The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1892 Page: 3 of 8
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' ThoProfit of a Smaller Cotton Crpp.
Since September the price of cotton
lias advanced two and one-hilf cents
( per pound from seven cctvs to nine
.and one Jialf cents for middling upland.
?ThiS mcjans that in nine weeks the1
cash value of this season's cotton crop
has increased $87500000 reckoning
upon a yield of about 7 000000 bales
which is now regarded as a liberal es-
'fc titnate. Les3 than one-third of this
season's crop lias been marketed and
as there is prdspect of an advance to
' ten cents or above the present price
probably represents a fair average for
' ' the entire crop If this be the case.
and the assumption is conservative
j rather' than extravagant the 7000000
1 'jObalei of this season's crop will sell for
nearly as much as the 9000000 bales
produced last season. The rverage
price during last season was seven and
one-half cents making the entire crop
worth $337 500.000 while at an aver-
age pf nine and one-half cents the 7-
opo.ooo bales of this season will be
. " worth $329000000. Hut the value
of this season's crop represents far
rT greater profit to the planters than the
proceeds of last year's work for the
present crop has been raised at less
cost than any crop produced since
the days when labor was counted as
nothing.
faor is this the full measure of the
benefit that the south is reaping from
the cotton crop of this season. 1 he
present crop has been produced by
about 2. 500000 acres less than was
required to raise -the crop of last year
- and the immense acreage withdrawn
from cotton is being cultivated for
other crops. More corn more wheat.
more sugar and more rice are being
raised in the south this year which
means n)ore cash by reason of less ex-
penditure for food. With -a cotton
equal in value to that of last year
"-the south will gain the yield of 25000-
000 acres of additional food crops be-
sides a crsat increase in sugar and
rice This is the most encouraging
feature of the southern agricultural
situation as it appears to-day. "When
we consider that in nine weeks the
south has grown $87500000 richer
in the actual cash value of a single
crop it signifies a Vast improvement
1 J- in present conditions ami business
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A Big Pear Orchard.
A special correspondent of the Globe-
Democrat recently made a trip through
Texas and among other big th ngs he
ran across in his journey was II. M.
' StringMlow's big pear orchard. This
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is what he saul about it;
A strin of the native nrairie twentv-
fiye feet wide a ribbon of turned sod
six feet wide and down thp center of
the ribbon straight as the needle
point a row of pear trees. This re-
peated thousand of times is before
the eye of thq traveler riding from
Houston to GaWeston. It is only two
hours from the Magnolia city to the
Oleander city. Much of the distance
is bver a coast prairie fifty feet above
the )evel of the baou and bay. From
the cars the prairie Seems perfectly flat
but there are slight grades enough lor
surface drainage. As fir as hfi visit-
ion reached cattle grazed And that
was supposed to lie all that the great
prairie its sandy loam and its sub-irrigation
wjth inexhaustible water a
dozen fqet below the turf was good for.
Then a man named Stringfellaw came
down from the north. He wandered
around over the prairie poked holes
in the sod rubbed the loam contem-
platively between i fingers and said
he thought pear trees would grow
there. The few people who lived pn
the prairiii laughed at him and said they
had never heard of such a thing. Mr.
Stringfellow said he Would try a coimle
of ilmlisnnd trees anvwav. Then the
natives looked serious pud talked as If
a man ought to be restrained from
throwing jnonev away in that fashion.
Mr. Stnngfellow went ahead. He
bought the land t $5 or $6. an acre
and could ha. e got thousands of acres
for the asking at that figure He put
in his 2000 pear irees of the Le Conte
and Keiffer varieties It has been
abput eight years ince the experiment
was begun. 'Hie penr trees bore three
then five then eight then ten btishcU
to thp tree. A hols is dug in the rib-
bon of turned sod just large enpugh
t tak in the vear old roots. The
sod is well packed around
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urounu uiu luuta
Qn the surface is strewn three .good
handfulls of cotton seed meal. That
is alt. The little ribbon of turned sod
between the strips of tfnb'oken prairie
is kept clean pf weeds. Soil and cli-
mate do the rest. Pear trees flourish
a they do nowhere else under (he'stars
and stripes. A jury of his neighbots
would have voted Mr. Stringfcllow
crazy six years ago. To day he is the
biggest man on all the coast prairie
He is Sir Oracle on fruit. His pear
trees have revolutionized conditions
The $5 land is $50 land a good deal
of it. Thousands of acres have been
put into pear trees And no wonder!
