The Eddy current., 1899-04-08
PASTURE ANo Farm.

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a carload Of iat cattle from Waco
north.
Corn soou, Giccnvlle 10 nearly al
planted.
Corn IL about al planted around sui-
thur Springs.
Nearly all tho corn around Taylor
has been planted.
Two inches OF snow fell at Amarillo
on the 9Th greatly helping wheat.
The wool securing mill az san An.
gelo secured the Simon Poll clip Of CO..
900 pounds.
Some orchards are reported as hay-
ing been entirely Killed in the vicinity
Of Groeshcck.
w. y. henderson Of Gainesville. Tex,
marketed three cars OF 1926 pound
steers nt ft2o
There viii be no fpa raised In IIar-
rigon county this year. all the trees
having been Killed.
J. ~. Morrow marketed li33-pound
Texas bulls o. s3i5, and a few other
cattle at st. Louis.
Miller & Erkc of scguln. Tex, mar
kotcd thirteen loads 1901 ana 9Ss-pound
steers NJ si2J az 81. Louis.
r. B Flowers. I.ookhart Tex. mar
kctcd elght loads sii aud SIS pound
steers AZ st. Louis al $3.50
Tho recent blizzard around odessa
killed apricot and peach blossoms and
ruined corn and vegetables.
Farmers about Ralrdstown. Lamar
county, northwest OF Paris. will In
crease the acreage OF corn this year.
Some southwestern farmers say the
prlckly pear has considerable water.
but not enough nourishment for cattle
Many Ellis county farmers say corn
will have 10 be replanted, az very lit
tlo planted before the last freeze will
mature
Payne 4 Son NJ San Angelo sold 20
Perry Day seventy head Of steers They
were Is. 2s and aa. The irice was SIS.
t20 and i25.
A. Armstrong. sr.. Of Cotulla. has
bought this month of Raymond Martin
500 steers. A. and M. Delivery will be
made some time this month.
J. J. Hail. at Cotulla, has sold 20 ?. n.
blackstone fifty head OF steers, years
old and mp. Delivery Is 10 be made be-
tween the ist and 10th Of this month.
The cold weather OF last week check
ed farming operations I'm North Texas,
as the ground was too cold to keep seed
In II. There was some plowlng done.
however.
The exceptionally hard winter has
been trying on the Panhandle stock
men. Many are feeding heavy and
shall continue TO do so for two or
three weeks To come,
Mansfield Cotton on company has
been orzanlzed. CAPITAL stock, $685.
900. Judge Joseph Nugent. president;
A. J. Dukes. J, II. Wright. j. H. Harri-
Ron. John NJ. Elliott and Pat Day. d.
rectorB.
Perch prospects In tho vicinity OF ST.
JO. Montague county. were bright up
20 the recent freeze. but the chance
for a crop now are exceptionally slim
There may be few peaches. but Il a.
doubtful
Roxton Is n small town on the Santa
Fe, ten miles southwest ~ Paris. The
cotton glnnod and marketed there this
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claim ia tho 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 10 20 every 100 head. He
also reports cattle at this tlmo IN fair
condition and improving rapidly.
Wolves are becoming numerous IN
the vicinity OF Talllhlna. T. r.. and
cattlemen have been compelled 20 re-
sort 10 strychnino 20 rid the country
~ the pests. Tom Elliott was oxhb-
itlng a large tusk aa a result OF his
remedy.
Mr. J. C. Fine. one Of tho largest
rrnit raisora In Johnson county. says
that he had been damaged az least
$1,000 hy the cold weather ~ last
week. lie said that nine-tenths Of the
apples and two-thrds OF the peaches
In his orchard had been killed
while most ~ the on mills IN the
Ftatc have closed down. the Marlin in
stltutlon IN still IN operation. with mo-
terial enough ON hand Co continue the
mashlng process until summer. The
weekly pay roll Of this mill is worth
considerable 10 the trade OF Marlin.
Gov. Snyors was advised that CLAM
derr has made ita appearance among tho
horses IN Wharton county. lie com
municntod the fact 90 the state live
stock sanitary board and ordered them
60 klll The affected animals Members
of the board replied by wire that thoy
had no legal authority 90 Kan the dis
'ased horses. and tho governor then
wired them 90 institute "a rigid quaran-
tine against the affected section.
Mnll aGvlces from New South Wales
cay the drouth that is now prevailing
IN that colony "a the worst ever cxpcrl-
oncod Settlers and Etockmen are np-
peallng to the government for aid The
rainfall for the laat I've years has been
insufficient for agricultural purposes
there.