The Eddy current., 1898-10-01
FARMER AND srocKmAN.

Ant ANlituf IefI foNlta w Al'lh wv
20 to 2s. inclusive.
II Is thought that 5000 bales will DO
marketed at Rungc this season.
Tho county farm OF Washington
county produced COCO bushels Of corn
this season.
Tom Smith OF West recently sold his
calves. about htty head, to r. NJ
Brown at il5 around.
Farmers "a Victoria county have had
great success In the raising Of fax
Thoy received s5 cents per pushel for
Il from an oil mill.
r. v. shaw OF Balllnger has 1000
yearllng steers recently purchased In
east Teaxs and will pasture them with
X. a. Smith until spring.
The second annual exhibition Of tho
Wilhnrgor County Fair association
wns a grand success. on the last day
over 1000 persons attended.
Earnest a Shepherd have leased
thlrty-cight sections OF land IN Terry
county to Scott W. Greene. and Mr
Greene will establish d new ranch up
there.
Eggs and chickens are scarce artl-
clos IN the smlihylllo market. frying
size chickens. and not very Blk ones at
that. being readily sold anywhere from
10 TO 20 cents.
Cotton Is coming In now In a great
rush at Coleman. Gins are running
night and day. Everybody busy pick
ing Most Of the cotton viii be- gather
cd within the next thirty days.
Tho rainfall In the Midland section
during the present year has not reach.
cd six lnche aud unless the pns-
turos soon have rains some OF the
stockmen will have to seek new pas
lures.
Inquiries are coming In from all sides
In regard to Midland country. aud a
great influx Of settlers is looked
for this fall. not only from the north
west, but of stockmen from east and
middle Texas.
Lon Arnett recently sold all Of hls
cattle In the Indian Territory. Five
thousand Ave hundred mixed cattle, "a
oliver a Tuttlo of Mlnco. l. r.. at t2i
per head. making total transaction
amounting to fii55OO
The FIRST carload OF Texas corn for
export arrived at Galveston on tho
goth. from near Waco. and graded as
No. 2. II was consigned so the william
d. Orthweln Grain company. which
has about 100000 bushels to follow e.
c, T. Turney Of Sonora bought from
Sam Warlng In Concho county re-
Gently ten head Of grade Hereford bull
calves at $50 per head and ten higher
grades for $50 per head. tie also bought
from VIII Malloy Of Concho county
ten half-brecd Hereford bull calves al
S25 aud eight very nigh grades at SO
per head.
In response to a letter from th'
South Dakota sheep breeders assocla
/ tion. urging that sheep dips bo ex.
ciudod from patent medicines. thl
, United States commissioner has decId
ed that such preparation Is not TO b.
construed as a patent medicine, an,
IL, therefore. not taxable under th,
|. revenue law.
II is feared that the new deep wei
on the Lockwood ranch In PecoI
, county will prove d failure after al
the expectations OF II that were enter
taincd, The water still rises hun
,, dred feet In the pipe. ~ II did al FIRST
but on trial Il has been found tina
the supply il somehow deficient an,
, that II Is quickly pumped out,
Dr. Herman. United States vctori
nary surgeon In charge OF the cattl
dipped at Fort Worth aud sent to Mid
land as an experiment, reports that h
gave all the cattle careful examlna
ton and finds no ticks on them o
any kind, all having died since IN
dipping. thus showing the success O
the experiment.
w. 8. lkard OF Henrietta. sold frou
his Sunny Side Hereford herd. OF
Turkey creek, eight registered white
face bull calves for s3eOO-one at SEQ
two at $500. four at $780, and one a
5000 They were last November. DE
cember and January calves. and con
sequently not a rear old Tom Was
gonor OF Decatur was the purchaser
The sixth annual Leon count
Livestock and Agricultural fair vii