Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-30
TEXAS CROPS.
EX rEcls fr0kl Sha Jua5 Rsport Jasl
Issu'd BY the Agricultural De-
psrtmeRt e. Washington.
ton of tho C9rea! OropE-Muoh In
Jeresing Information.
Corresnordence OF the Gnzette.

/ Correspondence OF the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The June re-
port OF acreage OF wheat ana cotton arr
condition OF cereal crops jus: Issued y
the Agricultural Department contains
much interesting Information Of the condI.
lion OF the vsrious crops in Texas.
! The following extracts from remarks Of
correspondents will aff5rd more specific
locai hints Of wheat condition:
IKxAs-Bosque: Has been unusually
! hne till within week and still promises
| the fnes! yield ever made ia parts Of
county, but the average condition Of the
whole Is reCuced by the appearance OF
rus. is some sections. Coleman: a:
this date greatly damaged ~ too mucl
rsin. Cooke: a remarkably wet, CO d
May has caused Wlear o m4tUre slowly.
rarrsnt: Injured by worm and rus.
NJ Gins: Nyne soWn this yesc because
seed could rot be procured in time. G l.
lesple: Injured by rust. Hood: Rsd
rust is on al wheat; black rust is making
its appearance; some gram falling now /;
TOO much rain. Baylor: Season new
favorable tcr maturing wheat. Kaufman:
Not 50 muca goWd Is commonly and badly
frozen out; Wi! not be over half crop 81
best ArcGer: May wheat is harvested
and very good. Stephens: Wheat in har-
vest; nGv.r better. CUmal: Not Guilt
waited much owing 10 rust. Ellis: HAr-
vest commenced about the Ism; land too
wet TO run the reaper; il wet weather
continues . large per cen. Will be lost
and entire crop damaged. Parker:
Damaged sOme By rust and rains; will b.
IN average crop. R1Ckwsu: OaNCOk
disCoursglng owing to too much rsln.
Mason: Suffered considerably from ruer,
bat the crop Is es:iu hted Al from % 10 30
Uushe!s PER tcre; ai cut. Ecatb: Killed
ii spots by GELD weather. Hopkins: Lit
lie attention paid TO wheat.
The following remarks Will present
/ local pGCuliarities OF the early history CT
t0e cotton crop:
TeXas-HOustOr: Some have their cot
ton in tolersoiy good tx, rotWithstand-
ing continuous wet weather, but it is
mostly overIun by weeds and grsss, and
much will be ploWed up and planted over.
II 4ll has destroyed some crops. B.sz0s:
Too much rain; Gotten badly in grass
COmsl: Suffering from TOO mUcn re1n and
the web worm Ie dCiGg some damage
/ Callahan: Ten to fifteen days late. Col
oradO: Unless fSir weather comes, Civ
ing 6 chance to c. tar cut weeds Snd grass,
there will be a considerable falling eff
Collin: Backward and In weeds, due to
continuous heavy rains; unless We have
good weather 7rJIo now on will not make
half crop. Ellis: Planting delayed oy
heavy rsin5 Ibis month, which has also
damaged tina, planted. Panola: An
abundance If r.in. Cotton in the grass;
plant genertlly hesithY and vigorous.
Titus: E.cn farmer is planting legs,
but the Immigration and increase
in acreage Qresh land will make
the crop rtarly as large as last
YER. Is looking bad now. due
to continued rsins, c0ol nights and bad
cultivation. Cameron: Injured b7 Gx-
Cessive rams since latter part OF April;
/: is seriously doubted il more than nalf
Of a usual crop Will be made. The cot
ten worm has appeared, nearly destroying
new fields. Cooke: 30 per cent. Of crop
had 10 be plowed up end planted over,
owing to e remarkably wet, cold May.
Guadalupe: Looks oad for time Of year.
Too wet for it &c get good stsnd. Gil
lespie: Behind; too wet. Hood: Stands
ESQ; worms have eaten il entirely If N
wet land. Robertson: Suffering from
an excess OF rain. Austin: OutlooR
gloomy. On high lands cotton is in good
condition, but small, owing 20 rain and
cool nights with cold winds, On low,
heavy lands it is badly in the grass, many
acIes being abandoned TO II. Coryell: A
decrease, caused by late planting, worms
ard weeds. Somervell: Planting and
growth retarded by cool nights and hard
rains, bat ia greatly improved by the lAst
few Days Of seasonable weather. Archer:
Too cold and vet for cotton. Clay: a
poor stand, some planting as often as
three times before getting one. This IS
due to cold nights. What Is up does not
lock well. Anderson: Fally four weeks
late, owing to excessive rains and Culd
weather. johnson: Season two weeks
late, cold, Snd very wet. Not al planted,
and not Going well, but there is yet time
to start crop. Milan: Injured for want
of summer weather. Parker: Bsd stand,
due to too much rain, with cold nights.
RCckwall: Outlook disCoursging, owing
to unusually wet spring. Delta: a |
he.vy hailstorm destroyed cotton in por-
tions Of county, SO il will have 20 be re-
planted. De Witt: Kept back by con-
tinued rainy weather, and The cut-wogm
on come fSrms is doing harm. Fort
Bend: Stand coed; where early planted |
has been kept clean it IS of Wig
orous growth and doing well, but much
Is In grass and weeds, owing TO the late
rains. Lamar: A hail storm |
on tho 22d damaged 5000 to 5000 acres Of
cotton. Much will nave 10 be replanted, |
for which the rainy weather is uGtavor-
able. Was Two weeks late before the |
storm. BexAr: Too much rain; cotton |
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