Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-07
TEXAS IN TYPE.
TEXAS CROPS AND WEATHER.


| cotton, with two more still III the field, from
| thirty-tiye acres. A heavy crop of pecans
L%ill be realized this fall in our valleys.
E. kerggil.e Paper.
Young grass Is spr1nglng I'D rapidly and
| the country looks like wheat field. The
rains have retarded cotton picking and
| doubtless destroyed much of the staple.
l5-fLuling Herald.
The recent showers have revived veseta-
| ton, and the grass IS as green and fresh as
| in April Aransas Harbor Herald.
Preparations are being made TO try the
| possibilities OF Orange in the culture Of
| rice on an extensive scale. Mr.. +. II.
| Catron owns something over 1000 acres of
| fine landton the lake shore, and is moving
| out thif week preparatory 10 putting Il
| large PORTION of his place il rice. He will
purchase improved machinery for culti-
L2tssE the crop aud irrigating the land, as
well as improved harvesting implements
Orange Leader.
The outlook for the cotton crop in Hanil-
| ton county is improving all the time.
- Hamilton Herald.
y VI. Waddill has upwards of q thousand
acres of wheat land broken and ready to
seed down. Wichita County Democrat.
Copious rains have fallen throughout the
county during the past week. While tho
! quantity and quality of cotton is somewhat
deteriorated, the damage is recovered in
the abundant supply of stock water and
growing grass Austin County Times.
A splendid rain commenced 10 fall in this
section Thursday evening and continued
until Friday morning. The earth is now
thoroughly wet and IN fine condition for
| p owing. g Dimmitt Signal.
The cotton crop promises to be larger than
was expected 4 few weeks ago Waelder
! Dispatch.
We had splendid rain last Friday and
| Saturday, and the farmer who has sowed
his wheat is happy Claude News.
Farmers are jubilant over the recent
rains, and have begun TO tickle the soil for
the next harvest Wichita County Times.
The pecan crop along the San Saba river
Is very good.
Adam Bradford was in town yesterday.
and says he has taken out 400 pounds of
honey. and expects to take out about 5000
pounds Nienardville Record.
Mr. j. Storey, vino resides southeast of
the city, says his crop OF corn averaged
forty bushels TO the acre the past season.
= Denison Herald
The Vernon Guard published the follow
ing crop notes:
Mr.. McCue threshed out thirteen crops
Of wheat which made a yield of A. 100 BUSH
els.
L. r. Perkins threshed twelve crops of
wheat which made $4,000 bushels. Il yield of
twenty bushels per acre. He operated in
the Oklaunion neighborhood.
T.. I. Hunt, who lives five miles west of
town, has some sweet potatoes on exhibit
tiol AT WeStmoreland IL Pats agricultural
depository that weigh fifteen pounds to the
hill |, SiNstaken from one hill
s>sefhe particular attention of our Georgia
friends is invited to the fine display of pea
nuts III Wsstmoreland & Pats agricultural
depository, which were raised by j. Z.
kirkpatrick, half d mile west of town.
some very fine peaches were left at West
rucreland & Pats this week by Dan Rog-
'els, living fourteen miles west of town.
7. z. Stay & Bro of the Efie neighbor-
hood. send us the following report of wheat
threshed by them in this county:
VI. i. Weir, 443 bushels; ~ bushels per
acre.
Joe Lowery, 449 bushels oats; 30 bushels
per acre.
James Van Emmon, SOS bushels wheat
li$l bushels per acre. This crop was pas
tured too late.
Elder George Van Emmon. 1904 bushels
wheat; eighteen bushels per acre. Pas
tured late.
John Brom 400 bushels wheat: twenty
one bushels per are. His spring wheat
sown in February made twenty-eight bush
els per acre.
5. F. Burnett, 1910 bushels: twenty
bushels per acre Part on sod land.
y. I. Smith, 726 bushels; twenty-five
bushelsper acre, and part of it on sod land.
Joe Van Emmons, ll31 bushels, 10 bush
els per acre.
:. DR.. Hix, 100 bushels, 1871 bushels per
acre. Oats. about 40 bushels per acre.
> fhese gentlemen also threshed q number of
crops in Foard county. near the Wilbarger
line. the yield being from 10 to p bushels
per acre.
STEPHENvILLE, ERATH COUNTY, Oct s.
Cotton is coming in very fast, as the pick
ing SeSsot has been exceedingly favorable.
eht'worms have made the crop somewhat
shorter than last season. This voting box
casts nearly 900 votes, and, as the greater
portion of these are farmers, and all pro-
ducers of cotton. it will readily be seen that
the cotton receipts at this place will be no
small item.
4 cold wave struck the town at little |
after 6 o'clock Saturday evening, and on |!
sunday the thermometer indicated that |
fires would be quite comfortable. Some |
fears were entertained that Sunday night |
would bring frost, but we think the fears |
were groundlesS.
PoTTsRoRo, GRAYsoN County, Oct. A.
Total bales of cotton up TO date, $50; |
shipped, 32l. Cotton comes in slowly on |
account of low prices. Most all farmers |
who are able 10 do SO are holding for higher
prices.
MINERAL WELLS, PlLo PINTO COUNTY,
oct Cotton is coming in lively. We are |
calculating on shipping something near ten
thousand bales from this place during this
season, which think is a small estimate, |
as the most OF the cotton from the southern
part o. Jack county and the most of Young
IS being marketed here.
HONEY GROVE FISSyx Cor-Sry Dot
Cotton in some sections in This vicinity is
mssg mare plentiful than pickers. -
TIE compress has begun its good work
once more and is giving the company better
satisfaction Than ever. The Honey
ness. The temperature to-day is low.
but no frost has been reported.
SASTo, PALo PISTo COUNTY, Oct. Al
1t is very dry in this part of the county.
Stock water is getting scarce We are hay