Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-11
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

r.~~a, Weld than has ever been known in
h. central plains.
The bright sunshine and pleasant
-a.-lrr. after the abundant rains which
-s.s-r.. fell in Eastland county. is causing
,,r...'.8u Of every kind to grow with 4
5g-t.cguicK time movement. An abund-
~. raca- crop is assured tie oat crop is
..,,. being harvested. and the prospects are
..t#i for an abundant yield of cotton
8.
p..r. shipments from Tyler are grow
H., IrEar and larger every day, and they
r~aai good money.
4. farmers of Grayson county agree
.i.--..a outlook for crops is better than
q .r. period during the past twenty
- ..ars The corn crop is assured,
-f..-l Indications are all favorable for
Iu-'.
tsa-e- Harvesting is now going on in
Z blast and the largest yield by far ever
,r:r 4 ia this entire section is reported.
49,. 4r~fcrd-Reports from all over the
.a... .rn that crops of all kinds were
80. better a. this season. wheat harvest
:-,..- begun in earnest and the crop is
r.-srLL HASKELL COUNTY, June l.
T.... we're made glad today by an excel
--r r. he first for two weeks. Consid-
r-... nal. Tell but no serious damage was
IN. .a ggJwiug crops.
r... park-The farmers are all busy cut
-a s...' Il is predicted that the yield
.4.l.- arl not be quite so good as two
....- .-u. when an average of nearly
,.-.r. live bushels was reached. but the
.r. al least five times as much as
e.. coats promises fair crop. and corn
... De better At this season. Nege-
ar. abundant. and the fruit crop
f-.l-s- argr returns. Owing to the fail
i.rr. .,.- cotton pichcrS last fall, the cot
ior acreage this year is not as great as last.
l.nr.I,w The oat crop here is very fine
irt... a.ru perhaps an increased acreage
ofiup-r cent, which vii! be great boon TO
-r-- portion Of the country, as not enough
c.u g- raised last wear to feed through
i.-,t..r year. Rain is needed on corn and
,-'..
Obs. etrawberry season of Cooke county
ra.r.-.E. but Is followed by iewberries and
b..aY.rfln5 Of which the crop is very
il.
q .n-e quantity Of prairie hay will be
Saved Hood county this year.
Oh, wheat aud oats crops of johnson
ru.'" ar.. said 10 be better than for years,
t..-.. -Ie acreage IS small.
T grape crop of Caldwell county viii
s.r 10, ready for market and the yield will
b. Hl-ul..l large.
N1erh- .Jrton crop Is much too young
iur.ga % fair estimate of the probable
t.a % leading farmer of this section stated
.-r Saturday that he had been farming
irr. fur fifteen years, and during that time
H. ia5 never seen such uniform prospects
ira heavy crop. One more rain. he stated,
rya- al that WAS needed 10 make the corn,
arE'an crop WAS all that could be asked.
- IaIug Signal
Considerable wheat has been harvested
IT. Dra.eur. lAIS week. and the reports from
me crop are very encouraging.
The reports from various sections of this
county give the corn crop a fiattering pros
jn.'. The Oat crop viii soon be
ready for harvest
The wheat harvest of Collin county has
begun Farmers have been busy the past
w-.E buying Irvine and other necessarieS
;rae,- r"ap5ng machines.
Ih".u crop of RuSk county is simply
FIVE Cotton IS beautiful.
The cotton crop of Bastrop county
prom ro be large about McDade
A-lnta berry hunting is the order of
t1r usy uow III Merkel. Every day there
a.' several. parties out gathering this
sneai.i fruit.
The early fruit crop of Morris county is
good p..ms, apples and small fruits are
T.T.a.n-.
Crops in Williamson county are looking
We. oats are being harvested, the acreage
S. s'nW. hut the yield is heavy, Corn is in
tnev1aaitiou and promises a large yield.
Tile wheat crop of Kaufman county is
fHap-g immense ~ to yield.
Tie hay crop of HAYS county will be
'tr 'ms year. Hays county furnishes i'm
!elas Quantities Of hay in ordinary sea
S1r a,0 tins Is al unusually favorable
'rar for the hay industry.
The prospect for an oat crop in Hill
county better than ii has been for wears.
N"H>a~f"r occurring the yield bids fair TO
jill from fifty up to one hundred bushels |
ler Cotton hoeing is in advance of |
-i-' Years work and from present indica-
lows % -ooU crop of that product is prom !
Harvest is progressing very nicely in |
johnson county, and before manyS days the |
.."- wheat and oat crop raised in this |
S.''Nu for several years will be safe in the |
r4Hr.,s
"H-" .rops in Hill county are not partic- |
needing rain, still it is getting quite |
and GOOD rain would be welcome.
TIE rain Thursday evening was timely, |
:. .-"l-l sot Is copiouS as the farmers |
ID r. .ng and needed, viii be of inestimable |
I'll 'a Washington county.
l.",up prospects in Houston county are |
N..'e- ,aan they have been at this time of |
%" ar Tor several yearS-even in the hail !
N'..u district, where everything was |
,. ..l over. They are in good condition.
a stand Of cotton IS even better than |
'.'..e ,ae bail, and is now being chopped. |
N4ermrlons are already quite plentiful
H. lFn.- Christi.
'-'- in Concho county are turning yellow
a.. .oNa is growing al i rapid rale. From
4. NfIs u he watermelon crop this season
W.. be- immense.
I.. wheat crop of Grayson county. now
a-.'.. ready for the reaper is very fine
q. v nruriScs good Yield. Corn looks fine
a. b" cotton crop, the largest in acreage
H.E painted in Grayson county, IS doing
D. ~ berries are quite plentiful, and it is
81. 'al' he blackberry crop, which is al
'r. r!gr Will be the largest for years.
l.r corn crop is the finest we have ever
N... H tumanche county this time of the
'r.' Many corntieids are tasseling out
a. 81. very few weeks we will have roast
H. ears. - DeLeon Free Press
TIE ropS in the Brownwood country are
tN n.' The grain Is now being har-
N'r,sa aGd IS tirst-clasS.
~"rEEwATER. NOLAN COUNTY, June C.
N'.'- " al kinds are splendid in this sec
." ~ country and the acreage of corn and
=, fully 100 per cent greater than last
=" and looks equally that much better
'.-. las, wear.
! .fT,U, ERATH COUNTY, June "a good
r lei here yesterday. Farmers were
t'..ag uneasy, as this section suffered SO