EASTERN TEXAS
It w«s only on reaching Eastern Texas that we saw any improvement, and then it was only in the land (says a. New Zealand visitor to the States). There wei-e no decent looking homes with la\tns or trees or gardens. We saw larcte ranches with not many huli locks (Herefords), and they seemed to thrive on very coarse native grasses.
Since coming to this country I have heard extravagant stories of* Texas as a cattle-raising State, but I saw nothing to corroborate them, from a trip through in a railway train.' Texas is larger than—l forget bow 'many nations in Europe that Texas is larger than---and yet its population shews how backward it is. Million a oi* acres through, which we passed are not 'worth- a farthing per acre. These are some of the things Americans do not tell us about when boosting their country. Oh, New Zealand! Why don't you boost?
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 March 1923, Page 3
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154EASTERN TEXAS Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 March 1923, Page 3
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