Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-24
RANGE AND FARM.

Corn was never better in Austin
county.
Quanah expects to mcri-et 10000
bales of cotton this season.
Foard county farmers expect to
make bale of cotton per acre.
The boil worm has appeared in some
of the cotton fields in Burleson coun-
ty.
Cotton picking is in full blast in Me-
dina county, and pickers are in de-
mand.
Farmer2 around Denison claim tho
boil worm will not seriously injuro
cotton.
The sorghum cane and potato crops
are exceptionally fine in Polk county
this year
Sharpshooters are doing serious in
jury to the cotton in parts of Milan
and Robertson countios.
Cotton prospects around Elgin are
gloomy. Some farmers assert it will
take ten acres to produce one bale.
Leon Halfn of Colorado City bought
10000 pounds of wool from Arthur
Anderson and 10000 pounds from Ike
Kronski.
The new roller mill al Denison WILL
have a capacity of 200 barrels of flour
per day and 100 barrels of meal If
necessary, 400 barrels of -four can BIO
turned out.
All of the small stock farmers in
the panhandle section of the state
have plenty of feed to carry their cat
tie through a hard winter. They are
not going to take chances.
Yearling steers in Hockey county
bring $50 readily, and but few are Of
fered for sale In ValVerde county the
price is SIS, and with the same reluct-
ance to part with the stock.
The boil worm is doing frightful en-
ecution in the bottoms of the Brazos,
around Wellborn, and is beginning to
infect the upland farms Farmers arc
rather blue over the situation
Farmers in Karnes county are gath
ering their corn as rapidly as possible,
so as to be able to devote their entire
time to picking the cotton crop, which
will soon require their undivided at
tention.
There will be worlds of sorghum
syrup made in Leon county this sea-
son, lots of peas and potatoes, large
and superabundant crop of corn, and
doubtless good turnout of cotton.
The latest report from the govern
ment inspectors and state authorities
| of Illinois interested in the condition OF
| the cattle that we're passed through the
dipping watts at Fort Worth is that tho
experiment is a success.
Melons and tomatoes grown in the
vicinity of Abilene are being shipped
west this year in considerable quanti-
ties. The Pacific Express company re-
ports that it's business for given time
this year will exceed that of corrc-
spending time last ysar by 60 per cent.
w. T. Scott. the we'll known cattle
man of Fort Worth. has returned
from an extended trip through tho
northern part of the state, and re-
ports that he never saw crops better
or the outlook for both farmers and
stockmen more encouraging than 1t Is
at this time.
Thomas Montgomery, who claims
Fort Worth as his home, but owns
large cattle ranch in Crosby county,
where he spends good part OF his
time, has returned from the ranch to
Fort Worth. Mr.. Montgomery says he
never saw the grazing better or the
| cattle in finer condition throughout
the southern part of the panhandle
than they are now.
Cotton picking has commenced, and
is being rapidly picked throughout the
different portions of San Particle
Several weeks ago cotton promised
good Weld, but now, on account of the
dry weather, leaf worms and Mexican
boil weevil, farmers do not expect to
average more than 400 pounds of seed
cotton per acre. unless abundance OF
rain comes from this on. to insure
fall crop.
A cattleman from the panhandle
district, where flies. both the heel fly
and the horn fly, are causing great an
noyance to cattle, says that If any ono
desires to know Just how much flies
can annoy stock let him lie down In an
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