The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1889 Page: 3 of 8
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Horso Notes'.
Ed Annan's sulky weighs only 38
founds. (
Hal Pointer was quite. lanit after1
his RocheatcriracCi"
Uclmpnt (rack needs more working.
The- soil is loose in withy places.
Lon Myers has changed- the name
of his. filly .Gaira MfaVto Lady Agnes.
The Baldvin string1 will' be shipped
to Shccpshcad Bay from-Saratoga.
The bay gelding J. ft. Richardson
a-17 t-4 is how in the stables of Ed
Gccrs.
The purses at the interstate fair
races at Elmira N. Y. will aggregate
$15000.
Morris park is a brilliant success and
it will inaugurate a great b.oom in rac-
ing.. That The Bard ha broken down
permanently seems. tb be without
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There will be a mixed running and.
trotting meeting at Dallas Texas on
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October 15 to 27.
Pearl' Jennings is. winning races in
her old time regularity at the West
Side park Chicago.
Cutting Down tlio Herds. . t
Some of the oldest and. .best .known
1 ranchmen in Texas Montana andc'the
intermediate irange country arev cutting
down their herds by marketing-the
heifers yearling steers and calves. A
few.years.neo such a thing as market
ing range calves had never been heard
of or thought of but it is now come to
be quite a feature'of the calf receipts.
In the days when the range business
vas booming calves and yearlings
were worth' bo"dmihgt calves and' year1-:
imgswere worm more ac norae tnan
butcher could' pay. Since then how-
ever it has been different. When it
was' plainly evident that the ranges in
all directions were overstocked jjtlie'
questibnsiofihW to reduce h& herds
becamVan important one; The first
move was to market all of the aged
beef cattle closer than ever before.
The ranchemen stopped buying bulls'
which they have been loading 'up with
heavily; then they began to market
the two-year-olds and spay the heifers.
All of this .seems to make but little im-
pression'. Then ranchemen com-
menced to send their yearlings and to
still further count down production by
marketing heifers and breeding cows
and sotncbulls riot tojo old for service.;
Latterly they hav'e'!put the screon;
tighter?' ( aridl hye!j been marketing!
calves in large numbers although less
than a decade ago only a few calves
came to market for veal purposes.
"Along in1880 to5 I883 "the' "Eastern
daitjrcalf business flourished and
Chicago received largeV-riumberhat'
were sold to farmers and feedersun the
West. That trade fell off entirely but
there has been a'(steady'increasVfin
calf receipts for several years. "iif 1882'
receipts were only 34765 head jn-
?884
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rived;.and in 1888 there were 96086
calves received at Chicago all from
the West.
Thus far this year the calf receipts
have been very heavy. In May 908
Texans arrived in June . we ere-
ceiyed 'ftgB.qf .h July t 7.743 and
yoryh firsfninete'eri 'days of August
17.567 head.of calves alone wer.e re
ceived.. This'is cutting down the herds
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Sheep ahd Calvesnn Corn Fields'
oays me American Agriculturist;
Weeds are likely to escape in the. latter i
'cultivation pfthe corn'and other yeejds
come up after.cultiyatton'is ended. Itis
IIipsh wpprle'Svliirh fnnl flip InnH fnr
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'future years. The weeds in the corn
' fields are.neglected during' the hury
ofi hay and. grail) ;)iarvestthresF)in$r
hauling manure anil prepaying the
ground for wheat. But even better
than is the scythe are the ishee'p Let
them have the run of the corn fields
during the autumn. '.They like the
shades of the rows. They 'will nibble
off theJower blades of the com but
Z this is no wise an injury to the crop.
The sheep will also find ; every 'weed
and bunch of grass. Their 'scent is
sharp and they will' discover weeds
that would be overlooked There are
very few weeds indeed that will nipt be?
cropped by ..sheep especially ot jtjie
merino breed. They crop so close
tQ the ground that the weeds will
hardly start again'. The spring calvesf
af but too. strong! may well be put
with the shep lipids unusually Marge
they will not damage the corn and will'
get considerable feed which would
otherwise be wasted.
