Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-27
Corn in moderate condition. Acreage shout

good about all threShed. Increase IN acre
age over 1890 about 20 per cent; average
yield ABOUT twenty-five bushels per acre.
Dat crop good; all garnered. Acreage
about p per cent over 1880. Yield about
forty bushels TO acre,
Collin COunty.-COtton prospects good.
Average about the same as last year. Esti-
mated yield from one-hIlf 70 three-quarters
Of q bale per acre. Some little report Of
worms. Corn in good condition; acreage
about the same as last year. Yield esti-
ulatcd at from thirty TO fifty bushels per
acre. Wheat good: yield fifteen to twenty
bushels to the acre. Acreage about the
same as 1920. Oats good; acreage about
the same IS 1890. Yield thirty 10 forty
bushels. Made better oats and wheat this
year than last and prospects for cotton are
good for large crop
Colorado COMMUNICATION condition about
the same as last year this time. Increased
acreage about 5 per cent. Estimated yield
about one-fourth bale to the acre. Corn
better than last year with increased acre
age OF Is per cent. estimated yield twenty
FIVE bushels TO the acre. Very little oats
Sowu IL this county.
Comal county.-CottOn good. Acreage
about the same as in 1870. Yield estimated
al one-half bale to the acre. Corn made.
Yield good, about thirtv-five bushels to the
acre with increase Of twenty per cent acre
aye Wheat crop ordinary. Very little
planted-Iess than last year. Yield about
twelve bushels. Oats good. Increased
acreage was 30 per cent. Yield about forty
bushels. Crops generally better than for
several years past.
Concho count Cotton crop good. Acre
age about double that of last wear. Yield
estimated at about one-half bale per acre.
The small-grain crop this year is good. Lit
tie over average.
Coryen county.-Cotton average condi-
a. . "A
over last year. Estimated yield about
one-third bale per acre, and
little below that of former years
the same having declined within the
last ten or twelve years. Damaged to some
extent by boil worm and cool nights. Corn
good average Acreage about the same as
1890 and Weld about twenty-five bushels
Increase in acreage. Average yield esti-
mated at about twenty bushels per acre.
Dat crop good and 10 per cent increase in
acreage. Average yield near fifty bushels.
Dewitt COMMUNICATION a little short.
Estimated Weld n little over one-half bale
to the acre. Corn made. Yield good, TWEEN
ty-fye bushels to the acre. Increased
acreage. about % per cent. Corn crop is
good. Prospects very fair for cotton, but
the drouyh came little early and cut it
somewhat short.
Dlmmit county.-Cottou needs rain in
some places, and is quoted Us about one
third Of what should be an average crop,
but last year there WIS no cotton planted IN
this county Estimated Weld per acre, one
fifth bale. Corn crop in fair condition, part
Of i cut up as fodder, and in some local.
ties mad 4 good yield. The estimated yield
a an average on al planted, placed ut
about ten bushels to the acre. Acreage
tbs wear about double of ildt OF 1880
Drou'h commenced early, with occasional
are hardly up With the average.
Denton cOunty.-Co' ton crop never bet
ter; acreage about 50 per cent more than
last wear; estimated yield. three-iour.hs of
Il bale per acre Corn, present condition
good: acreage about the same as last year;
estimated weld per acre, 10 bushels. " heat
crop hest ever known; estimated yield, -
Bushels per acre. Dat crop good, though
acreage Il little less than last year; eStl-
mated yield per acre, 70 bushels. On the
whole. better crops this season than ever
known in This county.
Donley cOuuty-Present condition of
corr crop excellent; increased acreage,
about 2p0 per cent; yield per acre estl-
mated ut about 20 or % bushels. Wheat
crop, good average; estimated yield, about
- bushels per acre, with increased acreage
about 200 per cent. Dat crop fine; in
creased acreage over last year. over 800 per
cent; estimated yield per acre, over 20
bushels This county is just beginning to
settle up. UIyc had i fine season this
year, and all conditions are much more
favor; Die han in the past.
DlVal CONTRADICTION crop short in the
yield, but acreage more than double that of
last year Estimated yield per acre,
scarcely One-third of 4 bale. Corn poor.
Acreage about tho same as last year.
Yield ten to twelve bushels per acre.
Owing to Il drought unprecedented in this
county, the crops have been very poor and
cattle and horses will suffer severely for a
lack of grasses and water. Sheep and
goats doing better as they do not require
much.
Eastland county.-Pre3cnt condition of
the cotton crop very good, and increased
acreage of about % peY cent. over last year.
Estimated weld one-half bale TO the acre.
Corn crop fair, increased acreage of Is 10
~ per cent. over last year. Yield placed 1T
fifteen to eighteen bushels per acre.
Present condition of the wheat crop fine.
About all gathered and the yield is eSti-
mated at from twenty-three to twenty-five
bushels per acre. Acreage about the same
as last year. Oat crop harvested shows Il
yield Of about fifty bushels per acre, with
about 20 per cent. increase over last year.
Cotton IS about two weeks late but is fav-
CRADLE and 1t is thought this county will
raise about twenty-thousand bales this sea-
son.
ELLIS COUNTY.
Cotton quoted in fair average condition.
Some appearance of boil worm. Acreage
this year about ID per cent greater than last.
Estimates of yield range all the way from
oue-hdlf to one bale per acre. Corn crop
good. Yield estimated at twenty-five to
thirty bushels per acre, with increased
acreage OF 10 10 10 per cent. Wheat in good
shape. not very much sown. Yield per
acre estimated from fifteen to seventeen
bushels. Dat crop good. Yield placed ut
about forty bushels to the acre. Acreage
about the same As in 1880.
ERATH COUNTY.
Cotton crop in good condition. Increased
acreage this year about Il per cent. Aver
aye about One-half bale to the acre. Corn
crop good aveGige. Acreage about the
same as 1890. Yield about twenty bushels
on an average.
Falls county.-Cotton prospects not quite
so favorable on account of worms Acreage
about the same as last season. Yield eSti-
mated one-third bale to acre. Corn crop be-
low the average. estimated yield being if
teen bushels to the acre. Increased acre
age. 10 per cent over last season. Oats,
good average, but a decrease of acreage of
about 80 per cent from last year. ESti-
mated yield about thirty bushels. Crops
in this county hardly SO favorable as in
former seasons.
Fannin county.-Cotton crop never had
better prospects 4 few boil worms re-
ported. Acreage this year 20 per cent greater
than last. Yield average about three
fOurths bale per acre in most of the county.
Corn crop fine. Increased acreage about Is
fifty bushels per acre. Wheat crop gath
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