Crops for the Southwest and Texas Wheat Outlook
Prof. H M Cottrell, agricultural commissioner for Rock Island Railway, argues Spanish peanuts and milo maize will be the Southwest’s future staple crops. He notes milo yields about 30 bushels annually in the Panhandle, with one acre producing up to 300 pounds of pork, while peanut hay rivals alfalfa for roughage and enriches soil. A San Antonio stock company plans a $250000 guns factory. Terrell Commercial Club reports 189 new members. Texas wheat in 1911 rose to 6.58 million bushels from 2.56 million in 1909, with yield 9.4 vs 7.8 bushels per acre and price $1.00 vs $1.18, while South Dakota and North Dakota trailed in yield and price.
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Southwest
H. M. Cottrell
Rock Island Railway
Cottrell
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Arizona
Panhandle
Milo
Prof
United States
Lone Star
North
South Dakota
Otter
Railroad to build new passenger station in Laredo
The International and Great Northern Railroad plans a $35000 passenger station at Laredo. The Plainview Chamber of Commerce aims to secure the Transcontinental Auto Route through that city. Midland hosts the world’s largest registered Hereford herd on the South Plains. The Amazon Fire Insurance Company with $1,000,000 authorized capital is set to do business in Dallas. Follow improved highways to see prosperous farms and stockyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
International & Great Northern Railroad
Laredo
Chamber of Commerce of
Plainview
Midland
South Plains
Texas
Amazon Fire Insurance Company
Dallas
Texas crops and values from the December 1911 report
The Texas December 1 1911 crop data show corn 7,300,000 acres yield 9.5 bu per acre producing 69,350,000 bushels valued at 55,480,000 dollars. Wheat 700,000 acres yield 9.4 bu producing 6,580,000 bushels valued at 6,580,000 dollars. Barley 5,000 acres yield 18 bu producing 90,000 bushels valued at 84,000 dollars. Rye 2,000 acres yield 10 bu producing 20,000 bushels valued at 21,000 dollars. Potatoes 50,000 acres yield 2,850,000 bushels valued at 3,591,000 dollars. Hay 606,000 acres yield 11.90 tons valued at 7,211,000 dollars. Oats 737,000 acres yield 25.1 bu producing 18,499,000 bushels valued at 9,989,000 dollars. Rice 238,000 acres yield 34.3 bu producing 8,174,000 bushels valued at 6,539,000 dollars.
Excursions Arrange Fort Worth Visit for Fat Stock Show
Fort Worth Texas January 24 Railroads plan excursions for home seekers from the North to stop in Fort Worth and attend the Fat Stock Show March 18 to 25. Industrial agents will collect land and agricultural exhibits for reserved Coliseum sections. Texas counties will contribute representative material. Low homeseekers rates to the Land and Agricultural Show aid the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Southwestern
A Hero in a Lighthouse
J. B. Donahue of South Haven Michigan served as a Civil War lighthouse keeper and saved ships but credits Electric Bitters with curing kidney troubles chills and improving his sight after many ineffective cures Now seventy he praises the remedy for dyspepsia indigestion stomach liver and kidney issues Offered at 50 cents by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donahue
South Haven
Mich
Road Building Costs and Proper Oversight in Texas
A Beaumont citizen urges careful spending of bond money for highways, insisting on surveys, plans, and competitive bids. He warns against improper drainage and sloppy work, recommending state engineers or a highway board approve plans and specifications before any bond issue or construction proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Beaumont
Board of Commission
Universal Decrease in Production Across Grains
A cablegram from the International Institute of Agriculture Rome reports reduced grain output in the Northern Hemisphere this year. Wheat 1.4 percent lower, rye 5.2 percent lower, barley 0.1 percent lower, corn 10.5 percent lower, and oats 9.1 percent lower than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Italy
First Cargo Texas Iron Ore Sails From Port Boliver
The temporary iron ore dock at Port Boliver is completed by Gulf Colorado Santa Fe at a cost over 40000 dollars. The first Texas mined ore will be shipped later this month to Philadelphia under a large contract for thousands of tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Iron Ore
