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Tbm Hereford Braid, Friday, October 22,1909
Like Crop
Failure
The following which appeared ia
the Friooa Sentinel, goes to show
that the Panhandle section o! Texas
produced a fair crop in spite of the
unfavorable season. Don't let ^any-
one make you believe that the old
cow-time saying thst all the Pas-
handle can raise is "hay and h—1,
dust and doggies".
"Our farmers are now busy cut
ting their millet, nuizs andj kaffir
corn and there are some fine crops
reported, notwithstanding gthey say
that there has been less rain this
year than for several years.
"We have been toid by men who
travel extensively through the Pan-
handle and Texas that in this sec-
tion the crops are better than injany
other part of Texas. The adjoining
states have suffered more from the
drouth than we have in this vicinity.
"It is conservatively estimated
that millet on the McMillen & Fer-
gus farm west of Friona will make
from 25 to 35 bushels of seed per
acre t nd 1 1-2 tons to 2 tons of hay
per acre. This would mean an in-
come of from forty to fifty dollars
per acre.
"Mr. J. H. Letton who purchased
the McMillen and Fergus farm west
of Friona, states that the broom
corn on the Stallter place northeast
of Friona, is the best he ever saw
grow. Mr. Letton expects to put
out a good big crop of broom corn
next year, and says he can induce
one of his friends in the east to put
in a broom factory here next year."
"Mr. Seth W. Roush is cutting
maize on his place east of Friona
that stands higher than his horses
back and is well headed. Mr.
Roush is plowing for wheat with his
steam plow. He is going down 8
inches and finds the soil rich and
moist and in fine shape for a wheat
crop.
" We have seen some peanuts
around Ftiona that would convince
anyone that they are a paying crop.
Mr. Moon near here had out five
acres last year that he states made
him 250 bushels and he got $1.25
per bushel. Mr. Moon states that
they took no more work to cultivate
and harvest than corn."
Mr. Rose V. McWilliams has as
fine a piece of sod millet as most
any one cares to see. It will pay
far the land on which it was grown.
Mr. Wm. Her who came out from
Sandusky, Ohio to harvest the 200
acres of millet, maize and kaffir
corn on Mr. A. L. Sterner's half
section just northwest of town, re-
ports that he has the 100 acres of
millet cut and stacked. It will aver-
age fully one ton to the acre which
he says is a good yield considering
the condition of the land when it
was planted. Mr. Her has planted
25 acres of wheat since he come and
is now engaged in cutting the maize
and kaffir com which is turning out
a fine crop. Mr. Sterner writes that
the plowing hereafter on his land
must not be less than six inches in
depth."
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A Panhandle Ranch Scene *
Short History of Texas' Population.
No census of Texas was taken un-
til 1850, when it was one of the
United States, but estimates of its
population had been made at inter-
vals prior to that time. In 1744 the
white population of Texas was esti-
mated at 1500; in 1765 it had fallen
to 750; in 1906 it was estimated at
7000; in 1831 at 20,000, and in
1834 at 21,000. In September,
1836, the year in which Texa:
achieved her independence, the total
population was estimated at 52,670,
as follows: White 30,000; Mexican,
3470; Indians, 14,000; Negroes,
5000. At the census of 1850 Texas
ranked twenty-third, with 904,215 ;
in 18/0, nineteenth, with 818,579;
in 1880, eleventh, with 2,235,523,;
and in 1900 sixth, with 3,048,710.;
Of this latter number, 622,041 were j
Negroes. The foreign-born popu- j
lation was 177,581.
W. S. Ranee In North Dakota.
Will Ranee, who formerly lived,
near Webster, this county, but who '
sold out and went to Texas a couple
of years ago and purchased a large
tract of land, is back at his old;
camping ground in this county and j
is threshing at the present time in
Overland township. Mr. Ranee had '
a large threshing outfit which he did
not take to Texas with him and he ;
came up this fall in hopes to sell it.
but not having found a buyer be de-
cided to run it himself. As a
thresher he has no superior in this
section of the state and the way he
is knocking out the golden grain is
not slow. His rig is one of the
largest, being a 30-horse power
engine and a 40 inch separator of
the Nichols & Shepard make, and
he knows how to run it to do the
business. As soon as the threshing
season is over he will return to his
Texas home, where besides being a
large land owner he is interested in
a large land company which is do-
ing a good business. He has a host
of friends here who are pleased to
know that he is prospering. He is
a fine fellow and a hustler and has
made a success of everything he has
undertaken.—Edmore Herald News,
(N- D.)
Guy Nesbitt leaves today for a
few days stay at Dallas.
Texas One of Nine.
According to the United States
census of 1900, Texas was one of the
nine States reporting agricultural
productions in excess of $200,000,-
000, as follows; Iowa, Illinois, Ohio
New York, Texas, Missouri, Kansas
Pennsylvania and Indiana. It is
believed that a comparison of the
net value of farm products would
show Texas to be very nearly, if not
quite, in the first place in that re-
gard.
The Bee Industry of Texas.
Texas, the greatest of States, is
the leading honey-producing State
in the Union. With the great num-
ber of 400,000 colonies of bees and
a good deal more than four million
poumx or honey as the annual out-
put, Texas has won the first place
on the list apiculturally.— Ex.
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 9, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1909, newspaper, October 22, 1909; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253524/m1/8/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.