El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-21
: Farm and
Ranch.

Cotton picking is under good head
way in Navarro county, Tex.-Ex.
The sheep business in Uvalde county,
Tex, is proving to be profitable.
Elk.
Cows may be persuaded but not fore
ed into new behavior.-Farm and
Ranch.
Cotton worms are becoming rampant
in Smith county, Texas.-Bonham
News.
Corn in the western counties Is re-
ported to be good and the yield will be
large.-Ex.
The grass in the panhandle is said to
be fine and cattle getting in fine shape
for the winter.-Ex.
Uvalde county, Texas, has had plenty
of rain, and the range is getting in
good condition.-Carlsbad Current.
A farmer in Henderson county, Tex
IS, planted five acres in can taloupes
and sold 1859 cratee.-Denison Herald.
A watermelon weighing 70 pounds
Gently. It was raised near Campbell
Elk.
Price Simmons shipped carload of
mules from Hillsboro to Memphis,
Tenn, for work on the Mississippi
| river levee.-Ex.
Three hundred and fifty head of
horses will be bought at San Antonio,
Texas, to be used in the Philippines -
| San Antonio Light.
Parties in Hillsboro, Tex. have
h@, Il = 81
| cavalry in the Philippines. An officer
| will be there to receive them.-Ex.
At Sherman, Col. Jot Gunter receiv-
ed via the Santa Fe from Rosenberg
Junction two buffaloes, male and
female, which he will take to his
ranch in Grayson county, Texas
Farm & Ranch.
Sheep shearing is now largely done
by hand, and if the sheep appreciated
the benefits of the invention in their
immunity from cuts they would all
their gratitude in universal BIB bah.
Farm & Ranch.
The Bartlett pear raised in the Salt
River valley Is as much in demand as
the csntsloupe raised here. Orders
have been received for hundreds of
boxes. The yield will be heavy this
year in oil parts of the fruit belt, and
| several cars of Bartlett will be shipped
out to eastern points.
The second meeting Of the Fruit and
Vegetable Growers association at Min
cola, Tex, was we'll attended. Consti-
tuition and bylaws were adopted.
Prof. 81. M. Foote of Sulphur Springs
delivered an address. The organi
heard from In the future.-Abilene
Times.
Cotton planters from different Sec
tions Of Navarro county, Tex. report
| that the damage to tho present crop
by boil worms and sharpshooters to be
greater than has heretofore been esti-
| mated. Lowland fields have suffered
| most and in some cases 1t is claimed
that the yield will be cut short so per
cent.-Peoos Times.
All that is needed to keep hogs in
health is good food in healthy variety,
clean water to drink, sufficient range
without or within, for plenty of ex-
| ercise, and close quarantine against
infection. Condition powders, cholera
cures, and nostrums of all sorts gen.
orally are and always ought to be un-
neoessary.-Farm and Ranch.
The watermelon crop of Denton
| county, Tex, Is Enthusiastically large,
ton in such quantities that it is becom-
ing drug on the market. One shown
there weighed II pounds, while those
| Weighing from IS to Is pounds were
frequent. Large ones can be bought
for five, ten or fifteen cents each.-
Elk.
J. A. Smith, living one mile south of
Denton, Tex, showed limb off Col
den Beauty plum tree, on which the
fruit was clustered almost like grapes.
On the limb two feet in length were no
| trees are alike. Mr.. Smith says the
fruit is so thick the trees have to be
propped up to keep the weight from
breaking them down.-Dallas News.
o. Darwin, farmer of years of ex-
perience, whose land is below Waco,
Tex, where the Tehuacana joins the
Brazos, suffered heavily from the over
flow. He had 500 acres of cotton, from
which he would have made over 500
bales. submerged and most of It killed.
Mr.. Darwin says all the insect pests
known and catalogued are busy in the
overflowed lands. He saw sharpshoot-
ers, carterpillsrs. boil worms and army
worms in his feld.-Ex.
The Gardeners and Fruit Growers
association of Northeast Texas met in
convention at Texarkana. The most
important matter that came before the
convention was the purchase of fruit
trees at Wholesale prices and q decision
was reached to elaborate on orchards:
to that end carload purchases of twigs
will be made and Texas nurseries will
be patronized. Secretary p. F. Nc
COrmick was elected a delegate to the
meeting of the district association
which convenes at Mount Pleasant,
Tex.-Ex.
Refrigerated rossts steaks, veal,