Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-08
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

The cotton crop is immense, says the
Farmersville Times and the present force
in Collin will be unable to gather the
crop before bad weather sets III. Cotton
pickers can make big wages and their
board in East Collin for the next two
months.
Cotton is much better in HAYS county
than was expected. 1t will make half
a bale to the acre, AMI is nearly gil
gathered.
Hundreds of acres of land has been
turned over since tine fall rains set III,
and the wheat land of next year is esti-
mattel by the Vernon Guard at between
l25 GOO and $50 600 acres.
The cotton crop OF Montague is turning
out much better than was anticipated by
the farmers of that county.
More cotton has been baled at the
different gins i'll Cooke county than ever
known before to date. Cotton will
average half q bale TO the acre, and
pickers are in great demand Ut seventy
i've cents hundred.
Armstrong is the banner wheat county
according 10 age in the Panhandle, says
the Armstrong County Record. The
first wheat crop of any size ever hnr-
vested in the county was harvested this
year and yielded from twelve to sixteen
bushels per acre OF good clean, plump
wheat.
The prospect for top crop in the vi
ciuity OF Arlington, Tarrnnt county, Is
growing better every day. The worms
which caused some uneasines4 when they
first made their am enrance are doing no
n he
is no severe frost for few weeks there
will be pretty good top crop.
Cotton is about half gathered in Bur
net county and will average nearly hall
bale to the acre, The gins are hard
pushed.
WICHITA FALLS, Oct. 1.-THE Pam
handle continues to have an abundance
of rainfall, n heavy rniu falling contin-
uously from Sunday morning until Nom
day night.
KAUFMAN. Oct. Ga great deal of
cotton is being soil in Kaufman this
season. AS an evidence of the fact that
kaufman merchants pay more for cotton
than any other town in this or adjoining
counties, there will be from 1000 TO 1900
bales of cotton sold here from territory
that never sold cotton here before. A
large amount of trade is coming 10 knuf-
man from Van Zandt county. The
beautiful weather for the past few days
was broken 10y heavy rain yesterday.
There is great demand for cotton pick
ers, and good prices are paid.
BAIRD, Oct. 7.-When the sun rose
this morning the whole land was covered
with the heaviest dew that was ever seen
in this county. The sun has not been
seen since Saturday, during which time
one of the heaviest rains OF the season
has fallen. but cotton has not ceased
coming 10 market.
GAINESVILLE. Oct. Ga very heavy
rain fell here yesterday, lasting several
hours. II Is raining to-day and cotton
picking cannot 20 on.
TERRELL, Oct. THE sun shines
brightly to-day, but the mud is deep,
following the heavy rams. 1t is. how
ever, interesting to see the streets filled
with cotton wagons and buyers trudging
through the mud to sample cotton.
Farmers aTe rustling for cotton pickers.
They nre badly needed at this time owing
TO the rapid opening of the cotton.
JEFFERSON, Oct. THE river is ris-
ing rapidly, and cotton on the low lands
will be considerably damaged.
NEVADA, Oct. 6.-Heavy rain fell here
yesterday and is continuing TO-DAY with
no evidence of fairing up. Cotton rails
ers are respondent. Up TO date 1000
bales of cotton have been marketed and
shipped from this place. MIR. r. n.
Jones, our gin man here, reports to have
ginned 500 bales this season.
RICHARDSON, Oct. Ga light rain has
been falling here for the past twelve
hours. The cotton crop is turning out to
be much larger than was first expected.
HICo, Oct. 6 Cotton is coming in at
the rate of 200 bales per day. Crops
much better than first expected. though
it will fall short of last years. The
weather until the past few days has been
favorable for picking, but it has raned
almost continuously since yesterday.
Our two gins have turned out about 1900
bales. Cotton pickers are in good de-
mand. The pecan crop is better than
for years.
PALESTINE, Oct. 6.-We were visited
with u heavy rainfall to-day which. from
reports, appears to be general through
out the county.