The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-06
PAM AND srocK TENS

since and 1900 head FOR Emporia. Kan
W. A. Briggs shipped six cars Of
beef cattle from Waxahachie 70 81
Louis several days ago. The ship
ment went forward over the Houston
and Texas Central railroad.
A number OF hne bulls were recent
~ placed IN the Nun ranch near Colo
RADIO l. r. Hastings. the owner and
manager. has expended a large sum Of
money this past half year in grading
up his heard.
Lubbock county has been treated to
heavy and welcome rains and tho
stock tanks are now overlooking. The
cattle in that district have wintered
well and the prospect for an early
spring has greatly stimulated the
stock interests.
Some parties IN Hale county have
recently shipped IN a number OF red
Polled Angus cattle from Iowa. Many
are discarding their Durhams 10 re-
place them with this breed. for they
have given better satisfaction thus far
than any other strain.
Onion culture Is becoming a feature
in the Pecos valley and Il has been
found that the soil and climate are
PECULIARLY adopted to Il. Fifty thou
sand pounds 10 the acre Is not an
enormous yield. and the quality IL
said to be excellent.
Market gardening is being engaged
In more extensively in GraysOn coun-
~ this spring than ever before. There
are many acres planted In vegetables
that have been In cotton or corn here
tofore. There Is a good market for
all kinds Of vegetables. and they pay
better profit than any other crop that
can be raised.
The sheep market in parts Of tho
Pecos valley IL about a. active a. cat
tie trading In the panhandle Several
large transfers have been made re-
Gently. one involving the transfer Of
10000 head and two ranges for $4,000.
A. J. Knollin. Of Kansas City. was the
purchaser Several other sales OF les
ser Importance have been made al
prices satisfactory 10 the seller.
Fruit tree-plantlng aroud Denison
has been carried on more extensively
this spring than for a long time be-
fore. There are many nev orchards
set out. especially southwest q town
Pear trees seem 10 have the preference.
with apples a close second. The ex-
psrience OF apple raisers In this Sec
ton 0f the country last fall when the
crop was large and apples sold for
from 81 10 $3.50 per bushel has taught
the fruit farmers a lesson.
Mexican merchants and others are
industriously denying the fact that the
northern states OF the republic are
short Of cattle. GentlemeQ visiting
Fort Worth during the Cattle Rrssers.-
convention recently stated definitely
that whereas a year or more ago Il
was a very easy matter to purchase
and gather a Eood-sized herd In either
Sonora or Chihuahua In a weeks Jour
ney and In punches Of from 300 10 800
from a single range. now II took a
month or more to do il, and the stock
was bought In lots going from ten to
twenty-five head and that. in fact. Il
did no, pay to attempt to purchase
Mexican cattle now at any price on
that account
A banker from north Texas states
that the number o. persons now inter-
ested In the cattle growing industry
far exceeds that Of any previous year.
He says that possibly those directly en-
gagged In the business may not Be 20
numerous. but the grea; number OF
money lenders and banks who hold
what is known as cattle paper" ex-
ceeds by 100 per cent that Of any for
mer year in the history OF Texas. II
would appear, he says. that every one
in almost every kind OF business was
interested In some way in the cattle
business Of north Texas. and that the
FIRST item looked for in their morning
paper was that which indicated tho
condition OF the live stock market
A surprising feature OF the drouth
In California Is that many head OF
stock from that state here found their
way into Texas. Sanitary regulations
forbade their pasturage In Arizona or
in most parts Of New Mexico. but Tex
as being far the greater part below the
line has received a number OF train
loads. The passage OF this stock
through Arizona and New Mexico was
only secured by a special Application
made TO Secretary Wilson. OF the de-
partment OF agriculture Recent rains
in the cattls growing districts OF Cali
fornia have now In a measure abroga-
ted the difficulty under which cattle
men labored and no doubt the ship
ments will shortly cease. This Incl
dent clearly shows that the southern
fever Is not by any means confined
to Texas and that IT, being termed the
Texas" fever Is distinct and de-
cided misnomer
Returns from twelve carloads ~
cattle shipped from Corsieana recently
have been received from Chicago and
the shippers are jubllant The cattle
weighed In at 1850 pounds and sold for
$3.50 per 100 pounds. making the av-
erage price '5S75 per head. These re-