The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-31
THE PANHANDLE
TOOK CHARGE
The Boosters From This Section Had Everybody
Taking Notice at the Dallas Fair During
Their Visit This Week

stockmen began TO come In with their
small punches OF cattle and 10 farm
In very crude way raising mostly
forage crops for their cattle through
the winter months, and from time to
time to experiment with small
patches OF corn, oats, wheat and
many other farm products. It was
not long until they began to notice
that agriculture was a success,
"Tho X I r company at Claiming,
Texas, put about 600 acres In various
kinds Of crops and secured an eX-
perimental farm, the agricultural de-
partment at Washington furnishing
a man 20 take charge, The results
were surprising, especially in the
small grain line.
Then ranchmon began to cxpe-
riment with alfalfa and soon found
that 1t was a paying crop, They are
now finishing cutting the fourth crop
this year, getting a yield Of about
one ton per acre each crop, besides
letting the stock run on II through
the winter months.
"W. +. Bennett Of Moore Sounty
began to experiment with sugar
beets. lie found that they we're a
success, and are pronounced by beet
experts as OF the best quality. Sey-
eral other parties are now growing
beets with good results.
Capitalists OF the North and East
began to take notice OF our results
and to buy small tracts OF land and
settle sturdy farmers on It. Now we
are beyond the experimental stage
and grow wheat for the last seven
or eight years from twenty TO thirty
five bushels, and corn from thirty to
fifty bushels oats from thirty-fiye
to sixty bushels, and all kinds OF
forage crops for finishing young
steers. .r.,s. 40,
THE last few days we have had
general rain over the entire Panhan-
die and the farmers are putting in
about so per cent more wheat than
in former years, Grass has cured
finely and lots OF trading is going on
In the cattle line. On account OF the
car shortage some are driving their
steers from the Amarillo country TO
the Kanass feedln pens, Batson
Bros. started herd Of 1000 head
OF aged steers North today for the
Kansas feeding pens, after waiting
several days for cars and failing to
get them. Several Others are figur-
ing on doing the same
AZ the Fair Grounds.
A very lively part of the mob yes
terday at the fair grounds, was the
delegation from the Panhandle. That
part OF 1t In charge of Vernon Beggs
and hailing from Amarillo, labeled
themselves with yellow ribbons about
the front Of their white caps, bear
in information as to where they hail
ed from. Mr. Beggs and his cohorts
had brought along small card
closely resembling a street railway
transfer but which was really an
invitation for everybody who read to
come to Amarillo Fifty thousand
of these were distributed among the
visitors yesterday Mr.. Beggs says
Amarillo hopes to have $4,000 popu'
Ation by 1900.
MIR. Beggs' Comment.
my, how the old town grows''
MIR. Beggs said yesterday. 81 have
been away from Dallas but a few
months, and she is now past my call
culation. and YOU know my faith In
Dallas was always OF the kind that
It takes to move mountains. | am
lad TO see. Dallas'is to Texas what
Amarillo to the Panhandle,
I'VE people in the Panhandle know
great deal more about the state
fair thin you think we ado. No, we
don't consider II Dallas institution,
We consider that It is part OF the
whole state, and as such we think
we have a special, personal interest.
We are concerned in the success Of
the fair Just as much as the people
in the black land belt II deserves
to succeed and 1t will. Such mag
nificent show as It is will never be
a failure"
Novel Advertisement.
The Fort Worth Record has the
following relative to the novel adver-
Using by Panhandle boosters;
The party Is made up Of some sew
enty-five business men and their rela-
tives OF Amarillo Hereford and Dali
hart, The excursion was arranged
BY the Amarillo Chamber Of Com
merco and II. B. sanborn, president
OF that organization is in charge or
the train. It's object is to boost the