Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . COUNTRY RESIDENCE OF CAPT. W. T. GUNN. can be obtained at from 10 to 60 feet. In the soft limestoneregion the water is hard, but in many portions of the county softwater of excellent quality may be had at moderate depth. SOIL. The valley of Red river, from one to tw© and one-half mileswide, has an alluvial mulatto soil, equal in fertility to the world. RESIDENCE OP CAPT. PBOVINE, PARIS. PARIS, AND LAMAR COUNTY. 39 famed valley of the Nile. It is covered with a dense growth ofvaluable timber, which may be cleared at moderate exp
Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . COUNTRY RESIDENCE OF CAPT. W. T. GUNN. can be obtained at from 10 to 60 feet. In the soft limestoneregion the water is hard, but in many portions of the county softwater of excellent quality may be had at moderate depth. SOIL. The valley of Red river, from one to tw© and one-half mileswide, has an alluvial mulatto soil, equal in fertility to the world. RESIDENCE OP CAPT. PBOVINE, PARIS. PARIS, AND LAMAR COUNTY. 39 famed valley of the Nile. It is covered with a dense growth ofvaluable timber, which may be cleared at moderate expense, andwill yield one bale (500 lbs.) of cotton or 50 bushels of corn, andmay be made to produce, by careful cultivation, 1^ bales ol cot-ton or 75 bushels of corn per acre. Average price, unimproved,$5 per acre. Adjoining, southward, is the first bench of uplands,2 to 3 miles wide, also timbered, and especially adapted to thecultivation of fruit and vegetables, but will yield three-fourths ofa bale of cotton per acre. Average price, unimproved. $ on the south is the Post Oak Belt,1 about 10 mileswide, interspersed with very fertile sandy soil ot great black land prairies. The Post Oak is not as fertile asother varieties of soil, but any of it will produce fruits and veg-etables in abundance, and by proper cultivation will yield one-halfbale of cotton per acre. Price $ to $2.^
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