Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-27
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.


That the corn crop 10 exceedingly short
10 Fanuin comfy there can be no doubt.
but the crop Is better than many supposed
two weeks ago.
Oldham county has had some fne rains
during the past week, which put every
| thing shipshape.
Bastrop cotton IL good but the worms
are menacing 1t. Good showers have
fallen.
That kind of rain which fills the
tanks, makes the branches run and cot
ton grow fell last week in Bell county.
Parker county was visited by general
rains on Monday.
In the vicinity OF Menvale. Bosque
county, the cotton crop has been badly
injured by the drouth.
The last rain of any consequence that
has fallen in the vicinity of Mount Calm,
Hill county, was on June z, conse-
quently IL ID very dry there.
It is feared that the superabundauce of
rain, says the Amarillo Champion, which
has fallen in the last two weeks will ruin
the sorghum and milo maize crops. It
was thought that the sorghum would
have been cut but so much rain has fallen
that the ground is Doggy and 1t is impos-
sible to cut 1t with reaper or mower
because the stalks are so large and the
process OF cutting by hand is exceedingly
slow. Then again after the first stalks
had headed there Is another dense
growth three or four feet high growing
up as a sucker crop from the roots. Uu-
less the rain ceases its continual down.
pour thousands of tons will go to waste In
the fields.
TROY, Aug. 26.-Troy has received to
date forty-six bales of cotton. The
fieecy staple will be a very short crop
here this season, as the excessive heat
and dry weather has caused it to open
prematureiy.
SHERMAN, Aug. Fisherman had
another fine rain to-day, and this county
is over the drouth. Cotton IS coming in
freely and plentiful. Most of 1t is ginned
in the city, compressed ana made ready
for shipment instead of coming in from
the country in the bales.
DENTON, Aug. 26.-Another fine rain
fell here this morning, making now a
good season in the ground. Cotton Is
opening very fast and Is being marketed
as fast as gathered. Over thirty bales
were received here last week and brought
on an average about ten cents a pound.
Iowa PARK, Aug. 26.-The copious
rains of the past few days with the pres
ent prospect of plenty more than causes
everybody to rejoice. Farmers are now
busy preparing the soil for the sowing of
an immense amount OF wheat this fall.
Upon the charred remains of the prairie
fires will soon appear luxuriaut growth
of tender grass, providing an abundance
of forage for stock next winter.
QUANAH, Aug. 26.-Again this city
and the entire Panhandle region of Texas
has been deluged with rain. The storm
began here about 'clock this morning
and continued In a steady pour until
after daylight. Cisterns which have
been empty all summer are now full,
tanks are overfiowi g, and streams
called "dry runs" which flow only in
seasons of protracted wet weather are
each a rushing torrent. This rain settles
the question of a good planting season
this fall, and with the experience of the
past year for guide in planting and
filling the soil, the errors of the past will
be avoided and a tremendous yield of
cereals may be confidently anticipated
the coming year.
ENNIS, Aug. 25.-Sixty-eight bales of
cotton were sold on our streets Saturday.
This speaks we'll for our wide-awake
buyers and merchants, who are deter
mined to make Ennis one of the best cot
ton markets in the state this season.
Crops are turaing out well and our mer-
chants are laying IN large and well Sc
lected stocks of goods.
MANGUM, Aug. 23.-We had a good
rain this week, which will put the far
mers to sowing wheat.
TERRELL, Aug. ga light shower
fell this morning, but II was too light to
do much good. Many OF the shade trees
planted last spring have been killed by
the dry weather.