Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-24
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.


have been very detrimental to the cotton
and has also retarded wheat-sowing for
several days.
a local from Bee county says: The
| farmers are highly elated over the big
| cotton crop of the season, when the re-
| ports came from other parts of Texas
that the crop had been cut short. The
average of Bee county will be about half
in some cases even q bale has been
picked per acre.
An extraordinarily heavy rain storm
swept over over Val Verde county on
Wednesday.
Wheat sowing has been in progress in
Cooke county until the recent rains re-
tarded the work. A largely increased
acreage will be sowu this year.
Cotton picking still going on in Ellis
county. Pickers are scarce, and some
farmers are paying 81 per hundred.
The Memphis exchange gives the
names OF three settlers as Illustrations
who have more than paid for their farm
this first year from the yield of whsat
oats and corn. Next year the crops on
these lands are expected to be much bet
ter, and their aggregate acreage in wheat
will be increased from about seventy-h five
acres to over 300. The statistics are in
teresting and reliable.
TROY, Oct. 22.-Troy has shipped up
to date 400 bales of cotton, but the
misty weather keeps pickers back.
ROCKDALE, Oct. PA cold drizz ling
rain set in yesterday, which continued at
intervals during the night. To-day Is
cold and cloudy. This will have a tend
ency to retard cotton picking. Receipts
here to date are nearly 1000 bales, about
the same as last year.
WHITNEY, Oct. 22.-The continued
rains for the past forty eight hours has
greatly interfered with the farmers in
cotton picking. All stockmen are happy,
as all water holes and tanks had long
since "gone dry The cotton crop is
oae-fourth better than anticipated, but
these late rains and winds will materially
damage the quality. To date Whitney
has shipped about 1000 bales of cotton
TowLEs, Oct. 23.-Corn and cotton in
this section are better than they have
been for great while. Oats are the
best they have made for many years.
JEFFERSON, Oct. 22.-It has been
raining here necessarily for the past
thirty-six hours and is still raining. The
damage done to the cotton crop in this
and the surrounding country is immense,
as over two-thirds of the crop is still in
the fields and most of it is open. 1t is
almost impossible to get cotton pickers
now that the election is so close at hand,
that the negro's 'fiuence is worth more
than his cotton. The river here is rising
rapidly and will soon be out of its banks.
TERRELL, TEX, Oct. 23.-After the
rain and mud the clouds have dispersed
and this has been one of the loveliest of
days. Parties who were unable to get
here with their cotton on account of the
wet weather have sold at other places
and come to Terrell to spend their money.
KAUFMAN, TEX. Oct. 23.-We are
having some rainy weather, much to the
disbursement of farmers who have not
got their cotton picked out. If the frost
stays off for two or three weeks the top
crop will add very materially to general
crop. There is considerable wheat being
sown in the county.
DECATUR, TEX. Oct. .23.-The heavy
rains of this week have done great dam
age to the cotton crop. In the low lands
it will be several days before it is possi- |
BILE for the hands to work. Unless the |
frost ia very late the crop will fall far |
short of last year.
ENNIS, Oct. 23.-We have been hav- |
ing cold rain all day. Our compress is |
still kept busy pressing the f1eecy staple.
There is much cotton as well US corn still |
In the fields, and laborers are in demand. |
GALVESTON, Oct. 23.-The weekly |
weather and crop bulletin of the Texas
state weather service for the week end
ing October %, was issued this evening
1t reports temperature, precipitation
and crop conditions throughout the state
Is follows:
Temperature during the week has heen
slightly below normal. There are indi-
cations that light frosts will occur In the
Interior of the state tonight, but they
will be so light that no fears need be en-
ertained of the consequence.
The rainfall has been excessive except
'ver West and Northwest Texas, where
bout normal prevailed. The grade of
cotton has been slightly lowered during
he week, but the weather has not
hanged the yield. Following are ex-
racts from the reports:
Dallas-Temperature, maximum, IA;
minimum, 46; rainfall, 2.S3
Graham-The cotton yield is better
han was expected. Worms are injuring
he wheat.
Weatherford - Temperature, max
mum, Is; minimum, 40; rainfall, 1.27.
Cuero-Temperature, maximum, 81;
minimum, AZ; rainfall, 2.22.
Luling-Temperature, maximum, 81;
minimum, A; rainfall, .27.
San perature, maxi
1um, 81; minimum, so; rainfall, .12,
Brenham-Rain has degraded cotton.
maximum, "a; minimum,
8; rainfall, 1.55.
College Station-The weather has been
avorable for cotton picking; rain
all, .33.
Palestine - Temperature, maximum,
1; minimum, So; rainfall, 29S.
Temple--Much cotton is yet unpicked.
he weavels are injurlng the corn.
emperature, maximum, "a; minimum,
I; rainfall, 20. {
Burnet-Cotton continues to be rushed
} market. The weather is cool. {
Waco-Temperature, maximum, 81;
minimum, AZ, rainfall, 10.
Huntsville-Tem perature, maximum,
}; minimum, A; rainfall, SO.
Beltou-Temperature maximum, 81;
inimum, Sc; no rain.
acknowledgements maximum, T
}; minimum, 40; rainfall, Ito. '
acknowledgements maximum. =