The Eddy current., 1899-04-01
PASTURE AND Farm.

Llano Cattle company sold 10 .. n.
Britt Of Vernon 1900 e. az ts9.
Amos Bull sold 2OOo New Mexico p
yeor-oida at t22 per head TO John
Straw
T.. 4. Lewis recently paid ont $1,000
at Bells for TAT hogs for the Dallas
market
Marsh nros. of san Angelo lately
shipped 10000 pounds % wool 10 los-
ton. Mass.
Farmers ln the Chlckasaw Nation arc
reported as being we'll up with their
crop work
u ls said that the cotton acreage Of
Grnyson county viii be- much less than
that Of last year.
Indications are that The Wild plum
crop OF Oraysor county viii be fair
~ good one this year.
Tho harm OF w.. w. Fergus. three
miles from Killccn together with 1000
bushels Of corn was destroyed by Are.
G. w. Merchant of Abilene bought Of
W s. Hard OF Henrietta the IL
mon,hs-old bail Admiral Dewey at
$500
lhtcfnal Revenue Collector Hunt OF
DolIas hns herd Of registered short
horn cattle on bis ranch In Young
county.
The news comes from Altus, Ok, that
three farmers IN that vicinity have p
score Of monkeys trained 20 pick
cotton
John loyett, q farmer near MIdlo-
THAN lost hls barn three horses and
hrro quantity Of wheat, corn and oats
hy fire.
I. u Watkins Of Quanah bought OF
G. s.. Ware and j. M Martin liOO
Klng county 2-year-old steers at prl-
vAp terms
I B Smith ot Ilano has purchased
froLi Percy Frauklyu about 500 head
Of cattle which he will remove TO the
Indian Territory
D. G ogden Of San Angelo has leased
his 2-.0ooacr pasture In Mcnard
cou.ty % Russell a. Bcyaus for hyo
years at $1,000 year
". H. McEntiro Of Dallas who has
n cattle ranch IN Sterling county, did
not lose q single animal during the
Billiards NJ last winter.
Tho farmers are we'll up with thcIF
work In the skldmore section. and
most of them have watormelons up and
corn several inches high.
Davidson a curtis sold $500 ycarl-
inrs 20 the American Pastoral COM
pany of Denver at tl9. These cattle
are located In New Mexico.
!. y. Slaughter purchased 20O0 COWS
from tho ST. Louis Cattle company at
$50 a head. Tho cattle are located ia
Crosby CARA and Linn counties.
Yoalum gardeners have already be-
Gun 10 supply the local market with
strpwherrIos and few carly vcgota-
hleg such os radishes lettuce. etc
Two farmers arrived AZ Waxahachlo
n few days ago with eight bales OF
cotton which they said had been picked
hlnre the FIRST snow Of tho past winter
Clarence Allen ~ Mckinney shipped
n car of mules for Shreveport. La This
makes tho third car of mules sent out
81 that market by Mr. Allen this win
ter
The sheep industry II becoming quito
a fncior IN the Pecos yulley Several
small farmers are procuring small
Rocks. and large sheep owners ars
RENTING alfalfa pasture lands
W a briggs ~ wayahnchle. who
captured the second prize at the Fort
worth fat stcsk show. shipped the two
carloads 90 S. Louis. whore they sold
Tor $500
Megsra storey & Ianda of New
DmunfclE shipped a train Of fat cattle
20 ST. Louis several DAYS ago and
Mcmrs Mrgchee. Storey Landa
shipped train from their Austin feed
lots % ST. Louis aud also Chicago.
Judge q. w. Nelson of Kansas city
toid Two herd ~ Hereford bulls 90 sug
Robertson ~ Colorado city at $3.50
each; twelve 10 Llano Cattle company
al 5000 each. two 90 ~ y Rogers of
Kent county at 5000 each. Lord Nell
son. tho il-months-old hull calf pre-
fentod by Judge Nelson 10 the Midland
Carnival association. sold AZ $500 10 N.
r Gordon Of Woathorford
A string OF ten wagons rolled into
Corslcane recently from the north part
of Navarro county containing the fOl-