Port Boliver
Texas
Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe
Philadelphia
McPhail Seeks Loans on Land with Fees Covered
A short notice states R C McPhails Loan and Land Agent offers land loans with lawyer’s fees and other expenses payable, and promises prompt abstracts provided while securing over $1500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. McPhails
Texas fruit and truck growers form Harrison county association
Movement to organize fruit and truck growers in Harrison county for the coming season. Texas is the only state in the Union making tin from native ores. Tin ore found in the Franklin Mountains near El Paso. Bexar county Highway League plans several highways out of San Antonio. Aims to build a modern road to Port O Connor about one hundred miles long via Southerland Springs Cuero Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison County
Texas
Union
Franklin Mountains
el Paso
San Antonio
Bexar County Highway League
Port O'Connor
Gulf of Mexico
Southerland Springs
Cuero
Victoria
Texas Welfare Commission Sets Houston Meeting Dates
The Texas Welfare Commission announces an initial Houston meeting for March 7 8 and 9 with top state and national figures expected. The commission aims to probe the industrial life of the state and provide dependable information for analyzing economic conditions. Sessions will continue at regular summer periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Welfare Commission
Houston
Buckenham Arnica Salve Ad for Frigid North Skin Ailments
Frightful polar winds inflame the skin causing chapped hands and lips, healable with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It softens skin and eases cold sores, burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, bruises, and piles. Available at All Drug Gists for 25 cents.
Kerrville Boys Organize Corn Club in Texas
A boy's Corn Club has been organized at Kerrville. Texas land reclamation extends to 6 000 000 acres. The year 1911 Texas rice crop valued at 6 539 000 dollars. Asherton Truck Growers push to secure a canning factory. Duval County sells 22 000 acres for 150 000 dollars. Corpus Christi wires go underground. Johnson County Precinct 1 debates 300 000 road and bridge bonds. Gulf Coast Fish Company builds fish house at Mustang Island. Port Bolivar dock 40 000 dollars completed for iron ore shipping. Homeseekers excursions to San Benito attract settlers. Fannin County farmer sells 1 000 dollars of sweet potatoes from eight acres. Texline clay finds fire brick pottery clay. local company forms to use it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Bolivver
Longview
Texline
Dallam County
Our Mineral Wealth and the New Texas Seaport
The press report of New York capital investing in sulphur beds near the Brazos mouth and the planned city and seaport signals bright prospects for Texas minerals. The piece presses a lesson that outside capital must develop Texas and warns local financiers against chasing risky notes while mineral riches await ready investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brazos River
Texas
Texsa
Clubbing Bargain for Leader Farm and Ranch and Holland
From now until February 1st, subscribe to the Leader, Farm and Ranch, and Holland's Magazine for $2.25 a year. Holland's Magazine, published in Dallas, will rise to $2.00 after next month. the three papers together offer a single year deal before the deadline. Act quickly to secure the bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leader
Holland's
Holland’s
Dallas
Farm and Ranch
To Develop Sulphur Beds in Texas Purchase
S M Swenson and Sons of New York have aligned to buy what is described as the nation’s largest sulphur fields a 10 000 acre tract on the Brazos River west bank near its mouth The contract includes building a complete development plant and already ships of machinery have arrived plans call for a townsite docks warehouse hotel and bank to support mining operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Texas
S. M. Swenson & Sons
New York
United States
Brazos River
Texas and New Orleans Rail starts Beaumont roundhouse erection
The Texas and New Orleans Rail road will immediately begin the erection of a roundhouse at Beau mont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Texas & New Orleans Railroad
Beaumont
Texarkana Gas builds large compression plant near Odessa
