Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-22
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.


b.,-''H is corn crop made seventy bushels
70 the acre.
1r,a,e has been great deal more cotton
I'D IN this county the present season
,rgs at first supposed.-l Wichita
c1nrty Democrat,
a., hoard Mr. T. p. Rogers say the other
.bat he had sown fifty acres of wheat,
aa5 - ,nras Of which was up and looking
-, rTtrockmorton Times.
,,-,,S+ sowing has commenced, and there
~. cheat up Good rains have fallen
section recently, and the farmers are
u II ''' Sr.gl kim. their land Eoard County
Enterprise.
1,', NJ, lrqcSn loads The farmers evil
nave been making hay while the
shame Gainesville Hesperian.
,rl,. champion says Amarillo has had an
,---.-7r,4. %: rain the past two weeks. The
- 5 thoroughly soaked with water and
p bridges have been damaged or
ya5hec away.
O,,r farmers are taking advantage of the
s,g weather ana are sowing immense crops
neal. Mir. Steve Brown reports that
10 has about thirty acres of as line wheat
- h. ever saw mp on Netherlands farm
g veal, Mr. Mcfarland had wheat on the
mn and this has come up from seed that
e., -.fr On the ground when the wheat was
Eer-s,.t1i- Hartley County Citizen.
The Spriugtown Newsletter says Mr..
D. f.- mrs. a Parker county farmer, says
10 sold 81 worth OF apples from one
ire
There has been an abundance of rain
Throughout south Texas.
Farmers in the neighborhood Of Green
v--f-.f. ..u-..OIs TO get cotton pickerS, as
thagr.p is going 10 waste.
Hg.. cpunty had light frosts several
,rngr.,Tgs last week. Potato vines and low
.ra ,u..eu we're nipped, but no serious
harm Wis done.
.-.ers mas been light frost in Cooke
,,-.-v D4. tender vegetation is as yet IN
Iare-
IN Kerr county there has been ten-days
r... ~ .l- while it has interrupted cotton
' .-u..: Gas much needed for the stock.
6.He IRE suffering because Of short grass
a.5 8 sgiu' wafer supply.
TIE section Of couatry around Bonham is
srF.r.rs from 2 irOuth of liz days. Sev-
a. gins have shut down on account OF the
z.I,ulr of ...uer, and it is said that one
-s... a., wl'er now used is hauled six
ms
ia E5ue county rains during the past
e.. .ara enabled the farmers to put in a
.s--- ..-yaI crop. The wheat acreage will
b, sle4.-. Jh.g, any previous year.
g..as is Floyd county have been abund-
aa.- nd general
lac arrest cotton crop ever raised ia
C.rE--.gl-- s. IS not more than half gath
ere8 The crup has exceeded all eXpecta-
Ions and the farmers were never so busy
ia g--h ring II.
t'6alt county farmers are buSily engaged
iIp0wiUr and seeding aud the increased
a.rsaEa viii probably ne fully 25 per cent
Q. rAa. = LOST year
F.., county boasts of fine vegetables. A
pgmpstn weighing fiftyeight pounds and
sey.u..it-a -half-pound sweet potato are
samples If what can be raIS1j.
FIELDS u wheat in Hale county are green
s1c Er1W.1-.
Tie farmers in Kaufman county say they
-au -.~c actiye employment to five or six
huulrcd cotton pickerS.
Farmers in Collin county say they will
n..La bale Of cotton to the acre, against
-gigGrES OF Il bale last year.
Ta,ol mil at Bolton has received up to
dars .IoTr seed than during Jhe entire sea-
So. a-- Jar.
TIE rleat acreage in Dallas county this
gear j. sid " exceed hat OF any previous
Ea.s aud he farmers have more corn than
ne .lu crib
Intelligent Texas farmers say that wheat
eau Bestowed rs late Us the lst of December
Aaa q e = heavy yield.
F.rr-rs about Quanah are too busy plow-
In AND sowing wheat TO come TO town.
Among le vegetable marves of Somer-
-, q. .g'y are a beet weighing thirteen
sna luf pounds and q sweet potato of six
p0Uals
IUr -lprlt from Castro county is that the
g. rykpDt and lpDSInO
E.g i1u Also that ] number of farmers
nave -tvaG more or less wheat since the re-
CEr rains. aud others are getting ready to
sow.
TIE editor of the Silvertou Light is
boa-g5ll over i turnip raised i'll the vicin-
!E that IS seventeen ard three-fourth
la,tHs lu circumference and weighs three
aud one. naf pounds.
ALHtSY, SHARELFORn COUNTY, Oct. II
FGrar is coming IN in abundance and is be-
r. stored by the Albany milling company.
Tic capacity OF the mill has been increased
'o -reij extent, and 1t is turning out Z
hlr Grade Of -four. Cotton picking is pro
rr'ss'Is rapidly, and the crop watch was
tGulEE- 10 De cut short is turning out better
il,l expected.
iowa PACK, WICHITA COUNTY, Oct. IA
Tie Flowing for wheat has progressed
slowly Oh account of dry weather, but still
ECU bs3l OF wheat mas OGen SOWn, ana
some fields aye looking green.
Cotton picking is going on lively in Taylor
2el"'' and the weather keeps dry despite
l'gatr-makers.
.--.~ u the Brazos country are turning
OIL er.ldidly and the farmers are sowing
nere small grain than last year.
FL9YptDA, FLOYD COUNTY, Oct. TO-
Z 'tY rart Of Floyd county has been
S--ael with rain during the past ten days.
he -rornd is now in excellent condition
h susirg wheat. and farmers ure busily
e1E1eed n cropping their lands with this
cereal. There viii probably be ten acres
sow mere this year where there was one
Drayson county farmers find it difficult
"a Er' their cotton picked. and will raise
T'i. wheat than heretofore.
= : said that 1000 acres OF wheat will be
sow = Howard county this fall. The recent
I%.aS 80 that section have made the grass
gr'' rapidly.
lE bouley county it is said that there has
D. superabGndauce of rain.
stephens county the outlook for stock
is 1acThlt gloomy. as the wafer supply is
Scr auu 70 immediate prospect of rain.
A eCiton-stilk raised in Collin county has
IS . second crop $50 Dolls ana squares.
% E4rdeman county the fall clip of wool
is ''o-s all in. One firm last Thursday
"0ed two carloads. The ranchmen re-
t-t' plenty Of water and grass.
TIE corn crOp IN Angelina county is es-