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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
4
This week Bowman Lumber Co sold its stock here to Young County Lumber Co which will take charge the first of the month. Two yards remain in Graham with large stocks and no goods moved yet. Emory Prichard who ran the yard may leave Graham for another Bowman yard and will be greatly missed.
Tomorrow at 3 30 p m the Graham baseball team will face Loving in a clash of two strong squads on the Graham diamond. Also notes on local visits and remarks from L P Brooks Prof R Lindsey and G F Meece plus a brief comic on the Texas Sheep as a political figure.
The sheep provide food clothing and reproduction, valued at 2.90 per head and cited as a supreme economic resource. Federal census notes 1,000,000 sheep worth 5,536,000 with a decade gain of about 2,500,000. Texas, with mountain grazing and mild climate, is cited as the home and ideal region for sheep and wool production.
The Texas hog is praised as a premier consumer draw for both continents and a top revenue animal. Census figures show average hog weight declined from 275 to 219 pounds over 30 years, with 1910 value per head at 7.70 dollars. Texas hogs total about 25 million dollars in value, up 873 percent since 1870 and 17 million in value over the past decade.
Cotton dominates Texas agriculture with high per acre value and vast output. In 1910 Texas produced 8.14 million bales from 10.53 million acres valued at 219.66 million dollars, outperforming Illinois corn Kansas wheat and Iowa oats in farm value per acre. The text hails cotton as vital to civilization, industry, medicine, and economy.
Farming operations suffer from the dry spell as cotton planting finishes with poor germination and slow growth. Corn remains promising but will soon need rain. W D Barron and Everett Reed bought a binder and cut rye and oats for J R Creagh. Spring oats fail due to drought. Charlie Houston visits from the south part of Stephens county. Elder Trammel of Breckenridge led services last weekend, with attendees from South Bend and Duff Prairie.
E. L. Cretsinger and J. H. Wesley with companions spent Friday and Saturday along the Brazos river fishing and gathering mustang grapes for Cedarite canning.
The paper cites rheumatism delaying reporting. Aunt Bettie Medlan mentions harvest activity in her area with wheat fields averaging about ten bushels per acre despite an unfavorable season.
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