El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-26
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ranch somewhere in Western Texas
Pec0s Times.
| At q meeting of the Melon Growers
association at Pearssll q few days ago
it was learned that the members would
probably plant 1000 acres in melons
| this year.
splendid circumstances. There Ia
more corn, syrup and meat in the
county than have been known for sew
eral years.-Ex.
Intelligent farming will win every
time. The man who handles his
land with good judgment and close at
tention will never land in the poor
house.-Denison Herald.
T. R. Brice of Kentuckytown was
here Saturday. He has gathered and
the fields yet. He is a stirring farmer
and raises his own hog and hominy
and -four Sherman Register.
Corn has advanced rapidly in price
lately, so that nor hern farmers are
selling instead of feeding corn. This
will make further shortage of good
cattle and relieve the glut in the hog
market somewhat.-Southern Farm
Gazette.
r. johnson, q prominent farmer liv-
in south ofstown, was here today after
load of lumber to make some i'm
prOvements on his place. He said:
THE farmers are getting ready for
the coming years crop. 1t is about
time for them to get actively to work,
and they are getting in shape.-Deni-
son Herald.
A good way to sell corn is to put it
into hogs, when it Is condensed, and
the value increased from about half q
cent to three and half cents per
pound, and the cost of hauling to mar
ket decreased as the price is increased.
It will not pay to haul raw corn to
market when there is way that pays
9 great deal better.-Texas Farm &
Ranch.
Where is the man who said you could
not sell peas and beansP A Galveston
drummer was here Saturday making
inquiries as to the probable acreage to
be planted in peas and beans next
spring, and he made arrangements
wt9h Mr.. G. Asher to purchase every
pound of these commodities at q good
price for cash-spot cash. This is
what we like to hear! Mr.. Asher is
anxious to see large acreage planted
In beans and peas. The dry kinds can
be constructed on q very simple plan
The Galveston house will buy every
pound OF peas and bears we can raise
and cure. Who will start the ball
rolling Herald.
A dispatch to the Houston Post from
Angleton says that much broom corn
will be planted in that vicinity this
year. "Mr. Charles Westrup, of Mat
toon. Ill. an experienced broom corn
planter" says the dispatch, s'has locat-
ed at Amsterdam, where he will plant
Gig hty acres Of broom corn this year. |
He will put in the machinery necessary
for treating the product. He will take |
Galveston to New York for his crop. |
Broom corn is now worth a14o per ton |
in New York, and as ton can be pro-
duced from about three acres, it would |
seem that there was big money in the |
crop. It is claimed that two crops q
year can be made in this section, and If |
that is correct, it is likely that it will |
soon prove one of the leading crops OF
the coast country. The usual price of
broom corn is about S75 per ton, but it |
ls crop which does not require much |
work, and but q small outlay of
Another gratifying evidence of the |
elevation of the profession of farming |
is the tendency of those who follow it
TO specialize" This Ia as it should |
be. The range of farming is broad, 1t |
covers many special lines, and the man |
who concentrates-thus giving his |
time and labor to q particular branch
usually makes the best showing. This
fact is evidently recognized by the ex-
pertinent stations because no one of |
these institutions attempts to deal with |
sll the problems which confront the |
general farmer. We see for example, |
one station directing its main efforts |
towards improvements in dairying |
In another. variety tests |
with fruits and vegetables absorb the |
attention of the experts. while anoth-
ant problem of plant feeding. This is
one of the most serious questions which |
confront the farmer today, how to
feed his crops so as to get the greatest |
returns from the smallest investment. |
Farm, Field and Preside. /
Hives occupied by working colonies
Of bees should be protected during |
winter. Keepers of bee supplies sell a |
:haff hive that answers the purpose of |
protection better than anything |
slse. If these are too expensive, q |
good substitute may be made of dry |
goods boxes of various sizes, but large |
enough to allow several inches of space |
Tor packing material after the hive |
has bee set in. Make false bottom
and set it about four inches
above the other bottom after filing in
the space with chaff. Cut an opening |.
the box on level with the
false bottom, making 1t tight at top
and sides so that the chaff will not work
Town and block the entrance. The
box should be foot higher than the
hive 90 that ample protection may be
placed over the top of the hive. The
broad chambers of the hives only
should be used, the lid fsstened down
closely and set in the outer box, the