Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-01
CROP REPORT.
Agricultural Departments Report Tor
February-Average for Texas.
Conditions by CountIfs-Dsmage by Insee~
Greatest in Arkansas and Texes'
The Outlook Favorable. :.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-The crop |
report for February, issued by che agri- |
cultural department, gives the state
average for Texas as go; Arkansas 80.
The report says:
The proportion of seed sold to oil
mills has been found difficult to est1-
mate, but it is apparently not much
over 25 per cent. of the crop, possibly
between 9OO, 200 aud .OO0, Zoo tons. The
largest proportion reported is in Louis
lana, followed by Georgia, Arkansas,
Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and the
Carolinas. The average state prices as
consolidated are: The Carolinas anu
Georgia, eighteen cents per busheI, Ten
uessee, seventeen; Florida, sixteen; Ala
bama and Mississippi, fifteen; Louisiana
fourteen; Texas and Arkansas, thirteen.
The damage by insects was greatest III
Arkansas and Texas, In Florida, Ala
bama. Mississippi, Tennessee and North
Carolina it was general, but less severe.
Georgia and South Carolina suffered
lesa. The loss from the bollworm was IN
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas
greater than that from the caterpillar.
The aspects aud conditions Of the crop
history for Texas and Arkansas are given
as follows by counties, from various cor
respondents:
Mius-No caterpillar; bollworm did
some damage. Taylor-A favorable
picking season; quality was good, color
was nice; comparatively free from trash
Worms were noticeable, but less than Tor
seyeral wears previously. WeDb-Was
Dlanted here for the first time last year;
the little grown is very good; acreage
will be increased. Williamson-When
the season opened cotton seed brought
fifteen cents yer bushel, cash, delivered
at the depot, the latter part of the sea-
son: ten cents was the ruling price.
Comanche-Most of the seed is sold to
sheepmeu of another county; some
times it brings twenty cents per
busbel. Johnson-The weather has been
favorable for preparing land for next
crop, and farmers are pretty well up
with their work. Observation-Disclosures
did good rather than damage; by eating
off the leaves the Gun was permitted to
reach the bolls more freely. Milan
Not for thirty-oue years has there been
SO warm Il winter; great destruction by
insects is unprecedented the coming season.
Washington-The present crop will be
little short, but the quality is good.
MISUNDERSTANDING season was 40 faVor-
able that a good crop was saved, though
other conditions were unfavorable.
Denton-The boil worm continued to
damage crop till frost came, and many
of the moths are hidden about in trash
In the fields. Jones-Increase of quality
in proportion to increase Of acreage; no
complaint OF caterpillar or boil worm.
San Saba-There will be at least double
the amount of land put in
cotton this year, compared with
last Ieon-The loss by cat
erpiIlar would have been very heavy but
80 for the successful use of London purple.
u Montgomery-Bales are estimated at ITO,
not that the crop was as good or equal to
that or 1888, but owing to Increased acre
age. The gathering was not hurried ,
consequently the staple and classification
were better. This year s acreage will be
in excess Of last Years. Tyler-Less
COTTON raised than tSn years ago. The
county is full Of sawmills, and there Is q
market for almost anything the farmer
can raise A few farmers think they can
not live il they 90 not make some cotton
and every man who plants it sinks
money. Brazoria-Unusually bad cotton
season; first too dry, then too wet; after
wards too dry again. Collin-The
planter gets about ten cents per bushel
Coleman-Better in yield, length OF
staple and freedom from trash than that
formerly raised. The price given fol
seed item cents) is what is paid at the
gins. 1t is used for feeding stock and
for planting the coming season. hood
Crop is 30 per cent. better than for
years. Very little of our cotton thirds IT.
self. The toll seed only was sold to oil
mills. Farmers use their seed for cattle
in winter and spring. Austin
Acreage was much larger than in 1888,
but more than the increase was aban-
doned in June and July, owing to con-
tinuos rains from June 10 to July 20,
CIay-The caterpillar did not appear till
about one week before frost. McCuiloch-
We are too remote from the oil mills tc
ship, and home demand Tor stock
feed is too great to ALLOW ship
ping TO pay. Mason-Cotton seed
here is only used for feed for mllct
COWS. San Augustine-AOout 10 pei
cent. OF the crop was gathered previous
to any heavy rains, therefore was quite
free from dust, but was a little trashy
from the cuttings and droppings Of the
caterpillar. Bexar-The market fol
cotton seed opened at So per ton and
closed at So. Shelby-Seed is worth
10 cents per bushel for fertilizers.
Observation-Disclosures the crop suffered
severely from caterpillar and boil worm
yet we have already shipped the larges
amount ever raised here. viii shiI
nearly &C, 600 bales. Cause of increased
acreage, failure OF wheat and want o.
wheat seed. Waller-Cotton opened III
with fisttering price, up to eleven cents
This stimulated the picker, but in few
weeks down it went. Upper portion o
county finished picking early in Noyem.
ber-low in December. The crop wa
well handled by the former. Cameron
There are but two cotton gins in this sec
ton, which mostly gin ali raised here
but some is sent 10y steamer to Galveston
or New Orleans. The per cent. retained
is for replanting. Nueces-Cotton cul
ture is a comparatively new enterpris
here. We bid fair to rival any portion
of the South in quality of staple, etc
Morris-BoIl worms unusually injurious
Damage is 90 per cent. from August
prospec:. Buyers say cottoT
would have graded 100, bn
for stain from boil worms, N
said, ND trash. Jefferson--We had sew
eIal sets of caterpilars, but by sprlnk
ling Paris green broadcast-about on