The Plow Replaces the Broncho in Promoting Fruit Culture
Fruits and berries thrive with strawberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, blackberries, and raspberries heavy producers. Grapes adapt to climate and grow wild along streams. Apples, plums, pears, peaches, cherries, and quinces show strong yields. The soil, climate, and shallow irrigation water support extensive celery, lettuce, onions, and beets farming, with celery farms earning up to $1.60 per acre.
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New Agricultural Empire Texas to the Nation
Amarillo leads a vast new agricultural empire in the North Plains region. The area enjoys a 200 to 225 day growing season with 21 to 22 inches rainfall, sixty percent during growth. Thousands of homeseekers settle on quarter sections, improving land for expected bountiful crops.
Panhandle Texas Emerges as World Cotton Growth Leader
Rich in gr x sorghums and feed crops the Yast area becomes a top cotton region. Cotton thrives miles north of Amarillo with area free of boll weevil. Panhandle wheat accounts for 75 percent of Texas output, rising from 2.0 million to 26.0 million bushels by 1919. Diversified farming and good climate drive cattle, hogs, and poultry demand, with banks noting shifts in crop plans and continued farm payments in North Plains and Panhandle through two-year adjustments.
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