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The Care that Fays. '
National Stockmap: Wd have .often
heard it said that some of our domestic
animals cap so well endure hardships
4nnd.prjvaipns.such as storms lack of
jfb6:d scfir.city of wajerefc asibah
sheep W6 are more than half inclined
to believe it is true. At the same tirne
we are quite sure it Is the; dispojiioft
upon the part of manysshep -owntrt
to allow their flock to shift for them'
selves thinking it ia their nature; Not
"i'ft only should sheep have their wants as
' . i0i6ttteVCood ad Vm supied(5
hut from pretty careful observation
among successful flock owners we arc
fit
con
cnllv- ofJthc oniliioh tliat the
fcartlHit bring? in the cxtfaWrofits is
the Varctliat Comes in the form of at
tention little luxuries if you please
that cost but little actual cash outlay
but add so much to the comfort of
our coated friends. In preparing for
the show- ring pr in feeding for the
fancy market-wc arc sure this is the
ca$c" and believe tt is just as true con-
cern the breeding stocki
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Honr FrodubtSr
"The tSasctta is" doing much to di-
rect the attention of farmers in Texas
tdhOg raising" said Judge R. E. Beck-'
ham yesterday "arid it; is right. The:
idea of the; p.coplq bf Texas buying
tiieir hog. .products fronv-.the north
when we have one of the best states
in the union for hog raisfrigis purely
an absurdity. We buy lard from the
rtorth but know nothing of its purity ;
When we could just as well andat less
cost make our own lard and make it
pure. I have had sonic experience in
thfs matter and know' whereof I speak.
Some two years ago I had a butcher
of this city 'to. make me two casks of
lard and when I broke up housekeep-
ing' a year later I had priecask.of it
untouched. I examined it and foun'd
it as firm and fresh as the best article
1 was. used to in Kentucky There is
no excuse 'for Texas .goingeastjbr hog
prouucis. rori; jvoriu uazeue.-
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Fig Fepding-.
J. H.-Connel reports an instructive.
series of tests in pig feeding in Bulletin'
19 ot tile Kentucky station. Four
sepdrate feeding trials including the
use of simple and compound foods
were made. fThe experiments show
that shelled corn produced fat more
rapidly and at a cheaper rate than
corn-cob mealcorn meal cotton-seed
meal! wheai bran or ship' stuff.- Cot-
'ton seed wa? hot found to beprofitable'
and much of . the corn-cob meal was
wasted in feeding because picked over
and refused. It is riot entirely clear
what is meant by corn-cob meal
fvjrlj'ether groundcorh'cobs oj-gruund ear
Corn. Presumably the-Tatter as 750
pounds produced 100 of increase. It
is related that while pips feed on Wheat
Uiran and ship stuff(shorfs) made little
giiiu nicy wcil- so iuucii stronger mail
others that they caused them serious
injury when turned out together.
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Jersey Island tlie place from which
we obtain the favorite Jersey cow is a
small spot of land If squared it is
nine-and three-quarter miles each way.
Yet this little island has a population
of 6oopp? human beings and over
.twejveithousandj-cattle.t iijd'shas had
mat numper tor the last twenty years
for the census of 1861 gives 12037.
And yet they export on an average
annually 2000 head;" Roughly speak-
ing on this island they; manage to
Uupportone head ofkine to"e very acre
while m England there-is only one
head to every ten acres ; therefore in
fyroportiontojit size' Jersey exports as
many:cattie every year.afs England con-
tains. If England were to expOrt cat-
tle'at the same rate her whole stock
iwould
1'be swept awayjin arsingle year.
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AUgB 1J1 J.CXUB.
The farmers of this state have at
last begun to realize the. importance of
me nog as a iarm animai ana in me
future there will be more bacon and
'Jardtmade in Texas than there has-been
iri; thelpast. Theprofit of 'the "hog ' is
apparent to all who will consider the
question and the policy of Texas
farmers supporting Kansas City and
Chicago smokehouses is going to be
.stopped Ft.Vorth Gazette..
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Tlie crewTof a vessel that recently
arrived in "Philadelphia ' report that
wJjen nortlj 6f the Cape Verd Islands
the ship was surrounded by 'reddish-
yellow dust." A drought is not often
s'o-prolonged Ithat the waves of the
poqean' become dusty but vc have had
'.more meteorologicalj; phenpmena this
ye'ar'thau the oldest inhlbitaht.can re-
call. jorrjstpwn Herald.
