Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-13
Reports from Seventy Five
Counties in Grain Belt.
GREAT INCREASE IN ACREAGE.
Ranging from Ons-Qgarter to Ten Thousand
Per Cent-PanhandIe Development.
Crops Almost Uniformly Reported 90 hs
i'll FlourishinS Condition ;hc sea-
son Late, but the Grains Are
All the Finer.

Per, embracing uueiy-SIA points IN tie
eAdS gram belt anu covering seNer,J-t.Fa
SoGUileS
Out OF the Sevaaty-fvc counties fourteen
Ltoi,o.- decrease IN d,iele'. ~ iLrre
4ouFlteE counties Two report decrease y
acreage IN two crops, VIZ, Denton and
nun counties decrease III " ho,', ana o'l~-
ooNt- rms l-AiupiSdS. Martin. i'"l arr and
H.uitrNt.' 'oun'lrN frPor, q decrease 81
49, acreage J. amin county reports a
NTS as ID corn ,, ''t'Id=,. N'I's7t.'
.; , i."1'o4'!, NNr'oS ana Scu'iH t'-"-
~! ~ tc!"lI Il decrease III "@'H "-'e,'.'.
ne "a ",' FS,.SlS Il. acreage ituI' ICON
10 " lSI cent ana average -'ou- -' ''E
Ont Of the seventy i've counties ci-hr IT,
port the SAME acreaye - last yc2r III one or
mort crops " THESE eiEhl counties '"o
ICpv'U inc same d' tS,isc III wv" crops -,
A''''Ia COUNTY ia neat di'u pdtH anu i'---'
''uH,N III corn .4hu cA's- ~ ne o'Hct N.A
Eooil'lt9 rciHfttA% 'ue s''i"t "'Ee'.-.e' .-tS''
IND ana henderson counties t"Poi- tu'
9'l''r WHEAT acreage H@t''@'u count. .''5
sIl4G corn a're'.Se ana Johnson Lime tone
Ont NJ tr se,,.,,Ti;,,, NM. -.
four report an increased acreage of wheat,
Seventy-two report an increased acrrG~c
Of corn, and siHty-threc report an in
creased acreage of oats. These increase,
range al the way from =. to 1000 per
cent, and show total Increased acrrase
over last YEAR il the state for NvLra-.
corn and oats of between - and 100 pr
cent
Hall county, III which no wheat WAS
raised last year, inns year raised lOoO
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AIMS 'f'oN''
NAsHhU IN Aprl- '---AcfeaSe OF wheat IN
Armstrong county compared with last year
shows increase 1000 acres: acreage OF corn
compared WIN iLsl year SHOWS ihCftdN' OF
lUUO acres; acreage OF o3lS compared WIN
last year shows increase OF @uoo acres acre
age OF barley compared WIN last year
shows increase OF 2VO acres. All kluuS OF
o-'t'
ANDERSON.
PALESTINE April 10-NO wheat III
Anderson county; acreage of corn
compared with last year shows IN
crease of 10 per cent or 800 acres;
acreage of oats compared with last Year
shows increase of > per cent. Cotton acre
age will be greatly increased this year.
Crops were planted little later this wear
than last on account of heavy rains. Pros
poets are good.
ARCHER.
ARCErT.. April 5-Acreapeo of wheat in Ar
cher county compared with last year shows
increase of 50 per cent; acreage of corn
coruDared with last wear shows increase Of
30 per cent acreage of oats compared with
Isst wear shows increase OF 70 per cent;
acreage of barley compared with last year
shows increase of 20 per cent Condition
meuluh; corn Is noI up
BLANCo.
JoUxsoy Cry AD,.iI 5-Ac,.aoo,o 81.
wheat n RIanco roun+J corp nared ,lifh ~
wear shows increase OF u nor cont. -.
ACE of corn connarad ,vitb last ,,crr -.
increase OF 10 per cent a,.rey,. Of az.
compared with last vear. sboyys i,l.ro,sc &c
10 Nor cont Crons MOI ,oirrr Ill 80,
dry; season very late; nortuers still fire.
queht'
BROWN.
BROwNwOOD, April 6.-Acrcare of wheat
in Brown county compared with last v.....
shows decrease of p per cent; acreage OF
corn compared with last year shows in
crease of 10 per cent; acreage of oats com
pared with last year shows increase of 40
per cent. Condition of crop never better:
everything IN nne condition. There viii BE-.
a large increase of acreage of cotton this
year.
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c
4.l. MOI Il, Al'riI acreage oil wheat
~ ,, Day Day lot COUNT compared WIN last yedr
:oHs an s'l2e .! - pei cent; acreage
incraase ~ On MOI. 80. ,1..' ~
of oats compared with last wear shows in
crease OF 30 per cent. Tine crops never.
looked better and a very large weld is an
ticipatcd.
oALADo, Aprl 2.--tcfeage OF wheat IN Ben
C'asS IS IN -, CO.., - > 90 94ao w ~
pared with last year shows increase of >
per cent; acreage OF oats compared With
last year shows increase of - per cent.
Condition of crops good, except corn is a
little yellow on account Of the late cold
weather.
posor-r
w. A. -
vvbeat in +bis ,la,t IF ,,o,Ir+ - r.cr,,.-7 III
last year shows decrease Of - per cent;
acreage of corn compared with last wear
shows increase of 10 per cent: acreage Of
oats compared with last year IS about the
same; acreage OF barley compared with last
year Is about the same. Prospects are very
nne Land IN good hH and the farmers Ii