Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-25
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

Farmers around Grapevine, Tarrant
county, report the cotton doing well but
corn needs rain.
Volunteer oats are on the market at Yer
non and are selling at 40 cents per bushel
The fruit crop of Erath county is very
satisfactory this season.
1t is thought the corn crop of Jones county
will yield from thirty to fifty bushels per
acre.
4 large amount Of the cotton in Ellis
county is blooming A light rain fell Mon
day which greatly refreshed the crops.
Considerable new wheat has been on the
market at Waxahachie this week.
Grass in Lipscomb county is fine and
cattle are getting fat rapidly.
D. c. Ooley of Lipscomb county has a
arge acreage of millet which he thinks will
make three tons per acre
Jacksonville has been shipping from ten
10 twenty-five bushels of cucumbers daily.
The Alvord cafnery has packed about
three thousand bushels of beans this sea-
son besides large amount of peas and
peaches.
The prospects are good for bountiful
, .rop CT corn and cotton in johnson county.
The peach crop of Grayson county is sim
Z ply immense.
Some portions OF Jack county have had
inc rains during the past week but other
1ortions are needing rain.
Several refreshing showers have fallen
around Atlanta, Cass county, the past week.
A good rain fell at Canadian last Monday,
but it came near spelling the work on the
roads, which had just been finished.
The Alvin Sun says w. II. Miller of
Hitchcock sold $500 worth of strawberries
from an acre and half of ground this
season.
GRAHAM, YOUNG COUNTY, TEX, June 10.
All matured crops, such as wheat, oats
and early corn are fine, except that in some
fields the stand of oats was not good. Yes
;erday the first roasting ears, that is from
ield corn. were sold in the Graham market
A number of farmers plant part of their
,orn crop in an early variety that is smaller
han the late varieties, but about two weeks
earlier, and this year it is very fine, while
ate corn will need more rain. The Brazos
mas been swimming again this week. but
showers around Graham have been light
and weather favorable for finishing up the
pat harvest.
HUTcHINs, DALLAS COUNTY, June 21.-The
first car Of new oats was shipped from here
yesterday to Vicksburg, Miss. The yield
is fully satisfactory. The bees have evil
IDENTIFY done a thriving business this season
Tor sale recently.
MCKINNEY, COLLIN COUNTY, June o.
A heavy rain fell last night. An immense
crop is now assured.
HILIsBoRo, HILL COUNTY, Tex, June
22.-Hillsboro, in fact, all of Hill county, is
In smiles to-day. The cause of such pleasant
appearances was a soaking rain last night,
and to say that IL came Just at the right
lime does not express it, as it was the first
we have had in about seven weeks.
PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY. June 22-This
community was blessed with fine rain last
night. Farmers are in town to-day feeling
good over their fine prospects for corn.
LoNGvIEw, GREGG COUNTY, June ga
splendid rainfall occurred last night and
today, which was the salvation Of corn,
which had been drying up under the dry
winds Of the last few days.
WATERFRONT, PARKER COUNTY, June
22.-Mr j. L. Gofort, a prominent farmer
from the Bear Greek country, is in the city
and says wheat is turning out twenty-five
bushels to the acre.
VERNON, WILBARGER COUNTY. June o.
The first man to finish threshing his
new wheat in this county and report the
result is Mr.. j. w. Balsh, living On Turkey
creek, eight miles south of Vernon. He
had 100 acres, and it averaged eighteen
and one-half bushels per acre. He had
counted on twelve bushels per acre. The
buyers say the quality is excellent. Mr..
Balsh is hauling it to the elevator. No
less than one hundred threshers started to-