Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-22
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

dSie uO"u 10 u Oaie 10 ulne OF ten eCISs
IN different parts.
The Seymour Sun: This whole section
OF country was blessed with q GLORIOUS
d-fashioned down pour for almost two
solid days and nights the fore part of the
week. The ground is thoroughly satu-
rated, stock water is plentiful, -plows are
running for wheat, and the whole face
of the earth is rapidly taking on carpet
OF glorious green.
Late corn in Lipscomb county is COM
ing out finely and the yield will be large.
Leon county corn was a partial failure,
and cotton will average only about q bale
10 three acres.
Corn in Gonzales is turning out better
than was expected, but cotton is short.
The recent rains in Montague county
have put the ground in fine condition for
blowing, and the farmers are taking ad-
vantage of this opportunity to get their
lands ready for next years crop.
The Cherokee Herald stands up:
Cherokee has a fine crop prospects as any
county in the state. Cherokee rarely
fails to produce good crops.
Cotton pickers are needed badly in the
vicinity of Farmersville, Collin county.
The crop will be much larger than was
expected one month ago.
The Corsicaua Democrat gives q
poiu ter to farmers. 1t says: In dis
cussing the crop one daY this week with
u right successful farmer he gave 1t as
his opinion that where the crops were
sufficiently worked there was no room for
serious complaint over q very short crop.
Looking at it from a standpoint of reason
it would appear as if be INDUCES in cor
rect assertion, still there are exceptions
TO the rule in this case, as in all others.
county, will all be open this month, and
if rain continues much of il will be
wasted.
Archer county farmers are devoting
their attention towards getting in their
wheat. A larger crop by half than that
of last year will be sown.
Galveston says she will ship 1 200, 200
bales of cotton this year.
There are farms in the vicinity of
Kohrville, Harris county, which will
yield a bale and half of cotton to the
acre. This is principally the result of
good cultivation.
Coryell cotton is making q bale to four
or five acres. Corn from twenty-five to
thirty bushels per acre.
Corn in Wise county is fine in the bot
toms, but on the uplands it is rather
light.
The sorghum crop prospects in Borden
county are said to be very tiattering.
The drouth still continues at Duffau,
Erath county, and cotton is very light.
Farmers in Grayson county are going
to SOW an unusually large quantity Of
oats this fall. The pecan crop is good.
Cotton in Ellis county seems to have
improved consi erably in the last three
or four weeks and farmers have gener-
ally raised their estimates accordingly.
With q late frost q considerable top crop
may yet be made.
The Terrell Register is suffering from
an attack of the blues. 1t says: In
Texas the late freeze ruined the small
grain crop, so to speak, and utterly de-
stroyed the fruit. The May rains packed
the dirt around the corn aud the pro-
tracted drouth did the rest for it. Cotton
that looked 80 promising in July was
literally dried up by the hot August sun,
until what was once fine prospect has
dwindled to less than half crop. Pota-
toes have failed and what gardens ma
tured are long ago dried up and gone.
In addition to these disasters the hay
crop has been cut short one-half, and
stock water is scarce in many places.
FAIRvIEw, Sept. 20.-A wind, rain
and hail storm broke over this section
and has seriously damaged the cotton
crop, no animals were killed. The corn
is all right and will be one of the largest
crops in the history of the section.
HOLLAND, Sept. 81 The farmers have
used the favorable weather of last week
to good advantage in gathering and mar
keting their cotton. With a few more
weeks sunny weather the crops will be
gathered in this section.
MESQUITE, Sept. PA ground soak
ing rain fell here to-day, beginning at
D. m. , and continuing for four hours.
Much damage is done to cotton that is
open. There will be an abundance of
stock water and the grass Will be fine I'M
less cold weather prevents.
WICHITA FALLS, Sept. 21.-Rain be-
gan falling again last night about IL
o clock and has been falling steadily all
day. Too much RAIN is likely to be the
cry before long. The dronth period in
Northwest Texas has passed. Cotton is
coming on the market and the gins are
running steadily. The number of bales
sold here will be much greater than last
year.
Bolton, Sept. 21.-Nearly 1000 bales
of cotton have been marketed here to
date. 1t has come from five or six differ
ent counties.
SHERMAN, Sept. 21.-Heavy rains have
prevailed oil over Greyson county to-
day, and just at time when thousands
of acres of cotton is open and ready for
picking. Cotton pickers are scarce, and
if the RAIN continues the farmers will
suffer great loss.
SALADo, Sept. 21.-Cotton picking
hands are in demand, owing to the con-
tinued dry weather. The cotton is all
open a month or six weeks earlier than
in former years and the farmers are
wanting it out, if it Is yet September.
There has been more cotton gathered in
this county up to this date than ever was
before and the crop was never so near sill
gathered at this date as it is now. Some
are about done picking, while others
have not been SO fortunate in getting
help.
WATERPROOF, Sept. 81. A very
heavy rain fell here last night and to-
day, which did considerable damage to
ontton onaned ann nnt DinL-ad ont bo