Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-18
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEX AS CROPS AND WEATHER

The crops of Burleson county nav
been cut short by the drouth. heA''
showers have fallen recently.
Rain is badly needed in Red Rive
county, and crops are short.
Cotton is excellent in Austin county,
but corn is not SO good. The cane 0ioP
is reported in fine condition.
Recent rains and fine crops is Inc re-
port from Williamson county.
The cotton worm has made its appear
ance in Falls county in suthclent nu
bers TO seriously threaten the CROP
Comanche county wants more RAIN lor
the cotton crop. Corn is made.
The crop outlook of Hunt county cono
tinues fine up to date. Boil "oFnhS
appeared.
Cass county crops are short on account
of the drouth.
A bale to the acre is the prospect IN
Denton county. Some sections Will not
come up othat mark.
There is fine prospects for a large cot
ton crop in Rockwell county this tah'
Reports from some portions of johnson
county are to the effect that the cotton
crop will be very light, while in other
portions of the cou. ty large yleiu Is
expected.
The prospect for q large cotton crop Is
| still promising. Fannin, without SONS
serious disaster, will have more than al
average crop this year.
| Crops around Yoakum, DeWitt
county, are good and have improved Oy
/ recent rains.
HANpLEY, Aug. l6.-The cotton gin
here mas already turned out several bales
| of new cotton.
! IApoNIA. Aug. 16.-The first bale was
received here this morning. 1t was
raised by j. Nj. Taylor and sold at ID
cents a mound. The bale uetted $50. so
including a S25 premium given by the
merchants. A second bale was brought
IN a little later by Mr.. Hinsley who re-
ce1ved IL cents and premium of $50.
GRANpvIEw, Aug. IA fine rain
visited our community this evening
FARMERsvILLE, Aug. 1.-THE cotton
crop is fine in this part of the county ana
picking Is now going on. Farmersvlle
has already received several bales OF Inc
new crop.
ARLENE, Aug. I7.-Abilene received
her first bale of cotton Friday evening
last, and il was sold at auction yesterday
morning at the store of w. b. Morse
and was knocked down to Mr.. j. h
Beasly of this city at 1t cent
ner mound. 1t was raised
by Mr.. Jasper Mccullough ut hi
farm five miles north of Abilene, classe'
strict middling and weighed 466 pounds
Abilene country was this morning Visite'
by q fine rain which commenced about
q. m. and bids fair to CONT Ne through
out the day and night. This ram WI
cool the atmosphere and stop the aus
for a few DAYS at least and will benef
the growing crops, although not particu
larry needed. Our prospects for cot
ton crop were never better Tor lars
yield.
TExARKANAA, Aug. IA good soak
ing rain has fallen throughout this sec
ton, infusing new life into the alread
e dropping vegetation. The crops OF cot
e ton along Red river and on the bottor
s lands promise above al average, VIM
the crops on the uplands will be as goo
as usual. The rains came in time to IN
= sure bountiful crops of peas, potato'
o and turnlps.
3 SHERMAN, Aug. II. The writer passe
through driving rain to-day VINO
lasted along the IrRnscouLlueuthl IIO
Texarkana to Paris. Rain also fell
parts of Graysou county.
WINsBoRo, Aug. l7.-This evenir
s our country was visited by a mut
u ne eded rain. This insures a good yiel
ia of cotton.
!, wAsHBURN, Aug. l7.-Heavy raj
d have been falling for the past two day
Is Crops are as good as could be desired 81
= are being harvested in nice snap
y There will be between ten and ffte'
e thousand acres of wheat sown in II
o neighborhood this season.
l. JEFFERSON, Aug. 1.-THE loI
'r drouth was broken to-day by refres
in ing rain. 1t ralned for about an no
Id and everything was benefited. 1t Is t
le first rain to amount to anything that
Id fallen here since July 4. 1t is matt
Is of doubt as to whether it has come
ne late to benefit the cotton, as thousan
of acres which, with rain three wee
ago, would have made from thre
quarters to bale of cotton to the &C
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