Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-30
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.
Bells, Grayson county.-The cotton cror
is very good and is nearly all gathered.
Baird, Callahan county-Cotton is COM
ing in at a rapid rate and being ginned at
the cotton gin here.
| CHILDREss, CHILDREss COUNTY, Oct, IS
Farmers are well up with their work and
are putting in u greatly increased acreage
| of wheat, and are looking forward to next
| year with anticipations of large yield,
and consequently the enlargement of their
| granarieS.
RoCKDALE, MILAN COUNTY. Oct. 81
| Rockdale has received 10000 bales of cotton
| for the summer to date, with stock on hand
| 1000 bales. Remnants of the crop are being
| withheld by farmers, owing to prevailing
low prices.
Ross, McLennan county.-Crops in this
| part OF the county are only moderately
good. Farmers are about through gathering
cotton. Owing to the fact that we have
not had rain enough to settle the dust here
since May we could not expect large crops.
Wolfe City, Hunt county.-We are now
experiencing the dryeSt weather since the
dry weather in 1861. But two gins that
we know Of have water to run without
hauling. Some are hauling water seven
and eight miles, and at least two-thirds
have stopped running, as it IS impossible to
get water. Farmers are piiing their cotton
up in their fields and waiting for it to rain,
to get water to gin it. Our crop will be al
most as large as last year, and up to the
present they have progressed finely gath
ering it. Business is very dull in the city.
Farmers cannot get cotton enough ginned
10 meet current expenses, but if the
weather continues nice for a few days
farmers will be in better condition than for
some years, as they have bought very
cautiously the past season.
Lancaster, Dallas CONTRADICTION contin-
ues to come in freely. At least one-third is
being held by the producers for better
prices.
ALBANY, SHACKELFoRD COUNTY, Oct. 81
The exceedingly nice weather of the past
month has given farmers ample time in
which to gather their crops; and it is
thought the cotton crop of this section will
far exceed that of any previous year by 80
per cent, both in quantity and quality. The
wheat continues to pour in. The Albany
milling company now have on hand over
10000 bushels and are running almost day
and night, grinding between 200 and 500
bushels per day, though the receipts far
exceed the quantity consumed.
GALVESTON, GALVESTON COUNTY, Oct. 90.
The weekly weather and crop bulletin of
the Texas state weather service was issued
tonight for the week ending October 90. 1t
condition for the past week throughout the
state as follows:
The rainfall during the past seven days
has been deficient, and with the execution
of few light showers no rain has fallen
The temperature has been above normal
over the entire state, the temperature hay
ing been least along the immediate coast.
The sunshine has been excessive. There
has been but little change in the condition
of the cotton crop since last report The
weather has caused cotton to mature rap
idly, and picking is far advanced and near
ing completion in some localities, while cot
ton continues making in many others. The
dry we;-.her has retarded wheat sowing in
Northwest Texas. Stock water is scarce in
many localities and rain would be beneficial
for grass and vegetation generally.
Extracts from reports:
Columbia, Brazoria county.-Tempera-
ture, maximum, 81; minimum, 66. Dry.
Brennan, Washington county-Very lit |
tie cotton remaining in the fields on the up
lands, picking continues in river bottoms |
Temperature, maximum, ST. minimum, 80. |
Dry. |
Round Rock, Williamson county-About |
one-half of the planters have finished pick |
ing cotton. The potato crop is light but OF |
good quality. Continued dry weather has |
seriously injured wheat oats and turnips |
Water and grass for stock scarce Tenn |
perature, maximum, 81: minimum, 50. Dry.
Graham, Young CONTRADICTION picking |
about month in advance of the average |
season; gins crowded; yield not far from
one-half bale per acre. Very little ground
in condition for sowing except cotton and
corn lands. Temperature-Maximum IS;
IS; dry.
Temple, Bell county.-Cotton coming in
rapidly. Pastures suffering and trees dying
for want of rain. Observation-Disclosures
IS; minimum, 81; dry
COLLEGE, Station RraZOS county -rTeuopar- |
81 minimum, 81; dry.
Duval, Duval county.-Cotton is all |
picked. Fall sowing delayed by dry
water scarce. Temperature,
maximum, IS; minimum, SO; dry.
Corsicana, Navarro county-Tempera-
ture, maximum, IS; minimum, 81; dry.
New Uln, Austin county.-Temperature
So; minimum, "a; rainfall, none
Cuero, Dewitt county.-Cotton maturing
rapidly and weather favorable for picking.
II frosts are late cotton will continue max
ing. Foggy, damp mornings have been
favorable for fall vegetation. Rainfall. O5
on one day.
Painter, Hood county-Stock water is
scarce. Temperature, maximum 80, mini
mum 81. Dry.
Mesquite, Dallas courty.-Cotton picking
about over. Water becoming very scarce.
Dry.
New Braunfels, Comal county.-Weather
favorable for contemplating, which is nearly
finished. Temperature, maximum, 81;
minimum, 81 Dry.
Corpus Christi, Nueces county-F'all
vegetables doing well. Cotton coming in
'apidly. Temperature, maximum, 81; mini
mum, 50. Dry
ericksburg-Ground in poor condi-
ion for fall blowing. Price of cotton very
ow. Temperature, maximum, SO minimum,
q; dry.
Grapevine, Tarrant county.-Cotton |
Iearly all out; crop short Too dry for
Temperature, maximum,
A. mipimum, a: dry.
TEXAS SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.