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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
TAYLOR COUNTY.

/I'Qem. Recent rains have made more
II /Nthe cotton crop Of this section. Not
Nv deal Of replanting was necessary :,
+ //hat which was repiantcd has rome
//Ad the stand perfect In some locai
r/F EraSshoppers have appeared and Sc
Z = damage is feared from these As
FlpaTed with prospects Of other yours
+ outlook is encouraging.
(Ierscl To this date there has been an
crease In acreage Of at least 10 per cent
>1xcr last years crop The grasshnppers
S.1zsvc Just made their appearance; to what
--=S,cnt they viii destroy the cotton crop
IAN not be determined MS yet, On tho
nth of this month severe hail storm IN
this county; nj least 81 per cent ~ Inc
! crop was acstroyed: VIII cause renlanttMs.
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MARION COUNTY.

1ererson-Abundanc Of rain has fallen
1, ,hls section within the PAST few days for
y, AZ nj !, rntses. which has thought cotton NJ,
The stand is very good and the amount
nlsnied Is about the same rs last year, bul
foth corn and cotton are about three weeks
MA but II the cold weather continue a
sow davs longer cotton will be afflicted
Nitb ali the Ills that generally Gefnll the
cant CAN Grass is in abundance and it will
iske ali The Industry ard skill the farmers
ian use to get their cotton clean and ready
no grow,
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TARRANr COUNTY,.

Fort Worth. The Increased acreage In
this county win he about - per cent, tn.
largest In the history of the county. This
land was replanted In cotton. There has
been no rcplantrg OF cotton to amount To
anything. Cottoa planting In this county
has been finished. The stand thus far Ia
good. but Is somewhat uneven. ms some OF
II Is already chopped, while some Is now
coming up. M holl wccvil or other Insects
have appcarc0 here YET. The outlook FOR
an excellent crop was never better, but II
Is ton early now TO make anything like a
correct prediction ms to the future of the
crop In this county. other crop indications
are good. Both wheat and corn looking
we'll
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MArAGoRpA COUNTY.

Bay City.--The cotton crop is all planted
lana up to fair stand. The acreage is
Esbcut 20 per cent less than last year. Boil
|weeyil has appeared on almost every farm
land Is already doing great damage. Rain Is
needed badly aud the general outlook Tor
THE present crop Is not good compared with
IpxyQus years.
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PANoLA COUNTY.

Carthage "A slight increase in Il
ton acreage of this county over til
u W-porhaps 10 per cent. At leas
haif the cotton aud to be rcplnnted
count OF the failure to come up !.
about by the dry weather Nearly
cotton has been planted and ree
probably 10 per cent remains We,
planted. A very good stand OF cot !,
has come up Boil weeyil, grass
ANA lice have not Vet appeared As
county We had fine rain fiy
since, which extended all over the
and the general outlook Tor the cot
has thereby been rendered cXcelletn
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MASON COUNTY.

N,son.--The cotton crop Is seriously ar
|fected by the continued drouth. There Is
|oulte an Increase OF acreage. Almost all
planting is finished. There are no boil
|Sec,il or other insects troubling. The gen
|eral outlook is very discouraging.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29

Fort stockton There is sill
creased acreage of cotton over hald
Most planters report satisfacta ess
Those who failed assign MS r,anI
early and too deep planting. t..
all replantcd, but the second plaf'H-
not had time to come up. The geuec'
look is comparatively favorable.
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nErrGIo corNrY.

Rcfugio-The Increase in acreage ~ cot
ton here is about - per cont over "a
year Replantiug was not necessary -
was thought at one time u would he. An
the cotton has been planted and most Of
II worked over. Fair TO good stands are
reported every where. There lis 10 boil
wecyil or other destructive insects So far
In this section. The general outlook is
good provided We have rain. II Is not
very dry yet but rain viii soon be needed.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29

Weatherford. The acreage in colt,
is about per cent greater than I
year. There is practically no more -
ing To he done. The stand Is fair, n
late spring, followed by drouth. hases
crop Backward about two weeks.
crai outlook is - per cent less pa
than this time last year. he
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RED RIVER.

