Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-10-10
FIELD. RANCH. GARDEN.

Vegetables continue in good supply
Persimmons are fairly good this sea.
con.
Devine, Medina county, is. receiving
considerable cotton.
There has been considerable cattle
trading in Hall county.
A man at Paris has zine with
nearly 400 cucumbers on 1t,
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
have been visited by heavy rains.
All valley farms around Mullin sufS
fered great damage from overflow.
Cotton has been damaged In many
localities by heavy rains and over.
flows.
The Seabwins and other stockmen
of the Quintana section lost thousands
of cattle during the late storm.
The outlook for Mexican oranges
this season is very promising. The
crop is as large or larger, than usual,
and the quality is going to be very
fine.
Watermelons are getting scarce and
have gone up over 100 per cent in
price, but they are still selling.
S. e Townsend of Midland recent
1y sold to G. W. Merchant of Abilene,
Tex, an eight-months-o Shorthorn
bull for $500.
The price of broom corn in the ILL
nois belt jumped from $50 to 500 a
) ton few days ago on account of buy
ers holding the product.
Clarence Rottsman recently sold his
interest in the Crockett county ranch
and cattle, amounting to $16,5OO, to his
partner, Charles Schauer.
H. G. Stephens of Memphis has sold
cattle to Jno. jackson at $40 head
for the yearlings, s25 for dry cows and
s35 for COWS and calves.
H. A. schrock of Pecos has bought
the S6-section pasture owned by Mr..
Lochausen on Toyah creek and is put
bH6 uib cdJIlO Ou IL.
B. X. Rigs OF Midland has purchased
from A. s. Hawkins a 20-section pas
ture near Fort Stockton for $3.50, CIV
ing in payment lot of mares at s15.
w. B. Lafferty recently sold at Clar-
endon to T. S. Bugbee AZ yearling
steers at private terms, and to w. N.
Orr Of Hall county five COWS and calves
at $50. 4
w. w. Nelson Of Colorado City re-
Gently sold to @. G. Harles of Scurry
county fifty head of cows and heifers
at $25, and to Clark & Lynn of Cara
county forty yearling steers at s1650.
AT Big Springs L. o. Ralncy bought
from A. B. Jones fifteen high grade
Hereford COWS at $50 each and five
calves at $50 each. Mr.. Jones now
has nothing but pure bred cattle on fhs
ranch.
A big deal in rice land was made
in Wharton county a few days ago.
A. H. Pierce sold to Hon. ]. Lane 25,-
600 acres of land on the east side OF
the Colorado for IS per acre. the land
TO be used for the cultivation Of rice.
The outlook for sheepmen in Idaho
is still discouraging. No rain to
amount to anything has fallen since
May H. A good many of the sheep
men in that state have feed to carry
their stock through the winter.
Western sheep ranchmen are getting
the idea of breeding for mutton. One
Idaho man recently sold $4,000 black
faced lambs. 1t is not very long since
the sheep of the western valleys and
mountains were chiefly raised for their
wool.
w. f. White of Clarendon. Tex. re-
Gently sold to Plye & Lewis thirteen
S-year-old steers at $50; to A. A.
Heedy twenty dry cows at $50 and to
]. O. King twenty-five dry COWS at
$25.
Charles Howard, South Dakota
cattleman, residing at Rapid City, has
made contract with the Indians on
the Rosebud agency to winter 5000
cattle at so cents head, The grass is
better on the agency than on the
ranges
At Shi. Angelo r. d. Linn and Carl
Clark made the following purchase OF
yearlings recently: From Y. D. Nc
Murray, 1876 head; Scott w. Green. so
hoad. Tome Smith Ok head. M n