Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-03-06
FIELD AND FLOCK.

Markets are supplied with turnips.
Much rice will be sown this year.
Stock are wintering well in Texas.
Ellis county expects large grain
crop.
Corn planting is under way around
Kyle.
Buffalo gnats are reported numerous
in Smith county.
A. f. Schultze bought carload of
cows at San Antonio
Texas is sending eggs to st. Louis
and Chicago in carload lots.
San Angelo county expects to mar
ket 10000 sheep this spring.
Four thousand acres will be put in
rice around Sealy this season.
One day last week Dallas received
a carload of beets, turnips and rad
ishes. A
The egg production of the United
States yearly aggregates 10,SOO,OOO,-
900.
There is said to be considerable
northern corn being shipped into Ma
varro county.
In five days 5000 rabbits were ship
ped from Bonham to northern and
eastern cities.
The average Of all sorts of grain, ex-
cept corn, in Grayson county will be
greater than last year.
Caldwell G. Houston of Gonzales
bought of H. B. Holmes of Luling 1862
head of fine steers, paying $50 per
head.
Stockmen in Kinney and adjoining
counties waged war of extermina-
ton against coyotes and dispatched
2O7.
1t is estimated that this country has
sold to England over 100000 head of
horses and mules for the war in South
Africa.
A Lamar county farmer has gathered
$50 bushels of peanuts from three
acres of land, and sold three tons of
the vines as hay
Southwest Texas has 1916 acres in
cabbage, ss5 acres prepared for water
melons. 240 acres for cantaloupes and
five acres in figs.
The acreage of potatoes, turnips and
beans will be nearly doubled in the
Panhandle this season. Land has been
prepared for these crops.
A truck farmer at Edna has cut
$4,000 pounds Of cabbage and sold it
at cent per pound. He will get about
$4,000 pounds from his acre and a half.
Tinkle & Wilson of Corsicana ship
ped eight cars of beef cattle to St.
Louis and Kansas City. Charles Wal
ton also shipped seven cars to St.
Louis.
Reports are coming in of an extern
siye acreage being placed in oats
throughout Ellis county the last sew
eral days. The sowing has been de-
layed on account of lack of grain.
A % months old Aberdeen Angus
steer, which has been exhibited at the
Scottish National Fat Stock shows at
Edinburgh and Smithfield has carried
off $500 in premiums for his owner,
George Bruce of Technical.
No more horse meat is being canned
at Linnton, Ore. Two years ago this
industry was launched with view to
utilizing the then almost worthless
herds of common range horses in the
northwestern states.
The orange season for the present
year in California will be the heaviest
in its history. 1t is estimated that the
output will amount to IS, 400 carloads,
Gnd about $500 carloads of lemons. The
season extends through the winter
The Kansas Experiment Station has
demonstrated it is more profitable to
feed pure bred hogs than mixed breeds.
The reports says it takes 10 and 20 per
cent more of food to make 100 pounds
gain on the mixed breeds than on pure.
w. q. Welsh of Chicago has organ
ized stock company of farmers in
the vicinity of sealy, and as a result
creamery will be established in that
city The creamery viii begin opera
items about April IS or 90
An Idaho sheeprhan. Frank R. Good
ing of shoshone has just imported