The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22
WEATHER CROP REPORTS.
Good Rains and Showers Reported
From Several Places.
SUMMARIES FOR The COTTON BELT.
Ncnriy All the states Report the
Crops Doing Wcil-st"rm DAM
ngc i'm Aiabnmn.

A nice rain fell here this evening, which
! viii 40 great good 1t is known TO nave
I extended twenty miles south OF here and 10
| have been much heavier.
/ buffalo. Leon County, Texas, July "
/ The weather is still very dry and hot win
! no Indications OF rain here today. Io'tvu
| Il beginning to shed considerably OH INV
/ uplands and the hct winds for the past
/ week have checked the growth anu oaHs'
strious injury. Without rain in coplous
quantities viii in a week or ten uays Nhe
cotton crop Of this county will be cut snort
/ fully % per cent Stock water 10 sett!hs
/ very scarce and grass in the pastures 10
/ burning up from the dry hot winds
| Gonzales Gonzales County. Texas July
! ol-The weather continues very close anu
/ the heat is excessive. Vhe Grouhu - NO.
and ,eeotettnr is suffering for rain. COT
| ton in many places looks SICK the s'"""
Il, not good and experienced farmers con
ndcntly predict that the yield VIII lot us
/ as large as last year Rain is re.det
everywhere In this county and should -
| continue dry cotton viii all b" open IN coiil-
paratlvoly short time, These hot days are
! ropping he hollis IL hurry.
Wharton. Wharton County, Texas July
/ g-The weather continues warm and
sultry: a slight shower fen yester lay ac-
romranicd hv an electrical display, Rain
| is badly needed although corn is making a
go harvest. full ears. Oats mlllet ana
| sorghum are being more cultivated man
in former years and yield good crop FIGS
arc about gone: watcrmelons still plentiful
ana cheap Fears will be large and the
trees heavily weighted with fruit. Peaches
viii be very scarce.
Rayner. Stonewall County, Texas. July
1 l7.-Rain began falling here this morning
at O'Clock and continued 10 fall until 4
q. m. and while not enough to replenlsh
water holes and tanks 10 any great extent,
| VS. enough for cotton and other crops
The rain Is thought 10 be general over
| radius of twenty miles or more. The
| pr, srect is good for more rain Hottest
weather for the last few days that has
been felt this summer.
Glddiugs, Lee County, Texas, July 90
1t is hot and very dry here; rain is greatly
needed for the cotton crop. The present
condition of the cotton indicates that the
crop viii be very short in this county OF
| course early fall rains could change the
results: considerable cotton Is opening.
now; picking Will begin by the hrst oil
August.
I.uling Caldwell County Texas. July 81.
The continued dry weather Is nSsinn'n y
to make farmers look blue. Nothing Is
badly hurt yet, but the rain must come
quickly Those living along streams state
that since all the water in the water holes
nus utleu up 'iI"' Sn"M.m ~ na ,,ra,cd
pers IMAM ever see" pelor' nav wv
klroyviiie' jasper county leNas' W." -;
@o'-halh is haolY hecueu III SOM pa VI
Jasper and Newton counties. while in othtr
places the crops are fine. But rain is. at
nrest NJ haaiy needed. run crop ~ ht ,i,,
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Loehhart' Caldwell County. itS"s' .u,s
ne dfouth IN mus 'inri .dihte seo' .'.,
a."t ,,,. I, ,' :, ,oc,, rottor
Ia,n , ~ e'iS Nv, .rhera 4, now
80 ., m,,a ~ r,in and tho ,ianter,
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