Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-27
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Regular Weekly Report Of the Texas
Weather bureau.
THE CONDITION OF THE CROPS.


- f''VN"s-N gamer crop bulletin OF the
Texas weather service FOR the week end
ing Monday. September q. 1894. 5 p. ms
Precipitation: The week opened with
generally fair weather and these eondi-
aea. esnunu'd throughout the STATE IN
"a Us 2s', when local showers occurred
oNsr the eastern portion Of the coast dis
tr'et. A +, local showers were reported
tr>>s. etAer portions OF the state during
the week, but as general rule fair
weather l,r' allied up 10 Monday, when
General showers occurred and some heavy
Tan Ten On an average the precipitation
.~h oeen below tho formal, and ranged
nSia - % ~ OF an inch be.ow over The
sfeater potu-s of North. Central. South
YES ana West Texas and the Panhandle.
anu from 10 Of an inch TO more than !. 100
, ,igI below IN the eentral and western
pnrNonA oil the coast datrct, while over
spe extreme eastern portion o. the COAT
atuct " was Inat sligntly below the
nS,i,..i over East Texas 1t has been
sunshine: The weather was generally
TAR durlng the week. hence the amount
" ounshlne was considerably above the
OF mo coart district and East rexas.
WRcfe broken cumulus and cuanulo atra(n4
eigos KS prevailed toward the latter part
fcctlons.
rempsrature--The week opened with the
~. tHfNNANA ANNtti Nhhhk the nnF-
mnl over North ToNas 10 about degrees
ABOVE over The coast dss,nct The ions
psfature rose ser the northern portion
o. me state ah1ut the middle ~ the
Neelt una q ranged from IS degrees
snove tho daily normal over North and
Sesillu Texas, while 4 remained about
wcck closes with the Temperatures about
me normal or sllg'h.ly above, except over
ihe nerthwestern portion of tho Stats,
whore Il ~ siightly below The lem,
tNfAfNrR
has ranged from about the normal or
snEhty above over the coast dstr.st to
The highest temperature ~ tho sevorJ
stations during tfo week has ranged
from n degrees over the Pa handle 70
y degrees over Southwest Teas. and the
the Panhaudle TO y degrees over the East
coaat district
CONDITION oF CROPS
The fair weather which prevailed
throughout the great q ~. ton o. tho
Ios eii SSr,ns .rs , stl1 80 s9S,
soap- localities, but Are ~ damaging
cot's' ve'y Ettle, The dependent at
,ttor na NM s, ,i nave
sut h' fair weather will sep them e
some st'@nt II Is ,umost a .lpsonsua Of
opinion amoeg tho correspondents that
tho far we- thcr during DIE week was
beneficial 10 cotton and that tho bala,
arc opening rupidlN. COTTON picking IA
sf'R a5 5gsHea . e1, 9TnS 20 &c S SsI
badly behind IN these sections, ], Il TO
ported from the western portion o. tho
cotton belt Of Texas that the top crop
Is growing nicely and promises "A f.ir
crop. As general rule cotton "a doing
very welt, but the rain at the close OF
the week Will rotard Nckini 10 SONS
eytont over the eastern portion OF tho
Very iit.ie maize has been gathered dur.
ING the week on account OF farmers being
acc Toll |HIHH N.HNN
re ia about ready Tor harves ug over
the cast coaet district and the crop
very good
nicely and good crops are expected,
Pastures are generally good through-
out the State and stock water Is genef-
ally plentiful,
CONTEMPORARIES REMARKS
Anr0ra-H. H. waylnna; The sight
shower on tho 10th was fn.ray distributed
cept cotton piolgsng TIE weather during
me past week has bnsr, ma FOR picking
cotton and farmers have generally made
sG fsnt uss e IL. suider. Tho weeks
weather has been favorable for oation
AMI picking IL In iuu blast. CgNon y
badly nature iH a Few lOcallt-ts by ,.e
b0l worms but N. fatr washer VIII
stop them 10 some eNiout,
Nound Rock-frhJUas Wood. weather
one Tor picking cotton and sins are Kept
.Hafs -, 4, ..-r,,d ls.aa
and vegetables are grow.ng nsely,, the
cotton crop 10 So aty ugilM Wen a ii
lt y hoped az we iai "e~'"'i wa
continue ,. d. a-t.
Albs-Ntil|hn rohn, l-"h opns
fairy wcH and we Mealsr ~
picknHi Whe' - Pi"Ai '" VIZ '''
oangs q. II. IT. hensi Tho rainfall
was fairly dstr.i ntsa afa 49, Si clons
are dong very we'll 80 a..
Amhrillo-Nayland any NGHE1 ~ ""o
o9G1 sti rlsenlobr. cotton picker,
are very scarce, The ton crop ~ so"'
and a large Yield Il afAnfed
Arllugtrp-C. +. Me' ccr COTTON EAhtt
this sea- l+Ol baleh' NeAthVf i''N'"
bic for The tiop,, ,,,.. .,..,,,.- 400.
Paiestl M. HTig En- t tan b1t hi rain
a the close Of the week win retard pick
Ing 10 some extent. Cotton ,,. 99minE W
arc doing ell
New Bragniels-I. o 5,, r., iN'' ~
bci worms In this seou9' faHlHIe. fs Aie
gtdandld an stock water - plohiliul
Hay aud sorgh1 u doing wen NVln sioP
will no tli7 cut - 5000 ~ an a. ,atsl'
college eta 'n-p. Adfiance Lhe Nsaln-
or. with sunshine. during the past wess
favored gatheflhs nay e'"'
Vr,ninfsncli-, II. Robinson; Il "a re-
ported thrt worms are tlmagnE ieie COY.
Ton In some i3calitles, INC e1hllhutd IA ~.
during the fast hres NeShs ples vs., ~ a. a.
this week caaseu cary s,ytt,v. 7. ~
~. Az other, rops nv po',f - sast week
CotAlcana-,h' ..'.Ns,lstJa f,,r M lus coi.
has been very fdNofauie. lei lilthiAA 49,