The Eddy current., 1899-03-11
PASTURE AND Farm.

iNIh NiifNhN pl hff county VIII w
largely Increased this year
Several horses have died with blind
staFrers near Alma. Ellis county
a ercat many Irish potatoes will be
planted Ia Lamar county this spring
Berry Lakewood Of Ennis shipped
seven carloads ot fat cattle 10 ST.
Louis.
AZ Eddy n a.. some sheep that arc
being fod on Alfalfa and beet sugar
pulp are fast iatteniug
winter wheat and oats nre nearly all
KILLED in the vicinity Of Marble Falls,
but farmers are sowing again.
County Commissioner puran Of
Crayfon county says wheat around
Bells ls ln nnc condition.
Edons Bros. a Wilson Of Corsicana
nave shipped two lots Of cattle 20 Chit
aeo one consisting OF sixteen care
'0ads. The other fourteen
J. u. pcBlrd % sulphur Springs.
shipped four cars Of mcal-fcd steers
60 ST. Louis. sWiuson seven cars and
u. l.. Huffman two ears.
IN the cold weather Wild bees IN
Central Texas Jared much better than
'heir domestic brethren. hollow trees
Soomngly being warmer than hives.
a farmer ncur Paris intends putting
IN several acres OF ar,ichokcs this
season for seed By next year he ox-
poets 10 raise great quantity for feed
Ing cattle.
The recent proclamation excluding
ToXas catilo from the Greek and
Cherokee nations after April Il is
said will cnuse great Inconvenience
and distress TO oattlomon.
a rcoport Just prepared hy the de-
partmvnt OF agriculture az Washington
shows that the export trade In Amer
lean horses has rapidly increased dur
ing the past five years
T. x. and James Moore recently
shipped from lastrop sixteen carloads
Of bCovcs 10 81. Louis. while j. a.
Wood Of the same place, shipped
lot OF fno hogs to tho Houston pack
cry.
Harrison county farmers arc In bet
Ser condition than for years. Many
OF them have ample corn In their cribs.
potatoes, peas and molassos for the
table and their smokohouscs filed
with ham and bacon.
Catp Chas. schrelvcr. tho we'll
known banker and stockman Of Kerr
vile. sold 10 =. g. Withcrspoon. a
prominent feeder OF Gainesville. 1000
head ~ ana i-ycnr-old steers NJ
$3.50 per head or total Of slCi5OO.
In conversation with farmers, stock
men and ranchmen IN the Childrcss
country they an unite in saying that
cattle losses have been small. oxcop-
tloually 20. considering the extreme
frlgldity OF tho recent cold weather
che herds Of cattle had TO contend
with lately
President J. W Springer ~ tho Ma
tional Lave stock association after a
personal investigation ~ the cattle IN
Toyas places the loss from the bllz-
zard M 10 per cent This ~ the most
serious loss he points out. since 1856,
whom about 90 per cent of the range
cattle pcrishod
Tho Mexican Trade Review gives n
list ~ prices of public land in the va
rlous states Tor the nncal year 1899
aq0O as nxed by President Dlaz The
prices. IN Mexican silver are per hec-
tare. si7 acres. and are in Chlhauhau.
Coahuila Collma Durango. Nucya
leon. sinoloa sonora and Tamaullpas.
81. ln Lower California territory. 90
cents
Dr T. e. Chittim Of San Antonio
concluded q trade with % j Hugo of
Dilloy for the purchase from the latter
81 between 100 and 1900 steers. com
inr 2H and 3f. at per head around
The herd includes 500 coming 2s and
che balance 3s. aud ;he young steers
arc said to he a well bred and we'll
colored herd ~ cattle. a 10 per cent
cut back IS given to the purchaser
Ddiycry viii be- made April l.
stock losses in clay county have
been llsht as 400 have been provided
abundant feed losses having been con-
nnsd Co late Immigrants" from east
AMI south. Deaths among these cat
tle too. were from the chilling ar
freezing Of the foot and legs fences
preventing the instructive travelling
that would have kept up the circl ala.
tlon
Ben a. Hackeit returned "a Fort
worth from trip into Klng county.
De iaucra the l0ss uf cattle small