The age-herald., 1900-07-07

| increase in acreage of perhaps an average
 1 of 20 or p per cent. over last year was 'n-
 | tended, is indicated by the percentages of | increase reported from the sections unaf- l fected by the heavy rains and overfows
 in the valley of Colorado, Brazos, Trinity l and Sabine Rivers. Thus we find the crop
 conditions in Eastern, Northeastern, 1 Northern and Northwestern, Western and l Southwestern Texas to have been very fa- | vorable throughout the season, and as | consequence that there has been an ab- | normal increase in acreage in these sec l tionS over the acreage of last year. and l that the crop is in several instances from | one week to ten days earlier than last year | and in excellent condition at the present ] time. Grapeland, in East Texas, reported 1 an increase in acreage of 25 per cent. with | the observation: 'If we can have a few | weeks dry weather think crop will be | about 25 per cent. better than last year, | while Giadewater, in the Northeast, re- | ports an increase in acreage of 10 per cent. | crop two weeks earlier than last year and ] at present in splendid condition.
 Paris reports an increase of 10 per cent, | crop ten days earlier and in perfect condi- ton.
 | Sulpher Station, in Bowie County, reports ] the acreage as three times as much as last | year. Sherman, Wichita Falls, and Vernon on the northern border report in- creases of 10, 25 and 10 per cent re- | sDectively. Balinger and Abilene, in the west, show increases of 20 and b per cent respectively; crop in good condition While from Brownville, in the south, we have an increase of 50 per cent in acreage crop ! conditions splendid. But, while these re- ported increases in acreage are rather ab- normal, they are mainly from the outer edges of the cotton area proper, and are l completely lost in the decreases reported f from all over central Texas, ranging from ,-t ffaH- ent reports lands abandoned or laying out implanted on account of overflow and late | seasons The drouth that followed the | heavy rains seems to have proved very | damaging in many sections where the bot | tom lands have baked under the dry, hot | weather Thus Cameron reports unless it | rains soon, there will be nothing made in | this section of the State on bottom lands, including the famous Brazos." - Bryan reports a decrease of 25 per cent, and says that under most favorable con- ditions not more than a half crop can be made"
 Eagle Lake reports decrease of 25 per l cent in acreage with crop conditions 50 | per cent below last year. Montgomery shows decrease of 40 per cent in acreage; | Clarendon a decrease of 50 per cent; | Thompson a decrease of 25 per cent; Whitesboro decrease of 50 per cent; Still son, decrease of 50 per cent; Coleman | a decrease of 9 per cent; Sal | ado a decrease of 90 per cent; Steels Store a decrease of 30 per cent; and 50 per cent l or over on most of the cotton areas. | Many correspondents report that n- | creases were intended, but that owing to | the heavy rains and unfavorable seasons, decreases have resulted generally. There | seems to have been little stubble | lands planted in cotton this year. on the whole the crop averaging two and half | weeks late, several points reporting it as | late six weeks. As to the general condi- | tions the general tenor seems to be unfa- | orable at this time. Of our correspondents, l only 37 per cent report crops in good con- dition while g per cent report crop suffer- | ing for rain. Nineteen per cent complains | seriously of boil worms, and 20 per cent report crop in weeds and generally in bad condition. Taking our returns at their face value, which have corroborated each, oth- CT, in many instances, where more than one reply received from the same place, we find that the expected increase in acreage has not only been wiped out but that decrease of 2.4 per cent has undoubt- edy occurred with a decrease in acreage of 2.4 per cent from last year. For Texas we must readjust our estimated acreage for the cotton belt, per our former port; also our figures for the total yield of this years crop. Based upon last years Texas acreage, this 2.4 per cent decrease
 gives us an estimated acreage for
 Texas of only 6,4S2,592 acres TOT thlS year, "nlch reduces the total acreage estimated for the cotton belt to 24,S9S3 395 acres, being net increase over last year of 6.17 per cent indicating total yield of only 10,656,513 bales. Since our last report there has been some complaint of ex- cessive rains in South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, but not of suf- fcient importance to warrant any change in the estimates given for these States New York Cotton Futures
 By Private Wire to Murphy & Co.,