Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-08-25

cotton world today is the West India
storm which formed yesterday In the
Caribbean sea. south OF Porto Rico.
swept through Yucatan channel last
night, and Is today reported to be
crossing the Gulf OF Mexico, headed
for the Louisiana coast. II 1t passes
inland. penetrating the cotton belt it
will likely do considerable damage to
the open cotton in the fields
I. Another bullish feature OF the situa-
ton is the unbroken drouth in Texas
But both of these influences are coun-
teracted by narrow market in the
East A narrow market generally
means low market. Under this in
fiuence futures closed yesterday about
10 points lower in New York and
about points lower in New Orleans.
Bryan spot prices opened this morn
ing at the closing figure of yesterday,
IA 3-sc, and closed this afternoon at
IA slice. for average receipts, which
still run strict mddling.
FEED sTUFFs
There are no changes of importance
since yesterday Corn enough to sup
ply the local market is brought in by
the wagon load from the surrounding
farms and is taken by local dealers
at 55@6Oc per busheI. in the ear,
The Eagle reporter found at Hen
sorting Bros. a fine lot of Bermuda
hay, and on inquiry was informed that
it was from Grimes county and that
the price to the producer is 40c per
bale. About two thousand bales of this
hay have been marketed in Bryan
this season. There are also consider
able quantities of Johnson grass hay
marketed here, the price of the John
son grass is also 40c per bale.
IRISH POTATOES.
Several wagon loads of Irish pota-
toes were sold by farmers to local
dealers today at s1.00 per bushel. But
the home supply is limited, one dealer
remarking that all the potatoes now in
Brazos county could be eaten at one
meal by half the people in Bryan.
Mr.. j. r. CASTOR, of Cottonwood. to-
day marketed the last of forty bush
els, which he raised on one-quarter of
an acre His seed one two-bushel
sack. cost him $500 He paid $500 for
four sacks of the commercial fertilizer
by the Bryan Cotton Oil
and Fertilizer Company. and used also
three wagon loads of barnyard ma
nure, which cost him nothing but the
hauling He sold his potatoes for 81 90
per bushel, or $40 for the crop.
PEANUTS.
The peanut crop of Brazos county
this year is record breaker. but the
farmers are too busy picking cotton to
harvest il and none are coming in.
Dealers would willingly pay $10O
bushel. but most of the farmers pre-
fer to save the labor of harvesting by
turning their pork hogs into the
patch. thus finishing them for market.
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
1t is strange that local gardeners do
pot raise more okra for the Bryan
market. 1t requires very little cultiva-
tion, is very prolific and stands drouth
better than any other garden vegeta-
BILE. Almost everybody eats it and
Bryan dealers handle large quantities
which they order from the wholesale
houses. The small quantities brought /
in sell readily for &c pound
Nearly all the vegetables and fruits /
now sold in Bryan are from Colorado I
and the North. Michigan apples and ]
California oranges are on display in
many of the stores Arkansas apples
are beginning to come in, but they are
TO the Northern product ex.
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