The Eddy current., 1899-04-15
PASTURE AND Farm.

n watcrmelons seed around Beoville.
J. c. sharp shipped carload Of bulls.
Durham, 10 Nacogdochea from Hills |
boro.
a. 81. Louis the A. sllbersteln steers,
weighing i49s pounds, were sold at
ti7b.
A. w ColbauEh OF Sterling county
sold 20 Arthur Evans 1900 dry sheep
~ t225
In Coke county. Mitt o'Danioi sold
90 y. c. Good 200 steer yearllngs nt til
n head.
II Is reported little damage has been
done fruit In the county around
Boerne.
~ C. Story has shipped from San
Marcos 90 50. Louis eight carloads OF
beoves.
!. w. Embry marketed nt waxa-
hachlo few days ago. nineteen bales
OF cotton.
Connor Bros. sold 10 Cawiey Bros. Of
San Angelo. 100 steer yearlings az fi5,
June delivery.
Hayden q Rucker Of Iron county,
sold c. 7. Day Of San Angelo 800 yearl-
ings at SIS.
p. NJ. shaw. the Enclnal cattloman.
reported his cattle are thriving on
prickly pear.
w. a. Briggs Of Waxahahcle sold 10
Nj. DyLtt OF Los Angeles. Cal, twelve
cars OF beef cattle.
w. W. Jones and w. J. Miller OF Dee
Ia q. -
cars 10 DO used AZ once.
The farmers Of the plains are plant
ing out orchards In earnest, and great
many are planting apples.
Indians OF tho Crock nation can
practically have their lands after the
samo shall have been allotted.
Pat Wilson. Ed Cunningham and En-.
briggs have returned from California,
where they went with a shipment OF
beef cattle.
j. VI. DOble OF Live Oak county has
In n requistion for 300 cars 10 be used
NJ Alice, Bocylllo and Falls City as fast
as they can be loaded.
McGohce. Story g. Landa Of San An
tonic shipped n train load OF their fed
cattle from their feed pens at New
Brauniels to the 81. Louis market.
Ralph and Frank Harris Of San An
gelo have shipped geihty carloads OF
cattle to tho Indian Territory and
Bird a Mertz OF the same place sixty
carloads.
Tho new game bill passed by tho
Texas house Of representatives makes
II unlawful TO kill Wild deer from jan
uary TO August /. instead OF scptem-
Der ], as before.
r. J. McElroy Of Pecos is preparing
90 drive three trail herds TO Amarillo.
The first herd started on the LIST. Mai.
McFlroy expects TO get through In
about thirty days.
II n estimated by Mr.. John c. King
that Texas shipped 5000 hores and
mu'es 10 the West Indies during the
twelve months ending on the ist in
Gtant Mr.. Ning lives at Waco.
Felix Shaw OF Encinal has cold 70
81. T. liuol of Chicago, president OF tho
Evans snider-liuol company. 500 yearf-
iFg steers FOR May delivery. They will
be pasturcd this season IN southwest
Texas.
D. r. Fant shipped 2s cars OF cattle
90 the Indian Territory from Alice n
IN said tho animals Travelled the last
nifty miles before reaching Alice with
out water and practically without
grass.
s. w slayden Of Waco planted fey-
enty-nyo acres IN Irish potatoes. OF an
early variety on his Brazos valley
plantation. about ten miles below Wa
90. II o. the largest potato crop IN tho
county. and Is a novelty IN the neigh
borhood where cotton and corn have
been planted from the earliest settle
tnent of the county tu the exclusion II
6il othof crops. Tho land o. rich and
"a capable of producing over a bale Of
cotton 20 the acre.
I. M. Ozoe left for King bounty. Fort
Worth, 10 take charge ~ 1900 cattle
lately bought by Ben Huckett Of
that city from HALEY pOrtwood of De
CatuF. II is understood that Mr.. fIacket
will soon put these cattle on the trail
for Kansas.
United states Attorney william
johnson stated at Ardmore. J. r., that
the secretary Of the interior has not
extended the time for the removal of
fences until August, as has been oircu-
lated. The time expired March 2s.
T.. n. nrlckor. the newly appointed
Inspector for the Kansas i've stock sin-
itary commission. has appointed J. r.
Williams the old inspector at Fort
Worth. 10 inspect all cattle going north
through Fort Worth for Kansas points
and Kansas city.
Messrs. Collins q Wallace made pur-
rhafcs OF cattle around uyalde aH fol-
lows; Of J. q. smyth. $50 head, Van
ham Bros. $50; A. 49, Dockery. 400; L.
9. Davenport. 800 Prices not mad .
public.
Invitations have been sent out "a
breeders an over Texas. asking them "a
meet with the business men Of Fort
Worth I'm that city April i2. 20 organ
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