The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-09
FARM AND HOME
THE FIELD, GARDEN AND STABLE
Situation of the CroPs-Progress of
Picking Cotton. migration. of
Birds-H0w to Plant an Orchard
Farm Notes.
PREPARED FOR THE HRRALpI
Situation Of the Cotton Crsp

Situation Of the Cotton Crep.
Bad weather continued until Sunday altar
noon, when the clouds which had lowered
over north Texas for twon.y-eight consecu.
tive days, broke, and Monday and yesterday
the sun shono brightly. The late spell was
trying to the last degree upon farmers
There was, for one whole month, no oppor.
tunity soput in single square days work.
Some pushed forward and improvel every
hour that they could, and others did not try
to do anything. They gave up work. But
on Monday work was resumed in every di.
rection. Hands went into the fields with their
hamper bsskets and pitched in with a will
picking cotton. They are now going over
the fields for the last time Ifs kind Provi.
dence will grant Sunshine until Christmas
day the great bulk of the crop will DO saved
VT last.
10 con7ersing with many planters from
this and adjoining counties, we learn that no
cotton OF consequence was beaten upon the
ground during the late rains. OF course, the
top crop csught unopened in the boil in the
Garfield snow-storm on the 9th of November
is fGtted and ruined. Nor do We think that
amounted to other than nominal percentage
OF the gron crop. We had two weeks over
the average time of frost, Dist of October,
before crops wero finally killed. So that, If
we succeed in saving all not already
picked, we will come out of the
year first rate. The very fact Of PRODUCT
more than we Can gather is within itself
proof conclusive of the prosperity of Texas
farmers. When the earth so yields ia their
any reason for complaint? Is there not
abundant cause for thanks TO the Giyer of
every good An perfect gift! Where on esrth
can DO found tillers of the soil better off or
SO well off!
The corn crop has not been gathered be.
yond home wants and few wssonloads sent
to market from time to time. As an evidence |
of how hard pushed are the farmers for help, |
this city has been upon the verge of corn |
famine for the past tn days, although owners
of stock have freely offered
fifty cents per bushel, and this
with corn fields 81 around us con-
tanning fifty bushels 10 the acre, and from
which not an ear has been gathered. AMI
SO of oats and hay, freely bringing so cents
per bushel for oats and So and SIS per ton
for loose hay. But the wretched condition
OF the roads have been all TO do with this.
They have been go deep in mud an empty
wagon could not pass over them. AS rule
the roads of Dallas county sre regularly laid
out, graded and kept in MS good condition as
work can make them. The soil Is so soft
and spOngy, however, they cannot be
prevented from getting in the Ak
they have bten in lately. No amount of
work could make them good in rainy
whit rs.
The wheat crop of this portion of North
Texas has been virtually abandoned. Not
enough has been sown to make seed for An.
other year should We elect to resume its cul-
tivation. In the Red River valley it is said
about half the usual acreage has been sown.
There as here two excuses are given: failuie
Of from two to four successive crops and
consequent despair, and, secondly, the want
Of hands to pillow the ground and SOW the
seed.