Carlsbad current., 1899-06-24
PASTURE AND Farm.


u. c. Rhome shipped two hne regis
tered bulls 10 parties In pettus.
Hillsboro IL shipping oats to Calves
ton and other points.
The corn crop Of southwest Texas
has been cut short by drouth.
Mr.. Field. living near Burnet. sold
9OoO-pound wool clip at 10 cents.
A carload Of goats have been shipped
from san Angelo 10 Kalamazoo, Mich.
Strawberries have about vanished,
but baokbcrrlcs stlll are on the mar
ket
The hrst load Of hay for the season Of
1899 sold at Paris was raised near Max
ey and sold at 81 ton.
Farmers In the vicinity OF Pavenna.
Fannln county, have killed several
wolves recently.
A cyclone damaged crops some in tho
vicinity Of Plcton. II was followed by
an unusually hard rain.
The first carload Of wheat sent out
this season from Gutesyllle was raised
by J. H. Roby
The first new wheat was received
at Midlothian on the lith. II was sold
for SO cents per bushel cassed as No.
? and weighed 60 pounds to the meas
ured bushel. The new grain wa 7hlp-
ped to Galveston for export
Tomatoes and roasting ears are be-
ginning to come In In goodly guam
tity, and they. too, will soon be In
abundance.
iloone Simmons OF liillsboro bought
two carloads Of hogs at l.orena aud
nrucevllle and shipped them for the
California market
Tho terrible wind and rain Of the
10th did great damage 10 about hfteen
acres OF cats on the farm Of Col. G. y.
Pickett. four miles from Decatur.
Crops In che vicinity of McGoc, l. r..
are reported In fine condition. especial
ly corn and oats. Wheat was consid-
erably damaged by the late spring.
Farmers In the northern part o.,
Fannin county say that notwlthstand-
Ing the damage done by the recent
hail storm the crop outlook Is bright.
=. r. ana !. Nutt OF Granbury sold
100 head Of 2-ycar-old steers to w. n.
Dennis Of Chlcasha. I, e., for &2i.50 per
head. They will be shipped to the Ter
rltory at once.
The FIRST trainload Of watermelons
shipped from the Beeyille section this
season consisted Of twenty-one car
loads. The train was made up at Bee
willie and several stations south.
What Ia TO be the largest goat-ranch
In the world has recently been started
at lAmy Junction, ~ NJ, by Robert
l'oerderer Of Philadelphia, IN connec-
tlon with Luclus Beebe. leather deal
er OF Boston and several other cap
itallsts. II has $1,000 goats now.
Walton Bras. shipped thirteen car
loads OF fat beef steers from Corslcana
over the Cotton Belt "a Chicago. This
cleans up the Corslcana feeding pens
and will be the last shipment from
there until fall.
Among the through shipments which
passed Paris a few days ago were six.
ty-six cars OF cattle from points on
the Santa Fe, Midland and Texas and
Pacific. consigned 10 the northern
stock yards. Three loads OF melons
from Mathis, on the Aransas road
went through to ST. Louis.
T. A. Coleman Of San Antonio ha,
purchased OF links Blocker the More
ranch. IN Dlmmltt county. This ranch
consists OF about 10000 acres. Includ
ing lands In fee simple. leased land
and improvements and 1900 head oil
stock cattle The terms are private.
Col T., II. Cunningham, the wealthy
sugar planter OF sugarland. says th'
prospects for a good sugar caae ere.
are promising
About 100000 pounds OF last years
clip OF Montana wool that was store,
during the winter In Boston. was sol,
I a few days ago for II i-2 cents Th'
wool was the property Of the Bank o.
. Fergus county, Of Lewiston, state oI
Montana.
Eight cars OF fine fat heeyes wer'
: shipped from Cuero boy speclal traiI
Z over the Southern Pacific for Calves
: ton, at which point they took ship fo
Cuba. Mr.. r. H. Bailey Is the shipper
I Stock Is In excellent condition In thi
, section.
= One day last week a train loade,
: with cattle was side-tracked al sta