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"I finished planting June 20, and my rice was about ready 

 to harvest when the storm of September struck it. It weathered 

 the storm well, and I threshed and hauled something over 10,000 

 bushels, or seventeen sacks per acre, of as good rice as any coun- 

 try can produce. One car I had milled and it netted me $3.65 

 per barrel of 162 pounds, or 98 1-2 cents per bushel, free on 

 board cars here. Two cars I have sold for seed purposes at $4.50 

 per barrel, free on board here. 



"Taking the balance of the crop for what it will net for mill- 

 ing purposes, free on board here, it will pay all expenses and cost 

 of machinery, which was about $3,000, and a profit of 25 per cent 

 net on the original investment, which I consider a good profit, 

 considering the distance from railroad, cost of hauling, etc. 



"I shall put every acre in rice next year that I am able to, 

 and if anybody has land that they can flood, I think it is far the 

 best crop to plant." 



Mr. Borden had in 160 acres of land and was located twenty 

 miles from the station, on the line of the Gulf, Western Texas 

 and Pacific Railwav. 



BIG DEAL IN RICE. 



TEN THOUSAND SACKS SOLD IN ONE LOT BY A BEAUMONT COM- 

 PANY THE RICE COMBINE. 



Beaumont, Tex., Nov. 30. The Beaumont Irrigating Co. 

 last Wednesday sold to the National Rice Mills of New Orleans 

 10,000 sacks of rough rice in one lot, which is one of the largest 

 deals ever made in rice in Texas. The agent who made the deal 

 for the New Orleans mill said that the rice is graded better than 

 any he ever saw before. The irrigating company is particularly 

 pleased with the deal, and the price was better than has been 

 paid for any considerable amount of rice in the market this sea- 

 son. The price is private, but the 10,000 sacks will bring between 

 $30,000 and $40,000. The sale was made at a moment when the 

 market was very favorable, anl the Beaumont Company is con- 

 sidered very fortunate in the deal. This is about one-half the 

 rice owned by the Beaumont Irrigating Company, nearly all of 

 which is stored in three large warehouses in this county. Ship- 

 ment on the 10,000 sacks began yesterday, and will be pushed as 

 fast as the railroad can handle it. 



Gustave A. Jahn, President of the Rice Mill Co. of this city, 

 arrived in the city to-day from New York. He was asked of the 

 condition of the rice combine, and said the matter was being 

 closed as rapidly as possible. Arrangements are being made to 

 buy all the cleaned rice now in the mills in Louisiana and Texas 

 in order to make the object of the company operative. The com- 

 pany expects to operate this season. 



