The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-10

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The Oat crop will be very light. M
wheat sown. u ls said the fruit crop viii
o failure.
Farmers arc giving their whole attention
TO corn aud cotton, neglectlng stock OF al
kinds. The farmers are In n better condi
ton than they have been for several years
Business In every department seems 10 be-
In healthy condition, and prosperity
seems TO crown the industrious man, be h,
a farmer, merchant, lawyer or mechanic. In
fact, this is good country, In good condi
ton, composed of good men. We have q
few mossbacks and much, too much, bad
whisky.
Washington County.
BRENNAN, May S.-TSpecial. THE con.
dition of growing crops in our county is as
ollows Cotton "a woweeks late retarded
two weeks by cold nights and want of rain
in the northern Part Of the county; the gen
eral condition is fair, and prospect good.
Corn Is irregular in coming up; some had
70 be planted over; generally good stanG.
Inc average sown as compared WIN last
year is Cotton, same acreage, no increase;
Corn, small increase this year; Grain, such
as oats, millet, etc.. same as last year. :,
Inc condition of increase in stock OF all
KINGS IS: horses, mules, ETC., no increase;
condition good; cattle and hogs. slight de-
crease of sales.
The season though late in starting bids
fair to turn and end well. Farmers are well
corn look we'll. Cotton is being chopped
and corn plowed. The prospects are en-
couraglng and farmers are hopeful.
Williamson County.
ROUND Rock, May 3.-[Special. 1.-The
acreage in oats and wheat in this county is
about one-third less than last year. Corn,
the acreage is 10 to Is per cent more. Cotton
say 10 per cent more. Crops of all kinds
are later than last year, but are in good
condition, We need good rain now or
IN few days. We don't think that cattle
and horses are on the increase in this
county, but have wintered well and are in
good condition. Sheep are on the increase,
and we think have wintered better in this
county than any county in the state. We
have more fine sheep than any county in
Texas-aDout 10000 head or nearly so. At
public sheep shearing near TAYLOR, in
this county, last month, as high as 32t
pounds was clipped from one animal that
was clipped twelve months ago. The cot
ton crop of the county for 1882 and 1888 is
about ~, 600 bales, and our cotton is mostly
OF high grade. We have great many
Swede and German farmers who always
save their cotton in good condition.
! Wise County.
| DECATUR, May 3.-[Special.l THE condi-
ton OF the growing CROPS in our county is
not an average Tor the season. Wheat is
above the average aud the prospect is very
fair. The acreage increased above last
year about 70 per cent. Corn and cotton
| late. The acreage increased on account OF
new land having been taken in. The in
crease is about 20 per cent.
| Stock OF all kinds is looking well. The de-
crease in number on account of driving
west is about Is per cent.
AURORA, May, 5.-[Special. 1.-The acre
age of winter wheat is perhaps 10 per cent.
of at least 40 per cent better yield. Oats
are sown to four or i've times greater ex-
tent, and the prospect is fine. Barley, but
little sown. Rye, little, and looks well.
Corn, better acreage and prospect very flat
tering. Cotton increase rs per cent. great
er than that of last year.
With regard to stock, the per centage on
hand, compared with last year, is about so
of cattle, and the condition is decidedly
better. Hogs will show an increase of 30 to
40 per cent. Horses remain about the
same.
The ground is in very good condition,
there having been plenty of rain, and TAX
ing 1t all in all, our prospects here are very
much better than last year.
The grazing lands are showing decided
Improvement since last spring. good deal
owing, no doubt, to their having been
fenced and rested to some extent. The
pastures that have been protected are grow
ing up with curly mesquite, and promise
soon to rival the famous range of the clear
fork of the Brazos. The farming portion
OF the county, aurora, you know, lies at
the edge OF the upper cross-timbers, the
dividing line between the grazing and
farming lands), is rapidly being developed
into farms as productive as gardens, and it
will soon be the Eden Of Northwest Texas.
Wood County
MINEoLA, May 5.-TSpecisl. Crops in
the county are backward. The acreage,
compared with last year, is, in the opinion
OF your correspondent, about as follows:
Corn, about 25per cent. greater. Cotton,
probably or 10 per cent less. Wheat,
fully % per cent. less. Oats, considerably
demand for horses, cattle and hogs is far in
excess of the supply, and prices have adj
vanced FULLY 40 per cent. Many of our
farmers are growing ribbon cane extern
s'vely. Several in our immediate vicinity
made from 5000 to 5000 gallons of molasses
last year. The present crop will not fall
far short of last season. Some OF It was
killed by the excessive freezes, but it has
been fully covered by paintings of this
year.
Kansas.
ARKANSAS Cry, KAN, May 2.-[Special.1
Grass is now long enough for cattle to get
hold of and stock is Improving in con-
sequence. Sheep have been doing well for
a month past Many eve flocks are lamb
ing but the percentage of lambs saved will
not be as great as last year, owing 10
scarcity of milk. Some sheepmen have |
began shearing, in order to market the |
wethors, ahich arc held al 50 30 10 s. per |
head here. There is great demand for |
stock cattle, and yearling heliers and steers |
frequently sell for SIS and SIS per head.
Louisiana.
SHREVEPORT, La, May Especial IL
Says the Shreveport Standard: although |
we have an unusually late spring, the crops |
N this section are well advanced, the stands
ire good and the growth is fine and rapid.
The cotton on the river and in the bottoms
ias all been planted, and is up and much OF
{ chopped out. Something over two-thirds
II the cotton crop on the highlands has
been planted, leaving nearly one-,hird of
he acreage yet to be put in the ground.
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