All kinds of refreshing summer
drinks.at the Delmpjriigo gajdeii i7tf
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All kinds of sorghum seed at I V:
Butler's Chestnut St. 23-tf
Would like to exchahge some sh$
cattle for steers ormares.
q'.tf IuaBorper
j' Gus. Ackerrnan makes a specially
of California claret and Rhine wines.
"Canned pumpkin three poundjize
'reduced to1 10' cts.tat Robertsj& Mac-
kechney's. ' ' 36-tf.
P. H. Carter east side of Pine
street has . the largest stock of hand-
kerchief extracts and toilet soaps in
Abjlene; Ht wiUpay ypu Xoj see his
stock and get his p'ricesbefore buying.
Money to loan at 10 per cent per
annJm. Nfo commissions J
23-tf H MrHENDERSOK
FiBe'taUQnqry at Bass Bros
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Langle's Biscuits fresh and fine atj
D. Y. Wristen's 38-tf
TJe famous Sultan roasted coflee
"only 33 & Pr package at Roberts &t
I MackechneyV
36-tf.
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Siiinglies Sash Boors Limes :"
Cement Plaster. '
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Quality Guaranteed. " Estimates Furnished.
Correspondence Solicted.
Adair
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Diamonds Watches
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THe NewHdme
We make a specialty of repairing fine watches
and clocks. Give us your trade.
John R. Jones & Co.
Manufacturers and dealers In
Leaf rewss yMlfliim
Shingles tioors
Sash iBlinds Mouldings Etc. Etc.
iBlLENEJTEXS. '
TBl'iTlD A. ID COAL.
I. W. BUTLER
DEALER IN
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Stoneware Stationery Oats Bran
and Seeds of all kinds.
Pay the highest price for country produce; Abilene Texas.
Dallas Elevator Co.
THE O-KKjO? EQTJXjIZDEIK;
I OP PRICES. J ;.'-..
Store your cram and save 25 to" 50 cenfa per bushel. We offer special inducement for stor-
ing grain of all kinds. One cent per bushel per month; 1-2 cent for fifteen days or less; 1-2 cent
for receiving Heceipts issued on classification and weights at the Elevator. Money advanced
on receipts at current rates of interest. Insurance Very low. The interests of the patrons ot
the Elevator' will be stricUy guarded. Their interest is our Interest. Grain stored with us
commands the highest prices as we are in constant communication with nil the markets of the
country Np charges for buying or selling.
Weights and Classification under the 8upervisipn of Merchants Exchange.
. DALLAS ELEVATOR CO. Dallas Texas.
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Wholesale
Drugs Medicines Chemicals Fncy Goods
Toilot Artiolos Faints Oils Varnishes Painter's Supplies.
Prescriptions a SpQcialty.
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Firat-claaiftccommodation for commtroial mtn
Lurga sample rooms. RatM returonahlt.
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K I L N DRIED'!
& Clark
Clocks and Silverware.
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Sewing Machines.
and Retail
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FOfe SALE BY
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The Big Watch Jeweler.
Makes a specialty of carrying fine goods in his line
Watchs Diamonds Jewelry Clocks Spectacles
and a new line of novelties in Silverware for the
spring .and summer trade. The Finest Watch
and Jewelry Repairer and the only Engraver in
West Texas Engraves every article he sellsfree
of charge from a Silver Thimble to a Diamond
Ring. If you need anything in his line call on
him we- guarantee he will please you both in
sales and work.
Abilene. Colorado. Big Springs
WHOLESALE
Keg and Bottled
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Saddle and Harness Factory
N OKTER Proprietor
XO Harness with Breast Opllar - - - $860
Single Harness Full Vickie Trammed - - S16.B0
Cheyenne Saddle Warranted Denver Tree $86 $30 $3tf
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Phunlber and Steam Fitler.
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Pije Pie PilHSiigs Sheet Lead
Glob ValTWi ChK5k Vfclvt GIajw Gmxl. Xqtf
Mom Noclef 8hwt Rubbr.
Repairing Engines etc on short notice
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Hoeny, John, Jr. The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1889, newspaper, September 13, 1889; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330629/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.