Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-18

make about lao bushels 10 the aero ana
w Hpe nhqpt July /. i have fef erS /
~ n"eheu cattle On sorghum. ana a,irf |
~. iee,lhe and lattemng OF cattle viii |
fie4 ot. Wazing as more proftahi.w
MT Nirayes % Epworth Hale c,,,,,.
came from Albany, n " Gvo voa-s 49,,
re purchased piece Of prairie land M
IVY portion Of ID under cnlhvnticr
us net cash profit from the fortv acres
, ~ o,VAe' after including his living ex
1855 yea Ut hls family was. for the hrst
aas 49, the second years cron. un.
es' si.il'af conditions as 20 living expen-
~, "tui sAty-hye acres under the Nov
netted him $3.50; the third vcer r,si,h
lily acres under cultivation. nctsna Mn,
SlvVVi while for Tie present year v-itb
my acres under cultivation. he has
itur Pr9inlse uf m equal return for hia
ldoor. MT brOves suites that thn soii
was easily worked after heine hroaen
lhe nrst time. aud that there could h. no
question about the great richness ana
Vtlue or The lands IN the Pauhandle Tor
agricultural purposes
In 1880, Mr. A. II. Boyer reot "a
NhOnrger county. within gix mies ~
where Vernon now stands with span
u mules, a wagon, his wife. two habiea.
WY, Ivy SioV IN money, aud commenced
ne IN dugout In 1887. with his own
i9por, except extra help In harvest and
snIeshng time, Inc raised 900 bushels of
WHEAT averaging thirty-threc busbels
per acre; $500 bushels of oats ayeroeins
sixty bushels 20 the ncre; 100 bushels
OF corn from thlrty-hye acres. twenty
tons vt INLET from eleven acres. and
10 bushels Of sweet potatoes Besdpa
THIS he had hogs, chickens. butter and
vegetables 10 use and sell In the venr
lS'O. Which was q very plpntiful yeer he
mad a better crop still He has now A
good house Of five rooms. bnrn. out
building, a well 500 acres under fence.
good young orchard and owes no man
IN 1885, Mr.. Boyer with the labor ~
q lbyearOld boy raised 10000 bushels
Of grain, the wheat averaging thirtv-6ve
bushels per acre, the oats eighty.nve
bushels, and the corn thirty five bushels.
ms is the greatest amount Of grain ever
produced IN one season by two pnir OF
hands, upon the face Of the earth. All
this happened IN the great Panhandle
country. Mr.. Boyer is u native of North.
crn Georgia aud Is not afraid to work.
William Dick. Newport, Clay county,
raised 24Q bushels Of peanuts per acre
w. &. Wilson, IN the same noighbor.
hood raised 500 bushels of sweet potn.
toes aud 400 bushels Of Irish potatoes "a
the acre
G. 9. Horn resides two miles and d
half from Wichita Falls. Wichita county
Tex, aud is G3 years old lie cultivated
sod ground with the following results
Fourteen acres Of corn, $50 bushels
Rpventy-tve acres OF wheat. 1900 bushels
forty-two acres Of oats. 300 bushels
three acres of sorghum eight tons: one
half mere Egyptian corn. twenty-hv,
bushels; one mere Of rye, fifteen bushels
on 0nc-hulf ncre of melons he ha,
thousands He Ind two horses an,
hired help 20 the amount OF $3.50.
II j. Stanley, residing one mile south
Of HuT0ld Nilbarger county. Tex, pur
chased $40 acres I'm July 1857 III,
planted 100 acres IN wheat. which yield
ed 2lUO bushels; 100 acres an oats, b5O)
bushels; tfty-hve acres In millet an,
sorghum, 600 bushels Of inillct and fortl
tons Of hay; sixty acres of corn, abou
1900 bushels. He had the help of tw,
men. He reports the amount realized az
follows; Wheat $3.50; oats. 1910
millpt seed $50; hay, 500; sorghum
$50; total from sod ground, $500.
NJ j. Mcdonald. four miles frou
Quanah, Hardemuu county, raised PSI,
bushels Of wheat on 100 acres twenty
eight one One-tOurth bushels TO the acre
and 1850 bushels of oats on seyenty-fv,
acres. forty-siX bushels to the acre.
j. s. Harper. living I've miles east O
Qunuah. raised twenty-four and one
half bushels of whent per acre on fort.
acres. w. ]. Good \ Son report clever
and one-hnlf tons johnson grass TO IN
acre James Killigrcw. twenty-six bush
els of wheat per acre; Rev. w. ID. Wear
twanty-four and one'balf bushels o