The Marlin Democrat
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, March 10, 1904


CONDENSED FALLS COUNTY NEWS

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Two more cars of fat hogs were shipped from Lott this Week by Jno. C. Peevy and J. E. Masters. The Clarion reports that hog raising for the market bas become one of the fixed industries of that community and that as a result many farmers save money that they would rot otherwise
have. 

Every foot of land has been turned under and is in fine shape around Lott. The farmers are, determined to exert every effort; to make a good crop in 1904.  Fields have been cleaned up, fence corners and rows burned out, early maturing seed secured and everything else done to give B. Weevil the race of his life.

The disease which has been so fatal among the horses here for several weeks seems to have checked up, as we have not heard of any new cases for sometime. Nearly all the old carcasses have been burned, and a number of buzzards have been killed, and those owning horses have been careful not to let them go around the old carcasses. Clarion.

Judge Riddle, president t of the First National Bank of Rosebud t has moved to Dallas with his family. The Judge has extensive banking interests in the state that require a more central location.

Bruce Butts of Wilderville is engaged extensively in the raising of hogs for the market, for which he finds a ready sale at good prices at the Fort Worth packeries.

The next meeting of the Pleasant Grove Truck Growers will be held on March 25. This is an organization that has done much good already and truck growing is a principal industry with a number of farmers in that community who have found that diversification pays and pays well.

J. W. Sneed of Rosebud has established a goat ranch on his farm near the Brazos river. He has stocked it with seventy five head of goats purchased in Madison county.

The people In this section are evidently not interested in the it creamery proposition, as is evidenced by the fact that there were only two citizens, beside the committee, at the meeting called for last Saturday afternoon.  Rosebud News.

A telephone message was received from Blue Ridge about noon Monday stating that one of the Will Steeles teams had just run away with him on the road near Jesse Brothers' farm on Blue Ridge, resulting in his being thrown from the wagon and rendered unconscious for several hours. Dr. Blalock went out and found Mr. Steele suffering from injuries to his head, but otherwise not hurt.  He is now improving and his injuries are not considered serious.  - Cyclone.


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