The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-26
THE ItXAS COTTON CROP.

TENDER 25.-The weather is very unfavorabe
for gathering cotton account of so much
rain during the last ten days.
! Trinity. Trinity County Texas September
4.--Tho heavy rains recently have done con
siderable damage to cotton and the predic
ton Is made that the crop Will prove much
shorter than former estimates placed it.
weatherford, Parker County. Texas, Sep
TENDER 2f.-The rain which began Thursday
eveninb broke last night having been al
most continuous during the interval 1t has
damaged cotton great deal and Will retard
wheat sowing.
Sherman. Grayson County Texas, septem-
county indicate that great deal g()INton
beaten out by the heavy rains Ind
storm has lain on the ground snc9
has been greatly damaged and staiF
is no longer any doubt about theJ The
ton being quite heavy. ;.i .
Huntington. Nacogdoches County " pldl
| September 23,It rains nearly every day,
greatly retarding cotton picking Worms aro
in he cotton and doing considerable damage
Ginning season, at least three weeks late,
has at last set in Sor good. Prices are hur-l
ryins up the picking and ginning fast as wet
weather will permit Farmers all pleased at
prices. and the staple is now on the move.
Calvert Texas, September 25.--The recent
heavy rains have damaged the cotton Of
this part OF the county very considerably.
That which Is left open on the stalks is
damaged In quality. Much Of the open cot
ton was beaten out and into the ground, and
is lost, OF late so much rain has fallen that
farmers have not been able to gather what
is left in the fields Worms are working
upon the late cotton. bu, to what extent
they Will iBiure 1t not he estimated
| Much OF the cotton here is late, and should
! II he ruined the loss will be greatly felt
zNavasota Texas. September 25.-Sam Blake
and ! II Devereaux were here yesterday from
Plautersville with two squads of negroes
whom they were taking TO Corscana and
Ennis to help pick the cotton crop of that
] pNF hof1 min
negroes all told and most of them were
men and from places worked by the two men
IN charge Women and children are kept
at home and the men aided in securtn re-
munerotive employment through the fall
months Those remaining Mt home can easily
ga Der all the crops made In that section
this season.
Wolfe City. Texas. September 24-Tbe heavy
rain that fell here last week and the damp
cloudy weather since has been very destructive
to the cotton in the fields The heavy winds
Of September 3 and night Of the 9Th blew
great deal of II out of the hollis and last
weeks rain covered II up and destroyed IT,
and II this damp cloudy weather continues
much longer quite a lot win sprout in the
bid fair To be equal to the crop of 1859 but
III Will require favorable weather TO save
anything like as much as was saved that year
now Cotton pickers are very scarce; SO
much that 1t will take favorable weather from
now on to save the cotton crna
Denton, Denton County. Texas. September
S.-The farmers are very dubious on ac
count OF the continued heavy rains which
have fallen daily since Thursday and again
last night, a steady downpour lasting all
through the night and part Of the fore
noon. Cotton that was open is badly beaten
out ana into the ground while the corn is
also seriously damaged and each days CON
tinuance Of the wet weather is niuring il still
more. AT the present there are very few
indications of break In the weather and
1T is expected that the rain will continue at
Least through tomorrow Those taking an
optimistic view Of the msiter however. con
tend that the rains will cause the plants to
put on more squares and bols. but that II it
81 harrens, may he blasted by an early
frost.
Ennis Ellis County Texas September "a
About seven inches of rainfall last Thursday
night and Friday morHing accompanied by
nigh winds. Several railroad washouts in the
county good deal OF cotton land cotton
overhowed and much OF II damaged or de-
stroyeG Farmers report damage TO open
cotton all the way from 10 70 per cent on
the uplands. In some fields this damage is
slight and in others verv great All fields
we're Hooded, water standing in rows or run
ming IN mill tails, and covering with dirt or
carrying of the knocked out cotton still
threatening rain As vet the amount of cot
TON damage can not be accurately estimated
nut 1t is beyond doubt quite serious for Inc
couny large. Such is he deliherae opinion
10y me correspondent, accustomed to exaeger-
ateu reports on the excitement OF the moment
ana wen understanding the necessity NJ max
ing tie proper allowances