The Van Buren press., 1899-07-15
THE TEXAS COTTON |lII|
Damage From the Floods |, >.
mated at Fully Five MI, ''
ion Dollars.
THE UpLAAOS SECTIONS Brvr,n,
The Aggregate Yield for a.
May be Little Short of I... sa
But the Location of tb. 'e|
be Changed to III.
Lands. Ahght|

Lands. nigh
st. Louis, July 1a.-An
tTex.) special to the Republic Ap'
relation to the cotton outlook ~ ial. !
state: A
Now that the waters ara
all along the Brazos river Nov .s''0ll
question agitating not only ths y
farmer and the Texas cotton i''
but the eastern money mar..s sD9'a
What will be the loss on tba y,
crop as a result of the floodp ''@
In order that some correct o..
might be obtained, a cereful eon,a r
ton of the estimates from al
flooded districts has been made 6r y
cotton exchanges in this citv ~,
has been ascertined that the D., @
bottom loss will represent som. ~
900 bales, valued at $1,000 OOO N.Y.
loss, according to districts is a,,,'
ed as follows: s'''A'
Estimated Losses
From points on the Bosona ;,
north of Waco, the yield has hi,h.s
averaged 1000 bales, and il is sr
that that section will not Weld
1000 bales this year as a resnlt =, y
flood. From Waco south on tbe p,,
which is the cotton section Of a
state, the comparative tables a.,
losses as follows:
AT Waco, yield last year was a.
bales; this year it will be reduc.1
10000.
At Marlin, last year it was ,,u
bales; this year it win not exceed
600.
At Reagan it was 1900 last year, A,
yield this year will not exceed Inn
At Bremond it was 5000, as ac,i,.
1000 this year.
From Bremond to Calvert the iOtu
vening country will not Weld I'm
bales, where last year it yielded gm
bales.
At Calvert the yield will be 1000
this year, as against 10000 last
In the intervening country betv.,
there and Bryan the yield will be !.
900, as against 5000 last year.
At Bryan the yield will be 10000 .
against 10000 last year.
The intervening country betwr
Bryan and Navasota will yield sv
as against 5000 last year.
At Navasota the yield will be 2M
rs against 10000 last year.
At Millican it will be 1,OOO,as agairs
5000 last year.
At Hampstead it will be 1000 u|
against 5000.
From the country between HEMP
stead and Richmond to Weld Id
year was 10000 bales, and il is sr
mated that the crop there will prov
a dead loss this year. This will be d,
c;.ie also with Richmond, where lNNA|
bales were marketed last year.
AT Wharton the yield will be jIN
as against 10000 last year.
At Brennan the yield win be q,
900, as against $4,000 last year.
At Chappell Hill the yield will b
1000, as against 1000 last year
At Caldwell the yield will be 1904
as against $4,000.
At Cameron, where the crop ID
year was estimated at 10000, il wi
prove total loss this year.
At Belton the yield will be 10000 =
against $4,000 last year.
1t is estimated that from Brenhil
to Milano, along the Santa Fe, vh'H
10000 bales were marketed last yal
the crop will be total loss.
At Hearne fully IS per cent, OIL m|
crop will be lost.
I highland Crop BENEFITED
) These estimates are thought
very close. The cotton men, howes
estimate now that the great loss IN u
Brazos bottom will be Offset BY VI
cotton raised on the upper lands IN
rains which have flooded the Bran
bottom so as TO raise such havoc nNI
benefited the crops in higher lana'
such an extent that it is predicted I |
the additional yield there VIII DIV
the loss in the bottom, so that '@4
gregate of the Texas cotton crop "
be little, If any, short of las, ,"
though the location OF the yleu
be changed from the Brazos "'OA
other sections of the state.