. Southern and western Texas guide for 1878 . ance in the Union. In brief, Texas owes less, and has advanced in mate-rial wealth and population during the past fifteen years more rapidly, than anyof her sister States, and yet she is but in the swaddling clothes of her her contemplated railway extensions are completed, establishing transpor-tation routes with Mexico and the Pacific States, then will her advancement berealized, and her importance as the largest and most prosperous among the sis-terhood of States be fully recognized at home and abroad. SUGAR PRODUCTS. The rapid exp
. Southern and western Texas guide for 1878 . ance in the Union. In brief, Texas owes less, and has advanced in mate-rial wealth and population during the past fifteen years more rapidly, than anyof her sister States, and yet she is but in the swaddling clothes of her her contemplated railway extensions are completed, establishing transpor-tation routes with Mexico and the Pacific States, then will her advancement berealized, and her importance as the largest and most prosperous among the sis-terhood of States be fully recognized at home and abroad. SUGAR PRODUCTS. The rapid expansion of the cotton producing interests of Texas is onlyequaled by the increasing areas that are being cultivated for the growth of thesugar cane. That industry is assuming vast proportions, and it can hardly belimited to sugar producing belts, for in nearly every section the product is in-creasing. Along the Trinity, Brazos and Colorado bottom lands, the ribboncane has a vigorous growth, and these sections of the State are regarded as Scene on Comal Rfver. MISCELLANEOTTS. 249. best adapted for that product. The quality of the soil and the climate are equalin every respect, and superior in many, to the famous sugar plantations of Lou-^isiana. In addition the land is not weakened by long cultivation, and its pro-ductive capacities are all fresh; yet the strength and depth of the soil on the-Brazos and Colorado rivers are such that it will bear cultivation for a generationwithout, the aid of fertilizers, and without perceptible deterioration. Thesefacts alone are the causes of the large sugar crops in Texas, and in the favoredregions, which embrace a vast territory, the average product per acre will reachfrom 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. In some districts the crop will produce as high ,600 and 1,800 pounds per acre. It will be seen that such crops are larger thanhave been gathered from the best producing sections, either in Cuba or profits of the sugar crop are
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