Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-27
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

The prize cotton crop comes from
Shelby county. Mr.. j. A. Jarrett re-
ports six bales from three acres. The
crop in general has been injured by the
rains. The cane crop is very good.
Corn in Rockwell county will make
about twenty-five bushels per acre, but
cotton, while it will make better crop
than was thought will be somewhat
short. Good cotton pickers are making
from 81. 80 to So per day. The cotton is
heavy with bOlls and the demand for
hands is very great.
Cotton picking in Co1yell county is
progressing with Incredible speed. The
yield is decidedly better than was eN-
pected sometime back, though the cater
pillar and boil worm have done eonsid-
cradle damage. The corn crop is some
what short and some of the farmers will
be forced to supplement what they have
on hand with corn raised elsewhere.
Bosque's pecan crop will be good this
year.
Cotton in the vicinity of Bells, Gray
son county, is better than was expected.
Many pieces have already made yield
of half bale per acre. Corr Is not more
than one third of an average crop, in
consequence of which farmers are anx-
ious to sell off surplus stock.
The majority of the Hays county
farmers are agreeably disappointed in
the cotton crop in that it is turning out
better than was expected.
Late cotton is now green and growing,
according 10 advIces from Navarro
county, and will make somewhat more
fpw
Corn is in active demand ct fifty cents
per bushell at Whitney, Hill county,
which is the highest price paid for corn
since 1879. A sufficienoy of corn has
been made to answer all home demands
for the next twelve months. The heavy
rains interfered with cotton picking to
some extent.
CELESTE, Sept. 26.-We have been
blessed with a fine rain, which has filled
the pools, and stock is doing fine again.
Stock water was nearly all gone, and
many farmers were hauling water six and
eight miles for stock and family use.
Cotton is coming In fast, there having
been shipped to date G35 bales.
TERRELL, Sept. 26.-Mr. G. NJ. Disel
is raising good crop of rice on his farm
about one mile north of Terrell.
CLAUDE, Sept. 25.-Farmers are all
busy putting in wheat and the acreage
will be large. The county in parts has
been having numerous rains of late.
BRYAN, Sept. 25.-Bryan has received
up to date 1000 bales of cotton.
JEFFERSON, Sept. 25.-It has been
raining steadily here for four or five
days, and the indications are good for
more.
NEVADA, Sept. 25.-Continued rains
for a week now have done great damage
to the cotton crop. However, it seems
to be giving farmers q chance to market
cotton already picked, as the market re-
ceipts for yesterday and to-day show a
sale of $50 bales Average price, ga
cents.
MOODY, Sept. 24.-Up to date Moody
has marketed 1925 bales of cotton. Our
town boasts more shipping and business
than any town on the road of its size.
Freight charges last month were $4,000.
FAIRFIELD, Sept. 24.-Cotton is being
marketed rapidly, but there will not be
as much made as was last year, owing to
the disastrous drouth. Corn is very
scarce, and scarcely any for sale. The
little that is for sale brings seventy-five
cents per bushel. Abundant rain has
fallen in the lat two weeks, and there is
sufficient water for stock.
AURORA, Sept. ga thousand bales
of cotton have been brought here to date.
Prices have been good, so that about
$50. 900 have been paid out for the fieecy.
Our farmers are getting in sound finan-
cial condition.
RAYNoR, Sept. 26.-Fine rains have
fallen during the past month and the
range is as good as the stockmen could
ask it, and they have their forces busily
engaged in the fall round-ups.
FARMERsvILLK, Sept. 26.-we are hav-
ing fine weather and cotton is coming IN
at the rate of from 100 to 200 bales q
day.