The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-31
COTTON CROP OF TEXAS
Reports by Post correspondents on COndI-
lions Now Prevailing.
CROP APPEARS 70 BE DElfRORATING
Damage - Few Reports Indi-
cate Any Improvement.

yesterday win indications good for more
today. which will entail heavy loss 10
cotton BY causing the bolls to rot. On
account of the heavy foliage cotton has
not improved any in this section. but has
| deteriorated by shedding OFF everything
but the grown bolls and leaves. 1t Is a
foregone conclusion that there Will he
no more cotton made in this section than
what is made already There is no such
thing as a bloom In sight The ,caf worm
is putting in Its appearance Just now.
but instead OF doing harm they may do
much good by destroying the leaves so
that the sunshine may cause the bolls
to open that would otherwise rot, as
cotton is growing out of sight" This
place has received sixty bales of cotton
to date and brings 0 cents per pound,
with seed at $40 per ton
Brennan, Washington County, Texas,
August 80 Cotton receipts today have
been fifty bales by wagon, the best day
of the present season, Farmers here from
all parts OF the county are "A unit in de-
/ claring that the ravages from boil weeyii
are menaclng the crop to an extent never
before known Brazos river crops are
suffering most, but the hill farmers are
NOT exempt The destruction becomes
worse from day TO day. Every cotton rails
ing neighborhood in the county reports the
same gloomy condition e affairs. 1t rains
every day and the continued cloudy wealth
er aggravates the weeyil situation BE-
sides this, the grown hollis are rotting for
want Of sunshine. Lands that ordinarily
produce a balo OF cotton to the acre are
estimated at quarter OF bale for the
present season. Altogether the local stu
alton could scarcely be worse
Giddings, Lee County, Texas, August
S0-A heavy rain fell here yesterday
about noon and today about the same time
another very heavy rain fell. Reports from
the country Indicate that the rain yes
terday extended over a large part OF the
county. Coming at this time the rains
viii do much harm to the cotton crop,
which is at this time in poor way. Re-
ports Indicate that the boil worm ard
Mexican weevil have been doing vast
damage to tho cotton during the past
week. and now that the rains have again
begun the outlook for cotton In this coun
ty is exceedingly dscouraging.
Marble Falls, Burnet Cunty, Texas,
August 29.-Snce report OF the Goth n
slant there have been three days OF hot
Winds which have caused the squares ard
young bolls TO fall off in large guam
titles and from careful inquiry among
leading farmers The Post correspondent
learns that the boil weev!l has appeared
and Is doing considerable damage. Pres
poets are not near so good as they were a
week ago. and estimates now are for not
mere than one-quarter to one-half bale
to the acre, where week ago they were
sure y. three quarters OF bale.
Lockhsrt. Caldwell County. Texas, Au
gust 30,A very heavy rain storm 3NepS
over this section yesterday afternoon
continuing for about .hree hours and 1t
is raining heavily again this mo ns.
Cotton picking will be greatly retarded.
and new growth OF weed be stimulated
by these untimelv rains. Col.un has COM
menced moving in large quantities. about
week earlier than was Anticipated and
formerly reported TO The Pas. GINS are
running on full time and the stap'e is
being sold as rapidly as gathered
jefferson, Marion County, Texas, August
29.RepoIt on the cotton crop OF Marion
county came out in the first issue of The
Post reports on the crop on the 18th, ard
II could not have been more favorable. At
that time everything indicated just what
WAS reported But since then the hot
winds and rust have made considerable
change in the prospect, and a change In
the report * necessary, From all the In
, formation to DO gathered the cotton crop
in this vicinity will not exceed the crop
OF last year.
= Harwood Gonzales County, Texas, Au-
gust 29,-The boil weovil made It's ap-
peanance hero some three weeks ago and
; bright prospects for n big crop reported
} at that time have all been blighted. The
weevil has completely destroyed all the
top crop. fields of cotton stalks us high
as mans head ana over are completely
: bare of blooms and young squares. There
Ia nothing on the stalk but the grown hollis
and they are opening very slowly on ac-
, count OF rank stalks aud heavy foliage.
Brennan. Washington County, Texas,
August 29,-Mr A. w, Watson says the
, rain at Stone Tuesday afternoon was the
, heaviest known in many months. Woo l.
ards creek was out OF its banks and tray
elers wero forced to camp on either side
r of the stream until late in the night, Mr..
i Watson says tho boil weevil has entered
. bis neghborhood and is working great
: damage. He handled eight bales of CO.
ton on Tuesday against seventy-SiX for
4 the same day last year.
Greenville. Hunt County, Texas, August
50-The rush o. cotton 10 the local mar
ket Is unpreeedentedly large for August
and the great bulk nj the offerings 1 in
the seed In this form the staple com
| inards a price only fraction less than
, cents. Quite large number Of square
hales ara coming in also aud sell readily
L at prices ranging from SIZE to S3-4.
/, The Weld & Neville company shipped
= eco bales last night, the first OF the sea
son.
Wallis, Austin County. Texas, August
) 29,-wallis received her first bale OF co;
ton today, 1t was raised by MIR. August
Tomam Crops are very short In this
: part OF Austil county. II continues to
rain every day. has been raining OF and
on since July 4. Boil weevlls are itll
playing havoc with the cotton that Il
fruidng now. Crops all over will MT
> average one-fourth OF bale per acre
nenton Grayson County. Texas. Au-
=, gust 3o,--The best informed cotton buyers
J. say that the crop will not average moro
: than one-half bale to. he acre Cotton Is
: opening worry fast and Is coming in freely.
IS In the Chickasaw Nation the farmers say
y that the worms have done considerable
AZ Damage IN many lcalaies, A general es-
d innate OF the crop Is that It will be as
short this season as last.
MARQUEE Leon County. Texas August
2s.--Several days Of dry. hot weather have
u carsed cotton begin 90 open, and re-u-
d lar picking viii soon begin While the
cotton plant Is large. most farmers report
= II poorly fruted. The past few DAYS a
= clustering southeast wind has prevailed
. which 10 said T. have crlspod thc leave.
!, Of the cotton plant almost as II seaidsd