Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-11

Crops and Cattle Fine and prespsrls,
Runs Rampant.

Crops and Cattle Fine and Prespsrit
Runs Rampant.
Editor Eagle:
| have often thought Of writinI
since I moved away out here on tn
North Plains, aad try aad tell fev
| things about this country.
Not long ago ! noticed q piece Il
The Eagle written BY Win Dickson
telling what they could do ON tn
South Plains. Now think we car
beat that. I will first tell you wha
I have In my garden: white-headet
cabbage. several WEIGHING from tel
10 twelve pounds. and they. were sci
tout about July Is. Il suppose Doug
las Peters and Marion Sellers remem
|ber II very well. for they helped sci
them out). And we have the finest
lettuce. mustard. onions and toma'
toes. I visited one Of my neighbors
last Sunday and they took US out Ia
their turnip patch. and such fine tur'
nips. Just planted on sod land. We
have such rich soil. fertilizer doesn't
do this land any good. Now. don,
think this garden or turnip patch
we're irrigated. for they were not.
We have had lots OF rain all this year
sud people were awfully late getting
their feed planted on account OF II
raining all the spring.
We never got our maize planted un'
IN the last Of June and some was
planted about the middle Of July. and
all viii average a ton to the acre and
the early planted will average ton
and q half. Most everybody plants
the dwarf maize. Kaihr corn. fete'
rita. wheat. oats and barley all were
good. The wheat averaged about
twenty-five bushels to the acre. The
best Of all are the fine whlte-faced
cattle tcalves at $50 q head) and
hogs. Of which everybody has plenty,
are allowed. to run outside In the
fields. We have $50 head and don't
feed them q thing. but we turned
seventy acres Of grain over to them
and they feed themselves. and they
have over 200 acres Of new wheat
and over 100 acres OF barley TO
grase on.
We are going TO Craze 500 calves
'or s,ockman ut 60c per head per
month. and we have pasture enough
70 last for three months, so you sec
that wiz make a lot more than q
small farmer can make down there.
wish lots Of times the people down
there could have what Is wasted here.
Now. we have some disadvantages.
but the advantages are very far
ahead OF the disadvantages. We are
lorty-fve miles from railroad. but
where you stock farm altogether you
don't miss the railroad. Over half
The people own automobiles and all
have rural telephones.
We have q fine high school at ochil
Tree. All primary schools In the
country run from stx % eight months
beginning the term about September
|. II Is the best place In the world
10 educate children. for there IL not
much work a child can do In the field.
Most all kinds Of fruits do well
While there Is not 80 very much
raised. yet this d . newly settled
country and most everybody hns
young orchards. and some few old
Dettlern have flne orchards. My. y
'ams near forxetting to ten that this
h the best place in the world To-
raise chickens. a. anyone can keer
800 heai here a. easily as you could
keep ten down there. Tor We have
% much mail grim.
We are expecting a big crop next
vear. ~ most ~ the wheat Is ur|
md boxing good and fne season
B ID NE ground. We are having 81
ate fall. but we are expecting biz
'rost soon. Now. what do you think
We had roasting ears for dinner on
October Z from the field. II was ordI.
nary Indian corn and was planted
about June Is.
win answer all inquiries from old
friends or others wishing to know
more about this fine country. We
IRE well satisfied. and I would be glad
70 have any Of my old friends come
~ here TO see ~.
MRS. EMMA KEITH.
tNee Mrs. Emma Buchanan.)
0chiltree. Texas.
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