Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-25

quality, sGec.ed by smut and rotted 0y
wet Testher. Even in Texas, often re-
g9TGed-ss the lsho II crou.h, there bR,
0eer 40 >iit:ls jury from excessive
moisture. Tha s0u0dsnce OF the supply
is fre quently releirsd 20 BY correspond
en.s. II 10 said IN Bsstrop, Tex that
"enoEgo corn mas 5eea raised ~ last TIE
C0uosY for two or three Jesrs."
The Octoher returns Ch cotton SHOW e
decuce, tie sver.ge # rero-taH co7di-
iion reing IS decline from IS. IN
Sep;e a9sr. L)disisba aid S1utn Care
lima show tas gfesGast fetuc I'm, sad
Texs-, Florida anf N)Tti Carolina she
least. The s;ste estimates ere IS follnws:
Vlrgitis, 80; EDrth Gsrn!ids, 81; Ssuth
CsronRs, rs; GeCIgss, ~; Fior!ds, So;
AIaoams, 81; TEN ssee, 81
Tie iCiiO wing CTiet quotations from
the reports Of correspondents 10 the vsri-
GUS Counties Of TeIas concerning the
cotton crop will be OF interest the reid-
ers Of The GAZETTE:
Tex u assroyei by grass
aeinsE5. C2msrOn-S ,ss1ns favorable;
40 S0Ss germs. C1Lke-His &c r behind
II! the seasor, owing TO uniavofsole
wssther. Picking mas jlst begun, aud
should wet season CO tiaue Yield will be
below present e5timiSs. The next thirty
dsys will have s tai.iag efecs. Gusos-
.upe-Frne prospect for top crop. bot
nights getting 100 long and cool. K:ui-
rnsD--Auch planted three times aad
much Abandoned on sccount Of Continued
rains Now worms are working. Bss
trcp4Sesscns fsvorsHle, end the yield
better titan arg crop, silce 1872 Average
Yield will b. sNnus sn-s-balt bale per
acre. Hsrior-Extremely poor, due &c
excessive r,i1s In early psrt Of season
which c,uss the bloom to shsd. This,
followed by droug1', was very fatal
Eardiu-Almost to+el failure, owing 10
100 muca rain. Grass could not be
clesned out. Medi7a-Picking Is going
Ga slowly, because Ct u1fayorsble
Weather. Il is hard 10 give correct esti-
late st present. The WORM has sp.
PearsS and the prospects ore not
promising f1f q top crop Van
Zlnd:-Injured by boil and leaf worm
Ona bsle to six sores is now es.imlted.
Wsller-The crop is fast coming to mar
kct. Opinions vary IS to prospective
yield, RpbertsOl-Tne worm hss not
oeen Injurious this year, owing 70 tas ese
OF Lrnoon purple, which mas proved
Elf jscious, and is cheap and essily sp
Piled. A7derlop-Boll worm, caterpillar
and drourh all conspired to cut short the
crop. II )rris-The shortes. crop for sew
erai yesrs, caused 6y 100 much moisture
in spriGs, followed by hot, dry spell, Win
lesi worms in September. Wnsrton-Hss
not improved IS 10 yield Since lst Of Sep
TEN Ier; 10 being rapidly picked. Some
will yield little over one-!our,h psle TO
the acre. while some will give from one
hat 20 tnree-fourths bale. Bsll-Worms
are working little. Should We have nc
early frost much top crop will be made.
Elis-No Improvement. Lite planting
almost q failure, on account OF the boil
worm. Little picked to date, sad open
apg, slowly. F-snklia-The shortest crop
ne ever hsG; will tsks on an avarsge
sbcu. Eve or elk acres to the Isle. B az %
About hs1 gathered; damaged some By
Horms. Lamar-I2jursd by too much
rain, caterplllars ana holl worms. Crop
very back ward, aud late cotton totsl
failure Matsgo c&-EYcessive rains con
tinued till 2St, seriously iril:ing young
cotton and rottiGg the ucder Psrs inst
Hss opening. Cotton worm. have be51
successfully poisoned By use CT
Pstis green and London purple
Milan - f aims IN August caused
aew growth after eight and hall weeks
drought, but the worms have eaten the
top crop SO that little will be msde.
Rsirs-The boil worm hsB been exceed
ingly destructive; dsmsge is proos5ly
81 per cent. Thee is s. coed prospect Of
top crop, which will bring tie crop
within % per cent. OF an average, De
Witts-Is turning out better than vss
expec.sd month ago. Kerdill-Im-
proved by lsts rains. Wlsh no early
ftosts the crop vii os greater than an
ticiossed. B.d R.vsv-Hss improved
some on heavy, wet lands, but this is
more than co1uteroslanced by the raw
eees OF the leaf ard bollworn, and PROB
spl5 One-Ehlrd OF ba!s per acre is S
large estimate for this season. Eexar-
Pcs 2ect cow is for good top crop.
-Four hundred sad twenty five pounds OF
sect cotton is TIE average yield per scre;
100 pounds OF seed cotton makes 3 500
pouad bale, sometimes more. Houston
VIII De snort this year, but condition
IS good. Gom1l-Worms have done some
dsnsEe. Tls prospects for = top crop
SIC s0oG If ;asy do not appear
too strong the second time. Grsy-
soE-Sdoft, bus II frost should
be Delayed, may yet have al average
F4StNs hul-l- 1uI.y tDG IupItl 1stSN
THAI ususi, bat With fsvorsbe weather
msy exceed the estimate, which was pat
=. seventy Bollgorms nave do1e some
canage, sud the caterpillar has appeared
in small numbers, but this may prove
bs1e cial, Ksoe-Rscent weather mes.
fsVo snle. With late frost and no worms
top celp will BE- very heavy, sud pros
pec. nCw Is f.. r bsle Fer scre. Kerr-
Do osdiy during esr!y psrt OF sesson.
august rains produced new ard vigor,
Gus growth, ID. probably tao late to ms,
tuIe otfoie i:oss. Ms0lson- Bsing rspiG-
~ gathered, but seriously damaged bp
rust sCd Torme. Poison where spplie(i
proved elective, showing that II farmers
woaid take the trouble they could save
many IiGes he cost Of application
M0nlgomaT-Tha worm is aog destroy
ing 81 hopes @; = lop crop. No rvsr
oae-taird Ct c-pp 7ill be Gs'hsr d.
Par9lR-BentE iod ay tue iste raSri, aud
prospective yield somewhat Increased.
re syerSi0n TO bayiEg jute bsgs!ng pre-
lrs-