The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-10
WEATHER AND CROPS.
To the Editor OF The Post.


~ joining counties and have made it a poin
~ TO get all the Information possible con
r. corning the crop prospects ana ma tina
81 lne crops of corn and cotton in Sabine
- .aA Augustine, Nacogdoc hes, Pamela am
j. ontIpy counties are ia lure. From Les
c Iicrlndt!on gathered while at court o
I mon IRON these five counties / am fun,
j. lustihed in putting the estimate at one
Is l1IS OF cotton TO every eight acres plant
9hu ne corn crop Is bad In ptopui tiUn.
otatoe1 peas aud uUgarcano Win also be
i'ut'ic II rAn docs not come soon. The
NStther IS very dry ana extremely warm
= ailI no hopes are entertained FOR rain In
n the nelr future Cotton is opening al
- least "a month earlier than usual ON ac-
u mcntiomed usually make one-half baie per
\ acre. rms year one-cghth of a bale is
: Yours truly W. 49, Wood.
naily IN need of rain in this part of che
State. Tho cotton Is an dying mere Tor
tle want OF ruin Farmers are very busy
porter has been over the most of Bastrop
. ana taldwtN and Hays counties In the
d iast low days AID the cotton crop Is no
, brlter ~ either of the counties In some
l1rcs IN HaStrop county there viii not he
"a bdle Of cotton made TO seven acres OF
cotton land Hays county VIII make
: from one nalo to two bales TO every seven
acres. In some parts Of Caldwell county
1obtoh Will do well tf It gets a ram in
aiVe or SIX days. The creeks which never
ME Nhv"H 10 stop running have almost
Spne uty ana the tanks have been dry
i9r some time. stock are an going 10
stHrVe ior water If wc dou't get rain soon
/ t'ur VETS are only aiIorling enough water
l"t the people and stock VIII have To lac,
| soon. V' ""'''
co D,Hinin. Texls August Tho weather
,N"tuuts airy ami the days for two N,fkt
/ ''t nave beep Intensely hot. I'M ,rnsl
| cts OF cotton have deprpcIntcI - ia m
i ,"a, trnt inc last ten DAYS and ten dnya
eul M, crop anywhere from ~ To- T. mo-
| Vut' mere has nor at any time IN ih
nmI yy, ~ tuis Aeci 'on been such weather I
"i'v suen Wholesale destruction OF ,.rons |
uN nus prevailed here during thr ,,y :, tu i'
Ks Farmers who two weeks igo were |
li"clilinn S that their crops Womb wa
one HAIR u three-fourths h,Ie Vr nc, yi'li
"iH now ne Slai to get a hlle from n.y.
o,'s' Many mcn owning Gne GIN plants
s - in.us'N considering the advIs4 biIn
81 not ring them at all during the s,'..rSS
Wo weeks ago We were boosted ,rto
m mor'S 9i -''op to- 5000 bales at this pla"c,
'all<cd Of CIV shost mint
b.. ktoss9 Texas, August s.-About aftv
n9Ifs OF cotton nay" been marketed hors
,,oi '' is.. hi,I noti'ng in the way Of u
s.,'i' hcHtial ram does not prevent n,Ni
EEK ~ gre certain to ge; hfty bales per
gaaS "uRlch means loot bales durins Au-
F'Nt' which - unprecedented ma ~,
."It'sl undent has recently made III,
,ii'rso nai's; Robertson and Limestone COIN
nv, to VIZ mas me crop very short in a
M ~, ava In many sections The rust ' nas
rrnI ofi',nn5, cotton very much Tha gen
:. . per cent within The iast twel ,c ." on
tltoon days. Their Is a rrf.ot dnoI ~rr
Npuns ,1tton that viii not mals,. nv ~
u ~ unless general rains pf,domIn.tE
49, INIT very soon. We Skinned Nh,ui
, W., tales last season and uow we barli,,
iJ"k for more than 400 hllas mt - ~
present outlook "''''' 'i'r
f.. r.',-,nr 'Na.' August 6-Thc drouth
Three wsokS ogo il seemed * If we ,vn,EE,i
f'lN" thc iast cotton crop mar bas 49, ' w
ialssd i,rr iu Years. but. llas' tn. cott,, !
lfo@l "rfe lis- hurian ,Nnr.tntinus ~, -
hitru - De- hligAttd There ia no Ilsr d.
y. T. ~. ii7'Te VII lt ,t1Ettnrtti,nIv nm,
ton made and very nttlr corr, ,,nnI
enable farmer sata to The Posi- r,,en1torr
), trrihy thlt Il win take ten acres ON an
'NHUlgc 20 make u halo Thie os,i,',,
xxx curse br changed some Ii W.,
a fitiu, sSH,yira' go9d ram, but at this =.
", ", ming Is simply being cooked
rom Int W. 1"S n" mercury runs ,
'' ''' ~ ''' ana me neat IS fearful.
Orange, Texas. August s--Coloncl u W
'plldaN. manager OF tho Magnolia ri, :, '