hostile, then, to those
voters as so many¿units than they
will be to those units in a general
wholftt Not one whit. They
have everything ¿o gain and noth-
ing to lose, Mr. Henderson. This
fight is to be mad,e uppn a princi-
ple, and there need bé no fear that
anything done will be detrimental
to the country, for it is for the
welfare of the county that the
move is being agitated. We sa-
lute you, Mr.. Henderson.
Bobhbt 0. Duff.
Att«Mffltf i
Sometime Monday night a burglar
entered the saloon of Mr. W. H, Ham-
mers nd succeeded In getting the
outter safe door open but did not get
Into the vault, he was probably fright-
ened away before be finished tbe Job.
He was evidently an expert as he
seemed to have no trouble la working
the combination.
Reply to Mr. Henderson.
Columbia, Texas, April 2.—To
the Galveston News: The article
of Mr. Henderson of Velasco hasj
been noted with considerate sur-
prise in this town. Mr. Hender-¡
son, say our citizens, has not re-
sided long in thiH county or he
must have known that here the
shot-gun policy never obtained
and never will obtain. It strikes
them an being rank nonsense for
anyone to assert that party organ-
ization means civil conflict. Mr. |
Henderson is a democrat. Does
he not know that the democratic
party in this county will bestrong-
CoiM.
Tbe public Is hereby warned that
my pasture ou Oyster Creek near Ve-
lasco is "posted," and hunting and
fishing ou same is forbidden. Chub
■nd Dutch lakes are In said pasture.
All parties intruding on said premises
will be prosecuted to the full rxtent
of tbe law at onoe.
Guv M. Huyan, Jb
Thf Board of K miilnnr«.
"The Board of Examiners will be
convened at Brazoria on April 7th and
8th, to examine teacher* for the pub-
lic schools. Applicants for 3d grade
certificates need not be present until
April 8th. It is absolutely necessary
tiiat all candidates for 1st and 2d
grade certificates should be present
both days. Yours truly,
J. P. Taylob,
Hupt. Tub. 1 list., Urazoria Co.
Nottr* of IMxiolntinn.
The firm of Miller & Matkin is this
day dissolved by mutual consent, («
(J. Matkin retires from the business,
and Milton Miller Will continue the
business and pay all just liabilities
due by said firm of Miller & Matkin.
Milton Millkk.
Velasco, Texas, April 4, 1802.
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