Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-08
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

The Plano Enquirer says the cotton OF
that section is better than reported. and is
turning out one-haf to three-quarters Of a
bale per acre.
The Childress Index says ]. n. Smith,
who lives twelve miles north of Childress,
gathered $50 bushels of corn from five acres
of sod land. The land was broke in Febru-
airy and the corn cultivated once.
Corn planted on Mr.. ]. G. kreid's farm
after the middle Of last May has made fifty
eight bushels per acre.-[Quintana Times.
]. W. Lewis of Wilparger had 125 acres
in wheat which made him 1903 bushels,
sixty acres in corn. 1900. w. F. Gill had sixty
acres in wheat which made him 1000 bushels,
forty acres in oats, 1900, and sixteen acres
in corn, 500 bushels Jacksboro Sentinel.
MIR. G. W. Ballew has gathered 600 bush
els of sweet potatoes from i've acres OF
land, realizing for them 81 bushel. and is
not done gathering them yet.-lTroy En-
terprise.
From one field of corn, Mr.. W. P. Con-
ner gathered an average of forty-seven
bushels to the acre.-ICrockett Economist.
]. w. Kirkpatrick says everyone in his
nelghborhood is busy gathering corn and
cotton; cotton makes three-fourths of a
bale, and corn fifty bushels to the acre.
Il Rockwell (Tex.) Success.
CLAIMING, HARTLEY COUNTY, Oct. l.
Some very heavy rains have fallen this
past week and the grass is coming up quite
green again. If the frostS keep Off for
few weeks there will be an abundance of
feed this winter ON the plains. Flowing
has commenced in earnest in Hartley and
Moore counties, and there is every hope Of
the wheat going in well this fall. The
Capitol freehold land and investment COM
pany sow their wheat on the adjoining sec
lions to Claiming this year, as they con-
slider it will do as well here as on any of
their other lands. The sorghum has been
cut and stacked, and farmers are all pre-
pared in case of a severe winter.
HILLsBoRo, HILL COUNTY. Oct. 3.-Every
days report of the cotton crop becomes
more favorable; where it was thought
month since that it would take three acres
bale to the acre. The general complaint
is the scarcity Of hands to pick it,
There are hundreds of acres of it going to
waste MAT not bale has been picked out
of Superintendent Cook of the
county poor-farm reports unless he can Sc
cure hands before it rains that the county
will be at a loss, as the present force is not
sufficient to gather what he had made.
RIvEs, FISHER COUNTY, Sept. 30-A
good rain is falling and with the wind and
clouds both from the southeast it gives
promise of good old-fasEion three-days
rain, which will be welcome visitor to this
part of the country. AS our farmers are
pretty well up with cotton picking it will
not do much damage in that lire, but it will
be great benefit to farmers
sowing wheat. There will be
considerable amount of wheat sowed
this season on account of the low price of
cotton ard good outlook for better prices
in grain.
SNYDER, SCURRY COUNTY, Oct 2.-The
rainfall here was four inches and seems to
be general. Wheat-sowing is in full blast.
All the wheat raised in the county will be
replanted and by this means there will be
enough whea: for Touring mill. The cot
ton crop in the county will more than double
last years.
HARTLEY, HARTLEY COUNTY. Sept. 26-
A steady continuous rain for the past forty
eight hours, registering a rainfall of three
and one-half inches at the signal service
station here, has made farmers jubilant
over the prospects of good season in the
ground for fall crops of wheat and many
will go to work turning up more sod.
RusK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, Sept 3O-Our
section was visited by one of the heaviest
rains Of the season. Turnip sowing is the
order of the day. Cotton is coming in live
ly and our cotton buyers and merchants buy
all that is on the market.
DELLA PLAIN, FLOYD COUNTY, TEX,
Sept. 25.-This part of the plains is receiv-
ing fine rain which was badly needed, as
tanks were failing and stock water was get
ting very scarce. Rain began falling be-
fore daylight, and now, l D. m, the ground
is covered with water and the rain still fall
ing steadily. Farmers are jubilant, and
large acreage of wheat Will be sown.