. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. has received a large immigration of settlers, especially fromthe North Central States, and its lands are largely occupied as live stock is still a large item of productive wealth. Agri-culturally it is a section of well diversified farming. The soil pro-. \\ II II I IkKLI duces almost ever) crop known to Texas, including cotton, , oats, rye. alfalfa, millet, sorghum, kafir corn, milo maize, pota-toes, barley, vegetables, and the orchard and small fruits and than half f the lands of the county are
. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. has received a large immigration of settlers, especially fromthe North Central States, and its lands are largely occupied as live stock is still a large item of productive wealth. Agri-culturally it is a section of well diversified farming. The soil pro-. \\ II II I IkKLI duces almost ever) crop known to Texas, including cotton, , oats, rye. alfalfa, millet, sorghum, kafir corn, milo maize, pota-toes, barley, vegetables, and the orchard and small fruits and than half f the lands of the county are arable, and at the las)census there were enumerated farms, as compared with ill 1900. Of a total area of 611,840 acres. 542,843 acres were occupied byfarms, with aboul (H) in improved land. In 1909 twenty-fivefarms wen- irrigated, comprising a total of 715 acres, In 1913 it wasstated that approximately 3,000 acres were irrigated from the creeksand rivers. The chief crop was cotton, to which 82,716 acres wereplanted in 1909; hay and forage crops, 13,611 acres; corn, 9,503 acres;besides a considerable acreage in oats, wheat, kaffir corn and milomaize, Aboul 450 acres were in potatoes and other vegetables, FORT WORTH WD THE TEXAS NORTHWEST 715 113,DUO trees were enumerated in orchard fruits, besides 46
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