StringfellPws prchatd was yielding $500
dollars to the acre before it was sx
years old. People no longer refer to
the prairie as the old salt marsh. Ex-
periments in other directions than pear
culture have been tried. One man
has two acres in jessamine. He calls
the (1 jwer the double jessamine. Last
spring he sold $3000 worth frr m the
two teres. As soon as the buds ap-
pear he cuts it with a stern six; inches
long. Ten buds and stems are tied
in a bunch and wrapped in wet paper.
One hundred bunches go in a box and
the box travels 1000 miles or more fo
some city in the still frozen north
where the lovers of nature's sweetest
odor quickly pay 15c 20c and 25c a
bud. The grower receives from $8 to
$to a thousand for the buds. It is' a
novel industry but all sorts pf unusual
ways of making a living are. being de-
Veloped on the great prairie.
Long Btaple Cotton.
A correspondent writes asking the
result of my experiment with the South
ern Hope long staple cotton. The
experiment is not complete as I have
still about 500 pounds of cotton to
pick to complete the second bale off
or three acres; and I have not sold my
first bale. All gPing well I expect to
wind up the experiment in a few days
so far as the yield goes.
As I repotted some time ago I
found the cotton a strong rapid grow-
er apparently well adapted to Qur black
prairie land. As my patch was not
planted till May to and was complete-
ly stopped in growth by worms 111 Au-
gust it must be clear that it had not
a fair chance. Just before the worm
vegetation the yield promised much
over a bale to the acre and with an
average season and up causalty would
have made it.
As it is two bales from three acres
under such unlavorable conditfons in-
spires me with hope for its future use-
fulness. The bolls are ot medium size
and seeds mediumeasy to p.ck but
not by any means storm proo:. though
nearer than many others. The lint is
ver fine and silky in mv case but little
or no longer than the best of our ordi-
nary cotton. This abbreviation in
lint I think may he attributed to the
checked growth of the plant at the
very time lint was forming. In order
to make sure that I had the true South-
ern Hope cotton I wrote to my friend
Steeles Bayou a wall-known Missis-
sippi planter who has made a specialty
of this cotton after testing all other
longstiples. I sent him a few bolls
and he writes me he thinks I have the
genuine article and attributes the
shortened lint to the cause I have
named.
The conclusion I have formed so far
is that Southern Hope will make as
large and profitable crop as any other
variety even if the staple does not at-
tain standard length. And further I
see no naon why the staple should
not reach the Standard if planted at
proper tune and with the advantage of
an average season. I may have more
tp say when I tiutket my bales Aus-
tin Statesman.
The Cane tf the Farmers.
The Globe Democrat says: There
are some things which cannot be con-
trolled or regulated by statutes. '1 he
supply of farm products exceeds tlis
demand and prices are adjusted ac-
cordingly. It is not in the power of
the government to change this fact
The farms are at the mercy of certain
conditions which are beyond reach of
political agencies and influences. They
cannot secure exemption from natural
laws by any known expedient When
they raise more gram than the world
needs in a given year the world cannot
be made to buy it at the prices which
preva.il in a year of scarcity. The
demagogues who tell them that such
relief is possible are not their friends
but their enemies seeking to mislead
thehl for personal or partisan advan-
tage. There is no remedy for over-
production but an increase pf consump-
tion and that fs a question of time and
not of legislation. The area of agri-
culture has been materially extended
in recent years npt only in this' coiin-
try but m other countries and there
has not been a corresponding enlage?;
nient Pf the market for farm products.
That is where the principal secret of
depression is tp be found It is not
all mysterious and it docs not at all
indicate any fault in the management
of federal affalrsj The intelligent tiller
of the soil should be able to see at a
glance tfoat the value of what he has
tp sell is fixed by the law of supply and
dtmand and that when the crops are
abundant everywhere the prices are
sure to be low It is only that when
tlio yield is small somewhere that the
general value of the product has an
upward tendency; and it is useless to.
R. B. CARTER & CO
Land and Loan Agents
Offloo up stairs over Bass Bros drug storb
ABILENE TEXAS.
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and Farm lands.
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Presents to suit all ages and classes.
Come and see. We not only have the
goods hut our prices are right . . .
