Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-11
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

bftlHdU IldCl shower thursday
night.
R. a. Posey of Collin county, who has
been experimenting several years, says
timothy grass is a success in Texas.
The Concho Herald SAYS j. F. Cross has a
fine crop of milo maize which will average
100 bushels to the acre, It makes two
| crops year.
l. The Taylor TeXian reports an onion which
| measured sixteen and One-half inches III
| circumference and weighed one and three
| fourths pounds. II was raised by Mrs. j.
| H. Stephens
| The Nocona Western Argus says Mr.
! Gordon of Montague county brought in a
stalk of cotton which was planted June Il
| on sod land which was three feet high and
had 100 squares and bolls on it.
Taylor county had good shower Thurs
| day.
Camp county had a heavy rain last week.
| Considerable damage was done north OF
| Plittsburg by wind.
The Reagan Herald says the corn crop of
| Falls county is rather short but the cotton
| crop is unusually large.
The Seymour Sun-News says large
| quantities of wheat sold at that place last
week at from - to IS cents per bushel.
The Vernon Call says Col F. j. Waldron
has ten acres of wheat which made fifty
three bushels per acre. The balance of his
crop averaged over forty-four bushels per
acre. He thinks his cotton will make 4
bale per acre. j. NJ. Whites wheat crop of
800 acres made $500 bushels.
The Cuero Bulletin reports hail in that
section last Monday week. No damage was
done.
a great deal of blowing is being done in
Willbarger county preparatory to putting
in fall crops. The ground is in fine condi-
ton.
The Denison Herald says the people of
that section say the cotton of the Pottsboro
district will produce bale to the acre.
The cotton is perfect and no worms are re-
ported
San Saba county has had good rains the
past two weeks. and grass and stock are i'll
splendid condition.
The Corscana Light says: Col. w. J.
Gibbs brought in a peach which measured
ten inches in circumference.
Mr. B. F.. Jones gave US watermelon
last Saturday which weighed sixty
pounds Wise County Messenger.
Bellville's first bale of cotton came in on
the lst and was sold for 1926 cents per
pound.
Heavy rains in karnes county last week.
Cotton is doing well
The Corpus Christi Caller says Mr. Bal
GeSchilwiler has a fine lemon tree on which
about POO large seedlesS lemons are to be
seen. Numbers of orange trees laden with
fruit are growing on the bluff ThirtY-tive
carloads of melons have been shipped from
the Mackey ranch.
Eight bales of cotton were shipped..3over
the Arkansas Pass road Thursday Bee
vile Picayune.
j. p McCasland of Comanche has
threshed 10000 bushels of grain this season.
HILLsBORo, Hill COUNTY, Ten, Aug. $.
One of the finest rains of the season be-
gan here Saturday night, continued all day
Sunday, all night last night. and there are
prospects of an all-day shower to-day Hill
cOunty's first bale of cotton, of which an
account appeared in Sundays GAZETTE,
was sold to Rosenbaum Bros. for Sc. The
premium offered for same by merchants and
private citizens amounted to S52.
RHoME, WISE COUNTY, Aug 10.-The
dreaded cotton worm has made its appear
ance in this portion of the county. The
farmers, and in fact all business men too,
are fearful of the consequence.
TERRELL, KAUFMAN COUNTY, Aug. 10
Another bale of cotton was brought in to- |
day. raised by Mr. Keaney, about two
miles south of Terrell.
MCKINNEY, COLLIN COUNTY, Aug 10
Farmers report the boil worm as making !
its appearance. Not much damage done |
yet. Wheat thrashing about through
MIDLAND, MIDLAND, COUNTY. Aug 10 |
A light rain fell this afternoon.