El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-07
} Farm and
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A largely increased acreage OF wheat
will be sown in the country around
Ennis this fall.
Crosby county will have better win
ter range this winter than it has had
for several years unless it Is burned off.
Wiley Moore shipped carload of
fat calves and a carload of fat COWS to
the New Orleans market yesterday
Maria New Era.
J. w. James and ,Ci B. Willingham,
of Roswell, will bring 400 head of fine
short horned calves into the valley
from Colorado City, Texas, in Decem-
Der.
The export of coffee from Mexico to
the United Ttates during the year 1897
amounted to "a, $40, 631 pounds, which
realized to the planters the sum of So,
OS4, 724.
Word has been received from Ed
mond Kenton, who left with his cattle
about a month ago for western New
Mexico. that he got the herd through
all right with loss of only nine head
The cattle were starving on Salt river
and it was necessary to move them
Globe Belt.
A recent charter issued at Austin
was to the Houston Horse, Mule and
Livery company of Houston; capital
stock, S2O,OO0. Incorporators: A. L.
Towles, Thomas T. Ruby and w. E.
Berry Purpose; To carry Oh a gen.
eral livery business and to buy and sell
herses and mules.
A considerable proportion OF the
farms in Belgium contain only two
acres, but those who depend upon them
make comfortable living and many
support large families. They raise
vegetables and grain enough to live
on and have hogs chickens and eggs to
send to the market.
One stockman remarked to another
Tuesday that he was in receipt of
letter from party who wished to pur-
chase 1000 bulls. The prompt response
was that there were not. in the speak
ers' opinion, that many serviceable
bulls for sale along the T. & P. be-
tween Big Springs and Ell Paso.-Mid-
land Reporter.
The patrons of Hillside dairy are
probably not aware that they purchase
milk from the largest herd of Jersey
cows in this territory. The farm is
situated on the north side of La Huerta
and about seventy-five COWS are kept,
fifty of which are in milk. The herd
was added to the past season by the
purchase of carload-.eighteen head,
of Jerseys at a sale in Ohio.-Eddy
Current.
At the meeting of the South Texas
Poultry and Pet Stock association at
Houston it was decided to change the
date of the third annual meeting in
this city to December 9Th to 9Th so as
to have the chow during the Fruit,
Flower and Veg etable Festival. A
been offered and the indications are
that there will be fine collection of
chickens shown.-Houston Post.
1t is doubtful whether any consider
able number of the farmers of Texas
avail themselves to the extent they
should and could, without expense or
BY the Texas agricultural Experiment
station. Tests are there being made
Ill the time of the adaptabilities of
fruits and of garden and field crops by
men who possess both scientific and
practical knowledge that gives them
1t the outset of any experiment very
antage.-Exchange
Farmers.who neglect to care for the
stalks and blades of the corn lose
very important proportion, probably
35 per cent of the feeding value of the
crop. If the fodder is cut and put up
in shocks to be left exposed to wind
and rain it will lose much of it's nutri-
ment quality and stock will refuse to
eat much of it. The stalks should be
cut while yet succulent and, as soon as
the ears of corn have been pulled off
The stalks should be put up in a shed,
packing them so as to permit circula-
ion of air throughout the mass. This
will keep them bright and palatable.-
Exchange.
Homer Eads, general live stock
gent of the international & Great
Northern railroad, has returned to
San Antonio, says the Express, from
N interesting trip over the Laredo
ranch of his road, during which he
ave special attention to the study of
lew enterprises along the line that
we're calculated to develop the latent
esources of the country. 81 notice a |
+ people in our section" said Mr.. |
lads yesterday, "to try new things. to |
ct out of the old beaten paths, and to |
tudy what our country is best adapted |
D produce, and to experiment along |
he new lines. One of the new
iscoveries is that the section
country around Pearssll is specially |
lifted to the production of water mel
rs of the finest variety, that compare
lvorably in size and quality with the
est in the country.
In company with Charles Albrecht,
he well known horticulturist, q Post
eporter yesterday visited the orange
richard on the premises of Mr. G.
lartl at No. TOP Clark street, in the
fifth ward. 1t is perhaps not generally
nown that success has attended the
forts made to raise the fruit named
/ this section, but glimpse at