Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-05-31
PASTURE AND FARM.

lot cutting.
Three large gins are to be erected
at Franklin.
Considerable cotton is being planted
around Iowa Park.
Texas raises one-nineteenth of the
sheep in the United tsates and stands
fourth.
Lee Bros. of San Angelo bought from
Seatoh Keith seventy-fve 2-year-old
steers at s22
Oats in Grayson county are heading
finely and ere long they will be ready
for the reapers.
Farmers in the vicinity of Crisp
Ellis county, are organizing a stock
company to put up flour mill
The Hopkins County Wool Growers
association sold their spring clip at
Sulphur Springs for 14A cents per
pound; $4,000 pounds in this sale.
It is thought that the next session
Of the Georgia Legislature will consider
the uniformity plan in cotton classif-
cation.
NJ. Half & Bro. are now stocking
their pastures with yearling steers
from Inez, near Peafsall They recent
ly received thirty-one cars.
Mr.. John E. Owens of Wills Point
recently shipped in a small herd of
thoroughbred registered red Durham
cattle, and will put them on his ranch,
south of that city.
Eale Bros. of Bonham shipped twelve
cars of cattle to st. Louis, recently,
the third shipment of the past week.
These cattle have all been fed at Bon
ham during the past winter.
Fine rains have fallen in Knox coun-
ty, relieving the stockmen and farm
ers. Early wheat will not make more
than half a crop. Spring wheat looks
fine. Corn and oats are good. Cotton
planting was delayed on account of the
dry weather.
Maj Wickman of San Antonio
bought from Bean Bros. of Independ-
ence Pecos county, 100 muttons, after
shearing. at S2.621s; from T. T. Dow
ney of Pecos county, 5000 muttons at
So; from Duncan Campbell Of Pecos
county, 800 muttons at $3.50.
Rev. l. B. Kimbrough on Blue Grove
was in Henrietta few days ago and
stated that he had killed over, 1000 jack
rabbits during the past year and took
out ammunition to continue the work
of annihilating the destructive pests.
Mr.. D. c. Hill of Mckinney, fed
ABOUT 2100 cattle the past season and
mbarketed them at range of $40 to
S5.25, the average being about $4.75,
and the highest in his experience as
feeder. For bunch of 2-year-olds he
got $5.25 earlier in the season.
Last winter there was a heavy loss
IN range horses, From some sections
it is reported that horses died by the
thousands They were regarded by
many as worthless. Since spring came
there has suddenly developed sur
prising demand for range horses.
Two prominent shippers Of Texas,
]. J. Hittson of Abilene and T. j. Crog
gin of Metkel are credited with having
purchased 10000 head of cattle in the
Mormon colonies near Casas Grandes,
Mex, for shipment to the Panhandle
and the Pecos valley.
Texas is sixth in corn acreage in the
United States, the number of acres be-
ing 4,213,468; in the United States,
77,721, ISL, which is also or.e-nineteenth.
In bushels for 1898 the state is sixth
and made a showing of 1867 900; ia
the United States, 924,1S4,O0O, which
Is one-nineteenth of corn in bushels.
T. L. Blackmon, who represents the
Hon.e Land and Cattle Company, once
one of the truly big outfits of the coun-
try, which handled from 100000 to
100000 cattle during ten years of the
pest part OF lls eAlstence anu shlPPeu
90, 900 head in 1898, said that the COM
pany would probably stock up again
soon.
The strawberry crop around Mineola
was damaged soma by the rains.
The extremely cold weather and
late spring seem to have had compare
lively little effect on the Texas straw
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