Clarksville.-Cotton acreage In this coun-
ty per cent increase over last year. CroI.
all planted some rcplanting necessary OF
account Of dry weather. but since the rains
the stands are fair, no insects damaging
crop; very little yet chopped out and tho
fields are wecdy and the plant two weeks
late Weather has been too cool for the
growth Of plant. Tho omiook is ~ per
cent under last years condition at this
time.
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Ing OAK COUNTY .

MA There is possible increase In
'sac Of cotton papte ova n l tns S soan
i; iAls YEA VI On account of better GIN IA
a + 'G Some epanting has been S SeGes
say 90 aa' , of the crop is, yet TO ne
snail poltr..nernlIy the stand Is good anu
psHis,aa.. Z doing we'll Some boil weevils
s n appeared 6qt no ser!ons damage ntf Is
uppreaenee' orospects are mt least equal TO
~ ssnt we we're last year for good, crop,
VA. NM ~ viii be necessity for rain before
pany guy, 1s Growing crops are now SUI
hanl ~ roin Cottoa Is needing rain 70
SsEs he pant CROWD grow da Is ana a9li eus sna ~
,el, laNlnE "niantrd the second time. The
Il had 70 10, We ahd cut worms made i neces-
T 10 Plant il some s slqS T wSs af as
acc Is lio' No ci,op Is muchlatcr and pros
sa,. a "g. very unfnvorable at present. Tue
,snd Il only fair.
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,,INo COUNTY.

,,.no--The cotton acreage In this county
La',, the same as last year. No re.
a .l,," has beeu necessary, and the boil
I'a asii and the lice have not as yet ap-
"s s' However. il is so dry In TINS IS sec :.
wv .Ass Iii The yield of cotton VIII be
,etn small unless good rains vlsiC this sec
.Lon snnf.
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TURoCKMoRToN COUNTY

Throchmorton.- There will he one-ffth
more cotton this wear than last wear; there
has been no replnnting yet There liz a
great denl of cotton to plant YET; fairly
good stand in that that Is up. GrasShop
pors are likely to destroy a good deal n
cotton they are very numerous In this
county this sDrlng
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boil wecvll. an he made the most success
ful war on the pest when it was ats~s
worst succeeding In raising fair crop
during a time OF almost general failure.
lie has now one pf the finest plantations
in the county. consisting OF cane, cotton
and corn.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29

20 crops. The general out
shlc damage y NOT as favorable as 1t was
lcw ~ = al this time. ,,.orv ra,n so,os
Thornton; ,,o',eT by a stiff nOrthcr, the
,,a,r ago, lviiv ,otfou had to be. repianted,
then plann,@o rv late. ON the night OF the
d It Is ali III the cotton for distance of
IA insuait ~ ita,v miles hy i've to SIX miles
Wehiy 20 ~ ir ,,aarthwest 10 southeast, pass.
radt runninh his town, was destroyed by
Ilg laioi.sh rms caused another replanting
Isil storm, e. y now up and looking we'll.
wien j. JUS avs miles west OF Thornton
Irom three ~ " over an area of probably
M grassaoprIies are reported all over the
10 square nm, So the prospects for
trids ana INV ny other crop In that region
sS Sery II gloomy In fact 1t w mt RE tS wTe
al II any cy,ittie faik of boil weevil In
ihere Y Tu' Of the county, Farmers here
this poflnisVpne some weeyils when cotton
awe 10 bloom.
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ROCKWALL COUNTY.

Rockwell The cotton acreage Is about
per cent greater than last year. But very
little replanting had 10 he done. The stand
is very good and the outlook is promising
although the crop is about ten days late.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29

than In ipoo, swing 10 a part OF grain crop
being plowcd up and put IN cotton. Stant
good. Tut two weeks late. but Ia good
condiii Land well prepared, consu.
uucntly plant came llp clean About one.
fourth of crop cheppcd little rcplanted and
al crop planted. No Sign OF WORMS, lice
81 other pest. Stnn1 good, outlook good,
but late Two weeks. Corn crop ten days
late. hut In good condition. acreage about
Z per cent larger than 1900. Staud fair;
well worked.
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TRAVIS COUNTY.

