El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-14
Farm and
Ranch.

The smile of the Texas farmer broad
ems as he looks at the crops which q
water. Now ethe vegetation actually
seems to rejoice in the moisture that
has fallen and in the promise of more
to come.-Waco Telephone.
A number of cattle feeders are secur
ing contracts for alfalfa fields in the
valley, on which they will prepare
their stock for market. Last year the
alfalfa fed beeves brought the top Of
the market at Kansas G ty and Chicago
whenever offered.-Dallas News.
The wheat is now in fine condition
The recent rain brought it out The
corn is not looking SO we'll, but in many
fields it is beginning to show healthy
green. Another hard rain would dc
great good at this time. The rain this
week was not sufficient, say the farm
ers.
For the last two months Strawberries
have Teen shipped fromIrapuato at the
rate of 700 kilos per day, and the sup
month. They are shipped to all parts
of this republic. Earlier in the season
they were Grated and sent as far north
as St. Louis, Mo.-Waxahachie.
A. b. Robertson, of the Hat ranch,
east of Eddy, has sold 1,OOO young cows
to j. G.. Bown, of Miles City, Monta-
ma, at S2U per head; 1000 two year old
steers to Clay, Robinson & Co, at $25.
He has also made q sale of his Silver
Creek ranch in Nolan county, Texas
and 800 head of cattle, for SIG, OOO.--
Eddy Argus.
| Will N, Wsddell, the Colorado cat
tlemsn, has sold his Iatan ranch to w.
r. Harris, W. L. Foster, D. N. Arnett,
| includes 122 sections of land and all
ranch improvements and implements.
No stock are included in the sale. Pos
session will be given June 1st.-West
| Texas Stockman.
The pulp of the beets was last season
| used with profit as food for fattening
lambs, but on limited scale, only
| some 5000 head having been placed in
the pens altogether. This year this
number will be greatly increased, in
fact, 1t Is now estimated that every
pound of pulp will be utilized for this
rpose.-Dallas News.
There are numbers of farmers in the
Salt river valley who testify to the i'm
mense product of their farms when
water can be had for as many crops as
suSy Cdu RAISE 4uS dllolld 1oT ASE5
last year almost without exception
went up to $50 per acre of product.
With water stored on our river such
crops would be raised every season.
Arizona Star.
One of the largest stalks of oats
ever seen in any country is on exhlbi-
ton in Tucson. 1t came from the
ran ch of DR.. Rogers in the Santa Cruz
| valley. 1t resem bles q corn stalk In
the great size of the leaves and the
solid condition of the stalk. The head
with it's effulgence of grain spreads out
like young umbrella tree. The
height of the stalk is five feet and ten
| inches.-AriZOna Citizen.
The Texas Tobacco Growing compa-
ny has been chartered by parties In
for organizing several tobacco grow
ing companies in this vicinity and the
success that Is assured those who enga-
ge in the business will in "a few years
result in converting the 'piney woods"
country into one of the most prospe-
rous tobacco growing sections in the
world .-Besumont journal.
Gov. Sayers was advised that CLAN
ders has made its appearance among
the horses in Wharton county. He
communicated the fact to the state
them to kill the affected animals.
Members of the board replied by wire
that they had no legal authority to kill
they diseased horses, and the governor
then wired them to institute rigid
quarantine against the affected section.
Farm and Stock Reporter.
The corn crop around Emory in
Raines county has about recovered
from the effects of the recent freeze.
some farmers are planting cotton, but
the bulk of the crop will not be plant
ed for two weeks. Most every farmer
is fixing to plant plenty Of forage
damage to the fruit crop. The light
rain this week gave some relief from
the drought, but the fall was not
enough to put a good season in the
ground
There are great groves of Weesatch
around San Antonio and at this season
of the - year they are generally
fragrant and full of yellow blossoms,
lending q charm and sweetness to the |
return of spring, but now they are all |
black and dull and dead, not one of |
them escaped death from the hard
freeze in February. Even the old
trees, some of them six or eight inch es
in diameter and look to be fifty years
Did, are stone dead and the once beau
,iful and fragrant groves are now
bleak. barren, and. Observation-Disclosures
Monitor.
The news has just been received
hat the fence erected by Cameron at
he Yerba Buens ranch, enclosing a
pasture eight miles in circumference,
"a what was the Calabasas grant, has
,een wiped from the face of the earth,
he wire being cut and the posts cut
Iown. AS the Oasis goes to press the
eport is circulated that last night the
stone House pasture fence was also cut