Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-19
WICHITA COUNTY.
pIows, AntelOpes, Etc.
|f'.' ", was seen on ''Bee Line
", s.usrd'ss Farm in Nich'
ia valley.
.na bushels of Grain Raised
re in'' ,ro.peet of an Increased
acreage This Year.
michIta IIerald.

news rather dull this week
tdlrg gig ~ 10 mingle among few
e.al oeclus . Having heard that a
ht esIans :, work few miles up the
sDtr vas .. we headed up
After rae % W. ~ tbe
ss ,,ru,. and sure enough there was
n,.. .sr iali r,'.cnine In full blast, thresh-
XII Kshins M, m seed. We learned from
~ ni, ~ The machine, Mr.. Free
owner sa-c,erly lived in Illinois, that
WIZ nrded one thousand bushels
jrs s,,iIett seed as he had ever
lhe r.is was his second day
siel, his winter, and he had
i",n se rood days work in
-. aH ~ would make five days
40 vhlsn Inlet. or about 2300 bushels.
shng ~, iniormed ussthat he spent
~ hte0 half on the same farm last
NO r. ds!s ~, bats. and during that time
wv, s.ssAed out nearly nine tnousanu
s.ci As good oats as be had ever
ro,. q Z Illinois. He surprised us by say
NM. Y, r uesrly, II not quite fifteen thou,
ssnshels of grain, oats, corn and
\, cr. us "a heen harvested on this farm
N ns ~ oats 5000 bushels; corn
na., Es nl.,, seed 20O0 After taking a
NM a ,oct al the machine, we
rln III tho valley when our atten-
!. M ~ " p.,led TO a drove OF antelope
~ M north of the railroad in a
,ho farm we were then stand
anlsrI 'c rhara IL 9G0 acres in the in
'F'Nas = which there are 500 in Guilt
uere was a sight that will hardly
.asn In the wichita valley again.
sresber, a ten-horsc power, with a
AZ Il twelve men at work IN the center
III. eeld. while In the south OF IL, De-
mo thresher aud the lriver, seven
X rere turning over the soil and 20
Afai ~ IN n the thresher, and less than
nile from it, were the antelope
feediug, While we were
~ ourself for not hav-
sun and fast horse, three horse
.sms in sight from the north. They
,,.d and one of them, Mr.. John
Who is putting in crop OF three
rdacres in the Nye pasture Just
~ d,he Howard farm, remained OF
#innorth of the valley, while the
,wo started the antelope TOWARD
III IN less time than it could be tolc
vas one less in the drove. Mr.
Molded his game behind him on The
n and came along the Beaver creel
d when we Joined him and pro
no the valley. We under
N. ~ III tbat Howard is shot" at Well
4 M ~ II knlpg his stock but Well
~ y N ought to have his stock branded
III viii no doubt be some who vii
.,A hs aud smile and say this local is
4. Ntllhr but il will be youched for b.
........ MWells and the two gentlemen VIII
.s.,... Mn him, as well as Mr. Freebur
e Hhe twelve men at work at tn
,rks. nm While riding up the valley MI
OMAR Informed us that Howard woul
.....-... M cultiyation this year five hundre
ire .... which we're divided among six fam
.,.....e.. there being six houses o
n Eater bee We don't pretend to kno'
about farming, but if dee
are i.s< hing will bring good crops, q
worhi Blk Il will, the farmers on tn
iE0Cs nplace will have q fine yield TIL
don. Hsyar ltrcminds one OF the oil
exandes bsee land turned over as it is i
The DutA rhta valley this year On our n
SAINT aud N Eelearned the names of the gentl
BIO are farming on Howard's plaC
Dickens #yar, and we give them to OF
En- who may doubt our antelop
@aad pillow story, as all who n
MOL that place were either at wol
EmersOr hlesheT or at the plows at Il
HIN antelope were feeding in Z
'eme, Brewncr and son, formerly
HawAQE M Ohoi J K. Bruce and son, 10
vs. Thc1PS y Bell county, Tex; John Cal
Leyer. smg!y Of Noblesville, Ind; j.
/. KennsJ xs formerly Of Urbana, Ohio, Al
Mer. lug and son, formerly Of You,
story d M Tex, The above ns1ned &c
Eeall living on Bee Line Ho
y. BIso'S ain and each have in cultivati
hlslou elol0O acres and all are well
pucasr lGi work Less than two years a
JaDonau Mn old that 1t would take TWEEN
49, Wichita valley land to keep
cray ~ now we find that our valley
sny OF the Brazos vale
eray. are progressing and Learnt
DicAeni Nlaie what nature has done
n..su Wweek we are going to take
sion hN'T saine valley aud see what is I
THAT direction.
BlacA NC. Lamar OF Water Vale
FL. relative OF the Hon. IL.
Grant sEsnd an old friend of Col. M
n, M hllroad agent, is in the c
Scnp'1 locaie with us. He is very
haw'A~ impressed with our county 0
oulu' "a seyenty-iiye acres Of the HC