Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-01

giE 3 it was ks firing mdterisl by
ye owners, "a Green-Tke second
AID cotton ever planted here.
Of ut $40 &C Total yield, 235 bales
is DO pound Weight. Average quality
middlind
sc kansas-lVau Buren-Bsd stands off,
II be difference of acreage. Lawrence
NC tn quantity and quality of the prod
du we're very unsatisfactory to the pro-
It'd r, due to drought during germina-
vi season followed by continuous rains,
ca h kept the plant growing till frost
ev q, Crittenden-The shortest crop
EsfI known in this county. Randolph
PROXY in the blooming season the crop
the hised well. The wet weather kept
moi blant growing, so that the bolls did
not Eipen. In many instances there was
wheta single ripe boil on the stalk,
all. ID q freeze came and killed
did white-That on fine bottom lands
rain very poorly, on account OF excessive
havS Sevier-As disastrous year. We
bollk been troubled with sharpshooter,
ery1worm, and leaf worm. Montgom-
the Would have been good average If
eateDoll worm had not visited us. The
but Fpillar came too late. No oil mills,
andk bed is sold for stock feed at twelve
O9l0-UAIl GENUS per
but Estimates IS given may seem small,
whit they are obtained from the gins,
Baxeh is the best source of information.
Mayter--Unusually fatal year; frost in
CROP, with too much rain in the fall, cut
houbat least 90 per cent. short. CAL
extrl-Ou the whole this has been an
useda crop year. Logan-Seed Is mostly
finds for fertilizers and cattle feed, and
thirt ready sale at ten cents per bushel-
Ca 1.-TWO pounds to the bushel. Saline
Oniykerpillar and boil worm appeared
age lin certain localities. hence the dam
fertiFas not very great. Yeil-The most
| boil ie bottom land was infested with
| ton worms, causing almost total destruc-
! throtn some fields. Tracts Of low ground
| higfLgh sandy fields were ruined, while
| Mon ground around was not attacked.
| age toe-There was an increase in acre
| parand decrease in yield in 1889 COM
| per b with 1888. Ashley-About 10
cateIcent. damage from toIlworm and
| wise'pillar, but favorable year other
cott5- We made about 10 per cent. more
| stapH than in 1888, a per cent. better
! per 81 and q small per cent. more OF lint
on sfcre. St. Francis-WOrms appeared
earlyme of the best lands in the county
of a. in August and stripped thousands
per Sres, cutting of the yield fully 20
was ent. All the increase in acreage
| abanmore than Offset by the amount
| 1t radoned to the grass on low, wet land.
| CleTned through most of June and July.
| plRnsland-Three- fourths OF the farmers
is the Peterkin cotton, which
at "a short staple, but yields
| 100 he gin forty pounds lint to
shortounds seed. Poinsett-Quality Is
is We as regards length of staple. Cotton
Apriy yellow, on account of drought in
late and May. Caterpillars appeared
but Gin the fall and did some damage,
lin-annot tell TO what extent. Frank
damFn some localities the boil worm
placsged cotton so per cent. in other
nice not so much. Cotton is unusually
leaveand clean. Caterpillar cut OF
Perrs, but too late to do serious damage.
worn-This is the first year the boil
attad appeared in any numbers. They
Arkazed old and sandy lands on the
freshlsas river and never injured new or
to 65Iauds. Damage in some places so
huEEber cent, Uplands not attacked,
tex army worm ate off leaves and has
lined opening. Peterkin and Allen long
md about 80 t 40 per cent. above COM
ach crop, Ckrroll-A great increase of
sp,eage, mosEY on new ground. The
wedng was col and cotton lare. Seed
bus soli to fat mers at eleven cents per
Th,hel for fielding cattle. Howard
aga crop of 1859 was below an aver
tbs - The indreased acreage made up
ind crop. Ne'vada-The caterpillar COM
thi as it did late, was blessing rather
thh a drawback Had it not stripped
OplIgaves much would have failed to
30 a. Ouachita-The winter has heen
thbild that il is feared the millers from
wilcaterpillar which are still numerous,
theIive through the, winter and attack
ptIon eacly in the spring.