Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26
FARM AND STOCK ITEMS.

The Witherspoon company Of Gaines
vile, who are feeding the very largo
drove of cattle at the Denison cotton
seed oil mills, have been shipping
few cars of the beeves to the northern
markets.
R. G. Love OF Abilene, Taylor county
sold two carloads of beef cattle tc
Browder Bros, who shipped them tc
northern markets few days ago
Bates shipped a carload of horses from
that place to Waskom, Harrison
county.
During the pretty weather of the
past few days farmers have been rush.
ing their winter blowing and preparing
the soil for the new crops. THE acre.
age of small grain, especially of wheat
has been largely increased in Hunt
county.
Sidney Webb of Clay county recently
vaccinated 400 head of cattle that wer,
in one Of his pastures for the proven.
ton of black leg. In an adjoining
pasture, where he did not vaccinate his
stock, he lost heavily. He believes
vaccination is sure preventive tc
the disease. He keeps a man EN-.
ployed to vaccinate his cattle at the
proper time.
A fairly active business was done by
the commission men at the Union stock
yards of Fort Worth a few days ago
The packing-house received the Other
day five cars of prime hogs, one OF
which came from Oklahoma, the Others
from Texas points, Many hogs are
being shipped from the vicinity Of
1tasca, showing that farmers are tax.
ing more interest in hogs.
The drouth in the county around
Guthrie still continues. Stock water
is very scarce in some sections of the
county, and if it does not rain soon
stock will suffer for want of water
Grass is very good. Stock would &c
through the winter in good shape if
there was plenty of water Farmers
are becoming almost alarmed over tho
gloomy prospect for another crop.
Several cattle deals were made at
San Angelo during the past few days
Sam Walker purchased from Gus
Whiting 900 2-year-old steers and 100
and year old steers, at SIS around;
and from ]. B. Wells, 42O 2-year-old.
steers at $17, and $50 3 and 4-year-old
steers to ]. c. Stribbling, at $40. Sew.
eral stockmen Of that pace have gone
east to purchase thoroughbred bulls
The reports from the wheat crop in
Grayson and adjoining counties are OF
the most encouraging nature, and il
Ks the general verdict now that
the condition of the growing crop is
up to what it was last year at this time
There will be three times the acreage
this year than was last, when 100000
bushels were harvested in Graysop
county alone and marketed for approx
imately S1,OO0,000.
A gentleman from one of the south.
ern counties was in Fort Worth the
other day and stated that in his neigh
borhood alone he knew of no less than
ten farmers who propose reducing the
number of acres they will plant in
cotton this year at least one half less
than that of the past year. They pro.
post putting the land thus left vacant
in sorghum, and stock it with hogs
and few head of COWS.
Parties recently from the upper pan
hon A. =,
in excellent shape, but the lack of rain
is getting to be serious problem. In
many parts the wells are getting low,
and cattle are beginning to suffer
About the same conditiapQs are reported
to prevail in the Sweet later and San
Angelo districts. No rain has fallen
of any consequence for many weeks.
The shipment of highly bred bulls
into Texas is on the increase. Every
day witnesses the arrival at some
cattle center in the state of one OF
more cars of this grade of stock. A
large shipment of recent date was one
from Garrett Bros, of Marshall, Mo-
who shipped 213 Hereford bulls to par
ties in West Texas chiefly, San Ange-
10 and Colorado City taking the most
of them.
Every farm should carry all the
stock of all kinds that it can be made
to sustain under an intelligent system
of farming. Those who desire to as
certain the truth or falsity Of this
proposition can easily do SO by taking
day off and visiting the farms where
it is ignored. One day spent in such
an investigation will convince any man
whose mind is omen to cnnvictinn of