Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-26
a Dsc'ins In thu Average Donation of
Coiton since eep emo=r-Dssstled
Aepo:s b. CJaalisR.
Correspondence Of tho Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Oc.. 20.

1 "a the south the report ssys: "Tbere will
De an uhususi qusntiiy Of CON 10 tie
south, but some CT II will be OF pcor
q1ality, Affected oy smut apd rotted by
set weather. Even in Texss, otGen re-
gsrdsd az The lane Of drou:h, thers has
been No little i'jury from excessive
moisture. The abundance Of the supply
IS frequently referred to By correspond
suss. L. is ss!d il B.sircp, Tex that
'eao1ga corr hss b5en RAISED 10 last Iae
couary iog two or three years
Tbs OeEo5er returns or cotton show 8
decilre, tie avsrsee Cf reported cnHni-
tion heiog 7s9, decline fr5m Sc s IN
September. LJuisians aud Soutn CARO-
tiEs ssG@ the grsaieFt reduc ion, gee
Texzs, Florida sad North Cav3linG IT,
l1s,t The s'sfe estinstcs GIs go follows
Y.:giris, 80; N rih Csrolins, 81; S-u'a
CasoliCs, 20; GaoJgia, 70; Flo:its, IS ;
Alsbims, So; TEN ssse, 81
The iolLo #iog hrist quotations from
the reports 6; correspondents n the geri-
Gus counties Ct Texas concerning tbs
c1tton crop will be Of interest TIE read
ers CT THE GAZETTE:
Texts -a-char-D 3s.royed by grass
dopps rs. eron-S esspns favorable !;
no bon worms. Cookt-Hss teen behind
ST the sessor, owing to uatsyora5le
Wes!her. Picking has j1ss begun, and
should wei season CO tinue yield will De
below present sstims.e The mex thirty
days will havs 8 telling Ell CT. Gusds-
nights getting too iorg aud cool. Ksut.
msn--Much planted three times knd
mpch abandoned en- account Of continued
In -
II blossoms favorable, sod the yield
better tnsn shy crop since 1872. Average
yield will BE- about ore-hAn bsls per
sore. MafioE-Extremel7 poor, due to
excessive rsins in early part CT season
which caused the bloom to shsd. Thie,
followed BY dr0uga', was very fatal
Hsrdir-A.nost to'sl fsiIure, owing 70
100 much rain. G.sss could net De
cleaned out. M5diaa-PicksEg is goiy z
On slowly, baciuse CT upfavors6ie
#eather. L is hard 70 give correct eets-
mate az present. Tae worm has ap.
reared, ard the prospects ara not
promising for top crop. Van
Z 'adt-IIilrad by boil and leai worm
Oae bale 10 six Sc.es Is G0H estimstei.
Wsller-The crop IS f,a: coming 10 mar
kes. Opinions vsfy SO to prospective
yield r l6erteoa-The worm 6 rot
oeea iEiuriou5 this year, owing 10 the use
Of Londoa purple, watch ass proved
t III ;Gct0us, aad Is cieap and easily SIP
rlled. Aaaerso1-8oll worm, caterpillar
sid drouth all cnnspired to Gu. short the
crop. II Irrie-The shortest crop tor sew
efai yesra, caused by too much moisture
IN spring, followed by hot, DRY spell, with
leai worms In September. Wharton-Has
moi improved as 10 yIeld since st Of Sep
TEN Ter; ia being rapidly picked. Some
will Jield lille over one-fourih Osle to
the acre, while some will give from one
Ia 10 threa.foufths bale. Bell-Worms
are working little. Should we have nc
early fsost much top crop will be made
Z lis-No improvement Late planting
almost failure, on account OF the boil
worm. Little p!ck3d to date, and opsn-
Ing slowly. Frank 1.-THE Shortest crop
~ ever had; will take On IN svarsge
sbou five CT ELK acres to the Gale. BrsZ3s
About hsli gathered; damaged some By
worms. Lamar-IDja.ed by too much
ram, ca'erp.llErs sno ooll worms. Crop
very backward, and l,te cotton total
failure Ms'sgo 7ds-EI:essiv rains con
unued till 23d, seriously iIiaFing young
cotton ard rosting the uodr part thss
vas opening. Cotton worms have bsea
successfully poisoned By use CT
Paris green and London purple
Milan - Rims IN August cause d
new grown sitter eight snd half weeks'
drought, but the worms have eaten thG
top crop go that little will be made
R,ins-rha boil worm hos been exceed
lngly destructive; dam.ge ia PROBABLY
81 per cent. Tne-e is good prospect of
top crop, which will bring the crop
within 25 per cent. of an average. De-
Witte-Is t1rning out better than WAS
expected s month ego. Ksndall-Im-
proved by late rains. With no early
frosts the crop will be gre.ser than az.
ticipated. Rad Rivsr-Hss improved
some on hssvy, wet lands, but this Is
more thsn couoterb IlaGced by the raw
sges CT tho leaf ald boil WORN, aud prob
sblP o1e-third Of q bale per acre is
large estimate for this season. Be1sr-
Prospect low Is for 8 good top crop.
Four hundred scd twenty five pounds of
seed cotton Is the average yield per acre;
pound BALI, sometimes more. Houston
Will be snort this yer, but condition
Is good. Comsl-Worms have done SONS
u4uhSe' Ahe pICSpsCts lol wy S1op
are good II they do not .ppesr
too strong the second time. Gay
son-Short, bu: II frost should
be- delayed, may yet have an average
yield. Hills fully one month later
thsn ususI, but with favorable weather
may exceed the estimate, which was put
at seventy. Bollworms have done some
dar1sge, AID she caterpillar has appeared
in Snail numbers, bu. this mag prove
bene Aclal. Ksne-Recent weather mes,
favorable. With late frost and no worms
top crop will be very heavy, and pros
pect now Is for bale per acre. Kerr
Did badly during early part OF season
August rains produced rev and vigor-
Gus growth, but probably too late TO ma
ture before troat. MsGis0n-.Be:Gg rapid
ly gathered, but seriously Gsmsged By
rust sad worms. PJison where applied
proved effective, showing TIA. il farmers
would take the trouble they could save
many times the cost OF application.
Montgomsry-The wcrufis nov destroy
ing ell hopes OF top crop. Net ever
,oue.third CT c,op will be gss1ered.
hted by the ist3 rsIJis, and,