Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-11-27
FARM AND FLOCK.

81.
Pecans are numerous around Kerr
vile.
Potatoes are in good demand at fair
urices,
Quite a number of cattle are being
I'D at Greenville.
r. B. Houston has placed on feed at
Sinner 225 steers.
9ecos valley grapes find good de-
nand at fair prices.
Fail vegetables continue in abundant
supply in Texas cities,
Concord grapes from New York state
arc being received in Texas
Dallas complains of too many green
tomatoes being shipped there.
Owing to the nearness of Thanks
giving, turkeys are in good demand.
Ben Robey of Coleman sold to Mr..
Acres 1900 wethers and ewes at S2.25
S. f. Reynolds sold to g. D. Farmer,
at Aledo, fourteen cars of beef steers.
The Farmers club at Wharton has
sold its entire crop of broom corn at
$50 per ton,
The British government has placed
another order in this country Tor
horses amounting to 10000 head
M. B. Pulliam of San Angelo has on
his ranch, north of that city, a pecan
tree that has netted him this season
$50
The Ellis County Poultry and Pet
Stock association elected II. B. Savage
Judge Of their show to be held in Jan
uary
In 1850 the total value of the live
stock in every state of the Union was
less than $1,2ooOooOoo; now it is s4,-
555,S27s75.
Jack Hall of Donley county purchased
100 threes and fours from j. Bird of
Matador and same number from shoe-
bar ranch,
u. irwin has sold to Judge .eroy
Denmhn OF San Antonio 1870 head of
stock cattle. They we're placed on the
judges ranch below seguin.
The Winsboro creamery began op-
erations on the 18th. The first 1865
pounds were contracted for by New
York firm at satisfactory prices.
S. B. Walker of San Antonio and his
brother, c. W. Walker, the latter hav-
ing ranch near Roswell. N. M, have
bought and shipped about 1870 cattle
to the ranch.
produce houses in the north was at
Corpus Christi He made an offer for
100 carloads of cabbage, to be deliv-
cred next spring, at cents per pound.
The governments monthly report for
1901 shows the smallest production of
corn since 1881. 1t was 1874 bushels,
as compared with 25.3 bushels in 1900
and an average of 24,4 bushels in 1899.
/ Ellis A. Wingo of Wills Point plant
ed in Sabine bottom land the past
spring ten acres in long staple cotton.
The yield was three-fourths of a bale
per acre. He sold the crop at Green
vile for SMc.
York & Gore of St. Louis have closed
deal for 5000 acres of land lying in
Cass county, near the Katys railway
line They propose to cut their land
up into 10O-acre tracts and colonize it
with Kentucky and other farmers.
All of the wool at San Angelo, nearly
100000 pounds, has been sold. The
most of it has been bought by repre-
sentatives of Boston firms. the balance
being taken by Hill Palmer of San
Antonio. Price was about loo.
Farmers of Harrison county are be-
coming much interested in the diver
sification of crops number of them
are preparing to raise tomatoes and
potatoes next season. Many, peach
trees will also be set out, 1t is said.
w F. cowley of San Angelo has
bought twenty-three sections of land
in UPTON county from the Milburn
Wagon company OF Toledo. o. The
consideration given by MIR, Cowiey Is
said to be s14,e2o-
g Menalos a cotton buyer Of Jack
SON Miss, who owns a farm in Lincoln
county, has been experimenting with
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