The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-23

being under water and crops washed
away.
Willis. Montgomery County, Texas, May
Give have a slight indication OF good
weather, but the long continued rains nave
done considerable damage to crops. Corn
Will not yield rsore than one-third OF
/ crop. Cotton Is very late, but can not
make full crop. The cartaloupe crop Is
damaged some and will throw them two
weeks late. Tobacco is almost a total
loss Some Will begin planting cotton
where they had ;g5acco already planted
out and where they intended planting.
/ upon the whole we can not expect much
from here this year. 1t has thrown quite
a gloom over business and the crop pros
pect is gloomier than has been for years.
Rose Hill. Harris County, Texas. May
2Z.-Farm work Is retarded by wet wenth-
err For the last two weeks 1t has rained
every ether day, Crops are In very bal
conditson. Cotton is rusty and not grow
ing particle: lots of the plants are dead
or dying and 1t is still raining 1t rained
Mast night and Is raining now at this writ
ing. III fair and dry weather does not set
* IN soon the cotton crop may be Y failure.
as grass and weeds are about to overtake
It. With corn 1t Is tina same; no blowing
can be done; some Of Ii Is drowning on
low lands and grass and weeds are rapidly
taking advantage. Prospects are very bad
indeed
Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, May %.
The cool weather prevailing the past week
has been injurious to all crops, and espe-
cialy to cotton, which is a warm weather
plant. The growth is glow and backward,
the stand not any too good, chopping Is
behind and the grass and weeds are get
ting under headway. Theee conditions
can be renedied however. when dry
weather comes, II IL ever does. Corn APP
pears bit backward also, but wheat md
o. 70 nat IA N
weather for the next three weeks the
grain crop will be the largest in many
years.
| Alvin, BIiazoria County, Texas May ~
Another rainy spell has set in. 1t began
early this morning and at this writing, 4
y. M. there seems no end to it. Very
few recall such rainy spring as this has
been. Crops are in bad condition at pres
emit. Many have not yet finished planting,
What is planted can not be worked out.
Strawberries continue to come in at the
rife Of fifty to 100 crates per day With
good weather the output would be dou-
bled. The cape jessamine season Us on
and large quantities. will he shipped from
here between now and June :.
Denlson, Grayson County Texas, MAY
Extraordinarily cool weather still con-
shues in this section. 1t is the coolest
May experienced in great many years.
The cold weather Is proving a very serious
drawback to the cotton plant. The weather
has been productive of worms on the small
plants and in many instances worms have
completely eaten up the young plants and
, in many places the destruction has been 80
! great 10 a crop will be planted In corr
: ratheS than to take the chances of replant-
ing with cotton on account OF the lateness
OF the season
Ang,eton BrazOria County, Texas. May
22,h Is reported hat the pecan crop In
- ~. 1T.
entirely destroyed by catterplllars This
= will be quite a loss to the community, az
. Columbia is usually a heavy shipper OF
Z pefans. sometimes shipping them by the
r train load. ii !s reported thst the boil
weevil is doing q vast amount of damage
to The cotton along the Bernard in the
Q west side Of this county. From present
reports but little cotton will be grown In
y that section this year.
1 l4r Grange, Fayefre County. Texas, May
y 22.-iIt began raining ha1e last night
5 about o'clock and rained all night SO
= that by morning the bitches and creeke
were full of water and the river had risen
several feet, and though the sun is shin
ing today still thunder heads are 10 b.
e seen all around, indicating that more rain
N is to follow shortly The roads are al
most impossible now so that the farmers
. can neither get to town nor work the
{ fields.
y Moulton Lavaca County, Texas, May %
- en- last Monday, the Nth, we had a hard
d soaking rain that prevented farmers from
= blowing the entire week. They only 20
to do a lL5tle hoelrg the latter part O
the week. Yesterday, the 21st, it begar
: raining at . O'Clock In 4he evening and
1t rained a steady downpour until late a
= night The ground is full of water. which
q VIII delay blowing another week, still
;. prospects for fair crop are fairly good.
- Roby, Fisher County, Texas, May 81
n 1t has been raining steadily for forty
= eight hours. 4 gradual downpour, and it i:
IS thought that It win be detrimental u
Is wheat and oats. which are rs fine as evei
e grew in this county. Stock are DOING
= exceedingly we'll, and the range could bt
in no better condition. There Is entirely
n too much rain and cool weather for cotton
a Some of the farmers are having 10 replan
o and what cotton is MP Is doing badly.
e Thornton, Limestone County, Texas
May 22,-It has been raining at interval.
Is for one week so farmers could not plow
y and today the rain is falling In torrents
"a great deal of cotton land not yet pant
:, cd. Weeds and grass are taking the
- fields Some corn is growing little. gu
~ fields are drowned and sogged and ii car
!, make but little regardless of future wealth
- er. Some oats are ready for harvesting
"A but the rain prevents.
70 Elsln, Bastrop County, Texas, May y
"a Rain, rain. 1t has almost destroyed gu
ne crops. Only shout so per cent of the
v cotton has been planted The cotton tina
at is no TO stand is almost lost in tn
Sc weeds and grass At best we can't expec
" to raise more than haG crop. Farmer
Is that have lived here for forty years sa
,e we have the poorest prospects for crop
ut that they have ever seen.
D FIa;onia, Fayette County, Texas, Ma!
" 22.-Farmang operations received anothe
le setback last night when at o'clock
ID heavy rain began falling, conunuins
re througour the night. the fall exceeding
u IL inches beyond doubt. All road
v approaching town are thoroughly water
81 soaked and are almost impossible. Gras
4 and weeds have taken possession OF gar
~ dens and crops.
,r Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texa.
a May 22--,Ancther nice shower OF rain fe
ia here last night and this morning, leavin
= the ground Ia excellent condition for IN
Immature fields OF vegetation and cotton
:. which are presenting such prolific ap
" perance just at present The rains durln
"a the past few days have been genera