Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-13
CROPS. AND WEATHER.
The Late Heavy Rains Have Done Both
Good and Harm to Cotton.
The General Prospects, However, LOT flhe
Crops were Never Better-Picking
Slightly Set Back.


Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX. Sept. l2.-lho
mort Of the Texas state weather service
for The week ending September y reports
temperature, rainfall and crop prospects
throughout the stare as follows:
Temperature and sunshine have Oeen
below the average. The rainfall mas
been about one hundred above the aver
are except in the vicinity Of the coast
In great many localities the weather
has been very unfavorable for the Cotton
croD. The early crop has been daIn,S
nv excessive rain while late coLLoHStia0
Deeu benefited. Late cotton IN ptbEst1cu
lar. and in some places early .cotEE4 10
being injured to small extent Dy@3ne
worm. Notwithstanding the prosYs1scI
for good cotton crop continue GOOD - g
EXTRACTS FROM REPORTS.
Coe+ro1iI1e-H f. Hass. Ta9s
weather is very favorable for crops, ere:
pilot Point-W. L. Moore. The1Vssss:
worm is in the cotton and is eatingsp p tneT
ton crop. Quite lot of cotton issson the
market this week.
Brownwood-J. Z. Mayo. @Ihe ram
ION inrSne the past seven days extended
over a portion of Brown county ana was
q frst-cIass season. In other portions
croDs still need rain. Where ram zen
crops are very much refreshed ana the
ground is in good condition for fall plo"-
ing. ,o+
Corsicana-E. l. Gibson. Early cot
ton hos not suffered much from rains,
but late cotton is being injured consld-
erably by worms.
Lampasas-Dr c. NJ. RamsdeI. Late
cotton, especially on upland farms IS
doing well. Cotton in the bottom LANDS
IS hurt bv drouth the rains being too late
10 help it. :.
Werkel-J. T. Vaughan. Cotton Is
oDeniua very well and promises to be an
average crop of from One-halt TO three-
fourths Of a bale per acre.
NesQuite-Silas G Lackey. me COT
ton worm, oietia gariacia, has made It's
aDpearance in the fields IN conslueraple
numbers and is reported as DONG q grea'
deal of damage to cotton in many places
rho boU worm. helwither avenigeTa, Is
still at work in the cotton and Will prop
ably destroy the top crop. Heavy ran
retarded picking very much this week.
San Antonio-John McGlone. Inc
weather has been favorable for crops.
Cedar HILL 2. Berry. The weather
during the past week has been CLOUD!
and sbowerv most all the time, which
has DELAYED cotton picking. The plant
are full Of bells ready TO open with rev
DAYS sunshine.
Iongview-S. NJ. Boughton. Contlnue'
rains have injured the cotton crop. IL !
.- conceded now that only half crop VII
be made in this section.
LAGRANGE Joseph Gotham. Too mucI
rain is injuring cotton and has stopper
picking entirely.
Navasota-C. e. Hull. The weathe
has been favorable except too niue
rainfall.
Howe-W. NJ. Smith. Cotton IS lin
and if rain ceases soon the heaVles
crop will be gathered this that has bee
raised for a number Of years.
san Marcos-C. W. Gregory, Snow
erv weather during the past seven day
has greatly hindered cotton picklna
Worms are rapidly stripping the cotto
OF leaves. One thousand cotton plcke1
could find employment IN this nelghOol
hood at good prices.
Austin-Oscar Samostz. The weathe
has been very favorable for cotton
Rain has somewhat inteTfereu Win pIGf
ing. Prospects for top crop are e.
cellent-
Decatur-H. D. Donald. Cotton AooI
well.
William NJ. Splitter. the "a
insures the late cotton crop and III
grass crop. and will put the ground
good condition for small grain crops.