Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
CROPS AND WEATHER.
An Immense Corn Crop Has Been
Made and Cotton is FIOurishing.
Farmers Have Cot Rid Of Weeds and Cotton
Picking Has Commenced Plenty of
; Sunshine All Over the State.
special to the Gazette.

Special tothe Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, July 25.-The
Texas weekly weather crop bulletin,
week ending July %, 1889, reads as
follows:
Temperature, etc High temperature
has prevailed over the state during the
week, with an unusual amount of sun
shine.
Precipitation-WIth the exception of a
few localities no precipitation has fallen
in the state during the week.
GENERAL REMARKS. *
The weather has been as favorable 4oR
the growing crops as could be desired
Cotton is reported as looking fine and
improving rapidly. Cotton was for a few
weeks thought to have been materially
damaged by the excessive rains of last
month, but the warm, dry weather is
rapidly bringing 1t to the front. Cotton
picking mas commenced in some loca-
tons.
EXTRACTS FROM REPORTS.
Columbia. S. Rogers. Since the
rain closed crops that had become foul
with grass and weeds have been well
worked out and are generally clean.
Worms have done no damage
Brownwood-T. j Mays. Corn, cot
ton, gradens, etc. continue in fine con-
dition, but will dry up unless it rains in
a few days. The top Of the ground is
very hard from the late rains, and ram
is needed to keep vegetation growing.
| There is too much sap from excessive
rains for crops to grow much longer
without rain.
Cedar Hill. s. Rogers. Cotton is
looking wei and is suffering for rain.
Corn is about made and will be heavy
yield. Wheat is turning out from six 70
ten bushels per acre and will be No. in
quality.
Waco-W. H. Godbn. The weather
has been very hot and dry, favorable to
cleaning out crops and to the growing of
cotton.
Mosquitoes. G. Lackey. Cotton is
improving and making good growth this
week. Farmers have been hard at work
and have pretty well killed all the grass
in the cotton.
Pilot POint-W. L. Moore. Cotton and
other crops are doing well.
Fort WORTH. G. MaIlette. Cotton
crop growing well, better than the aver
age. All small grain about matured.
Corsicana-E. L. Gibson. Cotton is
nearly cleaned of grass. The plant looks
well and promises q good crop. A rain
in the next week will be very beneficial.
Floresville- GOldsteIn & LeIig. Cotton
is doing well.
Howe-W. NJ. Smith. Cotton looks
well and is clean. Corn looks fine. Very
heavy winds from north on the night of
the 18th, thunder storm on the goth
and DIST. #g
Decatur-H. D. Donald. Crops look
well, in some places cotton needs rain.
Austin-Oscar Samostz. The weather
continues very favorable to crops. The
cotton worm has disappeared and every
thing looks we'll.
have been able to get rid of the weeds
The cotton crop is looking fine though it
viii need rain soon.
Houston-A Hutchinson Everything
favors Il rapid recovery from the injury
to cotton resulting from the unfavorable
weather prevailing prior to the 18th inst.
Other interests are propOrtiOnately i'm
proved. Heat somewhat excessive for
gardening.
Columbus-T B ElroG. Cotton COW
cred by the overflow is all destroyed.
Very little corn worth gathering on over
flowed lands. Some cotton will be
planted where the first crop stood. The
loss from the overflow is fully up to the
estimate.
Castroville-H. E. Hass. Cotton looks
well. Corn selling at 20 cents per
bushel.
san Narcos-C. W. Gregory. Cotton
crop continues to do well, but light rain
would be advantageous. The sorghum
and millet hay crops are now being har-
now III order The fruit crop is abund-
ant. The honey yield is meager. Grass
is good and cattle sleek. Corn 20 cents
buShel.
Dallas-M. z. Glass. Wheat good and
coming into market rapidly. The corn
crop the best since '82. Cotton progress
ing very satisfactorily, but set back by
recent rains.
New Braunfels-Paul Wipprecht. The
last week has been very favorable to cot
TONI Bolls are plentiful and maturing
rapidly.
Fredericksburg-A. Shiegler. The
past week has been dry with plenty of
sunshine and has probably destroyed the
insects which had begun to appear in cot
ton.
DuvaI-John c. Edgar. Cotton is
fruiting we'll. No worms as yet, but
farmers thinking prevention better
than cure, - the fields are Illuminated
nightly with view to catching the
parent moth. Rain viii soon be needed.
CIeburne-P. j . Norwood. Farmers
are using the sunshine to advantage
Wheat not damaged as had been ex-
pected.
BeIton-F. A. Sterling. Cotton crop
needing rain. On account of previous
excessive rains showers are needed every
few days. Most cotton has been cleaned
of grass ana weeds. Some, however,
has been given mp. With favorable sea-
so more common will be made than last
year. good shower viii be needed in
side OF ten days. Corn is looking well
and heavy crop. Wheat and oats in
quality.
Gainesyille-D. F. Ragsdale. Grain
is turning out well, but much of it is
badly damaged. The corn crop is heavy.
Much cotton IS still in the grass.
Brenham-J. q Sloan. Cotton is do
ing very well; with an average season
viii make an average yield.
Brady-W. II. Potter. The dry, hot
weather of the past week has dried the
Ground considerably and has been very