Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-08-09
JUPITER PLuV|Us
FRIEND To FLOYD
COTTON. kAIiR. CANE. MIiO
MlILET ANn EABi BEEI
TIyDt Gl-H

Ity Staff COrresp0Hl.Hf
! FLOYDADA. T~ Aug co.
Jupiter Pluyius bal been 90 fam..'a
and Welcome FLOYD county guest thi
year that he IL nov Ea9sn locally a
general instead o.. l.1ad
On the month. Jf Hay June au.
Jolly the Floydafa government ral'
gauge recorded 81, r.u with month
D. precipitation ioIoFs
Nay. ! GO. June s- July. l.71
or total rainfall DO these thrc
months of twelve abd eighty one-hun
1roths Inches.
lu addition ~ che above. 2as i1
ehes of rain fell Iu Nlrrh and Apri
and about an ura 100 January au.
February maklng o. total Floyd couu
ty precipitation from the first col
This year 10 the first of The present
August Of nearly one and one-hal
acre feet.
Great Grass and Heavy Harye~ts
n Vlll be noted Chat fhis bount.fu
moisture all was fairly distributed
the natural result being great grass
and heavy harvest for Floyd county
Crops
The chief small grain crop thi.
year Has oats. with maximum yield
of 800 bushels per acre. while wheat
Dos reaching 20 bushels 4 great d"a
of the milo maize and kanr corn
o. uoa practically made. with est.
mated Yields 300 heads pi from tr
IIs tons per acre. nith % general ir.
lIcallon of the heaviest return c.ei
given bg these $50 great twin crop.
100 Floyd count,
sorghum Us also of great growth --
estimate reaching to Two tons prr
acres.
Banner Millet
This the Floyl Duunty's banner
uillot year there being three times
the amount OF any prior acreage
while the yield s running from %
% = tons IN balod H1y per acre
considerable OF This millet hay be-.
ing shipped for horse and mule
feeding to Central Texas points.
Grass Mud Water
While grass has been short and
cant in a great many other localIuee
Z is luVuriant zoo Floyd County. with
q consequent iufluy oft 40 least IT,
900 head OF cattle from less favored
,egious Tor reainl pasturing az prices
running from 40 to go cents per
head per mouth prices which are
hrco times as large as ever before
realized in the country Tor rental
rIing privileges
\ Lake ca Every section
An illustration OF the alike c0pi
1us rainfall and grazing advantages
u the country this year is that there
s. lake ou nearly every grass se..
ION ot land aud these lakes rams.
uy iu depth from O. 10 % feet arc
40 hr.mmiug over
Grass Is now curing eycelloutly end
.o quote a local stockmau On sixty
lays Floyd county grass cattle viii
be- rolling boz fat
BABY Reef
Indications point 10 thr aftpu.ue
if large number of tHs prime
.alyca Tor Baby Beef" sale ueV
.priug some calves alrcai, heilF con
mcted for or S25 per head
The only instance last year oft
baby beef fatteninc in the county
yas a biz money maker the beef
iahics selling at $3.50 all around
nT6 maize and kafir corn being the
atteniug and FINISHING factors. ar-
hy a light cotton seed
neal ration
doubling Up on Hogs
From October last % the present
.ritiug. Floydada station has shipped
. ears of milo maize aud kafir corn
attened porkers. with at least half
dozen cars still To De- outloaded
his Is double the hog shipments %.
be- imediately prior fan and spring
For July Marketing
There viii be many hogs shipped /
D this fall and next spring 20 be- milo /
nd kafir lattened for new Iuly ev I
ort market. This Is something new
nd Is expected TO prove yey prou- 7
BILE as July marketed hogs are So /
'arce that they will probably com
and their own selling figures
More Cotton Than Eycr
Year before last FLOYD County /.
l.pped over 81. 900 bales of cotton.
.st year over 10000 bales. while Z.
BIS year crop Is conser,atively es
mated 40 $4,000 bales with Il
-obable average yield OF one-half II
'lo 20 tho acre. FLOYD county cot \
boz groWths comprise both lands on
ii under the Caprock those on
e Caprock being Plains and those
ider the clprock bottom soil-and II
o. significant fact that the plain \
tton j. the best Of the two.
\ city Cleanup
Floydafa has lately taken day
for a General city cleanup -weel
ttiug iuc'usive-all Of the business
'uses and The banks closing up and
mixers. merchants. clerks. doctors.
Wvere rpwenaper men real estate