The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-THIRD YEAR, No. FIFTY-TWO, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1920 Page: 10 of 16
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Wl TEXAS FARM NEWS fT
I. N. Conyers who lives near
Marlin recently received a calf
by parcel post mail.
The drouth in the Rio Grande
Valley near Brownsville has
been broken by heavy rains.
Large ranches in the Texline
territory are being broken up in-
to small tracts for farming purposes.
Farmers near Arlington have
purchased more than ninety
head of thoroughbred Jersey
cattle.
Holland Brothers Sutton
County ranchmen sold 50.000
pounds of long staple wool for
68 cents per pound.
Several shipments of toma
toes have gone out of the San
Benito section; the first prices
were around $3.00 per crate.
Cooke County farmers met to
organize an anti-thief associa-
tion to protect themselves
against theft of farm tools and
implements.
L. N. Ferryman of Dermitt
Scurry County has finished
shearing his herd of sheep and
reports an average clip of eleven
pounds to the head.
Approximately 42000 head of
cattle have been dipped for cat-
tle tick in Bell County. Bell
County expects to be free of
cattle tick by fall.
Good rains have practically
fallen from Red River to the Rio
Grande west of Fort Worth as
far as Fort Stockton Pecos and
Amarillo.
Indications are that the 1920
wool crop in Texas will estal
lish a new record. The State
will probably produce 15000000
pounds.
Mexia claims the honor of pro-
ducing the first peaches of the
season. They were brought into
the market May 21st and sold
at 30c per gallon basket.
The hot weather of the last
few weeks in the Rio Grande
Valley has caused cotton to grow
rapidly and all of it has been
chopped to a good stand.
Frospects for a good wheat
crop in the Plainview section are
reported to be much better than
usual. The recent rains have
been very beneficial.
Denton County wheat growers
do not think serious damage will
result from the green bugs that
made their appearance in many
parts of the county recently.
The drouth which has held
back farm work for the last two
months in Williamson County
was effectually broken on the
7th inst. by an all-night's rain.
The poultry and rabbit show
given by the Mid-Texas Breeders
and Fanciers' Association at
Corsicana. May 4th was a big
success both as to number of
exhibits and attendance.
W. D. Curtis of Estellino Hall
County raised long staple cotton
on his farm in Red River Val-
ley without irrigation which
brought 60 cents per pound. It
was of the Durango variety.
Eggs were selling in Brown-
wood May ICth at 25c per dozen
tit the local grocery stores. If
eggs keep on getting cheaper
editors can afford to have ham
and eggs for breakfast.
Business men and farmers of
Italy Ellis County are co-operating
to make that vicinity a
center for acala cotton. Acala
cotton originated in Mexico and
has been adapted to Texas con-
ditions by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. It
yields a staple varying from
1 1-16 inches to 1 3-16 inches a
length very much desired by the
cotton mills.
Southwest Texas rivers havej
caused considerable damage to;
crops and railroads. Torrential:
rains havo fallen nlong the
courses of the Colorado andj
Guadalupe Rivera. j
A temporary field station has
been opened at Laredo by the i
United States Department of J
Agriculture- for the purpose of i
furnishing marketing informa- j
tion to onion growers of the Rio
Grande Valley.
J. O. Jackson a producer of
registered Jerseys near Jeffer-
son sold two cows and calves for
$ 1550. Much interest is being
manifested in that part of East
Texas in pure bred Jerseys for
dairy purjvoses.
Two professional trappers in the Federal
Government services have been engaged in
trapping west of Lampasas. Up to February
20 they had caught five wolves. Every wolf
caught causes rejoicing among the sheep men.
Many West Texas ranchmen complain that red
wolves and coyotes are killing an average of
from G to 18 head of sheep nightly.
1918 from a.plug that cost him 71 per cent
more than 1U14 ne wu.u (ti tTiii in 1911 ; -cost
130 per cent more m 1918 t h.m n -
fif hnt. 70 per cent more; shoes b p
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At a meeting of the Tarrant
County Dairy Farmers held at
Vnrt Worth recently the far
mers went on record as in favor;
of an organized effort to eradi-
cate tuberculosis from the dairy
herds of Texas.
James Jackson one of a party
of hunters near Corsicana at-
tacked and choked to death bare-
handed a wolf that had been sur-
rounded by the hunters in a
thicket.
Judge James I). Hamlin of
Farwell Palmer County recent- !
ly paid $2.50(1 for King Jewell II. 1
a Duroc-Jcrsey boar weighing-
900 pounds. The hog was shipped '
from Greenfield Ind.. and won
first prize at both the Ohio and
Indiana State Fairs last year. !
On May 17th fourteen trucks
made a five-day demonstration
trip from Fort Worth through
the territory north of Fort
Worth. The object of the trip
was to prove to the farmers tho
superiority of the truck over
horse and mule transportation in
the rural districts.
Ts it not time for the different classes of tho
noople in this country to icalize that no man
lives to himself and that no class can profit
largely at the expense of keen suffering of
other "classes? Intelligent self-interest as wcU
as decency and fair play dictate recognition
of the responsibility of each class for all classes.
