The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-05
THE PROSPECTIVE CROP OF
TEXAS FOR 1877.
Acreage sown ANA rianted"Prospeei
as Compared with Last Year at this
Time.

Acreage sown and rinnted"Pro peots
as Compared with Last Year at this
Time.
This IL q subject that deeply Inter
ests, not only the farmers and planters
of our great State, but all classes, The
basis of business must be estimated by
the amounts Of grains, cotton and
other produce marketed. The future
outlook aapresent Is perhaps ms brlghtas
ever before In the history Of tho State,
Notwithstanding the fears that have
been entertained by great many from
the ravages Of that terrible pest, The
grasshopper. We have reliable, prl-
vate information from the southern
part Of the State, advising us that they
are leaving as fast as they become suf-
flciently matured to fly. Information
comes from the vicinity Of Austin and
Waco, and states that there is no appre-
tensions among the farmers of any Sc
rious damage being done; that they are
fast disappearing. One prominent and
well informed gentleman from Austin.
states very positively, that they have
not sustained any damage from them,
and will not. That in less than a week,
there would be no grasshoppers In that
part of the State. From all the facts
we can gather from the different local
titles Of the State we have every reason
to hope that within ten days time there
will not be a single gr shopper south
of Red River.
The acreage Of wheat, taking the
State over, will average perhaps ten
per cent. less than that sown last year,
but the prospects are, that there will
be much larger yield. We base our
opinion upon information received of
from three to five Intelligent farmers
from each county In thlrty-seven of
the grain growing counties Of the State,
and if no unforeseen disaster occurs
10 the wheat crop from now on, there
will be at least twenty-five per cent.
more bushels marketed In Tie State in
1877, than there were In 1876. The oat
crop Will be about equal to last year,
while the increase in the barley crop
will be at least one hundred per cent.
over last year. The counties of
Smith, Rusk, YanZandt, Rains, Hop
kins and Huntperhaps have sown TWEEN
ty per cent In excess Of last years crop,
while Kaufman, Rockwell, Dallas,
Ellis, Hill, Limestone, Navarro, Col
lin and Grayson will fall short of last
years acreage about twenty per cent.
The counties commencing with Nc
Lehman and from there south and
west, Will average about the same as
last year. The counties commencing
with Denton and Tarrant, and from
there west, have sown an acreage ol
about fifteen per cent. in excess of last
year. The acreage in corn and cotton
will exceed last years planting, fully
thirty per cent, the State over. The
corn is almost all planted, and most Of
it up and looking fine. The farmers will
be very busy planting cotton for the
next twenty days, and If the weather
remains favorable by that time, the
crop will all be in. The mos
encouraging reports come to US
from all parts of theState re-
garding the fruit crop, and it Ii
the opinion of all who have made fruit
growinga speciality, that Texas will
gather, in 1877, by far the largest fruit
crop that has ever been grown within
her borders.
These reports are indeed encouraging
and business should receive new i'm
petus, and the Lone Star Stat,
will come out of the year of 1877, in
healthier and better financial condition
than any other of the thirtY-seyeI
States of the Union.