The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-17
STOCK AND Farm MATTERS.
Cattle in the section around Kent
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reported In San Saba county.
A soaking rain around Ennis on tho
slst ultimo revived vegetation.
Cotton and corn are looking well
around Kimball. Bosque county.
High winds damaged wheat 10 lin
tied extent around Sherman last week.
Cattle interests around Yorktown
are all right but a good rainfall would
not hurt cotton and corn.
Wheat generally good. corn looking
well. oats fair. cotton late, grass hne
| Ii late news from the country adjacent
/ 10 ST. 10. Montague county.
Farmers IN san Saba county say the .
wheat and cat crops In that county will .
not yield 80 much per acre this year a.
last. though both crops are fairly good. .
Tom Green stockmen are reported to
have expended over $4,000 this year
for thoroughbred bulls Not one has
died and they are In better condition
than when FIRST received.
A number Of cavalry horses for the
Mexican government have been pur-
chased 10 Tom Green county at prices
ranging from s35 to 500 per head.
They were sold at all sorts OF prices.
but s3j was the minimum figure.
Despite the scarcity Of rain. crops
ard grass Ia Cameron county are said
to be In a nourishing condition. The
cattle all over the county are In excel
lent condition and the stockmen are
jubilant over the bright outlook
West Texas shecpmen say that ow
Ing 10 the open season the wool clip
will FAN slightly below that " 1897, but
the difference will be more than made
~ by the clean condition Of the wool,
which far SURPRISES anything seen In
years.
Timely showers fell around Lot. Nc
Lehman county. on the morning o. the
lst. which will prove Of material ben
} eft TO corn and cotton. There was
some wind with IL. but uncut oats were
net damaged 10 an appreciable extent
b Harvesting Of the large wheat and
/ oat crops around Nocona Montague
county. will soon begin. Rain at rea-
, sonable Intervals will be needed for
, corn and cotton. aud with this neces-
, gary element both will produce largely
. Farmers eli over Montague county are
r In good spirits.
VIII Estes OF Midland county re-
r Gently bad conversation with W. h
. Godair. senior member Of the live stock
/. commission firm OF GOdsir. Harding q
Co. Of Chicago. while Mr.. Godsir wa
visiting Midland. Mr. Godair has ex'
p tensiye ranch Interests north Of Mid
. land and IL much Interested In the cat
u tie industry lie said be thought th'
D. future Of the cattle business In TeHa'
y vas al right. that while be felt SURF
q prices would decrease to some extent
d the decline would only be slight An'
e would finally settle down upon the ba
i sis Of pri .es IN the northern territories
= which would still leave Texas cattle
b men a margin Of i-rodt on their younI
Is steers.
ie william Curry. an old Fort WORT
pr dalryman. who has returned home afte
"a an extended tour In Europe. says "a
" central milk depots across the Allan
% tic filter the milk before selling sam
b. SIR. Curry says large cylindrical ye'
sells are used. being divided horizontal
Is near their center by compartment
containing sand Of three successive d,
graes of oneness, the uoa-lest being "a
lowest. and as the muk is pouro
through pipe into the bottom
'- these vessels 10 rises through Oh
10 Sand filter and Is run on by q
;" overflow pipe into q cool cisteri
o. from which IL Is drawn directly int
ly locked cars for distribution. The san
p % renewed each time the filter Is use
On Tie dirt Be- separated from the mil
he the number of bacteria Is reduced
80 one-third and AZ astonishing quant'
Ok Of mucus and Shiny matter it remove
is- the loss Of fat being very slight
~ Oats aud wheat are being harvesi'
a In Dallas county and pioneer iarmo
re cav this season the moot prolii
w. harvest known In many years viii r
s.- ward the iillers Of the soil. They te
II. highly elatcd over their prospects AZ
nd feel that Easy street will be taeir tho
M. ourbfare the latter part o. 1895 II
n music Of roapcrs and threshers
.st heard IN the air all over Dallas cou
-, a. and many 'aborers are busily e
~ Gagged garncring the golden graz
H. Cotton Is growing nicely and pTo'nis
a fair yield.
30, Tom James Of scurry county "
~, visited Fort Worth lately says IN
'"' ,rops In that county are looking hl
a" r,.e and that thrce-fourths Of
'eu nroduct this year will be cote
i"n lie saws that corn is mp knee hi
ION and that the recent rains In that d
trlct almost Insure an abundant yie
II The NEST noticeable thing In u
de. eoutry. ard one that concerns s'o'
-, men the most, is the rapid Increase
~ prairie dogs all along the line. !
-, ucsts. according to Mr.James. are
- cressing with wonderful rapidity ey'
year
A thrifty lot OF immigrants are
NV" ported TO have settled In Brown
'"' Tom Green counties the past
'or- months. The improvements they hi
ere made are OF a substantial charac
mel indicating that they have come
stay.
Judge J. W Stevens OF H''lso'
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