Your Truly
WORD & ALEXANDER.
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look for artificial means of escaping or
defeating this important consideration.
Next to the pears Mr. Strjngfellow
who is now abundanty honored as he
was ridiculed when he came on the
prairie says the strawberry U the
surest and most profitable crop.
He says this soil and climate will
give $750 worth 61 strawberries to the
acre. Picking begins the last of Feb-
ruary and by the middle of March the
harvest is on. Real estate men who
still have some of the coast prairie to
sell say that five acres wi'l support a
family well; that a pear orchard fiye
years old as prices of fruit now rule
and as trees now bear is worth $1000
an ace. They say that the coast
prairie can ship pears to New York as
low as 37c a buslul and make a profit.
The prices realized have been up to
this time about $1 a bushel. It is
one of the odd sights in Texas to see
these pear trees shooting up so vigor-
oush with raw prairies on both sides
of the rows and only the narrow rib-
bon of ground broken. Out in the
plain country at Merkel. where every-
thing lusciously grows by windmill ir-
rigation and where nothing grew ex-
cept grass and long horns ten years
ago the horticulturists tell a story at
the expense of the pioneer fruit raisers
They say that wlten women began to
get the idea that fruit could be pro-
duced around Merkel they bored hole
in the prairie with a post auger thrust
in an apple tree rammed down on the
roots three shovelfuls of fresh stable
manure and expected to make cider
the following year The pear tree
planting on the coast prairie approach-
es the Merkel expcc.nient.in labor sav-
ing but then O what a difference in
resuhb!
Broom Corn a Profitable Crop.
Editor Stockman anil tanner:
Just now while raising cotton for
profit has becomes a perplexing ques-
tion other ii dustries arc sprin0mg up
and demanding attention and one of
the most conspicuous with us is that of
growing broom corn. Broom corn is
grown to a great a degree of perfection
throughout this section as any pla:e in
the United States. The brush grows
very long and fine and two crops may
be gathered from one planting. It
does not severely exhaust the laud and
is easily cultivated The crop 15 one
of the most certain and the yield is
always most satisfactory.
The success of growing it is no long-
'er a mooted question with us for it ha?
been tried several years. Special at-
tention has been directed to it the past
two seasons by Rome of our farmers
and notablv among them is J H Mont-
gomery He hves eight miles from
Stockdhje in the eastern part ofWiU
son county. This season lie has grown
more than sixty acres of broom corn pf
the very finest grade and quality. He
has also created large and commodious
buildings where he is manufacturing
an average of 1 50 dozen brooms ev.
cry month. He is turning out brooms
of every kind from a whisk to the long
handled loft broom. Says he is in tiie
business to stay as he finds it a new
field of enterprise and therefore not a
crowded one.
The brush for every broom that is
used in Texas should be grown on her
soil. In fact much of it should be
grown and manufactured here for north-
ern markets. This1 is a new industry
kand we feel confident it is with us to
stay. Rambler '
Poultry Notes.
Ihn't be "chicken-hearted" nor too
greedv in weeding out thenlls.
Don't crowd the fowls? Success
depends in a great measure upon
this.
Hens do not eat .their eggs unless
they learn the habit from having eggs
broken in the nest. Never use stale
pr frozen eggs as nest-egs.
In buying ppultry for bteeding pur-
poses go tp some reliable breeder who
hia his teputatipn at stake. It may
AUX STEELE.
J. T. PAGE & CO
-;--. Wholesale and KetaH .--
car dealers in all kinds of wa
COKL
Office with Alex Steele first door
ctt of the Windsor hotel where if
you will leave or send your orders
Ihey will have prompt attention.
Sotlciiing your patronage and Assur-
ing )ou that it will bi appreciated
We are truly
J. T. PAGE & CO.
First door east of the Windsor Hotel.
cost a little moiefor the birds but the
buyer can depend on what he gets.
Culls are expensive at any cost.
To make a good warm breakfast for
forty fowl: Boil a heaping half-peck
of potatoes; mash them; add one quart
each of shorts and bran a teaspoon ful
each of salt and pepper and finish by
adding hot water enough to mix into
a stiff dough.
Fowls need far more care during
damp rainy weather than during the
clear cold weather of winter or ihe
dry warm weather pf summer. Damp-
ness engenders numerous disorders
many of which are dificult to cure.
Therefore it is better to use preventive
measures than to administer medicines
when too late.
