The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-10-06
THE COTTON CROP OF TEXAS
suoRTEsT YIELD EVEN KNOWN N
nRAzoRIA COUNTY.
zinc weather Is n Great Aid 10 Pick
ing and There Is "c"cr"i
Demand for Pickcrs.

gathering the abundant crops in this Part pi
OF Texas is taxing the capacity Of the :
farm workers. and as the season advances v
and the opening Of the cotton multiplits :"
the demands upon piekcis. the $ renuoss
labor of the man With toe hoe beeomes y
more marked until there is now beginning II
a rush for hnn6s TO save the crops Every Z
Monday morning there are many wagons In !,
tho lily for cotton pickers ana the num- 5
Der mere ses each week. The negro IS a
! In his gec They congregate on the pub "
lie square and wait for the cotton an n
tiers TO bid for their services. one tarntr
secured batch of pickers ana Start v
out of town He stopped IN 'front.' OF {
saloon 10 celebrate his good luck aud )
while he YVES at the bar Eothcr farmer
drove up. offered cents more on the S
hundred and took every one ~ ma pioN-
ers This serves to illustrate the seam :
BILE for cotton pickers In ms cl'y enh-
dnion which has not existed IN ncmoer
O, wears. AZ matter Of fact to cotton
crop Is yiclding much more than was
expected The present perfect weather rs
p. maturing and opening he bAIs an al me
same time the cotton ctill blooms ara puts
on more bols. Not aimee Tie tall 81 lns-
{ has there been such a demand for coHon
: pickers as there is now. As a cGnss
ouence the negroes are " sa"y u ehRhG
. in the cotton fields and domestic helH u
4 tho city IL IN great lemah rae "c
racers contain each lay AdFeFIseih
/ for women To do tonseWnrh "u1
: laundries arc crowded ;tn work thrown
to them because the washwonen haVe
q conc TO tho cotton patch. But hu''ae
is booming and everybody is happy
Ii 1ockhart. Texas, October 81 numher
e of colored cotton plckers came VI yest
1t day evening on the San Antonio ana Aan-
sas Pass rain from reloN' 4heE VIZ
~
l. met a. the depot oy IA. He.e ,1D..,,, 40
n oxpectinC them. and taken iNredlHNN 10
10 me country. Up TO Nednes1Iy even :
" OF ihe close uf business, 100 p'eS VI
n, cotton had been receiYcd In LoeKh"t
l. Rrazor'a. Bra7oria County, Texas, oct2-
r. her 4.-The cotton cr2p in TINS ST. On -
IS the shortest ever known, the ave age WI
u.s. no, no above one bale TO every TWEEN
It noros n,snfed Several hundred negroes
II rave loft this county within the rasl tsn
davs some 20 ng to Galveston, one 10
no mo lumber mills of Eastern Texas a q
IL, Western Louisiana, but the major " 10 tue
". cotton fields in the upper eonh ie'' AM
ed II now looks as If the labor quest on WIZ
III he a serious one with the plan'ei' Vi 'A
section.
of 1,sner Jasper County, Texas, ober j.
Tho eon1 price which cotton b ing
ID /, causing tne farmers to rush the maFhet
Il ana lasper IS Going the livelies bIslness
for years.
T oy. Bell County, Texas o,toher A.
81 Gotten is not 5pening up as fast d ~ y
y, sired by the planters, There - -
VI deal of dead cotton, which cuts q c'n'ii
nm cradle figure the yiela' iue' W =
r. nearly as much cotton here on tn maFhp
ne ast wear in August as has been re-eV'
up to date this year
Comanche. Comanehe County, Texas W
was tober 2..--Ihe weather has been clear an
favorable to cotton and the receipts haV
n been large, four gins in town pusJ a
son. the time
lass Elrin Bastrop. October i.-Tha weathe
has been dry and hot for IN p'st |,
ffr Gays and farmers have W1rhed al ho5. -
and night Plckers were nara 10 secil
ana al hrst. but some OF our farmers wen
alas the Brazos and secured them In iarg
numbers. and they nov have III r er1l
h well in hand, and cotton 5 p4cNel aoo'
i'm as fast as it opens. In the couhtTy "a
ate. ia ent to Elgu the cutt7n crop Is ne'u
than 1t has been for the past elgnle
for wars and the price beng Oh 1t r
placed our farmers in a fair financial CO
IS dition.
Greenville, Texas, October 4.-frc
20 ranged Yesterday from 400 10 $50
''en' cotton in the seed bringing from 5ol
3 ~. Receipts for the day were 2Si nal'
fo'' total to last night Of SSl' from Wa2o
one of the round bale gins put
=
u. amounts are equal to 1725 bales. This
swell the total receipts TO 1914 o'l
u he which is a full and fair summi Of
crop movement to date on the LEGAL M
W, ket
oloes Beeville. Bee County, Texas october
ease" The weather still continues good
iohs cotton is rolling iii
ciefA La Grange, Lafayette County, Tex
wash oo,oher a -ottnn receipts al this pl
Dur we're about 1900 bales up TO OctoDe
vas a this year as against over 1000 Tor ga
oon- period last year. Cotton picking In
wears section Will be almost at an end ny
huren last of this week as 1t is now conce
con- that the rains. boil weevtls. sharpsho
atoms ers. etc have cut the crop short at lie
was 50 nor cent In some localities in
,i,,rcn county the Yield will not he over
Mace bale to ten acres OF land planted 10
came ton.
iildrcn Denton. Denton County. Texas, oeto
Juass Cotton is rolling in at rapid
IS anu AID nearly all the farmers have none,
entipa spend and pay their Just obligations
until man in cotton has already mace
Island clear money OFT ten acres and VIII m
half as much more, or nearly double
kinson value of the land. L is feared that
iho"n high prices for cotton and the lnau'
cious weather that has prevailed
wheat planting will result in mate
increase in the cotton acreage next y
d for Greeryille. Texas October 5-Ree,
yesterday amounted 70 2e0 niles, carr
re has tbe total IN elOo bales from wagons Pr
nd fol- ranged from cents for the poorer or
The to 10 cents for long staple. with ,
of this cotton from 800 to 3 20
June He.rne. Texas, October 5.--The wea
al =, in this section is very favorable for
4 Lon ten picking ana inc piantSto aIe
addition advantage OF 1t and getting y OUT 20
5 have az they can. Quite a lot OF the IL
chesteI staple was sold in the city yesterday
nds Of penison. Texas. October 5.--The We
ks or is as hot as in July. Cotton Is
ling 800 ing in very fast There is stu
no a's' scarcity of field hands. The cotton
is nearly all open. Many farmers arr
fering 81 per hundred.