Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-09
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

but cotton is splendid.
Excellent rains have fallen In Trinity
county, and If the cotton worm does moi
injure the crop the yield Will be heavy.
The Waco News of the 9th said: The
rain yesterday evening was a welcome
visitor, and If it extended all over the
county it will make thousands of dollar:
for the farmers. The prospect for cot
ton is more than ordinarily good. The
crop is In better condition than it was last
year, that is, there will be greater
yield, caused perhaps by the increase in
area, but some think the yield per acre
will be larger than last year. Some
Localities have suffered from the excess
i've heat, but in most places in this coun-
ty the cotton continued TO grow, and
nearly all of it retained all it put on
and now the showers and cool nights are
giving new life, bat not second growth
With good cotton crops, such as are
promised in that section, Henderson +,
Rusk county, will probably ship 10 900
bales this season.
Plenty Of rain and good crop prospects
is the report from Montague county.
The acreage planted in cotton in Wise
county is much greater than ever before.
The plant Is looking well and the truitase
with the rains will be great.
Good rains have visited Nacogdoches
county, and now an abundant cotton
crop is almost assured.
The Denison Herald saws: The weather
is excellent, the cotton crop never better
in thirty years, and money is easy.
In Lamar county corn is not good, but
cotton promises we'll.
The cotton yield of the Red river
country will be above an average. Corn
is fine along the river lands.
A tremendous cotton crop is expected
from appearances in the section around
Greenville, Hunt county.
Crop prospects in Hood county are
promising.
Good rains have fallen in Bosque
county and heavy crop of cotton is
assured.
Corn in some parts of the Newburg
section, Comanche county, will yield
forty bushels to the acre. Cotton is
fine.
county but is fruitng very fast. Copious
rains have fallen aud corn is good.
Crops of all kinds in Kaufman county
are fine and cotton Is especially heavy.
An abundance of hay is being put up
throughout Rockwell county for ship
ment and home consumption. One steam
press alone is turning out 500 bales per
day.
The Weatherford Constitution says:
Good rains have fallen on Springtown on
the north, eircling around west, south
west, south and southeast. All around
copious, glorious showers, doing a vast
amount of good TO crops and cattle. On
this immediate vicinity light refresh
ing showers.
MANGUM, Aug. 5.-A nice rain fell at
Mangum last night. 1t begun rainipg
just at dark and rained slowly aud
steadily all night and is of great benefit
to farmers. While it is too late for corn
it will make sorghum and mIllet grow
nicely, Our corn crops are very short,
only the early fields are making corn
and few neighborhoods in the county,
where showers of rain came earlier.
Wheat is about all threshed aud good
crop was made.
CHICO, Aug. Things are very dry
this section, it not having rained
to amount to anything since the 9TH day
of June. The corn crop will not average
more than from ten to twelve bushels per
acre. Cotton Is also seriously damaged
and will be almost an entire failure if no
rain comes soon.
SAN AUGUSTINE, Aug. 6.-SplendId
rains have fallen over all our county,
and the crop prospect is simply splendid.
TYLER, Aug. IA good rain fell here
this afternoon.
CoMANcHE, Aug. 5.-The drouth Is
broken. A fine ram fell here this even
ing, which is worth to Comanohe county,
If general, half a million dollars. The
cotton crop is assured.
RICHARDSON, aug. Ga good rain
fell here this evening. It came too late
10 do the corn crop any good, but will
benefit the cotton very much.
HOLLAND, Aug. IA good rain fell
here yesterday evening, which will do
late cotton great deal of good. S. B.
Fulton brought in the first bale of cotton
this season and sold it for eleven and a
quarter cents. In addition a donation
Of S47 was given him.
Bolton, Aug. Good rains have
fallen in nearly all parts of the county
within the last few days and the crop
are better than they have been
Tor several years.
FLOYD, Aug. THE weather still re-
mains dry. The cotton crop is doing
iplendidlv Lots of it is falling down with
POLLS. There are no worms. The gen.
'ral talk now with the farmers Is where
will we get people enough TO pick 1t out.
They will have to come from some
where, as there is not enough people |
lere to pick it in twelve months if it
makes as 1t looks now. Corn is about an |
Iverage crop in this immediate neigh |
but short in the county.
BARTLETT, Aug. bartlett received |
Ter first bale yesterday. II sold for III |
ents per pound, which together with |
he premium Melted Mr.. Chick, the pro-
ucer, Sl08.
A fine rain fell here yesterday and
armers are happy.
EDDY, Aug. lit has been two |
months to-day since we had rain to do |
nv good, and cotton is suffering. The /
ield is estimated all the way from one
fth 10 one-half bale per acre.
PECos, Aug. THE farmers of Reeves !
ounty think they have much to /
e thankful for as they read of the