The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-11-14


built at cost of approximately $4,000, the
entire stock being owned by Parker County
citizens.
A pecan factory the only one of its kind in
Texas and the second one in the southwest
has been opened in Denison and will employ
$50 persons.
San Saba pecans are bringing an average of
$500 a tree. San Saba won national reputa-
tion as the home of paper-shell pecans A con-
sentative estimate of the present crop is fifty
to sixty carloads and old residents say it is the
largest crop in forty years. One buyer has
contracted for 100000 pounds.
Snyder took a long step forward recently,
when a number of its citizens organized the
Scurry County Poultry Association with +. c.
DodSon as president and J. S. Hardy, temporary
secretary. The organization has decided to have
a poultry and farm products exhibit at Snyder,
December 9th. Poultry is one of the best
crops in Texas and one of the safest. 1t is a
crop that if YOU cannot SELL you can always
eat and can frequently be raised at very small
cost The editor of this department would like
to see more towns follow the lead which has
been taken by Snyder for the promotion Of
poultry raising.
We wonder if this is the largest sweet potato
that has yet been grown in Texas this year?
l.. r. Kersey living on the c. d. Anderson
farm, northwest of Sherman, brought in a
sweet potato that weighed eleven pounds. Some
potato,
Hardeman County members of the Boys and
Girls Clubs were awarded number of prizes
at the Dallas Fair.
Great damage has been done to the sweet
potato crop in Mt. Vernon vicinity by the in
cessant rains. The damage is estimated to be
at least 80 per cent
Cotton is a little freaiiSh in Bell County
Some farmers will make a bale to ten acres
and others will make bale to a bale and one
half per acre. Army and leaf worms are
largely responsible for this condition.
East Texas is there again with her good
ribbon cane syrup. The ribbon cane crop is
good, although the acreage planted was less
than that Of last year
Aunt Sarah Martin, 76 years old, of Oena-
VILE Bell County, is pretty active for her age
and is not a bit afraid of hard work She
picks about seventy pounds of cotton per day,
some times running as high as 100 pounds. No
doubt Bell County is proud of Aunt Sarah.
The range in the Midland district is better
reports Of cattle inspectors.
The scouts of the United States Department
of Agriculture under Dr. w. d. Hunter, have
discovered a fresh infestaton of pink boil
worms in jefferson County, fifteen miles south
Of Beaumont, and about six miles from Port
Arthur.
Bowie County is boosting peach culture and
organized experts say there is no finer terri
tory in Texas for peach raising.
Spraying and pruning will be studied in an
effort to destroy insects that may prey on the
trees.
West Texas intends to increase its produc-
ton of fine WOOL particularly Of delaine wool
EAT more sweet potatoes" is an appeal that
has been sent out by c. o. Moser, Dallas County
Agricultural Agent. He says the sweet potato
crop in Texas is so large that the warehouse
facilities cannot afford enough storage space
to care for them and that a large part Of the
crop will be wasted unless consumed by the
people generally. This is good suggestion,
for sweet potatoes are highly nutritious and
one of the cheapest foods that can be purchased
on the market.