Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-08

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ton Is very snotted: SON. Il rood; mos.
OF L Young and good deal not YET NJ
and VIII NOT cusic nv until Ii gs,ln1. Acre
axe about Tho sAnic - lAlt year.
GEFUaio COUNTY.
RefuTio-Thc corn crop 81 ,hia cocnty
u almost tclal failure. Cottun "a aolne
well. rko Increase "a acreas,e Of cotton
cent.
sHAcKELFaRD COUNTY.
Abany-Thc crop prospects FOR this wear
are tssa bos, Tor four years. whae.. oats
and other small Krliu viii make a fairly
Ecod crop -snuch better tnan las year, A
Kood, soaking rain has becn falling an aRy
crop. Cotton Is cooking VOL and tho crop
this year Is much larger than ever. The
estimate runs ali thc way frora Is TO 81 per
cent OF Increase; viii be about % per ccnt.
soMERvEfr. COUNTY.
Glen Rose-Tne eoitoe crop. csmpaTel
iwiu last year : about per cent less In
Acreage but Il Is IN better condition taar
at tnis time hist sea son. The corn crop
acreage y about 70 per cent Increase over
,lSo aud more promising than for NUM-
Der o. years, There "a an increase IN
aci'eage in tlie wheat crop, hut euppoHe
Pcor yicid. oaA crop at least q per cent
greater raan for years and good yield,
but damaged some by the lNte raina ami
wind. The iuereaso In acreage IN grain
orons Is due largely TO increase IN cul,iva-
ton OF tilab'c lands.
TRAVIS COUNTY.
MRnog.-cotton Is growing nicely. and Is
mostly chopped and cleaned out The gen.
eivl run OF farmers arr about week
ahead OF last season. The Increase is very
sman over last season. some ray per
cent and some 10 per cent, but the more
conservative mink taper cent incroase
WI fully cover the case Lice are re-
ported IN mary places and some fsrnls
have suffcNad from the Erasshoppers, but
the general tone OF til= crop Is very good
and the prespssts sre na'iesinF for q
stands prevail.
uPsHuR COUNTY.
GEme1~-Al crops are looking we'll aud
farmers are well 10 win their work.
More corn and oats than last year, and
from beat Information ootainsAle the acre
agc OF cotton this ycnr compared with last
year. is about J. per cesit merease. There
is frst-c,aSs stand Of cotton, and u Is
clean notwithsalnding the heavy rains ami
coed weather this spring
UVALDE COUNTY.
Utopia.-The condition OF all kinds OF
crops In this county Is good except IN
some few localities where the cutworm
has destroyed the stand Of cotton and
neceasitsted replantlng, The old corn H.
made. but later planting will need one
more rain to insure good crop, From
what can be learned the acreage IN cotton
here is about the same as last year,
Farmers are wen up with their work
grass rne; stock In good condition.
VAL VERDE COUNTY.
Del Rio-Crops in this locality are In an
excellent condition. The Increase OF cot
been estimated at 30 TO Is por cent The
grape crop Is unusually large. Other
fruit crops are small Corn and hay are
about the same as last year
WALKER COUNTY.
IIuntsylie- cotton crop is ebou,
two weeks advanced over the same time
last year and generally reported n good
S ~ Wssks min lsst Sirat. when rood
rain feil here though not general over
tie county, C0ton mas not been injured
to any SSsea, by qrose Increase Cause. y
by openane nav lands. Some increased In
planning, while others decreased.
WOOD COUNTY.
Alba-Acreage In cotton about the same
rs last year, Recent cool ngnEa have
made cotton look somewhat siciiy. but
otherwise the plant IL IN good shape,
zAvALLA COUNTY.
Batesvn.c--Cor and cotton aro grow
ng nicely with an increase OF about
small decrease against the later %
compared with lAst year Mucn more
sorgham cane ana sweet potatoes Nrs
being cultivated than heretofore II hai
becn twenty days since any heavy rain
and crops can not hobs out promising
much longer. Prospects for rain are good
today,
MILAN COUNTY.
Cameron.--lncreaae ~ cotton acreage
his year as compared vita last, Is idlly
10 per cent. The crop r. cary and ~
nr1t class condition. Fully six hundred
acres OF new ground has been put lnlc
cultivation.
sroNEwALL COUNTY.
Iaynor.-1'wo hundrei per cent increest
IN cotton acreage Shis year, a. com
pared with last PiaWlng eonimenced OF
AaHlFl June. tuN con
Alton Of the crop Is Good and the pant
rs growing rtpidly. the acreage " IA,
crop mas been largely Increased owinf
10 Inc failure al the wheat and oet crop
lhe acreage OF which Is being cuiuyatul
Ia cotton.
SHELBY COUNTY.
Joaquln.-cotton acreage about th'
Hane this year % was last crop "a
early and ia prosperous oondA-on Aha
the outlook u good