Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-02
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

Cotton pickers are badly wanted in
Eastland county. A great many planters
are trying to sell the cotton in the field.
Cotton receipts at Weatherford up to
the end OF Sept ember amount TO over
5000 bsles. This is the first time in the
towns history that so much has been
received during September.
The Bowie Independent: The cotton
crop of Montague county will be much
better than at first supposed. We would
not be surprised to see it reach or even
surpass the yield of last year.
A farmer of Tatum. Rusk county, says
he has six acres OF cane which is worth
twenty acres of cotton there.
Glen Rose, Somervell county, has just
had its first good ram since June. The
cotton crop, however, will make O fairly
good yield.
III the vicinity of Pottsboro, Grnyson
county, the crop prospects are much
better than hns been supposed and that
the farmers are much elated over the
cotton yield as it will make on an average
one-half bale to the acre.
CRAWFORD, Sept. S0.-Up to date
Crawford has bought and shipped 1900
8 35@9.45. The cotton crop will yield
much more than was at first enticipa ted.
TROY, Sept. 3.-Mr. A.H. Curtis,
who had his gin burnt some time ago,
has rebuilt and is now IN operation. The
cotton is being gathered aud sold at
lively rate.
BALLINGER, Sept. 30.-Cotton has teen
coming i'll rapidly for some days past, as
well US fall clips of wool.
SwEETwATER, Sept. 30.-The recent
rains have put the west in fine shape.
Both farmers and stockneu are quite
busy. The farmers ure preparing to SOW
about double the acreage of small grain
ever sown before. The cotton crop is
going 10 be much better than estimated
before the rains. We are having mag
niiicent weather now for picking. and
receipts at his place are averaging about
twenty bales per day. Receipts TO date
are 26O bales. 1t is expected that 1900
bales will he marketed here before Christ
mas. Four years ago the opinion that
cotton would ever he successfully grown
here would have been rdiculed. But
cotton is now rerSf.,nized as the coming
staple OF west Texas, aud in q few years
the Texas and Pacific railroad will re-
than enst of it. heavy frost fell in
Fisher county in the Clear Fork valley.
and south in Bitter creek ueighborhood
in Nolan county. There was none near
this place, however, as far as known.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Ocl. 1.-The
Farmers Alliance OF Hopkins aud sur
rounding counties put over 1900 bales of
cotton on the market here in bulk to-
day. They have about agreed on the
price of SIC for middllng, and will
doubtless sell Tonight.
CoLLINsvILLE, Oct. 1.-Farmers in
this section are rejoicing to know that
their cotton crop Is Welding beyond their
expectations. September receipts at
this point nre the largest in the history
of the place for same month.
TERRELL, Oct. 1.-The cotton re-
ceipts up to date this season are only 400
or 500 bales behind the largest receipts
ever reported in Terrell. About 5000
local bales have been bought, and the
receipts run from 100 TO $50 per day.
The merchants have put up prices on
cotton and reduced prices Oh dry goods
and groceries to draw trade. The plan
works like charm. Forty-seven bales
rolled in on one string this morning.