The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-09

| boil worm was playing havoc with cottor
| throughout that county, fields In some sec
| lions being almost completely ruined. IL
| the river bottoms the worms are not a'
| bad aa On the upper lands according to re-
| ports.
| Rogers, Bell County, Texas, September
7.--Thc cotton crop Will be shorter mere
| than was expected, as the cotton worm
| IL simply destroying all the cotton In THIS
| section. Farmers are unable TO secure
any poison and can not get any before
| Saturday. Reports came in from Milan
and Williamson counties yesterday to the
same effect and prospects are very gloomy.
Bartlett, Williamson County, Texas, Sep
TENDER Cotton is suffering in this vicin-
ity from boil worms and lice, and the
army worms have put in their appearance
on a number of farms, damaging young
cotton very much; no London purple to be
had. The cotton crop will be, according
to present prospects, considerably short
q last year. Had several local showers last
week, and cloudy and raining again today
just the weather for the worms.
Kyle, Hays County, Texas, September 6.
The cotton worm here seems master Of
the situation. The farmer spared neither
money nor labor in buying and applying
poison to destroy the pest, but their count
less numbers, aud the rain washing off
the poison, has enabled the worm to win,
so the cotton now matured is all our farm
ers will have TO gather. The crop Is cut
short. but hard to estimate to what ex-
tent.
Kennedy, Karnes County. Texas, Septem-
Der 7.--Quite a number Of showers OF rain
have fallen in various localities around
Kennedy, but not enough for vegetation.
Kennedy and its vicinity needs rain badly
for stock, vegetation and health Rain on
cotton here now Is too late to do any good.
Kennedy Will not realize more than fifth
of crop this season. Merchants and farm
ers are very blue over the prospects Of
their collections.
Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas, Sep
TENDER Slime rains fell throughout this
section yesterday fun enough to bring up
turnips and start fall gardens. But the
cotton has been injured rather than bene-
flied by the rain, as the worms are doing
great damage, and it is difficult 10 pro-
euro poison. some planters not being able
to get any. The indications now are that,
Notwithstanding the increased acreage, the
crop of Caldwell county will not exceed
that Of last year.
Lampasas. Lampasas County, Texas,
September Good rains fell here yester-
day evening and last night. Reports are
coming in from the country to the effect
that worms sharpshooters and the rust
are doing considerable damage and 1t is
likely that the crop will be cut shorter
than estimated a few weeks ago over
twenty ears OF wheat have been shipped
from this place, and in previous years not
more than one or two cars have been
shipped. The pecan crop will be good.
Lott, Falls County. Texas, September 8.
The weather for the past few days has
been too cool for cotton; the plant is be-
ginning to feel the effect of rust, worms
ana very cool nights; the leading farmers
without an exception say that not a bale
or top cotton will be gathered off the old
or early cotton, but the younger plant
that did not stop its growth will make
some more than II the rains had not come,
put that the reports of a top crop from
THIS section are altogether exaggerated.