The Forrest City times., 1894-09-21
CORN AND COTTON.
Detailed Report As to Their Condi-
 ton for Harvest.
Both the Great Staples of the West and South Badly Damaged-Condition of the Crops in the Great
 Surplus states.

crop reports. which are issued by the department of agriculture, always are of great interest during the harvest months of.the year. Not. only are they watched for with eagerness by the agricultural interests of the country, but they play an important part in sh aping the course of financial move ments. During most of the year only general bulletins find their way into print, stating the general condition of various crops in the several states. The report. however, for the month of Sep tembcr will be one of general interest throughout the south and west, es- pecially where it touches upon the western vnd southern staples.
 The corn crop, which is given below fin reports from the separate counties of the states in question, shows the lowest condition for the month of Sep tember since 1881. The decline has been very decided in all of the surplus corn states except Illinois. The cause of this sudden reduction was per sistent and unprecedented drought, III &NCDIdohd, ANdhcao ohNA Iowa by scorching winds. As an effect of the extreme drought special report from Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mis- souri, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota shows that out of 40,S73. .9S4 acres planted, 15,5o0, 900 acres, or 3s per cent, have been abandoned or cut up for fodder. This is a loss of 20 per cent. rf tho aufira corn avaraUa
 The corn report from Texas by coun- ties is as follows:
 Cameron county. present planting promises good returns Coke. short at least 30 per cent. by hot winds Harrison. injured by rains; Free stone. injured by drought Clay. never better; Cleveland. about 34 per cent. crop; Kaufman, injured by drought Montgomery, cut and short owing to drought Wise, not doing well, dry weather has reduced yield wonderfully; Bexar, nearly all gathered since the August rains; Bowie, early planting good; Cass in fine con- dition. largest yield for years; Hall, injured by drought; Leon, average crop: Matagorda, ex- cessive rains for the past two months have badly injured crops: Blaine, satisfactory; Clay, badly damaged by sweat; Hopkins, in- jured by drought and hot winds in July: Taylor. drought will cut down crop 50 per cent; Austin, poor and short; Burnet, shriveled very much, conse-
 
 quality; Kanes. cut short by droughts; Mills, gathering now in progress; Brown, will not make more than one-twentieth of crop; Cole man, harvested yield Is light and quality poor; Comanche, needing rain.
 Following are the returns by coun- ties from the cotton crop:
 TEXAS.
 Bosque county, injured by boil worms and sharpshooters; Coke. cut short B per cent. by boil worms and drought Harrison. affected by rust Llano. injured by drought Marion. abun- dance of rain, but complaint of rust Morris looking fine: Live Oak. cotton worm doing much damage; Freestone. injured by drought and rust Anderson, with fine weather the top crop will be good as first crop, plant is now fourishing; Lee, damaged by rains and boil worms, outlook discouragng: Goliad pros pect for fine top crop; Lavaca, wet weather been destructive, bolls are rot ting and worms doing much damage; Bexar, doing well Clay, very good; Cleveland, about three-fourth crop; Kaufman boll-worms have appeared. but large crop is assured Montgomery. condition is equal to last year, but yield will not reach that of last year, no worms as yet, two-thirds crop; Whar- ton, rain has injured crop, some crop de- stroyed: Runnels. owing to recent rains the prospect is fine; Stephens, an average yield Macon. doing well; Bowie, has fallen oT con- &iderably owing to boll-worms and drought. In nsc planting looks promising: Stonewall, some damage by worms; Wise, boll-worms at work on bottom lands, crop will be cut short at least half; Bexar, prospect good for large crop; Gass, promises large yield, some black rust in sandy soil and red rust or blight in balance ooll-worms are at work, causing much dam age: Eric, looking fine, plenty of rain; Kendall suffered from long drought but late rains re- vived it; Leon, damaged by rust and boll worms. Matagoria rotting badly in the bolls due to the rains; Panola, damaged by rust; Victoria, suffering from boil rot; Hood. badly damaged by boil worms and rain; Jones' boil and leaf worms damaging crop: Camp, boil worms have appeared, causing much damage; Clay badly damaged by drought in some sec- tionss others too wet and injured by boil worms gnd sstarrshooters; Ellis, outlook very favor able, heavy rains and cloudy weather have started raprd growth and caused shedding of squares; Hill, damaged by boil worms: Hop klns,s rain and boil worms injured crop, but with Q favorable fall good yield may be given; Nolan, stand poor, too much weed and very late; Red River, considerable damage by boil worms and sharpshooters Shackleford. some damage by boil worms; Van Zandt, on account of rain has large stalk, but not full fruited; San Augustine, too much rain; Taylor, fine weed, fruiting well, boil worms have appeared and should they continue their work, crop will be al- moss . failure, Angelina, wet weather has caused . falling ofi if shedding and rust con- tinue much longer crop will be a failure Aus tin, damaged from wet weather, causing oyer- growth. rotting and shedding no worms: Bur net. affected by boil worms; Ford, doing well and an average crop; Karnes, growing fast, blooming. putting on squares, good prospect for heavy top crop; McLennan. affected by boil worms Brazos, picking is now general gener- al average now cut on by drought; Collin, boil worms have lowered prospect to half crop; Johnson. boil worms causing great destruc- tion; Upshur, fallen on since last report; fields hardly worth picking; Coleman. have greatly improved in condition and growing