A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . tablish andmaintain a magnificent system of free public education, includinga great University and a complete system of normal schools ; tobuild railroads throughout her borders ; to endow and providefor the support of her various asylums and charitable institu-tions ; to erect a State capitol, which is one of the largest andfinest public structures on the Western continent, and to promotemany other measures of necessary and valuable internal im-provements. There are now estimated to be about 4,400,000 acres ofunappropriated p
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . tablish andmaintain a magnificent system of free public education, includinga great University and a complete system of normal schools ; tobuild railroads throughout her borders ; to endow and providefor the support of her various asylums and charitable institu-tions ; to erect a State capitol, which is one of the largest andfinest public structures on the Western continent, and to promotemany other measures of necessary and valuable internal im-provements. There are now estimated to be about 4,400,000 acres ofunappropriated public lands, which are subject to be acquired 438 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. under the laws regulating homestead donations. This land isexclusive of the large amount of domain held in trust by theState for the benefit of public schools, University, and asylums,and is situated in Western and Northwestern Texas. The landsbelonging to the schools. University, and asylums aggregateabout 30,000,000 acres, and of these the greater part is subject Products andpursuits. to purchase or lease by actual settlers at low rates and on easyterms. file extended domain of Texas is such that it combines theproducts of the temperate and subtropical zones, abounding inthe cereals, cotton, sugar, every variety of fruit product, andmany things peculiar to Mexico and the lower latitudes. Theearly setders were chiefly engaged in pastoral pursuits, althoughthe sturdy colonists of Austin and his associate cmprcsarios madeconsiderable progress in farming, cotton and grain being subjectsof export in paying (juantities. The sparse population, how- GENERAL REVIEW OF PROGRESS. 439 ever, and the difficulties of transportation rendered agriculturea precarious and irksome occupation, and the facilities for stock-raising were so favorable and extensive that the great domesticindustry from the beginning was that of cattle- and horse-raising,the State having always held the lead in those pursuits. Irriga-tion in
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