The Texarkana Gas and Electric Company plans a large compressor facility along its pipeline near Odessa. The Commercial Association at Galveston plans a 150000 dollar automobile factory. Briggs-Weaver Machinery of Dallas files to double capital from 150000 to 300000 dollars. Kilgore forms a long staple cotton club to buy seed for growers this year. Southwestern Oil and Gas of Pittsburgh gains Texas business permit with offices at Nacona. Empire Gas and Development of Cisco granted a franchise to lay pipe for a natural gas system. Twenty families from Greely Colorado near Flowerton purchase land for irrigation farming including alfalfa and onions in Frio County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Oil & Gas Company
Pitsburg
Texas
Nacona
Empire Gas and Development Company
Cisco
Greely Colorado
Flowerton
Frio County
Fowlerton
Flax Suggested For Panhandle Trial In Randall County
Amarillo Texas. Jane H M Bain er Agricultural Demonstrator for Santa Fe Railway backs a flax trial in the Panhandle. In Randall county last year flax was grown on roughly two hundred acres and Bain er believes it could be a money making crop here. She notes flax prefers cool nights and hot days and could thrive in the Panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
Jane H. M. Bainer
Santa Fe Railway
Randall County
Bainer
Panhandle
Canada
United States
Have the Title to Your Land Guaranteed by Company
An ad from the Western Guaranty & Insurance Company offering title guarantee services through the Title Guaranty Department. It claims to guarantee and defend land titles at its expense for owners, assigns, and lien holders, promising safe titles and cheap legal expenses, and promotes Young County Abstract & Title Company in Graham, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Title Guaranty Department
The
Western Casualty & Guaranty Insurance Company
Young County
Young County Abstract & Title Company
Graham
Texas
Increase Number of Members Terrell Texas
In January the Commercial Club of Terrell Texas completed a campaign adding 189 new members. The club now enjoys united civic support and outlines plans for a more comprehensive year. Several large projects are in contemplation and the year is seen as highly prosperous for the city and county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrell
Texas
Notice to Creditors in Logan Estate
The State of Texas claims against the estate of W. H. Logan deceased. E. S. Graham, administrator appointed by E. W. Fry, Judge, notifies all indebted parties to settle and all claimants to present claims at Graham, Young County, Texas, by November 25, 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
W. H. Logan
Young County
E. W. Fry
Graham
Texas
A. D
Powerful Friends in High Places Elevate Texas Interest
Announcement that E. P. Swenson senior member of Swenson & Sons New York has been elected director of the National City Bank of New York is celebrated in Texas. Swenson recently promoted a major sulphur deal near Brazos mouth and organized a land company to colonize West Texas counties, reflecting his growing influence and business ties in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Swenson
8. M. Swenson & Sons New York
National City Bank of New York
Texas
Swenson
Brazos River
West Texas
Texas tobacco lands promise Cuban leaf duplicate
A Mercedes real estate man says he has sold property to over half the Iowa visitors to Texas in the past week. The Meridian Irrigation Company has built a 28 mile freighting road to its large Median River irrigation dam. The Houston East & West Texas railroad reportedly seeks 150000 acres in the Jacksonville fruit and truck belt for European colonization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United States
Mercedes
Iowa
Meridian Irrigation Company
Dunley
Houston, East & West Texas Railroad
Jacksonville
Also Mentioned on This Page
O. M. Jones
S W. Telephone
M. Jones
Nyal
B. S. Doty & Company
Secretary of Agriculture
Pro Bono Publico
Kerrville
Labanna
Eastland County
Asherton
Duval County
Corpus Christi
Johnson County
Gulf Coast Fish Company of
Aransas Pass
Mustang Island
San Benito
Fannin County
W. M. Glidwell
Finis
Geo, H. McLaren, Graham
Texarkana Gas & Electric Company
Odessa
Commercial Association
Galveston
Briggs-Weaver Machinery Company of
Kilgore
E. S. Graham
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