The Forrest City times., 1899-07-14
TIE TEXAS COTTON CROP.
Damage From the Floods is Esti- mated at Fully Five Mill
 ion Dollars.
THE uPlAMDs SECTIONS BENEFITED.
May he Little short of Last Year, But the Location of the Crop VIII he Changed to the Higher Lands.


 be Changed to the Higher
 Lands.
 St. Louis, July 13.-An Austin (Tex.) special to the Republic says in relation to the cotton outlook in that state:
 Now that the waters are receding 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 result of the food
 In order that some correct estimate might be obtained, a cereful compila- ton of the estimates from all the flooded districts has been made by the cotton exchanges in this city, and it has been ascertined that the Brazos bottom loss will represent some 200, 900 bales, valued at $5,000,000 This loss, according to districts, is estimat- ed as follows:
 Estimated Losses.
 From points on the Bosque river, north of Waco, the yield has hitherto averaged 1000 bales. and it is figured that that section will not yield over 2,000 bales this year as a result of the flood. From Waco south on the Brazos, which is the cotton section of the state, the comparative tables show losses as follows:
 At Waco, yield last yS6r was 50.0oo bales; this year . will be reduced to 3O,000.
 At Marlin. last year it was 15.O00 bales; this year it will not exceed r. 900.
 At Reagan it was 5000 last year: the yield this year will not exceed 1.000 At Bremond it was 5000, as against 2,00O this year.
 From Bremond to Calvert the inter- vening country will not yield 1000 bales, where last year it yielded 2,OOO bales.
 At Calvert the yield will be 10000 this year, as against 30,000 last.
 In the intervening country between there and Bryan the yield will be B. 900, as against 5000 last year.
 At Bryan the yield will be 10000, as against 10000 last year.
 The intervening country between Bryan and Navasota will yield 2,OO0, as against 5000 last year.
 At Navasota the yield will be 10000, as against 10000 last year.
 At Millican it will be 1, ,OO0 as against 6,000 last year.
 At Hampstead it will be 1000, as against 5000.
 From the country between Hemp stead and Richmond to yield last year was 10000 bales, and it is esti- mated that the crop there will prove dead loss this year. This will be the case also with Richmond, where 10000 bales were marketed last year.
 At Wharton the yield will be 5000. as against 10000 last year.
 At Brenham the yield will be 2o,. 900, as against 45.000 last year.
 At Chappell Hill the yield will be 2.000, as against 1000 last year.
 At Caldwell the yield will be 10000. as against 15,000.
 At Cameron, where the crop last year was estimated at 10000, it will prove a total loss this year.
 At Belton the yield will be 10000, as against 25,000 last year.
 It is estimated that from Brenham to Milano, along the Santa Fe, where 10000 bales were marketed last year, the crop will be a total loss.
 At Hearne fully 75 per cent. of the crop will be lost.
 Highland Crop Beneated,
 These estimates are thought to be very close. The cotton men. however. estimate now that the great loss in the Brazos bottom will be offset by the cotton raised on the upper lands. The rains which have flooded the Brazos bottom so as to raise such havoc have benefited the crops in higher lands to such an extent that it is predicted that the additional yield there will offset the loss in the bottom, so that the ag- gregate of the Texas cotton crop will be little. if any, short of last year. though the location of the yield will be changed from the Brazos bottom to other sections of the state.
 Dick Williams StilI Alive,
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