The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-21
THE TEXAS COTTON CROP.
Damage From the Floods Is Esti.
mated at Fully Five Mill
ion Dollars.
THE UplANOS SECTIONS BENEFITED.
The sggp cpnte Yield for the state
May he Little short of Last Year,
.sut the Locnt Ion Of the Crop VIII
be Changed To the higher
Lands.

st. Louis. July 13.-An Austin
(reN.) special TO the Republic says in
relation 10 the cotton or look In that
state:
Now that the waters are rcccding
all along the Brazos river bottom. the
question agitating not only the Texas
farmer and the Texas cotton buyer,
but the eastern money markets is:
What will be the loss ON the cotton
crop as a result of the flood
In order that some correct estimate
might be obtained. cereful compila-
ton of the estimates from all the
flooded districts has been made by the
cotton exchanges in this city. and il
has been ascertined that the Brazos
bottom loss will represent some 2OO.
900 bales, valued at S5.O0O,00o. This
loss. according TO districts. is estimat-
ed as follows:
Estimnte ed LOSSES.
From points on the BosQuc river,
north of Waco. the yield has hitherto
averaged 1000 bales, and il is figured
that that section will not yield over
1000 bales this year as "A result of the
flood. From Waco south on the Brazos.
which is tie cotton section of the
state. the compa rative tables show
losses as follows:
At Waco. yield last year was 10000
bales; this year il will he reduced TO
10000
At Marlin, last year it was $1,000
bales; this year it will not exceed =
600.
AZ Reagan it was 5000 last year: the
yield this year will not exceed 900.
AT Bremond it was 5000. as against
1000 this year
From Brcmond 10 Calvert the inter
vening country will not Weld 1000
bales. where last year il yielded 1000
bales
At Calvert the WELD will be 10000
this year, rs against 10000 last
In the intervening country between
there and Bryan the yield will be g.
600. as against 5000 last year
At Bryan the yield will be 10 900, as
against 10000 last year.
The intervening country between
Bryan and Nayasota will yield 1000, {
as against 5000 last year.
At Natasota the yield will be 10000,
as against 10000 last year.
Al Millcan it will be j .OOO.as against
G,0Oo last year
Al Hampstead it will be 1000. as
against 5000.
From the country between Hemp
stead and Richmond to Yield last
year was 10000 bales and il is esti-
mated that the crop there will prove
a dead loss this year. This will be the
case also with Richmond. where 10000
bales were marketed last year
AZ Wharton the yield will be 5000
as against 10000 last year
At Brenham the yield viii be co.
600. as against $1,000 last wear.
Al Chappcll Hill the Yield viii be
1000. as against : 900 last year.
At Caldwell the yield Will be 10000
as against $1,000
ut Cameron. where the croD last
year was estimated At 10000, il will
prove total loss this year
Al Belton the yield Will be 10000. as
against $4,000 last year.
i is estimated that from BRENNAN
TO Milano. along he Santa Fc. where
10000 bales were marketed last wear.
the crop will he total loss.
AZ Hearne fully Is per cent. of the
crop Will he lost.
Iiigh-Inad Crop BeacHted.
These estimates are thought TO be
very close. The cotton men. however
estimate now that the great loss in the
I'ra1os bottom Will be Offset by the
cotton raised on the upper lands. The
rains which have flooded the Rrazos
bottom 80 ms to raise such hayo<. have
benefited the crops in higher lands r.
snch an extent that il i predicted t,at
the additional yield there will ,fIset
the loss in the bottom SO that the 40.
prcgatc Of the TcNas cotton crop win
be little. II any. ..hor, of last wear
though the location Of the Yield will
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