Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-05-10
PASTURE AND FARM.

Mullen.
Truck farms around Texarkana are
thriving.
Taylor county farmers anticipate
abundant crops this year.
Wheat oats and corn look we'll
around Mckinney.
Gardens around Mexia were greatly
benefited by the late excellent rains.
Spring shearing of sheep is now in
progress in some western counties.
Wherever rains have fallen in the
state farmers report gratifying growth
of crops.
Lamar county farmers report there
is stock water enough in that county
for while.
Farmers and stockmen in Clay coun-
ty are in good spirits over the fine
recent rains.
Cotton planting was retarded in
many counties of tn estate by the re-
cent rainy spell,
Wheat and oats crops in Jack county
are turning out much better than was
anticipated several weeks ago.
R. H. McNatt OF Fort Worth pur-
chased fifty head of white-faced Here
ford cattle from S. D. Howard at
Quanah.
]. M. Doble shipped trainload OF
cattle from Wades on the San Antonio
an dAransas Pass road to Bridgeport,
j. It.
The cotton acreage in the section OF
Dallas county around Garland will be
reduced, it is estimated. 20 per cent
this year over last.
Runnels county expects to raise q
large quantity of grapes and water
melons this season.
Sheep Jared we'll the past winter in
the vicinity of Rockport and some fine
mutto nhas been sold en- the market
of that city.
Js Ilullntlo VI san AASClOy nag
bought from Tow Cowley his four
section ranch ON Crows Nest, Tom
Green county, for $17OO; also 100 COWS
at $40.
Considerable attention is being given
to the cultivation of tobacco this year
by Harrison county farmers and quite
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a large acreage viii be put in.
| Reports from Cooke county are that
| vegetation has taken on new life, is
growing rapidly, and the farmers,
stockmen, merchants and everybody
else are in good spirits.
| The shipment of cattle from Colo
RADIO City to the Indian Territory and
| Kansas has commenced and will in all
probability be decidedly lively for the
next month.
Customs Inspector Jas. McGloin
seized eighty head of cattle at Heb
ronville. The cattle were smuggled
| into this country from Mexico. They
will be advertised and sold at Laredo.
Mr.. Hoebs took into Alvin as the re-
suit of one days picking, $115 worth
of Strawberries. His patch has and
| will for some time to come bring 500
! per day.
Claud Snow of Bertram shipped two
cars of muttons to Houston and G. L.
Snow car of hogs. The stock was
sold under contract. the sheep at 4
cents and the hogs at $3.50.
Three farmers, Messrs. Perry and
| Crockett brothers, marketed 1000 BUSH
els of wheat at Mckinney several days
ago for Is cents per bushel They
are west Collin farmers, where the
grain average is largely increased over
that of many previous years.
Wheat and oats in the vicinity of
| Margaret have been badly damaged by
the continued dry weather that has
| prevailed in that section and the far
mers in consequence feel blue over the
outlook. The corn crop also is very
backward and the yield will probably
be light.
The sugar crop of Cuba for 1899 is
officially estimated at 9O79O3 English
tons as against 2S2,OS2 tons for 1898.
The tobacco crop of Cuba is said to
be as good and more abundant than
for two years past A large number
of remedies filler was sold in the field
I, for S22 per quintal.
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