The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-25

oats and damaging young corn to some
extent.
oolIad, GolIad County. Texas. April e.
Entirely too much rain for crops. Fields
are even now overrun with weeds.
Eigin. Bastrop County, Texas, April "a.
Cotton planting Is very late. There Is
only seed enough for one plenting. The
fruit and berry crops are very promising
San Angelo, Tom Green County. Texas,
April 24.--Hail fell In this county TO-DAY.
destroying the fruit crop in It's path and
In its sudden advent killing chickens be-
fore they could reach cover.
Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas. April
ga very heavy rain here yesterday,
which fell about eight hours; farm lands
were badly washed; creeks are higner
than for ten years and many bridges have
been washed away
Denton. Denton County. Texas. April
24.--The heaviest rain that has fallen
in weeks fell here today. Fears are ex-
pressed that II will work injury TO corn
by preventing the fermers from plowing
and working tn crop.
Comanche, Comanche County, Texas,
April 2i.--The hard rain we had short
time ago packed the ground so hard that
cotton that was planted could not come
up. Some are planting over. The warm
weather 10 making corn good.
Moscow. Polk County, Texas, April "a
The continued rains are making farming
very backward, but an abundant fruit
crop seems to be an assured thing now.
Gardens also are very backward and the
potato bug ~ again in evidence.
Caldwell Burieson County. Texas, April
24--Farming operations have been sus-
pended for while on account Of the re-
cent heavy rains. Several farms In the
Davidson creek bottom near town have
been greatly damaged by rise in that
stream. II will probably be week before
farmers can commence work again.
! Navasota. Grimes County, Texas, April
24.--Another rain fell in this section to-
day and agrlculturlsts are beginning to
take n serious view Of the farming sltua-
I ton All work rs very much behind ana
l In many instances ground has not even
been broken; in others the seed has been
drowned out and In still others rank VeSi-
tatun Is taking the fields,
Becvllle Bee County. Texas, April 20.
This entire county has been visited by
excessive rains during the past week Yes
torday forenoon this place received one
OF the eeverest soatings II has been given
in a long time The ground is now toe
wet for the farmers to get Into then
fields and crops are going to suffer some
in consequence. Vegetables are also be-
ing considerably damaged by the eXees'
sive rains.
Elliott. Robertson County, Texas, April
ga worry hard rain visited this SECTOR
this morning, doing great damage to grow
ing crops. Farmers very badly behln'
with their work on account OF SO muci
rain; few Of them have all their ian
ready to plant. Cotton will have to b
planted the third time and seeds ar
scarce. Cotton planting at least thre
weeks late. Corn good stand and lookin
, we'll, but needs work badly.
Edna jackson County, Texas April 2
Another hard rain fell here Sunday morn
. ing and another this morning, stoppln
ali farm work and further delaying COZ
, ton planting. Considerable complaint
I heard among the farmers on account
excessive rains. prominent merchar
and cotton buyer here stated 10 the ro'
correspondent this morning that the recel
l rama in his opinion, would decrease u
acreage to be planted In cotton
Texarlana, Bowie County. Texas, apr
oA-A ecrce rain and thunder storm COY
ered this section at o'clock this evenin
causing great deal OF damage TO sha'
trees and orchards. Reports from the ~
mediate vicinity OF TeXarkana state TN
many OF the fruit farms we're se.ipp'
of their Young groves. The weather w
prove TO be another setback to co'l'
:, planting, which is already very much
:, tarded by reason Of 80 much rain
Brennan, Washington County, Texa
A. April 2A.-County Clerk o. a. seward w
r owns extensive interests In the bra3
bottom, has been down In that secu
~ for several days investigating the oV,
dow conditions. He returned nome tou
4 and piyes rather a gloomy picture of
farming outlook. About half the eott
!, cron Of that section had been plant
prior TO the overflow. 1t will all have
-, he repIanted, and the condition of I
- flelds are such that It wiz be a week
mr. more-it the dry weather continues
er fore farmers are able TO get INTO w .in
40 Of The tenants are surrounded by lool'
80 lies so soft that chickens bog down
ia thom. and the roads are In such an imp'
H. sable condition that It Is impossible
any of the people to obtain supplies