Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-04
L0CKNEY ACRES
YIELD HEAVILY
IntrOducti0nOf Cotton Gives
Impetus to Agricultural
Development
SHIPMENTS ENORMOUS
CITY SHOWS STEADY AND SUE
STAN1IAL IMPROVEMENT
AND OUTLOOK IL GOOD
FOR NEW RAILROAD.
By Daily News Staff Correspondent


By Daily News Staff Correspondent:
Lockney, Tex, Feb. 3.-Lockney,
more descriptively known as The
Pride Of the Plains" is located in
the geographical center OF already
farming-famous Floyd county and on
the Amarillo-P -Floydada iino
of the great Santa Fe railroad system.
Lockney Lands.
Last year. Immediately tributary
to Lockney were cultivated 10000
acres. subdivided in respective areas
OF cotton, milo maize, kaffir corn,
oats. wheat cane, Indian orr and
millet, with additional acreages in
melons, market garden vegetables
and tree, berry and vine fruits.
The Coming of Cotton,
Last year marked the introduction
TO the LoCkney region OF cotton as
a generally leading crop with the
most gratifying results, Lockney sta
ton already shipping over 1000 bales
with, In round figures. 1000 bales yet
TO be loaded out. These figures, how
ever, do not fully represent the ac-
tual cotton production last season OF
the lockney regior, rs many fields
are still standing in the open fleece
for lack of pickers. these being in
stances OF farmers offering one-half.
two-thirds and three-fourths of their
cotton for it's picking. This situation
however. will he fully remedied this
year by advance arrangements with
pickers from other localities.
The Overlooking Increase Thereof.
Year before last L.ocknev station
shipped. all told, 81 cars Of grain.
while for last year over 300 ears OF
grain have already been shipped out.
with al least 100 still to go Flgur-
Ing on the conservative basis OF the
retention AT home for stock feeding
purposes OF one-third of all the grain
except wheat. the Locknev region dis
plays for 1911 the production Of
about 665 cars OF grain, as against
80 cars In 1910.
In the grains last wear the har.
vest proportions ran about 60 per
cent milo maize and 90 per cent kat
fir corr with oats leading in the re
naming 90 per cent.
Produce Values.
NJ the over 500 cars Of grain Of
last year Cobb & Elliott handled an
approximation Of go cars, for which
this firm has already paid out over
$4,000 in cash with an estimate OF
$4,000 for grain to he vet purchas-
cd and shipped.
VIII Push the $500. 900 Mark.
Taken as a whole. with a oalcula-
tion based on the value Of a shipped
carload. the Locknev region last year
grain prediction will closely push the
100000 mark. as against probably
$50, 600 tho year before last
Poultry.
Lockney Is fast developing into
a great poultry and egg shipping rem
ter the Wells Fargo Express Com
pahy lately. in this direction, advis-
ing the Lockney Cash Store that that
firm is probably the heaviest indi-
vidual express poultry shipper in the
Texas Panhandle, while the Seven
Brothers OF Lockney, also do an ex-
%ceptionally large business of the
same character.
Since the first Of last September
lockney station has shipped, calcu-
lated in carload lots. II cars OF poul- |
try and : cars Of ervs. the shipments
chiefly going 10 vi Paso. Texas. AMI
10 Colorado points, with. however.
an especial liberal egg sending 10 tho
Harvey eating house az Clovis. y. VI
Figured at 10000 pounds TO the F,
carload and II cents per pound for
the poultry. Iockney farmers have
received from this source abou, SEQ
600 in the last five months. 10 say
nothing OF the receipts from the 5
cars Of eggs. Turkeys. by the way.
bid fair TO develop into n valuable
Lockney speciality, about 1000
pounds being shipped up TO date this
season.
About 100 cars OF beef cattle and
30 cars OF meat market hogs will be