Many country dwellers have never
thought of raising fruit and poultry in
the same yard. They work admirably
together A row of plum or pear trees
can be planted along the poultry run
when the choice is made of a location
fpr the poultry buildings. The drop
pings from the fo-vls improve the soil
about the trees aud the chickens will
eat the wormy and curculio stung fruit
when it drops to the ground. There
is nothing better for the chickens and
for the trees.
Sitting hens must have attention.
One is liable to forget thai warm
weather brings lice. A clean nest is
the fust requisite. If die nest-box is
well oiled with kerosine and the hen
thoroughly dusted with liuhach insect-
powder there will be no lice. This
means a quiet steady sitter the result
of which will be a good hatch. The
hen after she is about-to leave the
nest with her prood should be dusted
with the insect-powder again. Chicks
hatched by an incubator are very sel.
dom troubled with lite. This is oqe
good point ih favor of artificial hatch
ing and means steady growth bring-
ing them into marketable condition
errlier and at the same time when
good prices prevail. American Agri-
culturist. The bazar givtn on the i$th of Dec.
by the ladies aid society of the Presby-
terian church will be the place to buy
Cnristmas presents. You wil find
gifts suitable To: old and young to
please every taste.
John G. Martin has returned from
Nashville where lie has been for the
past year and re-opened his h'ac"
smithing and horseshoeing shop at
the old stand where he will be pleased
to serve his old patrons and the pub.
lie generally. 4otf.
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When you need a retreshing drink
J of any kind call and see Jones & Tay
lor at the Gilt Edge salppn. 4-tf
Absolutely nothing but the best
wines whiskies etc. are handled at
the Gilt Edge saloon. 34-tf
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Chemically turc acoliol at the Gilt
Edge salppn. ' 4-lf
J. T TACK.
J. JlV rARRAMOftE ftes. OTTO V. STBPKBrfS Cash. E. II. StNTENIS At. ca
The First National Bank
.Capital $16000.00. -
DIRECTORS: J. ll.Taramore O. A. Klrkland J. M. Radford Urooke Smith Otto W
Stefjens T. S. Rollins E. II. SlntenU.
J. G. J.6WD0N Tret.
Wm CAMERON V.Pres.
The Abilene National Bank
Capital $10000000. - Surplus $112 000.00.
DIRE TORS-Theo. llejck Ceo. I. ftillllps E. 11. Rollins J M Daugherty Fretl
Cockrell Wm. Cameron W U. ilraxelton J. G. Lowdon.
FW. JAMESrLVe. EDS. IlUGllES V.hes. II. B. KENYON.Cash. IKjAMES A Cast
The Farmers and Merchants National Bank.
Capital $60000 00. -
DIRE TOR Si-hnrles Kenyon John R.
Hughes Henry James J'. H. Kenyon.
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IONEER MILLS AND
O FULL ROLLER PROCESS.
. & Capacity 160 Bfcls1 per day.
Orders solicited for Flour. Corn Meal Graham Bran and Feed Stqfls.
Highest cash prices paid for Wheat. A regular exchange business done
with farmers of flour bran and meal for wheat and corn.
Having added a complete Munger Improved Ginning System we are
prepared fo gin cotton with promptness and .dispatch.
Charley Steinbarth
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Abilene Texas
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Olner points of oncelltnce given In circular mailed
rree to uny address. We also manufacture
Canton Clipper Flows Volunteer and Victor Cul-
tivators Jlso JiarrowB. Tricycle Bullty nnl OftOeT
Flows Grain Drill. Cottonand Corn Planter and
handle Dusclos Carts Pumps. Wind Mills. EAltf.
COOPER and 0LD3 WA00N3. Write us for
PARLIN & ORENDORFF CO. DALLAS. TEXAS.
F. E. BOMPABT.
BOMPART & RADFORD.
Successors to SMITH BOMPART 4 KIHBY
and Insurance Agents.
Resurvey and Classify Lands. - Render and Pay Taxes
Land in the Famous Abilene Country.
Agents for the Phoenix and and other standard
Insurance Companies.
FLINT KNAPP & CO
DEALERS IN
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for either cooking or
heating you may want.
Ndw Goods Arrive Daily.
Flint Knapp & Co.
Surplus $1860000.
E. Q. I'RICE Cash.
Surplus $2400.00.
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