The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-05
THE CROPS.

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has dispatches relating TO the present
OF the crops from various
portions Of the state, We copy the
following
BRYAN, July n Crops are splendid,
No worms hayeNppearcd yet,
MARLIN, July 8l--Crops are good,
nnd there nrc no worms IN our sect ion.
HAMPSTEAD, July 3l.--Cotton.pck-
Ing commences next week, No dam
age by worms.
CALVERT, July al,--Crop prospects
were never better, and farmers antlcl-
pate larger yield than last year.
There ARE no worms In this vicinity,
GDDINas, July 3l-Crop prospects
continue very promising, and there Is
no fear NJ present Of worms. The IN
crease In the cotton acreage over lust
year IL ten per cent
NAvAsoTA, July 3l,-Cotton Is doing
fine. Very few worms have appeared.
and there Is no damage from them.
No rain tor several days, The health
of this place Is very good.
MINEoLA, July 81. The rain Of Tues
day was OF great benefit to thls section,
aud will made the corn; but It's eX-
tent wan not sufficient to cover the
whole area affected by drouth.
TEnuACANA, July 3l.--'rhe crops are
sorry IN this section. Scarcely enough
corn win he raised for home consump-
ton. The acreage of cotton IL about
ohe-quarIer less than last year
JEwETT, July 81 - Weather very hot.
No rain, and cotton crops suffering
very much from the want Of IT, I'M
less we have rain within the next ten
days, the crops viii be shortened one
half.
LoNGvIEw, July 3l.-Cotton Is doing
fine since the heavy rain we had last
Wednesday morning. No sign of the
cotton worm yet and some OF our far
mers say they will raise II bale TO the
acre.
COLUMBUS, July 3l.-Crop prospects
still continue good, though worms have
on many plantations. Pick
ing Is going steadily on the staple
Within fifteen days shipments will
commence regularly.
MCKINNEY, July 3l.--No change for
the better in crop prospects. No rain
yet. Late corn much injured, though
the average yield of corn in the county
will be about forty bushels TO the acre.
Cotton will not be much injured If
rain falls soon.
RICHMOND, July 3l.-The weather is
dry and warm, and the crop propects
still very good. Cotton picking will
commence in earnest on Monday. IL
is thought the caterpillar will do little
or no damage, il the weather continues
dry ten days longer.
SHERMAN, July 3l.--'rhe crop pros
pect is about the same as last report
Corn and cotton are suffering severely
from the want of rain. There Is u con-
siderable increase in the acreage plant
cd this season rs compared with last
year.
TYLER, July 3l.--Fine rain during
the week, which makes the prospect for
heavy crops very lattering. No APP
pearancc Of the cotton worm yet. ~
Ter still continues to ship from two to
three hundred boxes of fruit daily.
ENNIS, JULY 3l.-The crops are
needing rain very badly. The cotton
Is shedding its squares and hollis, in
consequence of the dry weather, and
the corn crop is injured considerably.
The fruit crop is moderately good
throughout this section.
BRENNAN, July 3l.-Crops are good
all over our county. Cotton worms
have not yet made their appearance,
nor are they likely to harm the crop
while dry, hot weather continues.
Rain is not badly needed yet. The
general health Of our county is good.
PALMER, July 3l.-The corn crop is
fine, and cotton very promising no
worms yet; n little rain is needed.
The wheat averaged about twenty
bushels to the acre ; oats forty bushels.
Vegetables, fruits and melons ar fine
and abundant. The weather is clear
and hot, with general good health.
The acreage of Angelina aud Nacog-
doches counties is the same as last year,
with much better prospect for larger
crop, This county (Houston) has
suffered greatly for want of rain, and
the prospect Is not so favorable as it
was last week by fifteen per cent. Sew
eral planters report that cotton has
commenced shedding. There has been
no complaint of the worm.
HEARNE, July 3l.-Crops are about
the same rs at last report. Rain is
needed on the hills, but the bottom
lands are doing well. The increased
acreage over last season is about one
fifth. The worms seem TO be doing no
damage of consequence. The weather
is dry and quite hot.
JACKSONVILLE, July 3l.--The crops
in this section are suffering for want of
rain. The cotton crop is already cut
of about twenty per cent by the drouth,
and Is failing daily. Corn is also suf-
fering very much.
There is no prospect of rain at pres.
ent. The weather is excessively warm.
No cotton worms have made their APP
pearance in this county yet.
CoRsIcANA, July 81. THE dry weather
has injured the late corn to some ex-
tent. The crop is large, however, ana |
plenty to spare. The new crop is |
offering Mt twenty-five to thirty cents |
per bushel. The wheat crop Is very
light, the average being not over six |
or eight bushels to the acre. Our mills |
will soon use up the whole crop, and
be forced to import from Kansas. Cot
ton promised we'll up to within few
days past, but is beginning to fail from
drouth.
MExIA, July 3l.-The crops in this
county are much better than one would
be led 20 suppose, judging from the
wide spread cry that there seems to be
about no rain, etc. The number of
acres in cultivation this year through
nut our county il largely In pxcess of