Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29
7tyAs CROPS AND WEATHER.


F@!I.o ,,ag- land and preparing for the
81 crop on record.
w Quantities of wheat are being
Laf-5 rom Miami by the farmers of the
Paaiiaut!s
u -le..r,,yiug the good weather in sowing
tfeir crops
',--.,,v. WILBARGER COUNTY, TEX, Oct.
r.. frst bale of cotton ever ginned in
-. county was ginned here yester-
W. lines K Cobb. The cotton is of a
ca lua,ity and was raised by G. w.
m Beaver creek. 1t is estimated
- U;.tmrger county will produce this
r-e- .ul o4-e5.
.,r,.a.s !. Lubbock county.-There is be-
ems derab.e wheat sowed in this
" aud the ground is in fine condition,
=. -. ~, had fine rains lately.
,.,aey. Shackelford county.-Cotton is
..rr.rs .u rapidly.
n. plain Floyd county-Wheat SOW
.-f... order Of the day. Parties from
ir5.Ns4l.lr haze been here buying seed
y7i:ea-
rtar: IS said TO be great abundance of
~ ald wild grapes this fall in Fannin
55sly.
.75. .;.roa crop in Smith county is esti-
,---,sl ID, Ne 40 per cent better than last
year
zion be.ug gathered i'll that county this
a. is tIe largest for years.
g-,. Weld If cotton on the line of Ellis
.-5 Iut"sOn counties IS reported to be
INCH greater than was expected, and many
,.-.r-, Oh the farms are behind with their
WORK.
In Eac0sSOches county the chinquepin
cron is abundant. There have been several
.rI5-s. The nights are cool and the days
warn.
Farmers in Collin county are sowing
largely creased acreage in wheat.
What sowing is going on raIiily n Hale
coialE
Al Ncrkel the weather continues dry and
r5,. aud the farmers are still putting IN
wheat The acreage IN Taylor county next
YER VII! be doubled.
A5aa, {. .nmerce there has been some
whea; sown. but want Of rain is keeping
usa- of the farmers from sowing.
In D5uley county the grass is said to be
r1aI AID lie wheat better
CI4Aers in Dallas county are compelled
to have al the water they use hauled.
REPORTS from the Panhandle are that the
uoo.
i week or two of fair weather and the
caaou crop in Kaufman county will be
ho!sej.
Foard county farmers are busy sowing
vlras and the acreage IS being largely IN
creased at this sowing.
some Of the wheat fields of Hunt county
this ear produced from thirty to thirty
1e asts n
weighing from siXty-two to slXty-tive
pounds - the bushel.
The watermelon crop of La Sale county
is sji 8 being marketed.
Ia Castro county the farmers are still
ploEiag and sowing wheat.
Farmers in Wise county are wanting rain
TO SOW wheat,
F. Corn IS selling in Luling at 80 cents a
bI-lrl. ana there is good crop throughout
the county.
Armstrong county farmers are sowing
from sixty to LOG acres of wheat, and it is
Sad that prospects are good for a heavy
crop
TIE pc an crop of Wichita county is es-
timGtri 70 be the largest ever known in
thai part of the state.
Colin county is threatened with water
famine, should the rain be withheld ten
days onger.
Nearly all the farmers in Howard county
are reported to be sowing wheat, and the
prospect for small grain is SAID to be excel
lent
In Hall county fifteen bushels OF corn
have H-en made on sol land that was only
5r-5c. and planted.
Farmers in Runnels county are still SOW
Ing w.aat.
Iur :aI crop of Irish potates in Wichita
county Is sad TO he very fine, in some fields
the lelj Will reach 100 bushels TO the acre.
Thor BELL COUNTY, Oct. 26.-There
haze been over two thousand bales of cot
ION bought here this season, and there will
be more marketed here this year than last,
bur She reason IS not that we have as good
average crop-but increase of acreage and
ho So much sold in other markets as last
y-at The prices are so low that great
many who can will hold for better mar
"r' We are having very fine dry weather
t'r picking. and if the good weather will
t3-t FIR Two weeks the principal part will
haze been gathered, though the continued
cTwu-I $ making stock water very scarce.
H4r'ton. Hamilton COMMUNICATION is
l.t .1g plJ better than was expected few
""sa- tgo. People who do not know about
4rAaS sol. would scarcely believe that such
- - We have gathered this fall could
De rrsiUced if they were informed that we
La' uot Add i general soaking rain since
..'a, 1880, but yet such is the case. The
branches here have not been knee deep in
"..'~ since that date, but well-water is
S." sufficiently plentiful In our town of
iN5 Inhabitants there are at least 100 wells
tNf - not exhausted While this is the
raaa, and as this is almost the principal
gH1r.rl III the state for the wooI-growing
Industry, although they have mostly plenty
o. water. still they may have to call on
irn Of tie raiu-makers before next sum