The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-08
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farmer nor real estate dealer, but
have at heart everything making for the
benefit OF my adopted home. and 1t &C.
ours 10 me that the proper way to attract
immigrants is to tell them what has been.
not what can be done in the coast country.
With this idea in view. l submit the fol-
lowing notices clipped from papers inl
this vicinity. These are only few Of
the many l could give, but think will
serve as an object lesson:
Crosby. Texas, January 5-The first
killing frost this winter visited this place
last Monday. Farmers are all at work
Flowing. The range is still very good
Houston Post.
Davenport, Iowa, January 3,-The mer-
curry showed degrees below zero.
Mendoza, ILL.,, January 3The tempera-
ture has fallen 40 degrees in the last thirty
hours, and tie indications are that 1t Will
go is degrees below zero tonight
Galesburg, H., January 3.-The mer-
curry is now 10 degrees below zero and still
sinking; gale blows fIom the northwest
and there is much suffering. Houston
Post, January 4.
Alvin, Texas, January 7.--Strawberrics
are blooming and many green berries are
weather.
Alvin, Texas, January ia few Iipe
strawberries are being shown on the
streets. but not in sufficient quantities
To ship. Post
The mercury on January 16 stood at 40
degrees at Dodge City, Kan, 30 degrees at
Davenport, Iowa, is degrees at North
Plat. Neb., and 81 degrees at Houston.
Tim Carlton gathered from his straw
berry patch last Wednesday twelve quarts
Of berries, the largest measuring eight
inches in circumference. Sun, jan
uary 81.
Several commission merchants are now
shipping vegetables TO Kansas City. ST.
Louis and other points. The cabbage
grown in this section is recognized as a
very fine shipping article and is being
sent North in large quantities. -Post, jan
uary 20.
Houstons first strawberries for this year
reached here yesterday They were from
Alvin. The berries were large and luoious
and brought So cents per pint. There
was a big demand for the fruit and sew
eral hundred crates could have been sold,
Pest, February 8.
Alvin, Texas. February s.-Major L.
Winston had three acres in ribbon cane
last fall which he worked into syrup.
| which was sold at 40 cents per gallon at the
| evaporation -sl60 per acre. w. Davis e
| Son. one mile west from town, have real
| lied several hundred dollars per acre from
caulifower. Galveston News, February
| g.
| w. j. Hamlett brought to this office a
| limb cut from 2-year- Leconte pear
tree, eleven feet long-all this years
| growth,-Alvin Sun. February 4.
| Although II is now the middle of Feb
! ruary, Mr.. J II. Bundy has quite nun.
| Der of small oranges on his ees.--Velasco
| Times February Il.
| T. NJ, Sarel brought to this Office this
| week a head of cabbage measuring So
! inches in circumference and weighing iSZ
pounds. He says he has plenty more in
his patch nearly as large. The head is
| worth 60 cents at present market prices
| Alvin Sun, February IA.
Mr. Lawlor. living near here, recently
| measured the growth OF a 3-year-old iig
tree that had been pruned TO the ground
last winter. 1t grew about twenty limbs
last season. aggregating In total length
| pay feet Several Of the limbs meas
ured over ten fest oach.--Alvln Sun, Feb
uIary IA.
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Toledo and other
central States cities report very bitter cold
weather today.--Post, February 20.
MIR. Crawford informs US he has had new
beets fresh from his garden for the past
six weeks. There has not been month
| during the rast year that he has not hai
plenty OF fresh vegetables.-Velasco Times,
February 81.
Genoa, February 24.-Several farmers
have finished corn planting.
News, February 20.
Clear Creek Texas. February 2i.-Straw-
berry men will commence shipping this
week Quite an acreage of Irish potatoe
has been Standardization News, Feb
ruary 25.
Mr.. w. A. Bernard informs us that he
had a rress OF new potatoes this week from
seed that was planted In December. Peach
trees are In bloom. Farmers are busy SOW
ing oats and planting corn and potatoes
We. who had been used to a section where
the ground at this season is usually frozen
from one to two feet deep. feel thankful
we are living in a sunny bountiful land
Pearland Advocate. FEBRUARY ".
Alvin. Texas. March 3.-Two hundred
and seventy five crates OF Strawberries
were shipped from here yesterday. Pear
trees are in full bloom and present
beautiful sight.---Gaiveston News.
Martin Holt of Phair sent potato to
this office this week, which was grown
last GEAR. The potato was from the sec
ond crop grown on the same ground II
is large. firm and certainly equal to any
grown in Colorado ---Velasco Times March
9.
/, Mr. Howard, near this place, has corn
and cotton up ready for the plow.-Rosen-
! burg Progress. March 20.
On March "a the Houston Business
| League had on exhibition in their rooms
| new potatoes. alfalfa eighteen inches high.
| blue grass eight Inches high, head oil
| cabbage weighing fifteen pounds. straw
| berries, radishes, lettuce. tomatoes, cauii-
| flower. shailots and spinach.
| The Post OF March II contained teie-
| gram from Abilene. Kan, as follows: The
| heaviest snow storm OF the season, with
| freezing temperature. has been raging
| over Central Kansas since early this
| morning. About three inches OF snow
has fallen.
d. Cologne Will turn on more than $4,000
worth Of celery from three acres more