Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-12-08
FARM ANp STOCK IrEMa.

way, twenty-three cattle cars for snip
ping cattle to Kansas.
1t is reportd that there is not
single section of land in either Hale
Childress, Collingsworth counties that
has not been fled on. In one days ride
recently, ilfty-six wagon loads of home
seekers, looking out locations, were
seen, and nearly or quite all of these
people were proposing engaging in the
raising of stock.
In Bell county more wheat is being
planted by the farmers than for many
years before. Five cent cotton has dis
couraged the farmers, and they seem
determined to raisie something else. If
the coming season should prove to be
good one for wheat and other small
grain, enough will be raised in Bell
county to supply its wants with posi-
bly, some to spare.
Numbers of cattle have been shipped
to Van Horn, El Paso County, during
the past few days. VIM. Bondies, of
Forney, Kaufman county, has shipped
six cars of stock cattle to his ranch
near Van Horn. r. B. Bearden just re-
ceiyed two cars of stock cattle from
Palo Pinto county for his ranch. Two
more lots of cattle have also been re-
ceieved by other stocl1men.
Near Kopperl. Bosque county, Capt.
]. C. Frazier has some land which
Johnson grass has taken hold of, and
he has been experimenting on the pest.
Having heard that thorough cultiva-
ton would kill it, he determined to try
it. He planted five acres in cotton
and hired a man to pillow it as often as
he desired, which was very often. He
has gathered six bales cotton, not in
GLIDING the toll, from the five acres,
and the seed from the six bales paid
for the cultivation.
The freight traffic is very heavy In
Fort Worth, the Texas and Pacific and
Missouri, Kansas and Texas joint
yards, it is reported, from an authori-
tattve source. Is handling about
elghty-fve trains per day, averaging
about seventeen cars to the train. At
times tho yards are crowded TO their
utmost capacity and the rush for
freight becomes almost a blockade. Ten
switch engines are being used at the
yards during the day and an equal
number at night.
A sale has just been closed in Uvalde
af+ 81, ~
ing $1,000 acres of land, with valuable
and costly improvements, by the West
ern Union Beef company, to Messrs.
w. S. Brookshire, Fred A. Groves and
M. r. Kennedy. The price paid for
the property was SLIGO per acre. These
are the parties who recently bought
from this same company the Moore"
stock Of cattle of 1900 head at SIG.
These cattle are said to be one Of the
best graded herds of cattle in west
Texas.
The wheat in Navarro county is look
ing well and large acreage was plant
ed than ever before. With continued
favorable conditions the yield next
harvest will just about supply the To-
cal demand. There is now a move
ment on foot to build fifty-barrel mill
and for the $4,000 needed to build it
about $4,000 has been subscribed. A
committee has the matter of location
in hand and will meet in a short time
to determine where the mill shall be-
The location that is most liberal in the
way of bonus will secure the mill.
The Amarillo county is full of cat
tie and buyers as well. Young steer
calves are most sought after by buy
ers for shipment to Kansas and South
ern Missouri. The feed in the pam
handle is excellent, but great damage
has been done by prairie fires. A largo
fire caused great damage on the X l.
It. ranch, large property owned by
the capitol syndicate. The corpora.
ton holds 100000 acres of land in the
northwestern part Of the panhandle
country, stocked with 10000 head OF
cattle. During the recent fires a lar
ger part of the pasturage on theil
Spring Lake division was destroyed
This loss at the time of year when
there is such a movement Of pastur-
age cattle toward that country, is Sc
we're one.
We have often said that it is easier
to keep an animal in good condition
the year round than TO permit it to run
down and feed I'D again. 1t is cheap