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o» The World’s Largest Bauch lu Texas In the Panhaudle of Texas is lo cated the largest ranch in the west and also in the world. It is known *s the “X. I. T.,” the “Oapitol Syn- ployes. dioate,” or "Farwell” raoch, and The cowboys contains over 3,000,000 acres of land. It is owned principally by ex-Senator Uhas. B. Farwell and his brother John of Chicago, and was acquired by them about sixteen years ago. At that time the people of TexaB needed and desired a capi tol building, but no funds were ob tainable with which to erect one. There were, however, immense tracts of unoccupied land in the state and khe legislature offered this one to anybody who would construct the necessary building. MiCFanvell or ganized a syndicate in Chicago and accepted the offer. Now their fine granite capitol is the pride of Texas citizens, and thousands of thorough bred Hereford, Aberdeen, Augus and Shorthorn cattle room over what was formerly waste land. The ranch lieain the staked plains. It has an altitude at its northern ex tremity of 4,700 feet and at the southern end of 2,303. Its greatest length is 200 miles. Its a\erage width is about twenty-five miles It iB situated in the extreme north west corner of Texas and covers all or a portion of nine different coun ties. The state of Connecticut could not contain it, and it would cover the states of Rhode Island and Del aware combined and then lap over in adjoining states. Fifteen hun dred miles uf wire fence inclose the 5,000 Bquare miles within its boun daries and separate the different di visions of the tract. The services of a head foreman, seven assistant foremen and about 125 eoytrboys are requisite for the work upon it. There are 800 wells upon the land and these, in addition to prairie lakes, dry in rainless seasons, ran ning streams and reservoirs built tq conserve the surface water, afford water for the stock. The wells are from 100 to 400 feet deep. They Are unaffected by drought and have n constant flow of good, pure water. Each well, when supplied with windmill and a reserve tank, will ilurnish water for 500 to 1,000 head of stock. In the summer time when Miere is not sufficient wind somt- i nes to run the windmills a gaso kne engine is used to run them. There are only two towns upon tho.rauoh—Cbanning and Texline. The main headquarters are at Ohan- aiug. There a daily record of the srainfall, temperature and Bnowfall is kept. A telephone system connects r,he headquarters with every divis ion, and a stampede or anything that occurs-out of the ordinary rou tine, is known at headquarters as •h>q as it happens. The top wire •>f the fenoes is a telephone wire, in flated ab the posts. When a gate a* made in a fenoe two upright poles are placed on either side of it above ■ foe height, of a load of hay or any t ill object that might pass through if, and the wire is stretohod over f.hese poles and down on the other *ide of the fence again. This sys tem of telephoning is used on many isolated ranches in the west, con tacting them with other ranches tnd the nearest towns. To keep his telephone in working order a man jutflt keep his fences in repair. The soil is a black, fertile loam, a id is covered with buffalo, mosqui to ind other grasses, whioh cure up- P l their stems in the dry season and i irnish pasturage both summer and v; inter. Cattle from the ranch have Viken many prizes in stock exposi-: Hjns all over the country. Ship ments are made to Chicago, New Yjik and Europe. The herds have family been enlarged and im proved. Upon the small ranches 90 . o 95 per cept of the calves are W. .'jaded each year, but upon the SlS h’acts n °k 80 a -percent-- is obtained, as it is more diffi- tsiiMs to shelter and protect them, f ba only loss is a small per cent by am occasional "norther” in the win- i@r time, "The day of the large ranchmen is passing away. It is found to be si'oboj profitable to do business on a ■sroailler scale, in proportion to the sT-irtlay involved. Since the opening of Oklahoma the country is being snore thickly settled, lands have ris- «n in value, and many of the larger xanches are being oat up into small er ones. The next in size to the X. i. T. are two ranches of a million acres each. . Though the Farwell xaach has been utilized heretofore as one vast body of land, a portion of it is to be divided and sold. The head foreman has charge of the en tire tract, but there are many divis ions of thousands of acres each in charge of assistant foremen or em- keep fences in re pair, grease windmills, look after the cattle—often having to ride long distances after straying bunches— assist in the round-ups and brand calves. When at work on outlying portions of the land a "chuck” wag on follows them from place to place, with a cook in charge. It contains a complete camping outfit, and the men take their meals upon the ground around it. They often sleep for weeks in the open air upon the ground, living constantly in the sad dle during the days. Bacon, coffee and Mexican beans are the staple ar ticles of a cowboy’s die*, varied sometimes by biscuits and canned food. They become - expert ropers, riders and judges'of cattle. Some times one is promoted to a position as foreman, or leaves to become the owner of a small ranch. Their av- erage wages are $25 per month and board, with much higher salaries for -the foremen. The head foreman up on the X. I, T. receives a salary of $3,500 a year, with house, rent free and provision and medical attention provided. The company has numerous store houses at convenient points, and have freight wagons to haul sup plies from the railroads. Intensified Farming. One acre well attended will re turn more than two acres indiffer ently attended. This is true wheth er devoted to cereal, vegetable or fruit. An intelligent comprehension of what the grain, the plant or the food requires, and a knowledge of what the soil contains, the plant food be properly applied, is the first requisite, and the second and not lesB imporllhnt requisite is proper tillage. The thrifty horticulturist who lives in his garden, feeding.hia plants, and constantly on guard route the vegetable enemy, whel germ, worm or weed, is the v that makes