Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

the huest sHlail gram touut'V'
'.norn. Those who have tried raising
no-, this year, besides cane, milo maize
end vegetables report perfect success.
ybaut sowing is still going on in Bay
,,,. couuty q; lively rate. That sown
t saf,rnber and October Is up aud look
Ing fine.
T., show what he soil here will yield
-,-n properly cultivated, says the Cor
n.s CHr!su Caller. we will state that a
rcd man in 1888 raised six bushels of
r,.,atcp. from one seed planted the same
r-ar. H. planted in January one Irish
,,,to ana In June he dug Kerosene
cq- full Of potatoes which he planted III
o.i.hrr, and Christmas week he dug
,h.fr aud gathered over five bushels.
w- Tom heinu, who lives four miles
frg,p town where he IS engaged tillng
Is.o,l. raised last spring on two acres
q, ,-rnun! that he had MANFRED. over
- roo rounds of onions. which he SOLD
+, three cents Il pound, marketing them
in tu-E an in June. One month later
rs,ogK of the same ground over FIVE
ton. Of buffalo grass.
The corn crop IN Hunt and Fannin
c,.utfe. was light, but Notwithstanding
,-- heavy boil worm ravages in the
,rrIar. the cotton crop is nearly sufficient
~ cogEter-l aianre the deficit IN the corn
,rap Cotton pIckers are in steudy de-
mard from seveuty-fiv cents to eighty
f.. cents per hunIred.
The range is fine in Williamson county.
m. stock will go into the winter in ex-
c-.leut condition.
The crops are about all gathered In
I5.rs county, and many Of the farmers
b.v. already commenced turning the
rroaad tor next year's crop.
saturday morning, says the Champion,
s.. .lay county, Mr.. All Bridges of Bell
.a5l brought TO this office and presented
u. with Il sweet potato that weighed
seven and half pounds. Mr.. Bridges
gathered 200 bushels off of half an acre
Of aud.
Hor. wheat was shipped this veal;
tgsn any previous week this season says
rf,. SEYMOUR sun. :. Edwards averaged
,arar cars per day and the next week
r-am;s4z far TO tar exceed this, rs the
farmers are getting through seeding and
are uow hauling their crop TO market.
Some very fine rice has been raised
MA year Ia Liberty county, enough TO
DEMONSTRATE the Value OF that country
for that crop.
There j. Z biz rush on the pecan crop,
sGrs the Decatur Post. and It is very
gaal in sons places. Some people
hive quit packing cotton and gone 10
gathering prcunS, as they can make
more money NJ it.
crops are nearly all gathered in Hop
klns county. Corn yielded fairly and
cotton was much better than was eX-
pectpi. The cane crop was excellent.
The crops ere nearly al housed in
Gou7nles county. Com Is light on ac-
count Of too much rain in the spring.
Cotton Is better than first expected.
II IS simply astonishing, SAYS the Sey-
naur sun, the amount of wheat that is
being marketed in Seymour from the
COlllirs ui BaviOr, Knox, Thruckmor-
ton AMI Haskell coutleS. From one to-
three ears OF wheat ure going out now,
have been tor several weeks aud VIII
probably continue for some time, as We
lrnru on investigation that there is n
great deal Of good wheat IN the country
SGT 60 ne marketed
a very large crop of cotton will lie
gr,herr! this yPnr in Red river county,
and corn enough for local demand.
Mr. W. W. rutherford, who lives on
iarm creek, has th!s season picked,
bm.s,f, Fix bales of cotton aud gathered
3jf bushels OF corn, AID was in town
Tuesday. snys the Strpensville Empire.
Il combining tecpuee the rain forbale his
es.hrrug 7eyeHtv-Hve bushels more OF
roTU Monday. Mr. Rutherford says his
crop would hnve paid .or his 10 arres,
"hrh he bought IN the summer of 1888.
u lis place tins year nus paid about $1,000
Clear rront.
The prrWn crop contiguous 20 the Cuero
murnrt IS no, Ms good as in former
yeAi'. 'nvs Tho ar. owing. no doubt,
to 'ae practice OF gath-rers "thrnSh-
~ the trees. which not only Injuries
4 '"r growth, hut lessons the quantity Of
iF"lugt. Ia some parts of the state the
crop l- exceptionally large. especially
sa.r- The trees lave in former years
been Protected, while in others it is
A.rlt las it Is in this county. The mas:
''E.Id.
The rain In Lipscnmb county was
l"- .-i. y large crop CT wheat il looked
!'' .eAt year. Some of the wheat aud
j Ee.s Just coming up.
The Young wheat in Runnels colnty
ea' ue-u greatly benefited by the recent
s tar rains.
Wheat sowing has been the order of
u" day for six weeks or more in Chli-
+'r'' o-anty, and the acreage sown Will
H sFN'ale that OF last year.
t-.raett Courier: J. J. Brooks SAYS
Dc ." 81 rn.e Of cotton to the acre on
I.'F shady SOL win the Hurlong variety
ot.ggl.
'ay county wheat is showing mp in
'.s coalition. he acreage will be
~'A..ei Tor next year
~" caue ami syrup Yield of Houston
county THIS season will be enormous, all
@a-' considered
81 Mr.. j. .. Lee of the Brown county
~ "."2 company urges the farmers TO
GOV AT1riy 10 wheat this tall: 81 de-
are '' call your attention 10 The manifest
-1n"re Z sowing large area of
'7". l".- year. As you well know, the
ICE wheat ROW is 81 per bushel all
WV 'A.s state. with no prospect of de-
'".A-, and inasmuch as the stocks of
4 '"i'ri states, rs well rs those of :he
-.' "o'!i. are lower than ever known
.''e, i - impossible that prices should
4a}I Thug but high for two or three
''' 20 come, even though we have
''''7s Of very large crops.
Denton. Eny - Tina continual