Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-14
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.

| Hall county harvested 5000 acres of wheat
this year to about five hundred last year.
| The rains the past two weeks have in
| sured the cotton and sorghum crops OF
| Coke county
| A good rain fell in Fayette county Tues
day, which was badly needed.
W. c. Baron has six acres of corn that
will yield thirty-five bushels per acre
! Coke County Rustler.
Good rains have fallen over the greater
| part OF Jones county the past week, but
| part Of the county is still needing rain.
a good deal OF corn will be made in
! Mitchell county this year, although the crop
! is somewhat short.
| y heavy rain fell in Palo Pinto county
last Thursday. The cotton crop is i'm
| meuse.
! The Smithviile Optic says the rain that
| fell in that section last Tuesday was of
much benefit 10 crops and stock. The cot
ton crop is better than has been repre-
scented.
The wheat scrop on W. L. K. Eickson,s
| place east Of town threshed out 24OO bushels
| on 100 acres. He will put in $40 acres of
wheat this fall. w L. Underwood, two
| miles south of town, threshed fifteen acres
! of rye that made an average OF twenty-one
| bushels to the acre He will sow seventy
five acres this fau,-[Childress Index.
The Hal county Herald says the late
rains have put the ground in good shape
and farmers are preparing TO put in wheat.
| The Gainesville Hesperian says the
threSher owned by about twenty members
| of the Bermuda Alliance has threShed
about 10000 bushels of wheat. The same
Alliance will soon have cotton gin in OPP
GRAFTON.
The corn prospects around Black Jack
are very tattering.
Alvord, Wise County.-Fortv carloads
of watermelons have been shipped from
this place up 10 date. Fruit of all kinds
has done quite well this season. Three
carloads of tomatoes have been shipped
from Alvord this season to Colorado points,
and with reasonable express rate from
Alvord to Texas, and Colorado points, ten
times the amount of Wise county products
would be shipped that is now shipped.
There is room for a thousand small truck
farmers in Wise county. Good fruit and
vegetable land can be had for 50 to SIS per
acre.
GALVESTON Ten, Aug. 13.-The weekly
weather and crop bulletin of the Texas
state weather service was issued tonight
for the week ending August IL. 1t reports
the temperature rainfall and crop condition
throughout Texas as follows The past seven
days rainfall has been generally deficient,
although about normal or slightly above in
portions of the state, and along the coast.
The temperature has been slightly IN eX-
cess, except along the coast. where il has
been about normal. The sunshine
has been about the average along the coast,
in excess in Southwest Texas, and about
normal in other portions OF the state, al
though excessive in few. localities. While
the cotton crop is promising, pros
poets during the past week have not
been as favorable as the preceding one
The boil worm is doing great damage
in a few localities in North and
Central Texas, and they are increas-
ing so rapidly that they threaten the
crop with serious damage. While
clear dry weather has been injurious to
crops in Southwest Texas, il has 10 some
extent checked the boil worm in a few To-
calities in the northern and central portions
of the state.
Extracts from reports:
LOngview, Gregg county.-Prospects for
cotton and other crops tiattering. Rainfall,
40 on two days.
Brennan, Washington county-The boil
worm is reported in some localities, but has
caused very little damage. Rainfall, AZ on
two days.
Merkel, Taylor county.-Late corn needs
rain; cotton is doing well in some localities.
Rainfall, 10 on one day.
Fredericksburg, Gillespie county.-Cot-
ton doing well; other vegetation needs rain.
Temperature, maximum, 90; minimum, to;
rainfall, none
San Antonio, Bexar county-The hot,
dry weather is slightly injuring crops.
Temperature, maximum, 81 minimum, GS;
rainfall, .0S on one day
New Braunfels, Comal county.-Cotton
picking has begun; stock water is scarce.
Temperature, maximum, SO; minimum, SO;
dry
Graham, Young countv-Cotton fiatter-
ing; the clear, dry weather checked the boil
worm. Temperature, maximum, 100; mini
mum, 6S; rainfall, .25 on two days.
Wichita Falls, Wichita county.-Weather
favorable for wheat threshing. Temporal
ture, maximum, 1902; minimum, Co. dry.
Weatherford, Parker county.-Cotton
mum, 9S; minimum, Sc; rainfall, ~ on
one day.
Arlington, Tarrant county-Bou worm
is doing great damage. Temperature, max
imum, go; minimum, SO; rainfall, .0G on
one day.
Round Rock, Williamson county-The
first bale has been marketed. Tempera-
ture, maximum, 9S; minimum, "a: dry.
New Ulm, Austin county-Dry. Tenn
perature, maximum, IS; minimum, 60;
rainfall, is on two days.
Burnet, Burnet county-Cotton is being
marketed. Temperature, maximum, 80;
minimum, 70 dry
College Station, Brazos county-Cotton
looks well Temperature, maximum, go;
minimum, 20; dry.
Corsicana, Navarro county-Tempera-
ture maximum, IS; minimum, 81: dry.
Waco, McLennan county-Cotton late, but
promising. Temperature, maximum, IS;
minimum, 20. Rainfall, so on one day.
Columbia, Brazoria county - Tempera-
ture, maximum, "a; minimum, SO. Dry.
Duval. Travis county-Rain beneficial to
young cotton, but too late for the main
crop, which will De less than last year
Temperature, maximum, 100; minimum, -;
rainfall, 1.20 on one day.
TEMPLE, BELL CoUYTY.-In some locali-
ties cotton is badly injured by the boil worm;
in other localities it is shedding badly
Temperature maximum, 90; minimum, IS;
rainfall, .03 or one day.
Mesquite, Dallas County.-The "Heli-
othis Armigora" moth has made its appear
ance in larger numbers than in any other
year since 1880, when the boil worm was
so destructive to cotton.