If things topple all classes will topple together
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girls of Grayson County received
pure bred Jersey calves at a dis-
tribution made by the Grayson
County Jersey Club. It marks
an epoch in the pure bred live-
stock history of that county.
The Childress Fair to be held
in September will this year not
entirely be confined to a county
exhibit but will be enlarged so
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scope of territory.
Farmers of North Texas are
far behind with all their work
on account of too much rainfall.
Up to May 16th no more than
one-half the cotton crop had been
planted and the cotton that was
up looked very poor.
The general rains which have
fallen over West Texas have put
the stock range in fine condition
and in many counties has saved
the grain crop. The Panhandle
part of the state is now assured
of a good wheat crop.
Business men of Stamford
have made tentative arrange
ments for the employment of a
Federal cotton classer. It is es
timated that Jones County will
increase its cotton acreage 200
per cent over that of 1919.
"keeee's Pathfinder." the
grand champion Du roc-Jersey
boar at the ast State rair ot
Texas has been sold by George
P. Lilian! & Sons of Arlington
to the Sylvan Duroc Farm of
Woodville. Texas for a consider-
ation of $13500.
Land located two miles from
Baylor University has been
bought by the trustees of that
institution to be used in con-
nection with their agricultural
department shortly to be added
to Baylor. The land consists of
a little more than 188 acres.
The Denton County Water-
melon Growers' Association have
pledged to plant more than 400
acres of melons. The melons
will be shipped in car loud lots.
We will accept an invitation from
our editor friend Bill Edwards
to help eat some of these melons.
Tho Co-Onerative Dairymen's
Association has been organized
in Paris with a capital stock of
$10000. The association will
build a modern dairy plant and
purchase the milk supply of all
local dairies putting it through a
cleansing process and then soil-
ing it to the public.
Demanding to know just what
attitude members of the legisla-
ture will take on the various
questions that now directly af-; ;
feet farmers the Farmers' Edu-' i
cational and Co-Operative Union
has prepared a questionnaire i
that will be sent to all members i
of the legislature and also to
condidatcs for governor. j ;
D. E. Lyday. president of the ; i
Texas Farmers Educational and : ;
Co-Operative Union believes . i
that a heavy loss will be suffered i
by the farmers in Texas unless i
they can get more help than was :
available this time last year. He;!
says the farmers are now more ;
or less dependent upon the influx i
of Mexican labor. J
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H. B. Dorsey secretary of the
Texas Grain Dealers' Association
says recent rains have been a;
gi-eat benefit to grain crops j
throughout the entire state. Thej
rains will also have a tendency
he thinks to strengthen the!
wheat in parts of the state;
where green bugs damaged the
wheat.
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Ami the Allis-Chalmers 18-30 Farm Tractor
pulling four 1 4-inch plows will turn over 16 E
acres a day. E
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large volume of work. E
Harvesting it will pull three 6-foot binders E
and operate a 28-inch separator with power E
to spare.
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213-15 N. LAMAR STREET.
Dallas Texas.
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C. H. Barnes and several
neighbors of the Bloomsdale
community Collin County killed
more than 1.000 rats in several
comcribs on May 11th. The ro-
dents havo caused several hun-
dred dollars' damages to growing
crops and stored grain in Collin
County. One farmer had to re-
plant forty acres of corn de-
stroyed by rats.
Sweetwater ranchmen have j
organized an association to j
make war on wolves. The rav-.
ages of wolves makes it very
difficult for some of the West ;
Tpy.is fanners to raise sheen.
Everything conceivable for wolf
extermination will be tried out
by the association. i
The
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The Attorney General of
Texas is preparing a proclama-
tion to be issued by the Governor
Hobby establishing a non-cotton
growing zone in Texas in con-
formity with the Federal au-
thorities in Washington. It will
become effective alxut June
15th. One large zone will be es
tablished to include the eountie
of Galveston Paris Orange and
Liberty. According to official
reports nine counties are infest-
ed in Texas with lollworm but
only in a few small spots. The
creation of one large zone is to
entirely kill the pest and prevent
its spread. It is recommended
that peanuts be planted in the
affected zones that have sandy
lands.
Brown County has a crop that j
is a little unusual but at tho i j
same time extremely valuable.:!
At the end of the year it will;!
have shipped out 9000000 eggs !
which at the rate of 30 cents j
a dozen would bring into circa- ;
lation in Brown County $225.-ij
000. This does not include the1;
number that were hatched and ! !
eaten in the homes. Brown ij
County ranks high as an egg and j j
poultry producing county. j i
The Tarrant County Pure!
Bred Livestock Association was ! j
organized April 21th at the Fort
Worth Chamber of Commerce
with a charter membership ot
31. Lon Alexander of Arling
ton and formerly of Childress
was elected president. As a re-
sult of this organization it is
hoped that greater strides will
be made in the pure breeding of
hogs and other livestock. All
persons engaged in raising pure
bred livestock or poultry and
those who contemplate raising
such stock are invited to join
the association.
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