Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-20
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

The number of bales of cotton re-
ceived at Pittsburg, Camp county, this
year is more than double the amount OF
last season for the same period.
More rain has fallen in Northwest
Texas in the last two weeks, says the
Vernon Call, than before in any twelve
months. The ground Is now thoroughly
soaked and wheat sowing is the order OF
the day. Everybody in the country ia
busy in the wbeatfeld.
Collin county cotton is turning out
much better than was expected. Some
sections will make from three-auarters
of bale to a bale to the acre.
The wheat crop in Jones county
promises TO be immense. The acreage is
much larger than usual, and in some
places the crop is already coming up.
Mr.. F. S. Walker of Gonzales has
raised some bananas this year. They are
not so large as the imported ones, but
have q finer flavor from ripening on the
plant.
Bosque county cotton will yield from
one-balf to three-quarters of bale,
while few fields will turn out a bale.
Caldwell county farmers are realizing
much more cotton from their fields than
was expected.
Corn is light in Coryell county. Cot
ton will average about half bale to the
acre. There will be large quantity OF
wheat sown this fall.
The cotton crop in the vicinity of VAL
ley Summit, Grayson county, is very
good. PIckers are scarce. Consider
able cotton Is being wasted.
Navarro corn averaged twenty-five
bushels, and cotton will make about a
half bale on the average.
Corn in Coleman county is making
about twenty bushels aud cotton about
an average, with scarcity of pickers.
Wheat sowing in Baylor county, says
the Seymour Sun, is being pushed ahead
With q vim. Some OF the early sown
wheat is up. Others are sowing, while
still others are blowing. The wheat
sowing season will last for some time yet
and Baylor will have many large fields.
BELLS, Oct. lS.-Cotton is making a
good crop and coming in here at the rate
of fifty bales day.
TERRELL, Oct. 1S.-This being Satur-
day there has been large cotton trade.
Farmers bring their cotton from Hem
dsrson, Van Zandt, Hunt and Rockwell
counties. The receipts so far lack only
few hundred bales of reaching the en-
tire receipts of last season. Moore ave-
nue. has been crowded with wagons and
country people for four blocks since
esrly this morning.
BRooKSToN, Oct. lS.-Business is
very good Cotton is coming in lively.
Cotton pickers are in demand. Brooks
ton has already shipped nearly as much
cotton this year as during the entire last
season. The Texas and Pacific railway
is doing large business. Cars cannot
be obtained to supply the demand.
SALADo. Oct. 1S.-We have had enc
weather for several days. The farmers
have made good use of the time getting
out the remainder of the cotton. The
first frost of the season made its appear
snce ct this place yesterday morning,
and now the prospect is good for rain.
ABILENE. Oct. 19.-The cotton receipts
of :his station have reached 1000 bales.
This number is only the bales that have
been shipped by the railroad company
from Abilene. Cotton is coming in fast
now and il is being received at the freight
depot at the rate of about 100 bales per
day.
GAINESVILLE, Oct. lS.-This town has
received about 5000 bales of cotton up to
date.