Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . n theange, were branded like cattle and required no more care,^heep were also raised in considerable numbers, but required:arelul attention against the attacks of wild animals, which weremmerous and ferocious. The sheep were of the species commono the southern states, but, compared with imported stock, were>f an inferior quality in all respects. Swine were almost:ountless numbers, and were exclusively of the stock common tohe South. They were tall, thin and lean, with very long small, almond-shaped eyes; l
Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . n theange, were branded like cattle and required no more care,^heep were also raised in considerable numbers, but required:arelul attention against the attacks of wild animals, which weremmerous and ferocious. The sheep were of the species commono the southern states, but, compared with imported stock, were>f an inferior quality in all respects. Swine were almost:ountless numbers, and were exclusively of the stock common tohe South. They were tall, thin and lean, with very long small, almond-shaped eyes; long, coarse bristles covered the•ody and stood upright on the back; agile as the antelope* they•ecame wild and ferocious when driven to bay. They fed uponle mast and upon the succulent roots in the woodlands. After849 stock raising, as the leading industry, gradually gave way tole cultivation of the soil, and the herds decreased in numbersnd correspondingly improved in Immigration wroughtn entire change in industrial pursuits and the careless, easy. J. H. NEAGLE, M, P., OF PARIS? PARIS, AND LAMAR COUNTY. 59 ibits of the pioneers were not adopted even by their children,he ax of the woodman rang in the forest and trees were con-*rted into fences and dwellings, and the virgin soil was turnedy the plow and strong arms, and brawny hands garnered theDlden grain. As farm improvements increased the herds ofock decreased, and the introduction ot large numbers of the bestuported breeds greatly improved the quality, and was a potentTent in the domestication of the native herds. Large numbersI the best grades of thoroughbred horses, cattle, sheep andvine have been brought here, not only from the older from Europe, and to day there cnn be found in Lamarjunty as good grades of stock of all kinds as in any other local-y west of the Mississippi river. WILD ANIMALS. Ferocious wild animals were numerous in Lamar county inirly times, and were a source of constant danger t
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