Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-18
TEXAS IN TYPE.
CROPS AND WEATHER.

-.,,,,1 dry weather IS not healthy TO
I~s-,-,ying crops, but cool, wet weather
Nd be much worse.
w. cunningham, whose farm is about
" -riras south OF Comanche, expects TO
'ss ls 1900 bushels of wheat this year.
% ,o-bing happens to the fruit crop,
Il rom the present prospects, the De-
;2ts17 inning factory will have to run
-, .,rr. night and day to take care Of it.
iii standing there is IN abundance
- h the cribs of some farmers in
o. The county, yet this did not prevent
IN. pr nj! company from purchasing
.ls ,...--.aiyfrg 500 bushels Of shelled corn
9r,a. hausas.
''2r- ...,-nent Of wheat TO the Galveston
IA hoes to the Fort Worth packery
Il E-rsas should cause our farmers TO
.- = r.5re wheat and more hogs. They
ls.'SS ~. fcara an overproductiOn Of these
As '- OF life.-IComanche Elk
-r.-- Is cotton seed enough wasted IN
,.s...r- county every year to run an OIL
~ least one month, while there IS
L. III produced and shipped away from
FL. rorDty 10 keep 4 mill going all the year.
wheat crop of Jones county is now
.i-r--5. The yield will be an average.
The fruit crop Of Jones county this year
- b. ..r short.
g.,on planting is the order of the day,
.-4.tarr " IN DC 4 heavy crop planted this
~s- bales OF cotton from Sulphur Bluff
- or ..n streets of sulphur Springs for
;.caa.s per Mound.
The corn. wheat. oats aud cotton crops
g-r -.gI county are III present II
-r.r.- condition.
T,.asrE. May 1L-Farmers are about
,.'-..-. work. Oats are short, wheat fine,
n-Iay. May IA good rain fell here
,, MINT. which viii be of great benefit
o. .r5.- uf all kinds. While nothing was
~. 44r., Tor rain, yet the time had come
'r-.r.ald be utilized by growing vege-
non 10 a fine purpose. Wheat ana oats
-. hath very promising in this county,
~, .rre Weld Of wheat being now Il
,..r;..at. and without some disaster oats
,.rba Is good IS the wheat Corn and
--.fs7 are both backward, but in good
l.r7.tion and growing very well. Upon the
,T.et4r outlook for crops in this section
.-arg catering and the farmers and bust
MS, men al iu good spirits.
TAYLOR. May IA splendid rain NJ . a
mi and lam. Corn never better and cot
aagJJd stand
Bru-. May I've had fine rain last
...t'.-a crops are doing rs well as posi-
h.. AID farmers are Joyous. Our seasons
-5tar have been nearly parallel to those of
H. when We made tremendous crops Of
e,cry,h.gE.
NryMpyiLIE. May 16.-The late rains
1--we hega general throughout this section,
which u-- TIE range and crops III fine con-
l.0u.
TIaErIL, May 1.-THE fruit crops will
.errhpr short The trees are not full and
ggn.t cold weather has caused 4 great deal
a. fruit 60 drop from the trees. Crops are
ssyIeea.ug rain.
BAIRD May 1G.-Some farmers have a.
ready begun 10 reap their wheat, and the
prospect, are most ttattering.
MIDLAND, May 16-Heavy rains have
,llen over the entire country and continue.
ClAv-0v. May lj.-Weather fine. Crop
TyOi Farmers up with their work.
FLOYD. May lG-Crop prospects are fine,
Ol- needing rain. rs cotton has not come up
'sa GOOD stand on account of dry weather.
C.aaylr,E. May 15-On May 10 the
l-.9l Baptist church. the Oldest in Dallas
r.u4ry. celebrated her forty-ffth ami
'tf-4y. Tie church was profuScly deco
r.ted with wreathcS and notices. Professor
Franz Bryan and wife, of Wiley, and Pro
t-ssUr Butler Of CarrOllton. led the music,
both yocA and instrumental. The attend
--ca was large. Rev. Thomas ScruggS of
lAaS, delivered an able address. followed
J., tey J. II. Myers. recounting the trials
1ffh5 Oid pioneers Of early days.