Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-28
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

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MIR. William Styles, an Ellis county
farmer, threshed 1881 bushels of wheat
from eighty acres.
The-Van Alstyne News says Capt. G. L.
Burke made twenty-seven and oEe-thlrd
bushels of wheat per acre.
Rain is needed in some sections of Titus
county.
The plum crop of Caldwell county is very
large.
A fine shower fell at A1varado, Johnson
county, which was of great benefit to the
corn crop.
Good rains were reported all over Kauf-
man county the first of the week and crops
are in good condition.
The wheat crop of Comanche county is
turning out as well as was expected, aver
aging from Twenty-Five to twenty-eight
bushels per acre.
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, June 90
Weather clear and warm. Crops are all
dong well. Wheat cutting has begun, and
the yield will be far better than was ex-
pected: wheat that was thought to have
been ruined by the hail came out and will
make from ten to twenty bushels per acre.
ABILENE, TAYLOR COUNTY, June 26.-The
first wheat ever shipped out of the great
Abilene country left here to-day, being ship
ped by D. LotSpeitch 81 Co. to an Eastern
firm, through the Abilene national bank OF
this place. This wheat is production
over the amount required for home con-
sumption by the home mills, and is also an
evidence of the bouDtiful harvest now in
progress, as well as an evidence of the re-
markable growth of our country, and the
increased acreage over former seasons.
ALEDo, PARKER COUNTY, June 26.-Our
station agent on the Texas and Pacific road
has had his hands full for the last few days.
\ hfa,,a Ja1
with cattle. hay and wheat, and our streets
are crowded with wagons hauling the last
named products for shipment. Mr.. Henri
Clogensen is baling and shipping hay to the
pineries, having contracts which will en-
ploy him the whole summer. +. M. Watson
and Judge A. J. Hood are loading cars for
Dallas, and several others intend to ship
next week, if the market continues as good
as it now is. The wheat in this neighbor-
hood will grade No. 2, and is now quoted at
- cents, free on board, at which rates TO-,
900 bushels can be bought.
HAMILTON, HAMILTON COUNTY, June "a
On last Saturday and monday over half of
this (Hamilton county, had good rains.
Cotton is doing well yet. Where the late
rains fell corn VIII be good. Where the
rains have failed to fall corn will make
something like fifteen or twenty bushels to
the acre.
MINERAL WELLS, PALo PINTO COUNTY,
June ga fine rain fell south and east of
US yesterday evening, which insures the
corn crop Of that section. The oats have
been gathered and the crop is perfectly i'm
mense. Crops of all kinds were never half
so good, and the farmers are all jubilant.
The crops of Dallas county are very fine.
Everything seems to work together for the
best. Farmers have, as general thing,
kept their crops in fine fix, and the rain
came just right and at the right time.
CARRoLLToN, DALLAS COUNTY, June "a
The F'yke Bros. have just finished thrash
ing forty-siX acres OF wheat. 1t made some
thing over twenty-eight bushels to the acre.
William Myers will to-day finish thrashing
5000 bushels of wheat.
JAcKsBoRo, JACK COUNTY, June 25.-The
Jacksboro roller mill is receiving new
wheat daily, and of excellent quality.
Jack county has 4 fine wheat yield, the best
for years. Rain is much needed around
the town, but portions of the county have
had good rains. Early fruit is on the ma
ket
Quanah, Hardeman county.-The average
yield of wheat per acre in Hardeman county
this year is estimated at twenty-five BUSH
els. Some crops have run as high as thir
ty-five, but the general average will reach
that stated above.
JOSHUA, JOHNSON COUNTY. June ga
nice rain fell here this afternoon, which
was welcomed by all Corn is already cut
short, but some corn will yet be made. Cot
ton has never suffered and is doing we'll
HOLLAND, BELL COUNTY, June 25-R H
Verners, who lives three miles from here,
has just finished harvesting and threshing
eighteen acres of wheat that yielded thirty
five bushels per acre. Mr.. Mays
wheat yield is but little below that of
Mr.. Verners'. This is equal tc the yield
of the best wheat districts of the North
n npb bnlSfa0
county of Wichita The yield of oats is
about GO bushels per acre. Corn and cot
ton crops are very good.
DENTON, DENTON COUNTY, June 25.-The
farmers are bringing large quantities of
new wheat here to market now, which is
being bought by our two mills and other
local grain buyers, and is bringing IS cents
per bushel. The average yield as far rs
thrashed has been over twenty bushels per
acre, and the quality is first-class.
SALADo, BELL COUNTY, June 27-Cotton
is doing well and is generally clean. The
farmers are up with their work. They have
not had their crops in such fix for several
years. The millet crop is fine and is now
being harvested which will aud largely to
tbs stock feed next winter.
Overton, Rusk County.-Splendid rains
have visited US, and a good corn crop is as
Sured.
BECKvILLE, PANoLA COUNTY. June 90
For the past month rains have fallen all
about u.s. but in an extended strip of about
six miles wide north and south, in which
this village lies, no rain had blessed the
parched ground until slight shower on
Sunday last. Since then rain has come
down abundantly, saving the corn-whlch
will be full crop-and bringing out the
cotton so that no fears are now entertained
regarding an abundant crop of each. Cotton
is greatly increased in acreage over last
year; both corn and cotton being 20 per
cent. greater, and with the present pros
poets fulfilled there will be at least 80 per
cent greater yield.
GRAHAM, Young COUNTY, June 25.-As to
crops, the county is not uniform on corn,
some parts needing rain, while the ground
in other parts has been DOGGY in the last
few days. Cotton prospects are good every
where. There are plenty of peaches in the
market at about 81. % per bushel; wild goose
plums are 81. For an all-round crop-gar-
den, fruit and alive have hardly ever
done better.
Troy, Bell county-Some of the farmers
are bringing in cotton blooms and young
bolls. New oats are brought into the mar
ket, now selling at 50 cents per bushel
f. o. b.
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