Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-07
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

country had welcome rain on Monday
which came just in time to destroy the
roll worm.
Carson county has enjoyed some splen-
did rains during the last week, which
will insure good corn ana cotton crop.
Crop prospe, is in the vicinity of Cen
ter, Shelby county are good. a heavy
rain fell there last Saturday.
Hunt county farmers are expecting a
large yield this fall, and from the pros
poets now they will not be disappointed.
Refreshing rains have fallen around
Denison. Bouuteous crops are assured.
Milan county has had no rains since
the middle OF June. Old cotton is she'd
ding badly. Late cotton is doing well.
Early corn is good, but the late crop is
injured seriously.
Cotton will make good crop even If
no more rain falls in Gillespie county.
Corn will make about twenty bushels to
the mere.
Some OF the farmers around Gainesville
are cutting ana shocking their corn.
The stalk Is Of good size, but the ear is
only formed or half grown.
Atacosa county was visited by fine
farmers are all hard at work, giving
their cotton crop another blowing. No
signs of the cotton worm, but the moths
are reported in abundance.
In the immediate vicinity of Mobeetie,
Wheeler county, there will be thousand
acres sown with wheat this fall. The
yield this year was twenty bushels TO the
acre. There will be fully 1000 tons of
hp,r IT,
year.
There has been plenty of rain up to
the present time in Belden aud the crop
prospects are fiatterIng.
Hall county corn will yield at least
twenty-five bushels to the acre. Forage
crops are also good.
The excellent crops around Whitney,
Hill county, were strengthened by hne
showers last Friday.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX. July ga
good rain fell yesterday, with indications
of its being general throughout the Sec
ton. II came just in the nick of time
20 destroy worms that were making their
appearance in the cotton fields.
KossE, TEX, July 29.-we are need
ing rain badly. Cotton Is suffering
good deal. Half a crop of corn will be
nude.
SAN MARCOS, TEX, July 29.-No rain
has fallen in this immediate vicinity, but
indications are good for general down.
pour.
TROY. TEX, July 3O.-we are having
very not and dry weather. The cotton
is beginning to shed, aud if rain doesn't
soon come the crop will be short.
The dry spell in Atascosa county has
been broken by glorious rain. Crops
have revived.
With a good rain the cotton crop
around Waco promises an immense yield.
The corn in Shelby will make an aver
age crop and the cotton 10 date was
never eXcelled.
fine shower of rain fell around
BRENNAN and crops are assured.
Hunt county will make big cotton
crop this year. Hay is good, but corn is
spotted.
The fine prospects for good crop of
cotton in Dewitt county are assured and
the farmers are getting in better humor.
Rain is needed somewhat in johnson
county, but crops are doing fairly we'll.
Corn in the section around Sherman is
much improved since the recent rams.
The cotton of Montague county will
make good crop, but corn is badly
damaged.
The crop prospects around San Angus
tine are very encouraging. Plenty is
promised.
Along the BraZos bottoms the cotton is
looking finely and rains have been plen-
tiful.
From the outlook in Madison county,
there will be heavy yield of cotton.
Corn is light.
a fair crop OF cotton around Palestine
5 an assured fact. With rains it will be |
heavy.
The first new corn of the season re- |
ported, was sold on the streets OF Austin |
last Tuesday, aud brought 30 cents per |
bushel.
The Palestine Advocate says: The
prospect for cotton crop in Anderson
county about equals HogG's majority in
the state-it's immense.
In Limestone county the drought still
continues, but cotton is doing remarka-
bly, we'll.
The "first bale" has arrived in nu-
merOus places and Editor Thompson of
the Mouutaineer observes that ''it will
continue TO arrive for the next six
weeks -
The prospects for q large cotton crop
at COmauche are rather gloomy at pres
ent on account of the lack of rain.
There will be good cotton crop in
county. The ruin cane just
In time.
II the cotton crop holds out according
to the present prospects, Nacogdoches
county will be in fourishing condition
financially.
Plenty OF rain and q big cotton crop is
the report from Seymour, Baylor county.
Crops are very good in McLennau
The corn is about made and
will be an average crop. Cotton is good,
but needing rain.
Wise county is going dry. Corn that is
made is firm ana good. Cotton is doing
fairly well.
Cotton is needing rain very badly in
Bell county. 1t is growing but little,
and Is beginning to shed its forms. Corn
topping, fodder pulling and threshing Is
the order of the day there.
In Falls county crops are beginning TO
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