The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-07-02
Farm, Dairy and Ranch Notes.

Almost the entire clip of the Runnels Coun-
" Wool Growers association, 2OO,OOO pounds,
was sold at prices ranging from 20 to y 5-S
cents pound. The wool was purchased by
Caldwell Palmer of San Antonio, represent
ing Farnsworh Taylor & Stephens; II. Rod
DIV of Brady representing Goodhue, Stutley
Emery. The clip this year is cleaner and
much lighter than usual.
The canning outfit now on its way to Co
manche is expected to put up in merchan-
disc form from three TO four tons of fruit
and vegetables day.
Reclamation work is engaging the atten
ton of the state engineer. Thousands OF
ncres of fertile land in the Brazos bottoms
are involved in plan under discussion at
Houston, and levee thirty miles long Is
proposed in Kaufman county.
Tom +. Hickox of Sheffield has sold his
ranch in the Pecos river section to Ira Vi.
Yates, merchant of Rankin. The terms
of the sale have not yet been made public. The
ranch contains nearly forty sections
Wool has been selling at Menard for an
average price of pic pound and mohalr for
81 cents. One ranchman netted T22OOO IN
one mohalr deal.
Voters in the Telico-Crisp community in
Navarro county have voted $4,000 bonds to
be used in building pike roads.
The Lancaster Egg club has been organized
with twenty light members.
The wool clip this year per sheep in the
Concho country is said by experts to be much
lighter than it has been in many years.
Farmers of Hamilton county have organ
lied marketing association.
The first load of new oats sold at Waco at
45c a bushel.
Houston will be the base of operations for
the Farmers Union Cotton company, that
city having been selected over Galveston and
Texas CITY after careful investigation into
the facilities and natural conditions of each
by directors of the institution.
l.. d. Galloway is leader in the diyersifi
cation idea in Wood county. lie has planted
twenty-four acres in sweet potatoes.
The Farmers exchange of Lockney has
shipped 10000 pound ear of Kaffir to San
Francisco.
Callahan county crops are extremely good,
although in some instances they have been
ruined by the hail and grasshoppers.
For years Texas has been bringing in hay
from other states to supply its work stock.
A shipload of hay recently went from the
port OF Galveston consigned to France Result
of the Investigation idea.
A demonstration of steam canning is in
progress at Arlington, Tarrant county, in the
effort to induce more neighborhood cooper
ative use of the home canning machine
Beans, tomatoes. peaches, plums and berries
all are wanted to experiment on.
A modern canning factory of 5000 cans n
day has been installed in South Ballnger
William Schneemann, Il sheep breeder in
West Texas, will ship 10000 sheep before
the shipping season is over
Peanut and cotton seed products will be
manufactured at Tyler this season.
The Erath County Marketing association
has received 10000 tin cans into which to
put the corn, beans, tomatoes, fruit, etc, of its
members.
The Weatherford Democrat estimates that
the cotton acreage reduction of Parker coun-
~ is 20 per cent If the acreage planted last
wear and that wheat and oats have taken
the place of cotton.
Machinery for processing black-eyed peas
is on the way TO Rising Star and the plant
will be in operation as soon as the crop is
ready to move.