Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
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TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

The first load of new corn was brought in
Terrell Friday by Mr.. Bob Strait Ii sold
at IL cents 4 bashel. Mr.. {. p. kearney
marketed the first bale OF cotton at Terrell
Monday. 1t weighed 4O5 pounds and netted
him S9465. y nice rain fell Sunday. The
grape crop is fine this year.-iTerrell
Register
Mr.. E. T. Wilson brought the first bale of
cotton to Cleburne last Thursday 1t sold
at ~ cents. and with the premium brought
Mr.. Wilson about $50.
Mr. J. A. Bailey of Hunt county had ten
acres of wheat which averaged 30 bushels
per acre Greenville Banner.
Mackey & Campbell are breaking d
twenty-acre tract and Will cultivate L win
ter crop consisting principally of Cabbages
and onions.
Capt Neal Caldwell of Kerr county
threshed tweuty-six and a half bushels Of
wheat per acre MIR. Stimson'S corn will
make from twenty-five 20 thirty bushels
half j bale TO the acre.
Fine rains fell at jefferson Sunday and
Monday
Jones and Smith up TO last Saturday had
threshed $1,000 bushels Of wheat in Haskell
and Bay l"r counties ~ Haskell Star
The second bale of cotton sold in Bolton
on the 10Th !, 10 cents per pound.
Corpus Christi received two bales OF cot
ton Monday, the first of the season.
One hundred and fifty boxes of peaches
We're received by the Pacific express COM
pany last Friday. This was the largest
shipment of the season. Corpus Christi
Gulf News.
\ heavy shower fell at Boevile Monday.
Several bales Of cotton were brought in
town and sold At way-up figures Beeville
PIcayune.
Lubbock county had two fine rains last
week. The heaviest rain of the season fell
Saturday. making plenty of water for
stock. Crops ana grass are in fine cOGdi-
tion. Many farmers Will make two crops
of sorghum this year.
A y. Coons is marketing 80 tons of hay
from his Lipan Flat pasture.
j. f Hitchcock of Faunin county raised
four Irish potatoes which weighed five and
one-half pounds.
The Enterprise says the first bale of cot
ton was brought 10 Cleburne on the Sth by
T. f. Wilson. II was sold at sam Strauss
at &c. y premium of about SO was made
up, maxim" the bale bring Mr. Wilson about
$50.
Most sections of Bosque county have
good corn crops and the cotton crop is ire
all over the county.
Forney. Kaufman county: Claude, Arm
strong county; Pilot Point. Denton county;
Waeder, Gonzales county; Floyd, Hunt
county; Santo, Palo Pinto county, and
Athens, Henderson county, report copious
rains and fine growing crops.
Duffau. Erath county, Goldthwaite,
Mills county, and New Boston, Bowie
county, report good rains and fine crops
ITALY, ELLIS COUNTY, Aug. l2-This
morning the first bale Of cotton for this
year was sold on the streets at 10 cents per
pound. The party also received $50 in
money as premium He was offered
cents per pound ana a SO suit of clothes in
Milford. but finding that he could do better
al this place he brought it here. The mer-
chants here made up $50 for premiums. and
the man bringing in the second bale will get
SIS. and the third will receive SO as pre-
MUM.
Chico, Wise county, and Eddy, McLennan
county, report good rains and crops
HUTCHINs. DALLAS COUNTY, Aug. ia
severe hail and wind storm passed through
about two miles south of this place last
evening. completely Kidding the cotton of
its leaves and bolls, leaving nothing but the
stalk 1t is not known at this writing how
much territory the storm extended over. A
fine rain fell which was not needed at pres
ent.
BIvINs. CAss COUNTY. Aug. Is, 1S91.-A
heavy rain fell here yesterday which puts
the land in fine order for sowing turnips
and will make potatoes, peas, etc, grow.
Corn is generally very good, and cotton is
doing splendidly.
BENJAMIN, KNOX COUNTY Aug. ID
The wheat crop in this county is turning
out from ten to thirty-five bushels, oats
froTN twenty-five TO seVenty-tye bushels,