El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-04
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There are plenty of watermelons or
the market at Gainesville, Tex.-Ex,
Contemplating has commenced in
earnest around Beeville.-Pecos
| Times.
An eighty pound melon was shipped
to San Antonio from Beeville, Tex.
as.-Ex.
| Watermelons are becoming very
plentiful, at Tucson selling at from
eight to ten dollars per tOn.-Ex.
The people of Jones county Tex.
have such fine crop prospects that they
are going to have two days. celebrs-
| ton.
Some of the farmers of Milan county
Texas. met in Rockdale and adopted re-
solutions opposing the round bale sys-
tenn of cotton gtnning.-Ex,
What is supposed to be the army
worm has made it's appearance at Val
ey Mills, Bosque county Tex. Farmers
are buying London purple to poison
them.-Ex.
The harvesting of oats and wheat
around Sanger Texas, Is about over.
The rains did but little damage. Corn
ia the best ever raised there; so is the
cotton. Herald.
looking much better now than two
weeks ago, and will make a right good
crop. Corn will be very scarce in this
section, owing to the overfow.-Ex.
Some farmers along the Navasets
it is up and the prospects for q crop in
the flooded district is yet good, unless
there is an early fall to cut it short
Elk.
Mr.. T. J. Cargyle marketed q wagon
load of sweet potatoes at Hillsboro,
Tex, at 81 .25 bushel, they being the
first of the season. He raised them in
the edge of the cross timbers near
Some of the finest watermelons ever
seen in Paris Texas, have been grown
in Lamar county this season. Several
truck growers are also making profit
able industry Of shipping cantaloupes
to northern cities.-Ex.
Farmers around Corsicana, Texas.
say that the worms, after having strip
ped the grass fields, have taken pos
session of the cotton fields and are doing
much damage. Reports to the same
affect come from other sections.-Ex.
D. E. Iedbetter, prominent whole
sale grocer and grain dealer of Ander- |
son, S. c., was in Sherman interview |
ing grain dealers about oats. He says |
,he fame of the north Texas oats has |
the Atlantic coast.-Abilene |
Times.
A pest resembling the army worm /
las appeared in Navarro county, Texas,
n countless numbers and are causing |
much damage. The worm is about an
nch in length, grayish brown in color
md has a black shiny head.-Ex-
hsnge.
Mrs. n. G. Huggins of Lindsle states
hat the fruit growers around Lindale
re surprised at the yield of the PEI ch
rop, it being much larger than they
creage in vegets bles would be increas-
d in that section nearly 200 per cent
ext year.-Houston Post.
caches to Devers, Angelina county
'exas, seen there for several years.
hey are of the Alberta, variety. The
verage weight is nearly eight ounces,
nd the fruit is free from worms. Mr..
haw raised about 100 bushels of
caches this year.-Denison Herald.
Grape drying at Glendale has COM
fenced early this year and the supply
} larger than previous years. More ,,
len will be employed than ever be- !
IRE. A traction engine has been re-
sived by the Phoenix Raisin Seeding {
Packing company and all dipping !
I'd other improvements are to be plac- t
on the Rancho del Higo.-Tucson
itizen.
Elem Cunningham of Jones county
exas, reports an instance OF increase
stock cattle that would certainly
tisfy the most avaricious stockman.
g has 3-year-old heller that has
rec living heifer cslves-one a year.
lg and the other two twin calves.
le heifer Is eastern scrub stock COM
only known here as the "Arkansss
gy."-Ex.
There is still q complaint among the
rmers about Denison, Texas. that s
ere is not supply of thrashers in
g county sufficient to meet the de-
and, and q great many are getting :
xious to have their oats and wheat
tended to, but find difficulty in get 4
,g thrashers att. Next year double s
e number of harvesters and thrashers
this section of Texas and the Indian I
rritory will be required.-Denison !
,rald. I
.. M. Pace, renter on the Munsop
m, one mile southeast of Denison, r
xas, brought to town q sweet potato =
lie that is curiosity. The vine is III
about four feet long, and
err two inches wide at the widest L
ice. The leaves all grow on one
lie. Mr.. Pace says he sold potatoes
I'M these vines at 81 per bushel. He