Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-06-14
PASTURE AND FARM.

1900 shorn muttons at $3.50 and 25O at
SIPS.
About 1000 head of horses have been
shipped from Midland within the past
three months.
G. w. Bowman is erecting at Plano
a grain warehouse Tat will hold sew
enty-fve carloads of small grain.
Some of the farmers in the storm de-
wasted district around Clarksvil,e are
blowing their cotton and will rep ant.
Plenty of roasting ears of corn are
now on the market at Beeville. The
prospects for god corn crop are flat
tering.
Notwithstanding the recent severe
storm in Lamar county wheat is turn
ing out well and fair yield will be
realized.
j. R.R Hamilton of San Angelo
bought from Jeff Mills 1900 shorn NUT
tons at SO and 100 from Massie Bros.
at $31J
Judge Tannehill OF Amarillo so d 519
head of cattle to Belts G Holder if FL
dorado, Kan. They were shipped from
the Flag ranch in Deaf Smith county.
A carload OF Irish potatoes has been
shipped to Cleveland, O., by parties at
Marshall. The potatoes were grown
close to town and the shippers estimate
that they will not 81 per bushel
Among the fine stock that has
changed hands in Midland recently was
a bunch of 219S two-year-old COWS
bought of the Union Brokerage com
pany by Townsend, Davis & Purcell.
Mr.. w. Q. Richards brought in 1900
steers from the Sd ranch recently to
Quanah and shipped them from that
point to the northern market. He re-
ports grass in splendid condition.
A train load of cattle sos head, all
heifers of high grade, left Alice for
Gainesville. They are the cattle pur-
chased by Hon. j. w. Bailey at Santa
Gertrudes when he visited that ranch
some weeks ago.
1t looks as if it would take several
years to bring the supply of cattle up
to a point that will justify holding
young steers on the range until they
get much past two years old The
threes sell now at good prices.
Assistant Live Stock Agent James
H. Polk of the Santa Fe says that, $50
cars of sheep will move off via the
Southern Pacific from Del Rio Sander
son and other points to St, Louis and
Chicago.
Twenty-Five cows were examined at
the Chicago stockyards and all were
found to be affected with tuberculosis.
From the lungs of one animal, a pint
of germs was taken. Every COW was
in an advanced stage of consumption.
The Pecos Valley railroad people
state that the shipments Of stock over
their line for the season will amount
to 125,O00 or 1855, 900 head and they look
for the present activity to continue
until about June June 10.
Two trains of young stock were ship
ped into Eddy by Merchant & PARA
more of Abilene from their pastures in
the San Simeon valley in Arizona, in
tended for Their ranch sixty miles east
of Eddy.
The wheat harvest has begun in Ma
varro county and reapers are at work
all along the line. Samples of grain
brought to Corsicana show up well,
the grain being plump. and of good
weight There has been but little to
back-set the crop and the yield promi-
SEES to be good.
Mr.. w. H. Matchett of Corsicana
made ashipment of a carload of new
oats to Houston on the 10Th ult The
oats were raised and thrashed by Mr.
Tom Harwell near that city and graded
high up. Mr.. Matehett claims that this
shipment was the earliest ever made
to market from that county.
c. NJ. Price a farmer living one mile
from Plano, is putting up $4,000 resi-
denoe.
Considerable wheat cutting is al
ready in progress in Collin county.
Numerous binders are to be seen going
out from Mckinney every day. Some
new threshing outfits tavo also gone
out and dealers anticirate still othe'
sales.