Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-27

yield twenty bushels TO the acre. Acreage
about same as last season Oats gathered
showed q yield OF about twenty bushels.
Acreage about the same as last year.
Upshur county.-Cotton crop better than
for several years past. Acreage about the
same as last season. Yield estimated about
one bale per acre. Corn crop good, acreage
Yield estimated at from twenty TO twenty
five bushels. Fruit in fine shape, and alto
gether crops in this county are better than
they have been for five years.
Cvalde COunty-Cotton crop in good con-
dition. Increased acreage about p per
cent over that of last year Yield esti
mated at three-1uarters OF q bale 10 one
bale per acre. Corn crop made, but owing
TO dry weather in June and July was cut
short some. Increased acreage about 20
per cent over last year. Average yield
about twenty-five bushels TO the acre. Oats
harvested. Acreage about 80 per cent in
crease over last season. Yield about forty
five bushels TO the acre.
Val Verde county-Cottou crop n good
condition. Acreage about the same As last
season. Estimated yield about threequar-
tiers of a bale TO the acre. Corn crop good;
acreage was about the same rs last year.
Yield about forty bushels 10 the acre. Oat
crop showed a WELD of about fifty bushels
per acre. Acreage about the same as last
season.
Van Zandt county-Cotton condition IA
voraole, and with prospect Of ono-half bale
to acre. Increased acreage about II per
cent over last Year. Corn fair. Yield
about thirty bushels per acre. Acreage
about same is last season. Wheat crop
good. Increase in acreage. Average yield
fifteen bushels 70 acre. Oar crop fair
average. Yield between thirty and forty
bushels per acre. Acreage about same rs
1'sai- no.
eral crops are better his year than last.
Victoria county.-Cot-ou cropiu excellent
condition. Increased acreage over last sea-
son about IL ner cent. Estimated yield
about fve-ei-h-hS Of bale 10 the acre.
Corn fair. Increase in acreage over inst
season about 10 per cent. Yield placed a,
from twenty TO twenty-five bushels per
acre. General crops al around average up
better than last season.
Washington couuty.-Gottou crop below
the average. Not IN very good cordiuCn
Acreage about 10 per cent over last sea
son. Corn good. with al increase il acre
age. Yield placed al thirty bushels % the
acre Very litt.e oats raised in this county
While the cotton IS not so favorable this
year as last, the corn crop is much better.
Webb cOuuty.-Cotton culture IS a recent
venture in this county. Last wear was the
first season thai any cotton was planted -
this county. The acreage this year was
about 100 per cent. over last year Yield
estimated at from Cne-thlrd 10 one half
bale 10 the acre. Corn crop has been gath
cred and the results show about oue-hLlt
of an ordinary Yield. This IS not strictly
an agricultural county. and coru has been
about the only grain planted here for years,
and this is the second season on cotton.
Wharton COMMUNICATIONS crop IS in good
condition and acreage about the same this
season as last. Present condition OF corn
crop good. Yield about thirty bushels TO
the acre and acreage about the same is last
season. Very little oats raised in this
county. No wheat. Crops cultivated are
in as good condition rs for several years
past.
Wichita county-Cotton in good condi-
tion and acreage increased about 20 per
cent over last season. Estimated yield
about one-haf bale 10 the acre. Corn good
with double the acreage of last season.
Average about thirty bushels to the acre.
Wheat harvested and being delivered.
Acreage this year about 200 per cent
greater than last. Average yield about
twenty bushels 10 the acre Oats fair;
yield about thilty-tiye bushels. Acreage
about 100 per cent increase over last year.
Crop prospects almost equal 10 1883, whIcht
WAS the most prosperous crop year ever
known in this county.
Williamson COMMUNICATION crop cut
some by drouth. Acreage about the same,
as last season. Yield about oue-fUurth bale
10 the acre. Part Of tie county has got~
crops, but they We're poor il other locali
ties. Corn, condition fair average. Yield
about thirty bushels to the acre. Wheat
harvested. Average yield about twenty
bushels. Oats harvested; average yield
about forty bushels.
Wilson couaty.-COttOn crop injured some
by drouth. Acreage about 20 per cent morc
than 1890. With late fall and prospects for
cotton would be more favorable; as it stands
now, the average would appear TO be about
fifth bale to the acre. Corn injured by
dry weather, and yield average about ten
or twelve bushels. Acreage same as 1890.
Wise cOuuty.-COttOn in good condition
and Il much larger acreage than last season.
Estimated yield from One-third TO one-half
bale per acre. Corn crop extra good IN
some portions Of the county, but the aver
age IS better than for some years past. Es-
timated yield from about thirty to thirty
five bushels to the acre all round. Wheat
in fine shape. Yield estimated ut about
twenty bushels with considerable increase
in acreage. Dat crop good. Acreage
larger than last season. Yield from fOrtr
to fifty bushels. Crops on the whole are
much better than for several years past
Wood county-Cotton in fine condition.
Increased acreage over last year about 10
per cent. Yield estimated from one-haif
Acreage 10 TO IL per cent over last year
Estimated yield per acre twenty 10 twenty
five bushels. Comparatively u small amount
OF wheat grown in this county, but the crop
resulted in a fair yield, averaging from
twelve TO fifteen bushels. Dat crop very
good average. Acreage about the same as
last year. Yield from thirty to thirty-fve
bushels. All around crops are in much bet
ter shape than they have been for the past
live years.
Young county-Cotton crop gener-
ally in good condition. Have had
abundant rains, aud the prospects
are for an average for one-half bale TO the
acre. A few boil worms reported. In
creased acreage over last season about sc
per cent. Corn mstured in good shape
Acreage about the same Us last season, and
estimated yield about thirty bushels to the
acre. Wheat threshed and showed fine
yield, estimated at about twenty to twenty
two bushels to the acre. Increased acreage
about 33 per cent. Oats good and threshed.
Yield about thirty-five bushels to the acre,
and acreage about the same as last year.
On the whole, crops are better this year
than for several years past.
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