El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-23
Farm and
Ranch.


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, Cotton is beginning to bloom in ma
ny ocalities.-ShermanR Register.
Irish potatoes in large mum bers ar
being shipped daily to northern ant
eastern markets.-Ex.
Lamar county Texas has alread J
shipped seventy-ive carloads of Irish
potatoes this year.-Denison Herald.
The hay men around Forney ant
Mesquite Texas are making all neces
= sary arrangements to commence cut
, ting. Elk.
The Camp County Horticultural as
socistion is shipping many carloads o
Irish potatoes to Ohio, Illinois and In
diaua.-Ex.
In many localities in Texas the acre
, age of cotton has been considerably re
duced this season, still great deal has
been planted.--Sherman Register.
Reports from all parts of the state
indicate that the recent rains have
been of material benefit to both farm
ing and stock interests. -Denison Her
aid.
There is wonderful tendency among
many of the new breeds of fowls to re.
vert to mongrelism, which is often
complete in two generatiOns.-Farm &
Ranch.
| Plums and blackberries are fast
ripening and quite a number are being
sold in the cities and towns Of Texas.
Straw berries are still on the market
though the supply steadily diminlshes.
I-EX.
| The Texas watermelon crop is COM
ing In rapidly, and already the luscious
/ L. t., g. &c
way from Maine to California and from
the Gulf to the Great Lakes.-Den-
nison Herald.
The Galveston Maritime Association
has sent out circular stating that
| square bales of cotton which are not
24x54 inches in size and below 25
pounds in density will be locked 80
cents per bale. Elk.
Sinton, Texas, shipped tn. first Gu
cum bers of the season; also shipped the
first watermelous. These latter were
shipped to San Antonio, small con-
Segment, and they are said to have
brought excellent prices.-Ex.
The largest dairy in the world is To-
Gated fourteen miles from Newark, N.
j., the minimum number of COWS kept
being 1000. The proprietor runs
ranch in Iowa for the special purpose
of supplying this dairy with cows
Farm & Ranch.
Mike Boyer, standard authority on
the subject, says Brahnas are not
suitable for the broiler market, and
gives IS one reason that Brahma eggs
do not hatch as we'll in incubators as
those of the American class; and as
another that feathers on the legs goes
against them.-Ex.
Texas ought to make arrangements
to save enough of her potato crop this
fall, so she will not have to buy all this
springs crop back from the north next
fall. Despite the pessimists, who say
that potatoes can not be saved in this
climate, there are practical farmers
who say it can be done.-Ex.
The guinea hen does not lay as many |
eggs as the plain hen, though we have |
seen reported statements in print that
they surpsss all other fowls in egg |
production. They are valuable fowls !
nevertheless. A fat young guinea is
gsmey and savory table fowl, though
the flesh is dark. Those who claim ex-
cessive laying for guineas are mistak-
en- about, or simply don't know, like
many others who write for the press
Elk.
There is no economy in growing
crop of grain harvesting land leaving
the ground bare until next seed time.
Mexican June corn, cow peas, sorghum
DR. fall potatoes, or even sweet potatoes
may be grown after early harvest.
These crops, or any of them, are there
lore that much clear gain. Farmers,
;he same as other men, should push
heir business to keep other business
Ranch. f}
Our farmers should experiment
argely with alfalfa. No farmer
~ actual test. whether he can grow
Italia or not. The fact that feed
arming is to be the salvation of Texas
griculture makes this first class ad-
ice. Every farmer who has q good
ED of this splendid forage crop has a
old mine, if he only knows how to
7ork it, and if he don't know it is
ime he should be attacking the sub
ect with a determination born of
ecessity.-Ex.
Latham, Alexander & Co, in their
otton circular for May 10Th, estimate
ne cotton acreage at q, LOG, 600 acres.
decrease of little more than 10 per
ent. AT .43 of bale per acre (the
enersl average last Year, this indi- =
ates total yield for 1899 of 9, O75, $50 Q
ales. Texas is credited with 3, $780,
10 acre in cotton. The average yield z
| Texas for 1898 was 40 of bale per =
ere; therefore, 2, 1886, 900 bales are iu- =
cated as the cotton crop for Texas 3
lie current year.-Farm & Ranch. q
Best ALL Year Route to California j
Is the Southern Pacific. The travel 4
e public can easily understand this !
hen it is known that this is the only
ne running coaches through to Cali =