NEW ZEALAND TO TEXAS.

Evening Star, Issue 3394, 7 January 1874, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TO TEXAS.

The writer ’tbe following letter was fov| a 4 ndricr4' years • connectedj ;sdth the, sut'yey kt'aff employed in this ; ;Pro-: jftcrefpft| < 'iri£y be consuftred; sofnewhat, of ah He ‘ left., the • •neighborhood’ of'' wJiere;he'pos-l sessed a small farm, about eighteen months ago, for the United -States,’bis destination: hqing originally; 'Oregoii ;, hut being' dissatis-| fisd with the prospect,' he' proceeded to remde'd 'i~ V. ' Port Worth, tarrarit County; . , Texas. '■*” I. will answer your queries; ' J hest^‘of my ; knowledge j 'You cilrf' suppbrt ybiirself with Ipss' energy, than hny part of the globe;, Nine months; of the year yon can, do hard laboring work, • other three yon must hunt the shade, jfcS"keep,^<iprßßif ! hppJi.‘' , If‘you work during l this 1 hot tithe, 'lay, in a stock of tonics for ybrir chills atid fpjer.,, M srried; men can get 16p Mngle' men ' eighty acres of land, - anyWhere he can find it in the, Statq. Wh,pre good lajpd is to be found', there will you’ aTsoprid theTndian. Indians, however, faptj .cleared jOUt. : You can buy land from the State of Texas for one dflllftr ap-acre : ; and sometimes \on can .buy ip^hificates,,frojtn 25 cents £$ ( aere. is a* fine,country) With a few, tremendous faults; - v JHt ‘is far 'too dry a ‘ eburifry. Water is purchased herd as pur provisions in rain'ilielddniifalls; 'The rainfall in Texas mapy, hut ithasrthis ■- fault it falls r ’all,of.a heap.; When the spring rains set in, look out,; itfajlsin hogsheads at a time ; small dry creeks come dpiyn jn such a mariner thkt you’d fhirikthe Molydenx-Was riot such a large‘river after all; s; If tbia 1 country hdd the rain 1 dispersed over it like New Zealand' it wonkT herthe ' greatest country ptf-the fdee of the eirth, “•Now}' ’stay Where you m, -oo f kt all;’ events;. do 'n Vbcririe 1 ;to Texas, or you’ll rne it;“ l t is' far‘ too dry "a copptry for any one from New Zealand. If I fbrild; raise the riioriey. I Wonld* trike 1 the’first Jte&mer for'Otago a'gain. ‘ I'Wourd Mot'dtay ”dky id'any 5 part-;of* thh Unitt'd I have seen, if I pnly could get’bnt’bf it. Now, for instance, beef here is.s cents a ’arid- r muttori'TO cents! h,ecaiise sheep a.fe % iofire ,. scarce'; aid ■’ HErder to raise,, thail ca^t!e.A i WageS ! heroi' lare 1 are from T dollar W I'J dollars a day, with board' (which in'mighty poor chuck, t hog and corn bread.) On the railroad yon” get<fr6iri 2 ; fd 2j' cYoflrirb’ ami find yourself; 10 hours a day here; with fafiners from ,15 ,tp 16 rhoursa;day forgone; i b»l^ced v .yoa cannearlV much in .Isewi Zealand j ; and only -chance in Texas of maleI could, jaiso the wind T wonld bail for Oi i s rain and rheumatics,;.andAgpnpralyruination. In Texas, when of your own, yon can lead an easy.life, jmd.’still live well. But we, are, far .top npar the Mexican Gulf for %’ BwbKer ; .J. am ,fl,t thi»;my,ment almost naked, with tha r ,therrnonieteri.Bome thing like 100 d^c(ees, ( we manage to make a little money. t we y?ill come over to Otago jagun in, a : feftv yeprs.- A man can do nothing here.without irrigation, excePtj,rafae, oat?)'’wheat,' and barley.’ ■ The potatoes are fObbish ew.Zjsaland, an t many. ortntf fruits’arid Vegetables of HeW Zealand will not.grow^b,ere. without watering by way of irrigation} ! Which is* beyond the compass o a poor man. lam gardtping.on shares with •. u*y brother-in-law; arid we have managed to keep ourselves oat of debt, that is all; but Imm versed* in the ways-,of the popntry now? arid, How shape in future ’ . This ,ia nbt ; such aj f a v.pya ble ( . conn try- - for : b^ußejjtef.-Wiptepi, here-ni summer?! beiqg so ho.t,--, af.a,,father severe, He grass apes.not con ; ; tfnne all the year round ; so you would have to provide fodder, which you know is riot easy to do.”