Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-04-12
PASTURE AND FARM.

Corn about Greenvlle is nearly all
planted
Corn is about all planted around Sui
phur Springs
Nearly all the corn around Taylor
has been planted.
Two inches of snow fell at Amarillo |
on the 9Th, greatly helping wheat.
The wool securing mill at San An
gelo secured the Simon Poll clip of co. |
600 pounds.
Some orchards are reported as hav-
ing been entirely killed in the vicinity |
Of Groesbeck.
NJ. e. Henderson OF Gainesville, Tex,
marketed three cars of 1026-pound
steers at S4.20
There will be no figs raised in Har-
rison county this year, all the trees
having been killed.
j. NJ Morrow marketed 1133-pound
Texas bulls at S3.15, and a few other
cattle at st. Louis.
Miller & Erke of Seguin, Tex, mar
keted thirteen loads 1901 and 9SS-pound
steers at $4.25 al st. Louis.
f.. B. Flowers, Lcckhart, Tex, mar
keted eight loads S14 and S1S pound
steers At st. Louis at $3.50
The recent blizzard around Odessa
killed apricot and peach blossoms and
ruined corn and vegetables.
Farmers about Rairdstcwn, Lamar
county, northwest of Paris, will in
crease the acreage of corn this year.
Some southwestern farmers say the
prickly pear has considerable water,
but not enough nourishment for cattle
Many Ellis county farmers say corn
will have to be replanted, as very lit
tie planted before the last freeze will
mature.
Payne & Son of San Angelo sold to
Perry Day seventy head of steers. They
were Is, rs and IS. The jrice was SIS,
$40 and $25.
A. Armstrong. sr., of Cotulla, has
bought this month of Raymond Martin
500 steers, As and up. Delivery will be
made some time this month.
]. ]. Hall, at Cotulla, has sold to P. N.
Blackstone fifty head of steers, years
old and up. Delivery is to be made be-
|
The cold weather of last week check.
ed farming operations in North Texas
as the ground was too cold to keep seed
in it. There was some blowing done,
however.
Peach prospects in the vicinity of st.
10, Montague county. were bright up
to the recent freeze, but the chance
for crop now are eseeptienally slim.
There may he few peaches, but it Is
doubtful.
Roxton is a small town on the Santa
Fe, ten miles southwest of Paris. The
cotton ginned and marketed there this
, season 10 nearly 5000 bales, which they
claim is the best record of any town on
the Santa Fe from Paris to Dallas.
Geo. s. Gayle United States reporter
Of statistics of Jackson county, after
careful investigation, reports the loss
of cattle at 13 to every 100 head. He
also reports cattle at this time in fail
, condition and improving raDidly.e
Wolves are becoming numerous IN
the vicinity of Tailihina, 1. T., and
= cattlemen have been compelled to re-
3 sort to strychnine to rid the country
| of the pests. Tom Elliott was exhib-
= iting a large tusk as a result of his
remedy.
Mr.. ]. G. Fine one of the largest
s fruit raisers in Johnson county, says
J. that he had been damaged at least
r $1,000 by the cold weather of last
: week. He said that nine-tenths of the
: apples and two-thirds of the peaches
: In his orchard had been killed.
While most Of the oil mills in tai
5 state have closed down, the Marlin in
Il stitution is still in operation, with me
q terial enough on hand to continue tn
: MASKING process until summer. TIL
weekly pay roll of this mill is wort
: considerable to the trade of Marlin.
g Gov. Snyers was advised that glai
. ders has made its appearance among ts
8 horses in Wharton county. He cor
II municated the fact to the state liv
@ stock sanitary board and ordered thu
TO kill the affected animals. Membs
II of the board replied by wire that thy
s. had no legal authority to kill the s.
It eased horses, and the governor TN
e wired them to institute rigid guam
II tine against the affected section.
Mail advices from New South Yves
l. say the drouth that Is now prevaiag
'r in that colony is the worst ever exlri-
T. enced. Settlers and stockmen are p-
e pealing to the government for aid. he
e rainfall for the last five years has zen
IS insufficient for agricultural purses
Ie there.
Messrs. Bishop & Nichols at Sith-
n Vile, shipped four cars of corfed
st calves, two cars of which went I st.
Ie Louis and two to New OrleansT The
Is calves were all in fine conditiol and
W averaged 567 pounds each. Thewere
1T considered by stockmen to bemong
20 the finest cattle shipped fronthere'