Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-02-05
FARM AND FLOCK.

NO trouble TO sell eggs.
Oranges have steady sale.
Wisconsin has S17 creameries.
Sweet potatoes find steady sale.
Terrell has handled over 10000 bales
Of cotton this season.
Loco is said to be appearing in pro-
lions of Hill county.
A heavy tide Ct immigration is pour
ing into Deaf Smith county. Texas.
s. Edwards of Seymour sold two car
loads of hogs at Fort Worth at fair
prices.
The scarcity Of water is becoming
serious problem in number Of To-
calities.
At public sale Of blooded horses in
San Antonio some fine animals were
disposed of. M nHs,
Flaxseed receipts at the principal
markets up to Jan. are estimated al
21,459,OOo bushels.
Wilson Bros. of Denton made re-
cent shipment of six cars of beef cat
tie to Kansas City.
1t is estimated that there are $4,000
steers in the Pecos valley that will
be marketable by spring.
Mart Adams of Pecos takes charge OF
Gibson G Baldridge's ranch as manag-
er, vice James Adams, resigned.
South Dakota Horticultural society
held two-day session at Sioux Falls
last week. The attendance was large.
Norris Bros. shipped eight carloads
Of cattle to Kansas City. They were
fed at the Detroit, Tex, cotton seed oil
mill.
Sugar beet farmers in the vicinity
of Bloomington, ILL.,, are abandoning
its cultivation, claiming the industry
Is Improbable.
The Alabama Stock Breeders assoc
citation met last week at Tuscaloosa.
The attendance comprised q number
Of prominent stockmen.
| Mark Thompson, Kaufman county
farmer, in the Abner community, re.
ports that green bugs have destroyed
large field of oats on his farm with.
In the last three or four weeks.
/ According to the Boer agent. Gen.
Pearson, the Texas mule is valuable
animal, as the general declares Il 1t
was not for the Lone Star beasts his
pvopie wound soon tIialnpM ever tho
forces of John Bull.
Nearly every Illinois county was rep
resented at the Illinois Corn Growers
and Stockmen's convention, which was
held at the University of Illinois, in
Champaign. The melting was of vast
benefit to those present
The Texas State Swine Breeders, as
ISOLATION meets at Hillsboro, Feb. AS.
There are 20 0members of the asso-
citation, most of whom are expected to
be on hand An excellent programme
replete with useful information has
been prepared.
Dave Bosson, a farmer residing near
Cresson, Hood county, while in Gran
bury some days ago, said there were
green bugs in the wheat of his section
and that several fields of wheat had
been badly damaged by the pests.
John Devine. general manager Of the
Cuban Live Stock company, ia buying
cattle in Texas to be shipped to Neu-
rites, Cuba. He expects to make a
shipment early in February. His OBJ
ject is, he says, to restock that portion
of the island.
Lancaster, Dallas county. has made
several cattle shipments to northern
markets the past few weeks. The an
imals sent have been prime beeves and
the prices realized of satisfactory
character. Other shipments will be
made soon.
The North Texas Poultry and Pet
Stock association held a meeting at
Dallas. Henry M. Shelton was elected
president and Arthur Emery secretary
pro tenn. Another meeting will be held
Feb. l.
]. D. McCutcheon shipped from
Longview five cars of very fine cattle.
They were sent to Kansas City. The
animals were fed in pastures In the