Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-02

thirty-five miles west, per road to-day. and
finds to-day's rain extended throughout this
entire scope. Crops were never, better
Corn is especially forward, but cotton back
ward and some grass. Fruit, peaches,
pears, grapes and plums promise an extra
ordinary yield.l
QUANAH, HARDEMAN COUNTY, June Is
Charles Goldberg of this city shipped this
week a trainload of wheat. consisting of
fifteen cars, fourteen cars to go to New Or
leans for export to Europe and one car to
st. Louis. Each car was labeled with a
large banner reading: This car of wheat
shipped by Charles Goldberg from Quanah
Hardeman county, Tex. crop of 1891. :"
This train will attract great attention as it
will be the first trainload shipped from this
section and will be big advertisement for
Quanah.
Sanger, Denton county.-The wheat
threshing is finely progressing in this sec
ton. The yield is about twenty-one bushels
per acre. Wilson Bros. & Partlow bought,
this week, $500 bushels of wheat at 20 cents,
eight cars of which they shipped to St
Louis and New Orleans.
BRowNwooD, BROWN COUNTY, June 81.
Wheat and oats are all cut, and produced
a fine yield as well as sample. Farmers
are busy threshing. Cotton is doing well
Henderson, Rusk county.-Tomatoes are
The amount for shipment this season, how
ever, will be small, as the crop was mostly
killed. BountiIul rains have fallen
universally throughout the county, and an
abundant corn crop is assured: of cotton
the result remains to be seen The crop is
clean and some blooms are making their
appearance, and it is in better shape TO
stand the extremes than for many years
Oats have been reaped and showed much
better turnout than usual
Decatur, Wise county-Local rains have
been falling in this county during the past
week and growing crops have been greatly
benefited. The indications are now that
we will have better yield of corn and cot
ton than for several years. The wheat and
oat crops have been harvested and the yield
was very heavy.
Vernon, Wilbarger county.-It is thought
now that Wilbarger county's wheat crop
yielding at least five bushels per acre better
than anticipated. Thousands of bushels
have been marketed, the price averaging 20
cents per buShel. A fine rain fell Friday.
Ii insures a large corn crop, AMI melons and
vegetables of all kinds are benefited. YER
non has no less than ten wheat buyers. The
whole of Foard county'S big crop, and a
large portion of Greer county's crop is be-
ing marketed.
25.-Wheat and oats are fine this year.
CARRoILTON, DALLAS COUNTY, TEX, June
22.-Wheat threshing has been temporarily
suspended in consequence Of rain last Sun
day night. So far the yield is from twenty
five TO thirty bushels per acre. The oat
crop Is the best for many years. Corn and
cotton have suffered some for rain.
y good many Hunt county farmers report
that their cotton is beginning to bloom.
Crops in Irion county are looking splendid
and the farmers are in good spirits over tie
prospects.
Wheat and oats are coming in market
pretty lively at Sherman. The grain IS
fine and the yield large.
The Pamela Waterman says: Mrs. W.
c. Grey brought us a radish that is twelve
inches in length and fourteen inches in cir
conference and was raised on land twenty
five years under cultivation.