El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27

Inc corn crop, WQlle IL Will 10 SOou,
will not average as high as some other
sections of the state. 1t has been too
wet for the corn in many places and
then it does not appear that the soil is
we'll adapted for the crop, although 1t
makes good average crop. There
will be an increase in the yield over
that of last year by fully 25 per cent.
The condition of the plant is good, too.
Oats did not amount to much, and
the wheat crop is not large where any
was grown.
The tobacco crop, in those sections
adapted to it, is very large and the
product is verys fine. In Montgome-
ry county it has been matured and some
have baled it. 1t has proven very
profitable crop.
There has been a great deal OF diver
sitication of crops. Sorghum and sugar
cane are among the best products OF
the year; Rice is very yyoo fine: Orange rige
in that vicinity and that it is doing
splendidly..
CENTRAL TEXAS.
If the present prospects for the cot
ton crop in the central part of the state
are not met by any obstacle there will
be an increase in the yield over last
year OF at least IL per cent. The crop,
however, is in q predetermined! state,
owing to the presence of boil and army
worms, sharpshooters, dry weather In
some parts and too much rain In
others, caterpillars and few sundry
complaints that are connected with
these leading ones. The plant seems
to have had a rank growth and pro-
misses an immense yield. The crop 10
anywhere from ten to twenty days
late.
The corn crop is immense. There is
no "going to be" about it. The corn
crop in nearly every section is past any
harm. It is made and one correspon-
dent says it is ready for gathering.
There is an increase of fully % per cent
in the prospective yield.
The oats and wheat crops were very
fine except for the effect of the rains
just at harvest time, which did some
damage. The forage and fruit and
vegetable crops were very fine. moth
ing having happened to cause deterio-
ration.
SOUTHWEST TEXAS.
While reports from each division of
the state are very varied and tell tales
of woe and of fine conditions in the
same section, yet there is more of this
sort of thing in the southwest district
than any of the others. In some Sec
the crop and in others they have not
appeared. This latter condition is not
the rule by any means. There will be
an increase in II g yield of at least 10
per cent if the crop should not be en-
tirely ruined where it has been attack
ed by worms. Up in Travis county the
conditions seem to be the worst of the
entire state.
The condition of the corn crop in
io ut nod hn 0fh
districts of the state, but that there
will be big crop goes without say
ing:
The wheat crop was very good, pro-
badly better per acre than in some of
the other sections outside of the Pan
handle, but it does not appear that
much attention was paid to this crop.
Oats were not as good as they indicat-
ed early in the season they would be.
vest time and there was deterioration.
The forage crops have been very fine
on account of there having been plenty
of rain. Stock is in good condition for
the reason that the ranges are in good
shape.
NORTH TEXAS.
North Texas has fine prospects for
good crops of both cotton and corn.
The cotton crop is not all that it should
be, but it is fine just the same. There
are boil worms there and there is not
much complaint of dry weather, SO
what the outcome will be in regard to
the worms ia doubtful. Present indi-
cations are that there will be at least
81 per cent more cotton raised in north
Texas this year than was grown last
year. There was some decrease in
acreage, but that has been more than
Offset by the prospective increase in
yield. The cotton is from two weeks
to thirty days late.
Corn is the finest that has been
grown in that section in the history of
farming. The bad reports are so few
and far between they will be hard to
find in the midst of the good reports.