Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-01
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.


The dry spell in Atnscosa county has
been broken by glorious rain. Crops
have revived.
With a good rain the cotton crop
around Waco promises an immense yield
The corn in Shelby will make an aver
age crop and the cotton TO date was
never excelled.
A fine shower of rain fell around
Brennan aud crops are assured.
! Hunt county will make big cotton
crop this year. Hay is good, but corn is
| spotted.
The fine prospects for a good crop of
cotton in Dewitt county are assured and
the farmers are getting in better humor.
Rain is needed somewhat in johnson
county, but crops are doing fairly well.
Corn in the section around Sherman is
much improved since the recent rams.
The cotton of Montague county will
make good crop, but corn is badly
damaged.
The crop prospects around San Angus
tine are very encouraging. Plenty is
promised.
Along the Brazos bottoms the cotton is
looking finely and rains have been plen-
tiful.
From the outlook in Madison county,
there will be a heavy yield of cotton.
Corn is light.
A fair crop OF cotton around Palestine
is an assured fact. With rains it will be
heavy.
GALVESTON, TEX, July 3l.-The
weekly weather and crop report of the
Texas state weather service was issued
this evening for the week ending July 81.
1t reports temperature, precipitation,
and crop condition throughout state as
follows: Temperature during past seven
days has averaged below normal for this
season. of year. The precipitation has
been below uomral. Cotton has con-
tinued to improve materially during the
week. Worms have appeared in some
localities, but they are being poisoned as
fast as they make their appearance.
NORTH TEXAS.
Dallas-Temperature maximum, 50;
minimum, IS; rain, .03.
Mesquite-Rain has improved corn
materially; rainfall, 67.
Graham-Most cotton suffering for
rain.
Decatur-Cotton suffering for rain.
WEST TEXAS.
Weatherford Temperature, maxi
mum, 81; minimum, rs; no rain.
Brady-Rain needed.
Epworth-Dry but crops not suffering.
Brownwood-Cotton is suffering for
rain. None has fallen since the 9th
inst.
SOUTHWEST TEXAS.
Cuero-TemDerature maximum, 50;
minimum, IA; no rain.
Luling-Temperatu maximum, SO;
minimum, 10; no rain.
San Antonio - Temperature, maxi
mum, "a; minimum, 20; rainfall, 81.
Austin-More rain is needed.
Duval-Cotton suffering for rain.
New Braunfels-More rain needed at
once.
Gallinas-Recent heavy rains have i'm
proved cotton and potatoes; rainfall,
2 SO.
Castroville-Crops fine, but more rain
needed rainfall, LOO.
CENTRAL TEXAS.
Waco-Temperature, maximum, Sc;
minimum, &C.; no ram.
Huntsville maximum,
90; minimum, 20; rainfall, LOO.
Belton-Temperature maximum, 50;
minimum, 90; no Talu.
Palestine-Crops doing we'll. Temper
AZURE, maximum, 80; minimum, 81; no
rain.
Painter-More rain needed.
College Station-Sufficient rain to i'm
but crops on upIands are suffering.
Temple-Cotton crop is the best since
1882.
Brenham-First bale of cotton mar
keted here on the 9th inst. Picking
will commence next week. Worms are
poisoned as fast as they appear. Tenn
perature, maximum, SO; minimum, II;
rainfall, So.
Round Rock-More rain is badly need
ed; rainfall, 40.
Corsicana - Cotton not suffering for
rain. Corn not doing so well. Tenn
perature, maximum, 90; minimum, 81
no rain.
COAST REGION.
Houston-Recent rains have been of
great benefit to crops of all kinds. More,
rain, however is needed. Temperature.
maximum, 81; minimum, &c; rain
fall, IS.
Corpus Classification and corn doing
well. Rainfall, SO, and we'll distributed.
Columbia Good rains have fallen
throughout the county during the past
week. Crops are doing well. Temporal
ture, maximum, 80; minimum, GO; rain
fall, 29.4.
EAST TEXAS.
Tyler-Temperature maximum, 90;
minimum, Sc; no rain.
Longview-Crops doing fairly well.
Rain is needed. Nights getting quite
cool. Temperature, maximum, 80;
minimum, 6S; no rain.
KossE, Tex. July 30.-Every body is
happy. A fine rain fell this afternoon,
which made the merchant smile and the
farmer rejoice.
BRYAN, TEX, July 30.-The first bale
of this years cotton was received to-day |
by Messrs. Saunders & Johnson, raised |
in the Brazos bottom by an enterprising
freedman by the name of Billie Macy. |
Sold for twelve and one-half cents.
TYLER, TEX, July 3O.-J. D. Ray
living five miles from the city, has sold |
off of three acres OF ground 1896 melons
for S2S1.50. The crop in this section is
very large one. and car after car is being |
shipped north and west -
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