The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-08
|IIoN CROP OF TEXAS
\. I, psi correspondents Oh condI-
,l,ns Now Prevailing
| ,,rf IS ssl,GlSG OUT TUE STUFF
=. poins All They can e
RS" nm Their crop ms
o,,cxly ms Possinie.

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,r.,,sr County, Texas, Septem,,
.crsid, "sarrespondent has refraiped
Your 'esor reports lately until q
satnr u ,oninlon could be obtained.
ssssasas " win lead ng farmers from
slGysvs ,be county he can unhesl-
etfrtl mst the outlook is the gloom
~ sl aiHe, ,nr OF Waller county, Wna'
i he n''s IN early spr.ng and the con ,
rsrosass failed 10 XII, the Doll weeyi i
n !iius q only In the past week
thins STATIONS have been fully real,
ast a Ky most optimistic have turn q
ifd 'hs average OF one bale 10 le5
GM.tsd for and some sections VIII
! 10 his. Both white ane negro
''.Ss are In no position 70 daee ~
n , s after last year s Ial iha' ar a.,
, ssr other points, wnere MA ,hs Si
1.ss., " for their famllies, Anr t tal,e
klgiis arc rs ,s,i il many Brazos bottom
| Hrrsf l LIZ wss mortgaged after the
kstrn Nn vasr ana which will not even
Wv ~ on their obi cations this
Dc MI n'i1i county is facing the worst
!. ii lis history s..
.,,le Hunt County, Texas se rosI1,
..llIts cotton market opened ~ poiuas6
!. Yesterday morn;ig' sS gan no,ai,pg 1
tt y Wy sso and $50 on the local
~ w y .ssd cotton bring ng from S.lo
HIi s w Snvsrs we're all hopping about
in aserness 10 purchase, indieat ny
M esssrs are imperative, or in other
\ ns, \, ina spinners are purchasing at
~ p,, sss They are not waiting Tor
|'tsso W., i,vsS; but are taking everything
Es,, II hedging against future
|tfni Tho wagon receipts for. the day
~ .,rsra bales. a total to last night
~ The Lowery round bale plant
lA psis sSou, 5000 worth OF cotton in the
!o .ssar s tha day. and the American Cot
aui QUIZ, sbout sixty loads, which VIII
sng ,o,sl receipts for the day to nearly
w, w Such a rush was never known
y . early in the season
n,,,sr Wharton County Texas, septem
':sl yhs Post correspondent has been at
-,.ns IN set Of inquiries, relative
\ Y. s .sns cnndition OF the cotton crop. It's
W, "a nutput this year. These itg-
w " ,siy relate TO the east side OF the
IA. st' riyor' The niices plainly reveal
~ KY .onaltion. 10 be brief, to emphasize
S,l.wnr Il sufficient. From .fisure.s
.sss nv Mr.. Patton Murray OF the Gif-
W mere there was paid out up to
',whsr / last year for last years crop
III This year three bales. Again
|. ssrs shipped last year up to this date
As Southern Pacific, S2lG round ana
IS bales this year 10 bales have been
NJ and they belong to last years crop.
,r,s4a Crimes County, Texas, SePten-
!, cotton continues TO drlbble in, rev
, only each day. though farmers are
: N .hsy can to reach the high prices
n ere they be pu'''l back. Paris
! IA being received by almost every ex-
! md Is Immediately carried 10 the
4 An oversrpply Of worms make fast
absolutely necessary to be enectual.
north winds low blowing are welcomed
smiles because that VIII Dry the
ID ground and coax TO open boll5 down
ID rank weed cotton
dwell Burleson County, Texas. September
lazy rains fell throughout Burleson and
counties yesterday, doing still further
ne to cotton The cotton worm is making
omt havoc, and the farmers are not able
iiscn on account Of the rain. Cotton is
ng 10 very brlskly, the high price being
stiriulatlng the farmers in the move
Of it. Cotton seed is bringing Sl2 per
The gins are In full blast. md there
good deal Of competition. Cotton in the
today Is bringing $3.50 per hundred.
males, Gonzales County, Texas, Septelr-
'--cotton receipts yesterday were eighty
] bsles against 259 TO-. same day last
TO date the receipts are 1859 bales
1T tlii 10 same date last year. Cotton
here yesterday evening for 9& cent?.
Bringing $3.50 a ton. A few days
(. weather. will bring In more cotton,
he crop Is damaged so much that your
sttndents statement in Mondays daily
his county would only produce MALI
oiton that was made In 1893 is claimed
'fners generally to be correct.
fih, Texas. September 6.-cotton is be-
% to come into Marlin at The rate of
twenty-five to fifty bales per day Cot
esa Is also coming in at the rate of from
twenty tons per day. and the Marlin
seed OIL dill viii begin crushing in a
iys The machinery has been thorough
staauleo, and good deal OF entirely
machinery put in for this seasons run.
amusement expect to crush more seed
eascp than at envy other in the mills
=, !, McLennan County, Texas. Septom-
Inc spur n the price Of cotton mas
laieo The farmers 10 rush their cot
mAket and they are marketing every
y ieon IS picked. Some OF II is hur-
y ne city in the seed even before
ior a bale Is secured. Pickers are
.sh1. The weather is good and tire
n.en IS beginning TO open rap dly,
With. former years the re-
ne exceedingly liEht.
a;gh, Wharton County, Texas, Septem-
:,liN demand for cotton pickers from
rolning counties keeps up. Several
I arg now In Wharton Offering terms
H.. " nesroes 70 engage IN the work,
~ s,.oa crop in Wharton county being
~ a gang OF eighteen OF twenty
s"l' Yesterday on the Cane Belt.
~ - uoilaa County. Texas, September q.
my or leaf worm IA n,avfnr bavnn
W W.. e.oiton, some fields being stripped
MA iefaiefs, however, think this VIII
IA Y me cotton, as It will omen in
az s,a ssli' have time for a fali crop.
s ~ 10 demand, carloads of negroes
'.n 'he Brasos bottoms.
v, eAas, September 7.-Continuous
ra sereusly in,eriered with picsing
i J, large crop OF cotton already
y Aas section. Although about i1D0
sos peen brought here from the
"a iu ra cotton in many fields
7 Aa'e oeen untouched and IS falling
hi Sssst , County, Texas. September
ME- pIlse OF cotton is causing farm
sns safiy and late to get out their
lssr,,11s ~. u to market. The gin viii
d s ,,na tomorrow and will be kent
Mi TINE. Hardly half as much
y De made as last year.
d brins,Ss ou1iy, Texas. September Q.
-----.Ae'ng sle cents right along.