Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-23
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

The cotton crop of Liberty county is
| reported TO be larger in acreage this year
than II has been for several years. IN
some localities too much rain is reported,
but generally the crop is very promising.
A heavy rain fell in Alvord recently
aud from reports from over the county IL
was general ram over the entire couu-
| ty. This rain insures q bountlful cotton
crop, the largest ever known in the MS
tory of Wise county.
II has been raining in different Sec
lions of Bosque county, aud the crop
| prospects are much improved WITHIN the
past two weeks.
| The cotton yield In the vicinity of Lul-
ing will not equal that of last year, put
fair crop will be made.
Crops around San Augustine are re-
| ported to be very fine.
Kaufman county cotton will make
good yield. 1t is expected that the best
crop for several years will be gathered.
Hays county yet needs ram but cotton
| is good.
| Cotton in Williamson county Is not so
good as the prospects promised. The
| drouth hurl 1t some.
The recent rains in Collin county have
insured good yield If cotton, which IS
already beginning to be marketed.
Ballinger has been visited by fine rains
and things are looking fresher.
The prospects are that Navarro county
| farmers Will make good cotton crops this
| year.
Corn will make from fifteen to twenty
FIVE bushels TO the acre around Saralvo,
Ellis county. Cotton crops will not be
heavy.
Since the recent rains the prospects for
an excellent cotton crop is very tiattering
IN Corvell county.
After two weeks drouth. when the
cotton post needed it, heavy rains have
fallen in all the counties north of San
Antonio for 100 miles.
ELMENDoRF, Aug. 21.-There has been
received here 40 bales of cotton to date.
The crop will not be us good as last year.
There was IL good shower Yesterday, but
rain is still needed badly. Stock water
is getting scarce.
RAvENNA, Aug. 20.-There is consid-
cradle talk of boil worms in this section.
Green apples are selling in our numer-
Gus orchards at sixty cents per bushel.
DUBLIN, Aug. 22.-There have been
about twenty bales of cotton brought i'll
so far this season and sold at good prices.
Most of the surrounding country has been
blessed with fine rains during the last few
days, which will prove of great benefit TO
the cotton crop.
CLAUDE, Aug. 22.-This county has
been visited by frequent showers of late
and the prairies look like one immense
lawn as the grass is short around town.
The prairies look rs if they were covered
with bright Young Bermuda grass. There
is considerable building going on and the
country is settling up quite rapidly.
Crops of all kinds are in excellent con-
dition. The watermelons grown here
are equal to any grown in the state.
w lid grapes are now ripe and numerous
parties go out daily to get them for pre-
serving purposes; they are also quite
palatable. Wild plums are also quite
numerous rs well as cherries. These
fruits grow along the streams.
SUNSET, Aug. 22.-This section of
country has been blessed with good rains
again this week, which insures fine
crop OF cotton. Picking has already
commenced, and several bales have been
brought here to-day, making in all ten
bales received to date. We need good
active cotton buyer here, as our mer-
chants are generally so busy selling goods
in the fall season that they cannot give
the cotton business the attention 1t ought
10 have. We expect there W II be some
where abou. 5000 bales marketed here
this season.
TERRELL, Aug. 22.-Several bales OF
cotton were sold on the street to-day,
aud it is expected that business will open
in good earnest by the lst of September.
Terrell will probably receive 20 900 bales
of local cotton.
Mt. CALM, Aug. 20.-This part of the
country is very dry and needs rain badly.
Cotton picking has commenced with
full force in most every field and several
bales have been marketed here. The re-
ceipts to-day were seven bales, which
were sold to merchants at 1917 cents per
pound cash.
CLARENDON, Aug 21.-The first crop
of wheat ever sown in Donley county
threshed out nineteen bushels (measured)
to the acre, two miles south of Claren-
don, on the 18th inst. Very heavy rains
have been falling throughout tine Pam
handle during the last few days.
DAINGERFIELD, Aug 22.-We received
two new bales of cotton to-day, the first
of this season. One was raised in this
county and one in Cass county, and both
sold for eleven cents. The dry weather
is still holding on, and cotton is opening
rapidly.
QUANAH, Aug. 21.-A heavy rain fell
here last night thoroughly soaking the
ground to the depth of several inches,
and there are good indications of heavy
rainfall Tonight. All trains on the Fort
Worth and Denver railway from the
north ar delayed twelve hours by wash
outs. The storm has effectually broken
up the drouth of the past two months
and farmers are making preparations to
start their plows aud put in their fall
crops.
BRowNwooD, Aug. 22,-Fine rains tell
ast nj ght and again to-day.