The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-11-08
Farms and Ranches.

The Commercial Club OF Terrell has expended
about 5000 in improving the public road in the
Ables Springs community northeast OF the city.
Machinery has been ordered for creamery
outfit at Plainview of 5oo-cow capacity.
The agricultural department of the Bonham
High school has turned out bale OF cotton from
the demonstration farm near the school grounds
The cotton was planted and gathered by the
class and the bale is on exhibition on the school
grounds
A number of the business men of Gainesville
are planning to build tramway across the Red
River which will be constructed on the principle
of the cash carrier system. BY this means they
will eliminate the. ferry nuisance and uncertain
river as well.
J. l.. Young, peanut farmer on Sanders creek,
who runs a thrasher, reports that the peanut
acreage is considerably larger in Lamar county
than il was thought to be, and that the yield is
good, averaging forty bushels per acre The
price paid is 70 cents bushel
Young billiard Hester, living two miles south
of Kaufman, claims the record for picking the
most cotton in one day for his age. The young
Texan is only years old and picks better than
roo pounds per day However on one particu-
lar day he picked 800 pounds. He says it IS
easy.
Drainage of wet lands of the state has shown
renewed impetus and many large plans are un-
der way and proposed The swamp ard over
flowed lands of the state total 10000 acres, the
drainage Of which would increase taxable values
Saoooooooo The last figures IoIo-II give the
number of acres drained and under way as about
100000 at a cost of s., 100000 the exact esti-
mate for 1910 having been o2o,24o acres drained,
at a cost Of $2,3I55oo.
The Business League of Ballinger has raised
a special fund of 81 900 TO have preliminary sur
vev made for the ST. 100000 irrigation project that
is on foot there. 1t is the purpose of the peo-
moters to build dam across the Colorado river
at a point twenty miles above Ballinger and put
water over 10000 acres of fine agricultural land.
The contract for the building of the sand-clay
roads out of Palestine was awarded to s. II.
Owens of South Carolina, and construction work
has commenced. Bonds 10 the amount OF $780,
600 were recently voted for the work
Mrs. Bowerman, a widow. living mile north
of Blossom, Lamar county, and her three young
daughters picked over LOO pounds OF cotton in
one day
An exhibit of cloth woven from flax grown in
Hale county attracted much interest at the
Plainview fair which has Just closed. The flax
was grown SPUN into thread and woven by Mrs
w T. Mise Flax was introduced into the south
5 plains only few years ago, but bids fair 10 be
come popular crop.
In Lampasas county boy planted one acre
of corn and produced eighty-sx bushels, while a
girl in the same section OF the state canned 200
two-pound cans Of tomatoes off one-eighth acre
OF land They belonged 10 the Boys and Girls
clubs
Thirty thousand bales Of cotton have been
ginned in Kaufman county up TO Oct. I, or some
thing over 5000 bales more than were gnned al
the same date last year
The farmers of Woodville community are ship
ping sweet potatoes by the carload and are get
ting x cents per bushel Fifteen cars have been
shipped from this point and the crop is only hall
harvested.
The Avin-Houston Creamery company has
established branch plant in Dublin. This con-
Germ has the products from about 500 cows
pledged at the present time.