Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05
FARM AND lsrooK ITEMS.

W. alNflAtt u Lew Qugo u5O W N4AN SlAA-
oago market twelve carloads of fat
beer steers that will average 1000
pounds when they reach the market.
A large prairie fire ragged in Edwards
county a few days ago, bordering on
Devils river and extending to Knox
Springs. cutting swath twenty-five
miles wide. The loss Of stock and for
age will be great.
Clay Robinson company of Denver,
Col, has just purchased 5000 / and
2-year-old cattle for $50, 1000, from ]. H.
Parramore and G. w. Merchant of Alb
ilene, Taylor county. The cattle are on
the San Simon ranch in Arizona.
At Deuison a few days ago oven tur-
nips made an advance in the local
market. OF the thousands of bushels
that were raised in the vicinity of
Denison there is likelihood of the
supply giving out in short time.
Two hundred head of beef cattle
wero shipped from BonhGm. Fannin
county, by j. e. and ]. &. Dale, to the
~ lSOulD maj htly btNGl Ill uaJb dSO.
Something in the neighborhood of 900
beef cattle will be shipped from there
this year.
Four cars of cattle were received at
Weatherford, Parker county, few
days ago, by w. l.. Harris and H NJ.
Romp at Canadian. Twelve cars of
cattle passed through Weatherford
from Mexia to Palo Pinto county the
other day accompanied by NJ. o. Lynn,
]. w. Medlin, a prominent stockman
of Denton county, and director of the
Denton County BloOded Stock and
Fair association, left few days ago
for Missouri, where he goes to pur-
chase herd of fine registered cattle
which he intends to use as a nucleus
from which to create a large herd OF
all registered thoroughbred stock.
The cold, bad weather has caused
many cattle to die in Crosby county,
mostly Eastern and Mexican cattle,
I The chances are that the death rate
will be unprecedented on the plains
this winter One man near Emma,
Crosby county, brought 200 stock cat
tie from Mexico and about 20 per cent
are dead, and the balance very poor
Several sales have been made in
Denton, Denton county, recently. C.
II. Brown sold herd of 200 cattle to
Wilson Bros, the terms on which the
sale was made being private. The cat
tie will be fed at the oil mill there.
s. ], Reynolds is feeding thirty fine
Durham bulls at his place near Little
Elm in the eastern part of the county
At San Angelo, Tom Green county,
several good sales have been made
during the past few days. Bird &
Mertz bought twenty head of Hereford
bulls from Lee Bros for s11OO, Conner
Bros. received 104 head of Durham bull
calves from Missouri at a cost of SS00O
j. w. Johnson has driven 1000 steers
above the quarantine line into Cooke
county.
The sleet rain and snow Of the past
few days have caused much damage
to orchards in North Texas The tim
Der loaded with ice and sleet gave way
beneath its burden and many trees
were crushed and broken. Farmers
are well up with their work, many Of
them having turned land for another
crop. The rainy weather has been a
great help to the fall wheat and oats
and will do permanent good toward
the crops of the coming year by put
ting a good season into the ground
Business is still active in the Union
Stock Yards at Fort Worth. Two cars
of fat sheep were received from Pecos,
Reeves county, a few days ago, and
consigned to Kansas City parties. The
hog shipments have been dull during
the past few days of bad weather, al
though. six cars from Oklahoma Terri
tory were received the other day and
sent to the packing house, Large ship.
ments from the nation are expected az
soon as it turns warmer. Good results
are anticipated by the yard officials
during the coming months from the
demand for cattle by the Spanish gov
eminent.
All land for spring planting should
be broken up deeply and left in the
rough, so that the greatest amount of
surface may be exposed to the action
of frost. Nothing pulyerizes soil like
black frost. For water, even in appar-
entity dry soil, expands suddenly at the
freezing point, rupturing every band