The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-25
FARM NOTES.


dressedl 'u 7bI1 1905 iaIt935 T't
The monthly crop report issued by
the agricultural bureau at Washing
ton has come to be looked upon as an
authority on which t. base caIcula-
tions. If the report indicates an inn
provement over previous month or
year, the effect is at once seen in lower
prices; and when the reverse condi-
tions prevail, an advance is looked for,
and generally follows for few days
till the scare has worn off the suscept-
ible organism of spectators. s- r.
But every rule is said to have an
exception. The report was issued
on the 10th inst. That por-
ton of it relating to cotton
shows that the crop prospect is the
worst since 1886, in which year the
total yield of cotton in the United
States amounted to only 6,499, 600
bales, of which Texas raised only
,345, 900. AS the acreage in cotton in
1906 VAS practically the same as esti-
mated this year, viz: 1S,355,9S1 acres
and the condition of the crop the
same, it is not reasonable to expect a
bigger crop this year than was raised
in 1886. a.f. "a .g.N
According to rule we should have
had a decided advance in prices over
those which have so long prevailed,
but the advance did not mate
rialize. Spectators obviously do not
have confidence in this last
report and probably think the out
look better than represented by the
department. Time alone will show
which judgment is correct. If the Ill
innate yield were to be estimated by
our local crops it would be safe to say
that more bales will be raised in 1892
than in any previous year, as we have
the finest prospect since 1882. Moth
ing short of calamity greater than
the cotton worm can prevent Travis
county raising the biggest crop on
record. .1aHtelr ~ l5" II
But our case is exceptional. With
the exception of a little damage by cut
worms, cotton has had every condi.
ton suitable to it's fullest de-
velopment. In other sections
of Texas and in ~" other
states nearly every unfavorable
element has conspired to cut the crop
short, and it is too late for better
state of things to prevail. If anyone
is to be benefited by the crop this year
it should be the Travis county farmre.
The latest report on the cotton crop
is that published by the st. Louis Re-
public on the 10th. 1t says: There
is shown to be slight improvement
for the past week in some sections.
The exceptions are in South Carolina,
where the condition is less favorable;
in Louisiana, where a combination of
conditions has given the crop back
set, and in Alabama, where it is said
never to have been worse. Texas gives
promise of a big yield of good quail
| ity. In South Carolina the quality is
below the standard for that section.
Texas reports several new bales.
South Carolina only one a week ago,
and Memphis district, where by this
time usually several bales have shown
up, has none to report to date, In
fact the whole crop ia most of that
territory is much later than usual,
though in western sections prospects
for fair crop, with favorable coLdi.
lions until the end of the season, are
regarded as not at all unpromising
The same Is true of Arkansas, except
in isolated spots. Worms and rust
are not sufficiently numerous OF
prominent to enter into the calcula
tions. The area planted is smaller
than last year, but where prospects
are at all promising the opinion seems
general that the total yield will b.
not much below that of 1891. Pick
ing is mostly later, or will be late
than the time of an average season.
\ H'f" AIR TIGHT CRIBS. 'i5.tl'
Agricultural Editor of The Statesman.
1 have been reading your column il
what you say about weevil in corn.
4 THERE'S nothing. easier than to keel
the weevil out of the corn in the crib
Fisst-Make an air tight crib b.
ceiling or plastering it, with door
that can be made tight when closed
SecondAGather the corn early with
y out slipshucking, and pack hard il
the crib. ''.-.t
Third-In using take out at on
time enough to last one week, thel
close tight as before. -.i'''A
My father and uncles tried it il
J Montgomery county, Tex, for NOR
n than twenty years successfully. The.
I would use four cribs with a long hal
= between in which to throw the cor
i for the next week, as per sketch o.
reverse side. JOHN r. PEEL.
4 Austin, Tex. guy ''.
4 ... JOHNSON GRASS. 3d.. .s.ff
n Most farmers in this section kno,
isoth the good and the bad prepertie
of johnson grass, andtit is safe to sa
taat.05 per cent of them condemn
as a pest on tho farm. The other
per cent are more or less enthusiast
admirers of the grass and look wit
pity, mingled with contempt, en- al
who differ from them on the subject
MI. Herbert Post is ono of theaatte
class, and is perhaps more RESPONSE
bic for the dissemination {
} the grass than any other man. H
never allows an opportunity to slip c
, extolling its virtGres and denounein!
as unwise sill whe fail to accept tn
grass at his valuation. Every on
that knows the grass will admit tha
it has considerable value as feed whe
planted on the right soil and handle
properly, but planted in the wroEi
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