El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-17
Notes..

| The consumption of cotton by south.
ern mills for the cotton year just end
ed Ia reported to be ESQ, 900 bales, or
| Is per cent more than the quantity
consumed during any previous year.
Exchange.
| just now there Is great activity in
rice lands, and several thousand acres
have been purchased by lower parties.
These gentlemen have been Investigate
ing the profits of rice farming, and
will develop several thousand acres in
Jefferson county.-Alpine Avalanche.
A large amount of vegetable seeds,
including carrot. cauliaower, lettuce,
paruips, corn, spinach, onion, ETC.,
were cent by the government to Manila
several months ago. It is thought
most of them can be grown in certain
parts of Luzon. Potatoes are also to
be sent.-Alpine Avalanche.
The persimmon crop of Texas this
year was an abundant one. and the fla
vor of the fruit, after being Interview
ed few Il mes by J. Frost, all that the
most fastio4Ous epicure could desire.
There is q great demand for hickory
nuts by Wholesale dealers therein. One
for fifty carloads.-Exchang
The quality of the cauliflower raised
under irrigation in PecOs county is ex-
tremely fine and the same may be said
of many other vegetables. Market
gardening is carried on at present
only in desultory way by Mexican
who understands his business could
make furtune there.-Exchapge
Farmers say that more pork is being
slaughtered and put away in this Sec
tion than ever before in the history of
the country. There will be hardly one
farmer out of ten next years but will
season, and in many instances farmers
will have meat to sell.-Denison Her.
aid.
w. E. Hemenwsy of Stuart, ILL.,, .
big grain grower, said: "Texas is I'M
dou btedly phenomenal state. She
leads the world on cotton. She grown
wool till you can't rest. She raises
corn like the Wabash valley, produces
tobacco equal to Cuba's, and furnishes
beef to the .civiliZed world. And up
In North Texas they raise wheat just
like Illinois and the Dakotas. Whata
magnificent domain! What future she
must haven'-Houston Post.
John Jephcott. practical farmer
and close observer, who lives in the
Ethel section, was today asked by a re-
porter about :the wheat outlook. He
said: In the extreme southwestern
part of the county, lwhere visited the
other day, I noticed that fields full of
sprouting wheat q month ago are bar
rem now. This is for want of rain
in the alka'i lands, where there has
been some rain, the wheat is practical
ly dead, but it looks we'll on the black
land farms. fisherman Register.
w. M. McGehee raises the question
whether an old, run down peach Or
chard can be restored to usefulness and
thought feasible. If Mr.. McGehee ex-
poets to remain a number of years on
the place he can sooner avail himself
OF fruit results by restoring the old
trees than any other plan. By cutting
back the limbs to about two feet of the
trunk during the winter he can put on
q new top that will bear fruit the
second year. If this is done, we
should recommend the application of
coat of paint to the cut surface to
prevent too great evaporation of
that might cause rosting:; We
netain red mixed in linseed oil for this
purpose. If Mr. McGehee expects to
four or five years he can cut
down the old trees and graft one or
two of the sprouts that have come up
from the roots. All the sprouts except
those for grating should be cut, and
none allowed to grow except the CRAFTS.
This method will give practically nav
tree and by this method the varieties
are just what we prefer them to be
from the strong established roots they
grow raDidly and soon give profitable