Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-20

| thirty to forty bushels to acre: acreage
| about the same as last season.
Nueces county.-Cotton condition not IA
| vorable in some spots. but the acreage
! about double that of last season, and tax
ing the good with the bad, average will be
| between one-third to one-half bale to the
| acre. Corn crop not very favorable. In
| creased acreage about % per cent over last
| year. Yield estimated fifteen bushels to
the acre. Cotton is being gathered here
| at 81 and 40 cents per 100 pounds, caused by
| heavy influx of labor from river counties.
| Pamela county-Condition of cotton good,
stalk well developed, fruiting SATISFACTORY
| " and plenty of moisture in the ground.
Yield estimated at fully one-half bale TO the
| acre. Increased acreage over last year
about 100 per cent. Corn. condition good.
| Fully matured Ears well filed Seventy
! five per cent increase over last year, and av-
| erage yield about twenty 10 twenty-five
! bushels. Dat crop fair, harvested in good
| condition. Yield about eighteen TO twenty
| bushels. Increased acreage about 10 per
cent over last year. General crop condi-
| tons much better than for the last several
| years
| Parker county.-Present condition of the
| cotton crop, better than for several years
| past, with an increased acreage; yield esti-
mated at one bale per acre. Corn crop fine;
| weld estimated at about A. bushels TO the
acre; acreage about the same as last sea-
y
| TO acre Altogether, crops in this county
| are much better than for several years
past.
| Potter county-No cotton planted in this
| county, and this IS practically the first crop
| for the county in the farming line. Corn
| is said TO have produced a fairly favorable
| crop: increased acreage about several hun
| bred per cent over last year; yield about 20
| bushels to the acre. Wheat fair: yield Ii
| bushels on an average: increased acreage
| very heavy over last season. Oats good;
| increased acreage ABOUT 1000 per cent;
| Weld about 30 bushels to acre. Last year
| there was but little farming done in this
| county. and the results OF this season have
! been very encouraging, and the wheat, but
| for the rust, would most probably have pro
| duced % bushels to the acre
| Raines COMMUNICATION prospects better
/ than for ten years past. Increased acreage
| about u per cent over last year Estimated
| yield yer acre three-fourthS bale. Corn
| made showing average yield about thirty
! bushels, and about 20 per cent increase in
! acreage. Wheat was but little sown: has
| been harvested and yield was good average,
| estimated at about twelve bushels to the
| acre. Dat crop good - per cent increase
! in acreage. Yield estimated at about forty
| five bushels to the acre. Crops in general
! in this county better than for many pre-
! vious years.
| Red River COMMUNICATION crop in good
! condition; 10 per cent increase IN acreage
! over last year. Yield estimated oue-half 10
| three-fourths bales % the acre. Corn crop
| above the average; - per cent increase in
! acreage over last season. Yield about
! thirty bushels per acre. Dat crop good; 10
| per cent increase in acreage over last sea-
! son. Average yield about thirty bushels
| to the acre. On the whole crops are better
| this season than since 1882.
Robertson COMMUNICATION not in good
| condition. owing to dry weather and some
! boll-vorms ana caterpillarS. Acreage COM
! pared with last year shows about 10 per
! cent increase. Yield estimated al perhaps
| one-third bale 10 the acre. Corn crop lit
! tie short. Acreage 10 per cent IL excess of
! last season. Estimated yield about fifteen
! bushels TO the acre.
| Rockwell COMMUNICATION in fine cOndi-
| ton. Estimated yield. three-fourthS bale
| TO the acre, and per cent increase in acre
! age over last year. Corn above the aver
! age, and about ten per cent increase in acre
| age over 1890 Estimated yield about forty
! bushels to the acre. Wheat crop threshed
| Acreage, about 30 per cent less than last
| season: yield, about fifteen bushels per
, acre. Oats threshed show good results.
! Increased acreage about thirty-three per
| cent. Yield estimated at about fifty bush
| els TO the acre. Cotton is little attended
| with worms on fiat land.
| Runnels COMMUNICATION crop is in good
| condition with an increased acreage over
| last season. Estimated Weld about one
| half bale TO the acre. Corn crop fair,
| 30 per cent. increase in acreage over last
| season. Estimated yield placed at twenty
| five bushels to the acre. Wheat crop har
| vested. Average yield about fifteen bush
| els. 50 per cent increase in acreage over
| last season. Dat crop harvested. Acreage
| about the same as last season. Yield
| about fifty bushels to the acre.
! RuSk county.-CondiLiOn of cotton good.
AGRA slCran GT TT1slt tod ~ .hO no
| last season. Yield 4 little over one-half
| bale 10 the acre. Corn crop in good aver
! age condition. Ten per cent. increase over
| last season. Yield estimated at twenty
bushels to the acre. Oats fair average
| Acreage about the same as last year
| Yield estimated at about twenty-five bush
els to the acre. Crop prospects in this
county are better than for some years past.
Sabine county.-The cotton crops on low
| lands in certain localities were damaged
by overtiOws in July. but are now looking
well and if no worms or late drouths visit.
will yield well. Acreage about same as
last year. From present indications one
half bale to the acre will be about the aver
age. Corn crop in good condition, about
the same as last season; average yield per
acre about twenty-five bushels. But little
oats planted this season, but on the whole
the weld was good. Crops in this section
bid fair to SurpaSS those OF the past twenty
years. The ribbon cane crop is most ex-
cellent and will exceed that of former years.
Prospect for fine mast and farmers will
not be forced to buy meat.
Scurry COMMUNICATION crop fair; acreage
about same as last year. Yield estimated
at one-fourth bale per acre. Corn crop
failure: yield about six bushels per acre;
acreage about One-half less than last year.
Wheat crop fair; yield about ten bushels to
acre on average.
Shackelford county. - Cotton in good
condition, with double the acreage of last
season and a promise of about one-half
bale to the acre. Corn good in localities,
and brings the average up to about fifteen
bushels TO the acre. Acreage same as 1890.
Wheat crop above the average, with 81 per
cent increase over last year. and yield esti-
mated at twenty to twenty-five bushels TO
the acre. Dat crop good in certain local.
ties; average yield from thirty to thirty
five bushels to the acre. Acreage about
the same as last season. Crops in this
county improving each year, and large
amount OF new land is being cultivated,
and the outlook is good.
Shelby COMMUNICATION prospects good.
Acreage about the same as last season.
Yield promises about three fourths of a
bale to the acre. Corn good, with yield
about twenty bushels TO the acre. Perhaps
little increase in acreage Corn and cot
ton both much better than at this time last
year. Present outlook favorable.
Smith county.-The cotton and small
grain crops are looked upon as better this
season than for several years past, and the
same can be said of the fruit crop. Farms