El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-27
Farm and
Ranch.

- Ranch. 1
Both grit and grits are useful in her
economy.-Farm and Ranch.
The corn crop of southwest Texas
has been cut short by drouth.-Ex.
A Denver merchant has wired tc
Texas for a trainload of Irish potatoes
I-Ex.
Hillsboro, Texas, is shipping oats to
Galveston and other points.
Herald.
Strawberries have about vanished,
ket.-Ex.
Farmers in the vicinity Of Raveuna:
Fannin county, have killed several
| wolves recently.-EX.
The first load of hay for the season
of 1899 sold at Paris was raised near
Maxey and sold at So a ton. -Denison
Herald.
| Tomatoes and roasting ears are be-
ginning to come in in goodly quantity,
and they. too, will soon be in abund-
ance.-Ex,
Prof Cummins, State geologist, is in
Archer county, directing the work in
the "copper" mines recently discovered
there.-Ex.
| The merry clatter of the thresher is
now to be heard all over North Texas,
and the grain is being saved in good
condition.-Ex.
The California Cultivator says the
honey crop of the Pacific coast will not
exceed 25 per cent of . full crop. Same
in Texas, we fear.
Farmers in the northern part of
Fannin county say that notwithstand-
ing the damage done by the recent
hall storm the crop outlook is bright.
Austin Tribune.
For ten days Beeville has been ship
ping train loads OF wstermelons. The
crop Of the county is estimated at $780,
0OO.-Bonham News.
1t pays to feed pigs literally no mat
ter how low the price of hogs may be.
II the pork must be sold at 3 loss, the
better the pigs are fed the less the
loss.-Farm 81 Ranch.
T. N. Menefee of Ganado, jackson
county, is raising q new variety of corn
known as the "Ontsrio," which pro-
duces an ear from each joint of the
stalk.-Fort Worth Telegram.
The recent rains have caused many
gardens that have begun to have q
faded appearance freshen up and
caused the vegetables to take on q new
lease Of liIe,-Yoretown News.
A Jackson county farmer who has
just finished harvesting his wheat crop,
says the yield was 35 bushels to the
acre, and that the grain was perfect
and we'll developed.--Fort Worth Reg
lister.
Postponing shearing until the poor
animal Is overloaded and reduced by
the facilitating effects of the moist
heat produced by the fleece often
leaves the sheep in a condition from
which recovery and recuperati0n ts
tedious and difioult.-Ex.
No abrupt changes should be made
in feeding any young stock or old
stock, either. The stomachs of young
animals, not having been hardened to
rough usage, are more easily injured
than those of mature animals. Care
expended in this matter pays good in
teress.-Fsrm & Ranch.
Beets are an excellent feed for poul-
try, especially in winter, when green
stuff is scarce. Enormous quantities
can be raised. We chop the beets up
with a Ratchet and scatter the pieces,
of the beets. The hens approve the
plan, and the results are favorable
Farm and Ranch.
Prof. Henry. of the Wisconsin Ex-
pertinent station, estimates that cot
ton seed removes S4S, 0O0,0O worth of
fertility from the soil of the south
every year. The way to restore this
loss is to keep live stock, feed the seed
to the EN-, and add to this uitrogen-gath-
ering plants in systematic rotation
Elk.
Texas potato patches this year have
produced revenue ranging from $50 to
500 per acre clear profit-and the cost
of production is much less than that of
cotton. Why Is it that North Texas
doesn't ship thousands of car loads of
potatoes north every year, instead of
raising cotton that produces about
$3.50 per acre, which goes largely to
la Dor for production and brings but a
small return to the farmer?-Denlson |
Herald.
One of the worst obstacles to success
full farming is over-cropping; so pitch |
ing the crop that rush is the order of |
work from preparing the land to
harvest. And at the end of the year
the farmer is worp out, the teams are
worn out tools worn out, and the land
in process of wearing out. In these
days 1t is only good farming that
brings any profit, and good work can
not be done in q hurry.-Farm and
Ranch.