The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-19
CROPS ALONG COTTON BELT
COTTON IN FINE CONDITION AND
HELPED by THE RAINS.
Corn Has Been Damaged by the Hot
Weather aud VIII Be
short Crop.

The st, Louis Southwestern Railway
company of Texas, freight department, has
Just issued crop report No. 3, showing
present condition OF corn and cotton crops,
also general prospects, for crops in terri
tory through which this railway extends.
compiled from telegraph reports received
this morning from twenty nine represen-
tative stations on the line.
Present conditions and prospects are
summarized as follows:
Extremely hot weather past two
weeks damaged considerable; rains in
last twenty four hours will greatly i'm
prove condition and prospects are for
good crop. but 20 per cent short OF last
year.
Cotton.-Fine condition. hot westher
very favorable for plant; good rains last
twenty-four hours will help considerable
10 improve growth; prospects very fine
for good crop.
Texarkana. in good condition;
prospects good. Cotton In good condition
and growing nicely; two weeks late.
Naples.--Corn and cotton in fine con-
dition; prospects very good
Mount Pisasant--Corn condition nalr;
prospects good. Cotton condition hne;
claims VIII handle $4,000 bales.
Sulphur Springs.--Corn condition fair
recent rain have brought OUT prospects
fair, Cotton condition fine; weather fay-
orable; prospects fine.
Commerce.-Corn condition fair; crop
will be short account drouth. Cotton c1n-
dition fine; prospects fine; good rains re-
Gently
Neyland.--Corn condition fair; crop will
be % per cent short account of dro1th.
Cotton condition fine; prospects very good !;
two weeks late.
Wolfe City.-Corn condition fair; crop
20 per cent short account OF drouth, Cot
ton condition fine; weather favorable;
prospects fines
cent rains improved greatly Cotton con
dition fine; weather faVorable prospects
fine.
sherman.-Corn condition poor, account
drouth; recent rains will improve some.
Cotton condition good weather favorable;
prospects good,
decentralization condition fair; recent
rains will help considerable. Cotton condi-
ton fine; prospects good; weather favor
able,
Nevada-Corn condition fair short
about 90 per cent account OF drouth; rains
last twenty four hours will improve some.
Cotton condition fire; weather very favor
able
Plano.-Corn. same as Nevada. Cotton.
same as Nevada.
Grapevine.-Corn about 20 per cent
short; recent rains will greatly improve;
prospects fair Cotton condition good;
prospects very good.
Fort Worth Corn condition fair, rains
| laet twenty four hours will improve great
| " Cotton condition fine; prospects favor
able
Pittsburg. Corn condition good; recent
rains have Increased prospects cotton
condition good; prospects very good;
weather has been favorable.
Gilmer.--Corn condition good; pro'pects
coed Cotton condition fine; crop WIN be
larger than last year.
Tyler.-corn condition good; this
vicinity now sure of good crop. Cotton
condition fine growing fast; prospects
| promising.
Jacksonviile.-Corn condition fine; win
have large crop. Cotton condition nnei
Rusk.--Corn condition Ane; prospects
good for largest crop ever raised IN this
vicinity. Cotton condition good prospects,
fine; weather favorable.
Lufkin.--Cotton condition good; pros.
poets good; plant growing rapidly
Athens.-Corn condition fair; rains have
considerably improved prospects. Cotton
condition good; prospects good Tor fuli
crop.
Malakoff. condition fair; rains last
twenty-iour hours viii greatly improve
prospects,. Cotton condition very good;
weather favorable; prospects fine
Kerens.--Corn, same as Malskor Cot.
ton, same as Malakoff.
Corsicana.-Corn. late rains have great
ly improved condition. crop viii be short.
Cotton condition fine; prospects good Tor
large crop
Blooming Grove--Corn condition good;
weather favorable; prospects fair. Cotton
c ndition fine; weather favorable, pros
poets fine.
Hillsboro.-corn condition fair; chlnch
bugs damaging in some Places crop snort.
Cotton condition fne; prospects good
weather favorable.
Hubbard City-Corn condition fair; de-
crease 25 per cent under last year, account
drouth Cotton condition good; poor stand
in some places; crop compares well with
last season
Mount Calm.-Corn condition poor; crop
Will be short, account drouth. Cotton con-
dil.on fair, but late rains will greatly
Improve.
Waco--Corn condition fair; will make
two-thirds crop: rains benefited. Cotton
condition good; late rains have improved
prospects.
McGregor.--Corn condition fair; crop
will be short and late. Cotton condition
ane; prospects very good; CROP about two
weeks late.
Gatesville.--Ccrn condition fair: pros
poets good crop late. Cotton condition
nne; weather favorable; prospects good.