The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-10
WEATHER AND CROPS.

| Wlnshorc Wood County. Texas. June S.
| Crop prospects are better than for ter
years
Eonita Montague County. Texas, June
"a heavy rain has filled all the water
tanks.
Eastland. Eastlcnd County. Texas. Jun,
| s.. Tho cotton has beer greatly benefited
by an abundance OF rain.
Denton. Denton County. Texas. June S.
Heavy rain horo last night and today
Wheat has not been Injured thereby.
Denton. Denton County, June S,--Wheat
is being harvested In the Chickasaw Ma
| ton there is wheat field OF 1000 acres
Mumford. Robertson County. TcNas. June
o. Good rain here yesterday, Corn al
right Cotton small and two weeks late.
Ennis Ellis County. Texas. June .-,;rnlr
| cror here Is the heaviest In years Pros
| poets Of fine corn and cotton crops flgtter-
| Ing.
| Kaufman, Kaufman County. Texas June
Drain here yesterday Cotton is badly
in the weeds Cotton lice numerous. Corn
crop fine.
Luling Caldwell County. Texas, June o.
Another heavy rain storm; fcnccs washed
down and cotton covered with mud in come
sections.
kice, Navarro County. Texan, June D..
Heavy rain throughout the county yestor'
cay. Grain crop harvested. Corn and cot.
ten looking fine
Rock Island, Colorado County. TnAas.
June S.-Rain plentiful here. Heavy yield
OF cotton anticipated; ginning facilities viii
be increased to handle It.
Elliott. Robertson County. Texas, June o..
Rain here yesterday, corn crop assured.
Cotton three weeks lats and weody aver
axe reduced at least 20 per cent.
Montague. Montague County, Texts. June
S.--Heaviest rain OF the season fell here,
but too late 10 benefit the wheat and oat
crops. Other crops In good condition.
penison. GrayHon County. Texas, June
The apple crop this year is the largest
ever known. so The oldest inhabitants say.
The peach crop In this section " almost an
entire failure.
Hcnnossy. Madison County. Teyns, June
o.-~A fine rain yesterday. insurlis good
corn crop; cotton doing well: n large oat
crop already harvested; m experiment In
wheat has turned out well: vegetables and
blaokberrics were never more plentiful
Angleton. Brazoria County. Texas, June
Crop prospects were never better In
this section Of country at this time OF the
year carload OF onious and potatoes
was shipped from here THIS week. Hay is
shipped from here AZ the cate OF about
two cars a day.
Cuero, Dewitt County, Texas, Juna D.
good shower fell here this morning and
II fas been raining all around for the past
two days; this mskes corn sure. There is
considerable COMPLAINT about the boil weevIl
and the merchants have offered great IN
ducements for the best remedy FOR their
destruction and for the best results per
acre for cotton about 800 In prizes has
been offered.
Gainesville. Cooke County. Texas. June
S.--Wheat harvesting is general over this
county and probably one-iIfth Of the crop
has been cut: continued rains keeping ma'y
back. To-day we lave had heavy rain
and wind storm. which seemed TO extend
over the wheat belt OF this section, an1 We
look for reports OF much damage 10 the
standing grain. and 1t viii Keep the ma
chines out OF the fields for at least five
days. Prospects good for more rain to-
right.