The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-16
Reports from Seventy Five
Counties in Grain Belt.
GREAT INCREASE IN ACREAGE.
Ranging from 0ne-Quarter to Ten Thousand
Per Cent-Panhande Development.
Crops Almost Uniformly Reported to be
in 4 Flourishing ConditIon-The Sea-
son Late, but the Grains Arc
All the Finer.

THE GAZETTE this morning presents its
readers with carefully compiled crop re-
port mbracing nirety-siX points in the
Texas grain belt anC covering seyenty-fve
counties.
Out Of the seventy-fve counties fourteen
report decrease in acreage. OF these
fourteen counties two report a decrease in
acreage in two crops, VIZ, Denton and
Hunt counties d decrease in wheat and oats.
Cooke. Ellis. LampaSas, Martin. Parker and
SOmcrVe.l counties report q decrease IN
wheat acreage Fannin county reports
decrease in corn acreage. Grayson,
Mcnard, Pamela, Shelby and Scurry coun-
ties report q decrease in oats acreage.
These decreases il acreage range from Il
10 ID per cent. and average about 10 per
cent.
Out Of the seventy-fiye counties eight re-
port the saIne acreage as last year in one or
more crops. OF these eight counties two
report the same acreare in two crops, viz,
Dallas county IN wheat aud oats and Falls
county IN corn and oats. OF the other six
counties reporting the same acreage, East
land and henderson counties report the
same wheat acreage, Harrison county the
same corn acreage and Johnson, Limestone
and Titus counties the same oats acreage.
out OF the seyenty-fve counties. sixty
four report an increased acreage OF wheat.
Segcuty -two report an increased acreage
Oi corn, ana SiXtY-tErec report an in
creased acreage of oats. These increases
range all the way from Il 10 10000 per
cent. and show a total increased acreage
over last year in the state for wheat,
corn and oats OF between 10 and 100 per
cent.
Hail county, in which no wheat was
raised last year, this year raised lO,OvO
bushels.
out Of the seventy-five counties, twenty
in, no ~
make complaints Of late season, dry
weather or poor stand of corn. These com
plants, III nearly every case, are Of ! back
ward season, and the crops, though late,
are doing well.
The other hfty-two counties report crop
conditions good or fine.
Cotton planting Is well under way.
ARMSTRONG.
WAsHBURE. April 5.-Acreage of wheat IN
Armstrong county compared with last year
shows increase 5000 acres acreage Of corn
compared with last year shows increase OF
1000 acres; acreage OF oats compared with
last year shows increase of 2000 acres; acre
aye OF barley compared with last year
shows increase OF 800 acres. All kinds of
crops locking extremely well.
ANDERSON.
PALESTINE, April 1O-No wheat in
Anderson county; acreage of corn
crease Of 10 per cent or $500 acres;
acreage Of oats compared with last year
shows increase of per cent. Cotton acre
age will he greatly increased this year
Crops were planted = little later this year
than last on account OF heavy rains. Pros
poets are good.
ARCHER.
ARCHER April Acreage of wheat in Ar
cher county compared with last year shows
increase OF 80 per cent; acreage OF corn
compared with last year shows increase of
30 per cent; acreage of oats compared with
lsst year shows increase of 70 per cent;
acreage of barley compared with last yea
shows increase Of 70 per cent. Condition
OF crops, good wheat looks fine; oats are
medium corn is not up.
BLASCo.
JOHNSON CITY, April 5.-Acreaee of
wheat in Blanco county compared with last
year shows increase of p per cent: acre
age of corn compared with last year shows
increase of 10 per cent; acreage of oats |
compared with last year shows increase of /
10 per cent. Crops not doing well: two
dry: season very late; northers still fire. .
Queut-
BRowNwOoD, April Acreage of wheat |
in Brown county compared with last year |
shows decrease of % per cent; acreage of /
corn compared with last year shows in |
crease Of Il per cent; acreage of oats COM ,
pared with last year shows increase of 10 |
per cent; Condition of crop never better; |
everything in fine condition. There will be !
a large increase of acreage of cotton this |
year.
BAYLOR.
SEYMOUR. April 5-Acreage OF wheat |
in Baylor county compared with last year |
shows IN increase of - per cent; acreage |
Of corn compared with last year shows an !
ul oats compared with last year shows in |
crease of 50 per cent. The crops never !
looked better and very large yield Is an
ticipated.
BELL
SALApo, April Acreage Of wheat in Bell !
county compared with last year shows in /
crease OF - per cent; acreage of corn com
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 n |
little yellow on account OF the late cold |
weather.
BosQCE
VALLEY Minis. April 5.-Acreage of |
wheat in this part of county compared with |
last year shows decrease of % per cent; |
acreage OF corn compared with last year |
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 |
line. Land in good iiX and the farmers ID !
goou condition.
MERIDIAN. April 5.-Acreage Of wheat IN |
this part Of county shows decrease OF 20 |
per cent; acreage of oats compared with !
last year shows increase of 10 per cent; |
cotton compared with last year shows in |
crease Of Is per cent. Condition of crops |
very good ana farmers in fine spirits.
CHEROKEE.
RISK, April Acreage Of wheat in
Cherokee county compared with last year
shows very little planted. Acreage OF corn |
'ompareG with last year shows an increase
of - per cent. Acreage of cats compared |
with last year shows an increase of per
eut. Condition Of crops backward
CoMANCHE.
DE LEON. April 5.-ACrease of wheat in
Comanche county compared with last year
shows increase of 80 per cent; acreage OF
corn compared with last year shows ~
crease Of 20 per cent; acreage Of cats COM
pared with last year shows increase of so |
per cent Crops are al in fine shape. Cot
ton acreage will be very large.
CASS.
QUEEN CITY. April 6.-There is no grain
growing in this vicinity for market. Cot |
ton is all that is raised for market.
LINDEN, April Acreage Of corn COM
pTred with last year shows same rs last