the single acre turn i his till as large net revenue as m indifferent farmers can secure fro.u a hundred acres. The intelligent orchardist who knows the treatment his trees need and the soil upon which they feed, and keeps a vigil over each fruit bearer,when the fruiting time oomes oau secure his produce in perfection, and his returns are larger by far than come from orchard or vineyard many times larger owned by those who permit weeds to associate with tree and vine, giving no thought other than to expect fruits from weed and thistle patch. The new era of farming and fruit culture is particularly noticeable in the south, where attractive truck farms flank prosperous industrial centers, and well-kept and well-at tended orchards yield their abund ance of incomparable fruits; where thrifty farmers tfll less land, and do Shredded Corn. Editor Sauthebn Cultivator: DearJ3ir—I am a subscriber to your valuable paper and think that I get a lot of information from it. My wife thinks more of it than I do. I have read a good deal of shred ded corn in the Cultivator and would like to hear from some farmer who has shredded and used it success fully, and the kind of machinery and power used. I shredded part of my crop last year with a St. Albans ma chine, and used a two-horse tread power, which I think was not suffi cient power, as the stuff waff not cat fine enough, but I think the same machine run with steam would do much better work. My stock have to be forced to eat it. Now I want to know if this is the case with oth er people, or is the shredden stuff overrated, • or did Ido poor work? Now I could have sold this for $18 per ton, but it was to a man who thought it extra good, and I would not fool him. A. M. Isom, Ga., Sept. 9, 1902; Answer:—Shredded corn has been thoroughly tested and stood the test. Some cattle do not take *kndly to it at firet. But if you will sprinkle- a little salt upon it they will soon eat it eargerly. Some of our best dairy men use it entirely and find it satis factory. Your power was not suffi cient. Give your machine more speed and you will be satisfied with the result. Your neighbor was wiser than you. Atl now feeds have the same trouble. Cotton-seed-meal had a long and hard straggle to get in to popular favor. Stover properly made is about as good as any hay we have made and a great deal bet ter than most we buy from the northwest. I IF YOU W_A_ITT Books, Periodicals, Stationery, Art Goods, DFIdTCTJ=2 -fc- call or write. OLD SCHOOL BOOKS Bought,, Sold and‘Exchanged. Our Circulating Library Plan is just the thing, and cheap. We have the best of everything in our line McEvoy Book & Stationery Co., 572 Chefry Street, MACON, GA. H, I When Pat Played the Lion. better, and get greater rewards thau wasting time over large areas. Southern Farm Magazine. S. O. McCurdy of Sudbury, Pa., has been in the railway mail service twenty years, and in that time has traveled 767,084 miles, something like thirty-two journeys around the world. In the one wreck which the veteran mail clerk has been through his life was saved by a small mail pack which he had in hiB hand. He was thrown from his car and would have gone under the wheels of the locomotive if the sack had not block ed his way. America’s Famous Beauties " Look with horror on Skin Erup tions, Blotches, Sores, Pimples. They don’t have them, nor will any one, who uses Bucklen’s Ar nica Salve. It glorifies the face. Eczema or Salt Rheum vanish be fore it. It cures sore lips, chap ped hands, chilblains. Infallible for Piles. 25c at drugstore. "No,” said the lion tamer to Pat sy Flannigan, "you can’t have a job to look after the animals,'but our pet lion died last week, and we’ve kept the skin, so I’ll give you two i "i'i Is a week to dress up as the ii iu.” 'T vo poundsl” echoed Flannigan. ,.rjod gracious, is there so much gold in the world? Right, soorl” So Patsy dressed up as the lion and lay down in the cage. The menagerie doors were opened and - the performance commenced, says London Answers. "Ladies and gentlemen,” said the keeper, "to show the wonderful do cility of these animals, we will now place the lion in the cage with the tiger.” "Man, are ye mad?” said Patsy. "Think of me wife and childrenl” "Get in,” replied the keeper, "or I’ll run this pitchfork through you.” Patsy thought he might as well die one way as another, so he crawl ed into the tiger’s cage, and when he saw the animal’s big, ferocious eyes fixed on him he uttered a dole ful wail and commenced praying in Irish. The tiger walked over to him. "What’s the matter wid ye?” said he. "Shure, man, ye needn’t be afraid. I’m Oirish meself.” Holtzclaw’s The Indiana negro is different from hjts brother in Georgia. In In diana several negroes have been ar rested for grave robbing. In Geor gia you could not get a negro into a graveyard at night for love nor money.—-Savannah News. ' If Ion Suffer from Kidney Troubles Use Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. Noth ing like it for diseased kidnevs. 50 cents, at Gater’s Drugstore Nature har just., one pigment on her pallette with which she produc es all the marvelous tints of beauty, and that one pigment is the blood. The shell-like pink beneath the fin ger nails, the delicate rose of the cheek, the cherry ripeness of the lips, the irridescent brilliance of the eyes are all produced by the blood, Just as the permanence of a beauti ful painting will depend upon the purity of the colors with which it is painted, so the permanence of beau ty depends on the purity. of the blood. Paint, powder and cosmetr- ics won’t avail to preserve beauty. Beauty begins in the blood. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is a true beautifier, because it pro vides for nature that pure blood with which alone she can paint. The use of this medicine will cleanse the skin, heighten the complexion; brighten the eyes and give to face and form that radiance of health which is the greatest charm of beauty. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pel lets are very effective in ridding the system of clogging residuum, whioh accumulates with constipated habit. There are thirty-eight students in Mercer’s law class. 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