Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-26
WEATHER AND CROPS.

Galveston, Tex. April D. Special)-
The weekly weather aud crop bulletin
of the Texas State Weather service WIS
ISSUED tonight for the week ending April
-. 10 j. ns follows.
Local showers have fallen over the
eastern part 0i Central UNHn South
west Toxins and the cuuat diairol and
EAST Texas. Tho amounts nfiOrtcd are
less than half nn inch, but TOW STATIONS
report over one inch. Galveston reports
l.3l inches, Lnling and Columbia over
= Inches and BrIIoru aud Tyler over
/ inch over North Texas and the west.
cru part Of Cemrul It1us mo- rain has
fallen. There ID q general deficiency Ina
iull, except in "a few localities mined
above, for the past scypu days There
has been constant deficiency iu rain
over the state since January /. 1893.
except there was u slight oxccss over
Southwest Texas I'M January aud over
Tie coast district in February,
The deficiency iUr Different districts
since Jan. 1, amounts Gao more than BOO
inches over North Texas, GOO inches
over East Texas. 300 inches over Con.
tral Texas, Zoo inches over Southwest
Texas, aud 300 inches over the coast
district
The temperature for the past seven
days has averaged below normal from
Ia = degrees daily over nearly all parts
of Texas. The minimum registered
temperatures below 40 degrees in many
places over North. and Central Texas be
tween the 18th aud 10Th, and light irosts
were reported from exposed localities,
The temperature since the opening OF
the growing season March -, has
averaged nearly normal,
Cotton planting Is reported as com
peied over the southern parts Of tho
state. Ina many localities the plant ls
large enough 10 work, over southern
aud eastern parts of the state local rains
have Improved the prospects Of the crop
but the amount WIS generally SMALL
unless followed by regular showers ut
short intervals. Over north aud central
Texas cotton planting has been retarded
by the dry weather aud many sections
from the western parts of these Districts
say very little planting has been done
up 10 present date while over Che eastern
portion of these districts a great deal
Of the crop has been planted, but several
localities report poor stands which require
second planting Seed Is very scarce.
the plant was not mp in those port Of
Texas visited boy frOsts hence no damage
a. cotton except no one on two local.
ties
The cold weather. however, has beet
injurious 10 cotton iu nearly All parts Of
the state where the plant u mp and has
retarded the termination OF seed IN uhe
ground.
Inc plant where up to SOME extent, and
Thc hirl winds hive also damaged
in some sections will require replunung.
IN other localities the plant y reported
as dying out for want of moisture, par
hcularly in the southwestern portion OF
central Texas. Indicators are very
little cotton win be- planted over the
northwestern part of The state until after
they have rain Ia that seeiion
Little rain has fallen over the corn dis
trict ana as a result the plant is sickly
and needing rain badly over the exc
posed localities the tender blades were
nipped by she fr1sts ~ he lOth and
2Oth High winds also damaged the crop
to a small extent over the central and
southwestern part Of Texas.
The wheat crop Is heaiing out low on
account Of dry wolfhcr over the west
and central parts ~ Che state. while
over the Panhandle rains and snow dur
ing the week insure "a good crop Wheat
was lnte and the cold weather did good.
Some parts over cegtrM portions Of Tex
AZ will not make more thnp half a crop,
should the dry weather be broken in NOW,
and should che, drogth continue much
longer the yield win fall below THAI
Winter Oats fare gone up,T and many
reports are that the yield VIII b. Very
smnll. Spring oats are short and are
heading out, but heads are small With
rain heads will hll well, but with more
dry weather the crop VIII Do light IN
most sections
Gardens are suffering for want Of
rain.
VEGETABLES suffered from frost over
North Texas.
The fruit crop Il reported Is sod gen
orally frosis We're toy hgi4t 70 result
Ia damage 20 this crop.
1he berry crop continues good.