Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-18
Crops are good. A good rain fell south
and west Of Willis yesterday, and the

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Pilot Point. Denton County-Harvest is
| progressing well. Crops are doing well
corn is silking and tasseling. Peaches are
! becoming quite plentiful, and are Of very
, fine quality.
CLEBrRNE, JOHNSON COUNTY, June A.
The city Of Cleburne and the surrounding
county for radius Of about six miles, is
very much in need of rain. The remaining
portion OF the county has had plenty Of rain
and crops are looking splendid.
VERNON, WILBARGER COUNTY, June IA
New oats are now on the market at 40 cents
per bushel. Eight loads came in from
Talmage. McHughs' threshing machine
begins threshing wheat tomorrow.
GRAND PRAIRIE, DALLAS COUNTY, June
4.-Quite refreshing shower fell a few
days since and crops are now in fine condi-
ton. Prospect for good all-round crop
this season Is at present quite fattering.
Harvesting of small grain and hay is pro-
crossing finely and all farmers are quite
busy.
HAROLD, WILBARGER COUNTY, June 12.-
After the storm OF last week, which, by the
way has heen greatly exaggerated, there
has come a beautiful calm which has lasted
for the past ten days, giving our farmers
ample time to harvest their wheat. The
crop here will double last year, and from
heads which l have inspected it will sample
as pretty as any wheat ever raised in
Texas. Some heads from the Beaver creek
country, eight miles below here are fully
six inches in length. The oat crop will be
good, though the straw is short it seems to
be half heads. Threshing will begin here
about June %, and we will then be prepared
to furnish the state with the finest milling
wheat. Panhandle wheat and Panhandle
oats have come to be a very much desired
article by millers and feed dealers in the
nct - h. t,.Ns,, E,,lT -
letters inquiring for samples and quotations
Of the coming crop.
Hillsboro, Hill County-Farmers are
anxiously looking for rain. Corn is need
ing it, though can do without it ten days
longer and not suffer. Cotton is fine; oats
and wheat are being harvested.
NEVADA, COLLIN COUNTY, June 12.-The
wheat and oat crops now being harvested
here are very fine. Corn and cotton are
very promising. Some adjacent communi-
ties have lately had ample showers, while
others are yet considerably dry.
WICHITA FALLS, WICHITA COUNTY, June
R.-The first new wheat of the season sold
on our streets yesterday at 20 cents per
bushel, The Wichita Valley mill and ele-
vator company being the purchasers.
WOLFE CITT, HUNT COUNTY, June H.
Last night about S o'clock one of the
heaviest rains of the season began to fall,
and for two hours it fell in torrents. The
wind blew very hard but no damage was
done as far as we can learn, only the blow
ing down of oats and corn, which will
straighten in a few days. Wheat is all
harvested, and what little there is it is the
finest that has been raised here for years.
Corn is very fine, and large acreage has
been planted Cotton is very fine and in
fine condition, in fact we have the best
fo,, 8 ,,, \, =,
so far.
CLAIMING, HARTLEY COUNTY, TEX,
June "A good rain fell here yesterday,
and another to-day. 1t has been raining
nearly every day for the past ten days, the
result being that the ground is thoroughly
soaked. The wheat in Hartley county is
looking splendid and good harvest is
expected. There is no longer any doubt
that this county is one of the finest wheat
raising countries in America.
Leonard, Fannin county.-Since the fine
rains of last week farmers report all crops
in excellent shape and promising large
yield.
Brookston, Lamar county.-Corn and cot
ton crops are in splendid condition, and
farmers are well up with their work.
There is still about fifty bales of last years
cotton crop in the hands of farmers of this
who have been holding it on
account of low prices.
Glen Rose, Somervell county.-Crops of |
BATS and wheat are being harvested rapidly !
md promise fine yield. Some portions of |
he county need rain. Still, crops never |
promised better.
Iowa PARK, WICHITA COUNTY, June TO- |
Wheat cutting is now well advanced, and |
he threshers are steaming up to go into the !
ields to shell out the golden grain. DR..
Hill will perhaps thresh the first wheat in |
he county on Friday of this week.
Vernon, Wilbarger county.-Sheriff J. T. |
Cann has threshed and marketed his oat |
,rop He had $500 bushels from forty acres
md received so cents per bushel. He made
IN even 5000 clear. They were volunteer
'ats and the first marketed. This is dn ar
sument in favor of sowing oats in the fall.
n Mondays Dallas News the Vernon cor
espondent says that ''what promised to be
he finest prospects for crops are being
'radually dispelled. The continuous wet
weather. and cold waves are do
ng considerable damage" The above
S not true, and l will venture
he assertion that the correspondent cannot
ind single farmer who will substantiate
his statement, which is liable to mislead
utsiders. The exact contrary of this
orted better than at first antici-
ated; no reports to the contrary.
! few acres of wheat in the north part of
he county were destroyed by hail, some
vas overflowed by the Pease river, but the
rhole damage is not worth mentioning
he late rains and the cold snap have not
INJURED the crop one iota. Even the corn
rop, of which little was expected, never
)oked better than now, and if the hot
7inds do not catch it will make big crop.
hundreds of binders were seen at work
Gaping the golden grain last Sabbath. The
laiority will say that the farmers are
lst.fied in saving their crops. 1t
now estimated that the Wilbarger wheat
rop alone will not fall short of 1000, 900
uShels.
Hamilton, Hamilton County.-Crops are
'oking fine. Both wheat and oats are very
God. We have had plenty of rain.
HOLLAND, BELL COUNTY, June ia
baking rain fell here yesterday evening,
ling the bitches and small streams. The
lrmers are jubilant over the bright pros
ect OF an abundant crop. Oats are being !
arvested; yield reported good.
Baird Callahan County. The farmers are
aking rapid Roadway in threshing their
heat, and the yield is far beyond any
,asonable expectation
Decatur, Wise County-The farmers in
lis county are busily engaged in harvest
g their wheat crop, which is heavier this
JASON than for several years past. Corn is
so doing well and will soon be made, and
i'll require but little more rain to insure a
,avy crop. Cotton is rather small for this
'ason of the year, but is growing very
st and the outlook is indeed encouraging.