Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-10-06

the Panhandle. Estimates now show
that the wheat harvest alone will ex
coed 100000 bushels. which viii
be sold AZ an average price of Sic
per bushcl bringing In total none,
valve from wheat alone Of approx
matCly $4,000. 900 The value OF
the kafir milo maize aud feterita
crops throughout the Panhadle will
probably reach half the value Of the
wheat crop. While the sale Of hogs
Ia caiil" 'li other farm products
will no doubt pass the S2.i00. 900
mark Tn" Panhandle In 1915 shall
hcyc sold large volume Of farm
produces az greater cash price than
ever before In IT, history Everybody
has made money. and the only effect
Of the European war has been to
make things more prosperous.
Tho following are examples Of
prosperity on Panhandle farms
BurleSon Sings ilriscoc's Praise.
J. r Burleson. a leading stock
nan Of Bri-coe county. recently said
70 News representative that Bris-
coe county bal about 10000 acres in
wheat this year. which will average
over p bushels per acre. with small
Ter acreages ct oats and rye Of pro-
portionate yields
About . 600 acres Of Indian corn
are IN excellent condition with am in
dication Of an average of At least 30
bushels per acre. while cotton pro-
misses an OUTPUT Of between four aud
five thousand bales
Milo maize and kafir were never
better aud VIII run from % 10 so
bushels per acre and will be- largely
used In a fattening OF home bred
hogs for export market. with an esti-
mated county shipment this year Of
from ~ 20 100 cars Briscoe county
hogs, by th- way having q habit Of
making the Fort Worth market sit
mp and take notice.
Cattle Ar In splendid condition,
with calves selling at $3.50 and a
large feeder shipment slated FOR this
fall
quite q number OF stockmeu will
buy Arizona and New Mexico sheep
and shin th"m in this fall for milo
and kafir mutton preparation
Large areas of rye will be- sown
this fall for winter pasturing OF both
cattle and hofa-with a supplement
arv harvest OF grain itself"
shelton Believes In Divrrsification
]. NJ shelton has Just returned
from visit to his large North Plains
cattle ranch holdings
On his Hartley county ranch Mr..
Shelton Is putting ny forage cane
from $50 acres. which II yielding two
tons per acre. and has $50 acres in
forage milo iraizc which will be OF
similar yield
On his T. I ranch Mr. shelton has
30 acres 81 irrigated alfalfa. which
will have this year 70 cuttings Will
probable aggregate return Of %
tons. ON ais ranch next year Mr.
shelton will develop 700 acre irri
gated alfalfa farm which will an
nu1lly produce between 400 and SOC
tons
tie says thai his home raised for
age last winter saved him thousands
Of dollars IN the keeping alive o.
weak stock
Cattle Sell NJ u High Figure.
McMurtry Bros, OF Donley COUNT
recently sold 10 j. Sayre, JohI
Plocker an Henry Taylor, also o
Donley COUNT coo head Of two yea
old high grade Hereford heifcrs a
SG5 per hell Forty DAYS ago th
McMuriry Bros. bought these cattl
for $50 per head
Huy Profitable Silo.
r. L. Moblcy. one ~ Amarillo
dairymcu. has lust put up 200 to'
Ames Portable Silo on his farm tire
miles north OF Amarillo Mr. NH
ley is nov fixed so that he will hay
rlenty Of dUr feed for his cows thi
winter and win bo prepared 90 sun
plemcnt tbcr pasturaro 90 any tim
should the grass get short.
Clovis Mayor Finds Hogs Profitabl'
That the formers of Curry count,
New Mexico. as we'll as other coun
tics IN This section 81 the state
could we'll afford 20 devote more tim
and energy 10 the raising Of hog
was amply demonstrated few lay
ago when Navor Chas Ramey too
eighty-two lcad Of tat porkcrs 20 M
Fort Worth market They topped M
market on that day bringing SIS
Their combined weight was 1890
pounds. AMI Mrs Ramey received
check for Sl.t590S IN payment
The hors vere conditioned on mil
maize and katir corn. which BIS goo
recommendation Tor these crops s.
bountlful .n this locality
Harvest iis bushels ~ Plums.
r. " pyers. vho lives northweg
81 Plaiuyicv has small five yea
oil orchard from the plum tree
OF which DO has harvested this yea
re bushels Of plums.
Twcnty.TiVr bushels y Yield iroun
Pampa aud white Deer.
: A. Boydstun. a threshing opel
ator % the White Deer and Pamp
regions. saws wheat is averaging
bushels per acre. late heavy yiel
being that ~ the Van Bibber farm
where 300 acres returned 1000
bushels. or about $500 per acre.
Irhnrger News.