. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biograhy, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . On the Rio Grande border are someMexican species such as the peccary and arma-dillo, and in the extreme southern part of theState, tropical species, such as the ocelot andjaguar. Among the common birds of the Statemay be mentioned the mocking-bird, scissor-tailed flycatcher, lark-sparrow, dove, quail, tur-key buzzard, five or six species of woodpeckers,and nearly all the ducks of the United the common reptiles are the hornedfro
. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biograhy, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . On the Rio Grande border are someMexican species such as the peccary and arma-dillo, and in the extreme southern part of theState, tropical species, such as the ocelot andjaguar. Among the common birds of the Statemay be mentioned the mocking-bird, scissor-tailed flycatcher, lark-sparrow, dove, quail, tur-key buzzard, five or six species of woodpeckers,and nearly all the ducks of the United the common reptiles are the hornedfrog and many other species of lizards, the rat-tlesnake, moccasin, garter snake, pilot, and bullsnake. Fishes are represented by several va- \RMS AND F.\RM ACRE.\GE: 185O TO I9OO. Number offarms Number of acres in farms Year. Total Improved Unimproved Average 352,190 228,126 174,184 61,125 42,891 12,198 125,807,01751,406,93736,292,21918,396,52325,344,028I .496,339 ? 20,746,215 12,650,314 2,964,836 2,650,781 106,230,94130,660,72223,641,90515,431,68722,693,24710,852,363 1890 1880 1870 1S60 1850 1 I. TEXAS rieties of catfish, the black bass, and white andsun perch. On the coast the principal food fishis the red snapper, and the principal game fishthe tarpon. Among the articulates are the crab,prawn, crayfish, centipede, tarantula, and scor-pion. Agriculture.—Texas has a total land area of262,290 square miles, or 167,865,600 acres, ofwhich 125,807,017 acres, or per cent, areincluded in farms. There are a great many va-rieties of soil, nearly all excellently adapted tograzing. The prairies have in general a sandyloam, the interior a heavier brown and blackloam, while in the northern part of the State aregreat areas of red lands. In the waste portionsare cacti and thorny mesquite chaparrals. Thepreceding table gives, by decades since 1850, thenumber of farms, the total and average acreage,and the per cent of farm land improved
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