Roger llll.-Boll weevils playing havoc
with cotton In aud around this section
think they win leave soon. They are here
by the thousands.
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WARD rotrNrY.

BarStow Cotton planting continues and
the Indications now point TO an Increase
over last year Of fully - per cent, Snt
isfactory stands In some places have not
been obtained. neressitatinE rcplauting,
Tho bad stands In The lower end of the
valley were canscd lay rain coming Just
before the cotton came up, packing tho
ground so hard the cotton could not got
through No bol weevil In this section,
The crop Is from ten 10 twenty days later
than last year. Prospects about an aver
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WALKER COUNTY.

Uuntsy,llc- acreage planted In cotton
viii be about the same AK last year, Ahout
- per cent Of the crop had TO he rcplnntcd
on account of the late cold spring Con-
tipued drouth has madc the upland slow In
beneficial Ia II. The stand Is good Those
who did not replnnt Ia sptc NJ what they
thought was poor stand report the FIRST
Planting Sc improved as Ia he good stand
| There has lcon no complaint oi insects -
| far. The general outlook FOR the crop l.
| ahout twenty days late As compared Will
/ last year.
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SMITH COUNTY.

Troupe Five prr cent Increase. 10 eott9n
o-ar iast wear Farmers have hah ialrly
GOOD stands and the rains OF the past rev
dnys insure good stands. The genera OUT.
look al present Is good The crop y ABOUT
three weeks late, NeIy ieW la'n"Fs N"''
finished ehopping COTTON ,,.4,. ,.ha,c.
Wiuona There IL but very ntlie rh, mn
In the aereage around here, not enough 10
niention Rut little had TO be repl'mtei,
ana mas vns where Il was too dry tor II
-. u,,a after The seed sprouted. All me
eron has tcen planted and looking very
wei except some replanted mol yer come
M Good stand reported generally, no ~,
seets have bothered the cotton gel M
nome exnerted NJ We are never tronp'ri,
irhn ,ron though late is looking well Tor
ne 200 hat II is feared that the present
cool nights may cause II 10 not gro" 30
Iindale-There has been about pei
cont Inrregse in the cotton acreage slice
tast ren0rt. owing TO the total falufe -
The oat crop caused by insect pests. Inc ny,
stand IL nearly perfect ana FARMERS Ne!l
~ with ther Work aud no r1tloh ~. y
hive ,nnde their appearauce Ihe Onitu1k
M (, aur ernp q, I'D not lac better. IherH
! has been very litile replanung ana ihrl.
rrs arc through plarting cotton III 'hs
ryier Farmers are about through plant
! Ing cation Ia this section; very htut r.,
! pinntfng was necessary. Inc rfop ~
| fairly gooi condition; the bnil Mte'h Is
,,ni,no,Sn IN TINS section ~ the state. An
,n,.sassed acreage over last year. which Il
| dne 10 the nigh prices paid for i iasl
/ season. Nearly half OF the Increased acre
i age Is new land.
soMERyELL COUNTY
4 Glen Rose,--Acreage 5 per cent largei
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VICTORIA COUNTY.

Victoria ihe cotton crop is In = salts
factory condition and both farmers and
time this season, or NJ this time last year.
This Is due largely to the active effort 20
forestall the possible rnyages Of The hol
wepvil the Business Mems association has
distributed 1890 copies OF conicnsa ton
al t'roi. Mnlly's recommendations iud
remedies, and are paying IL cents hun.
bred for live weeNils. Tho crop will hcgn
lock. though the bulk of II win I've late, ow-
Ing TO many failing to get good stands on
hrst planting The rain last week seems to
have been quite general over the county,
and did great deal of good TO the corn
crop; another rain within week viii fur.
thor bcncht corn and cotton VIII then re-
qurc some rain, though II can stand several
Mtrks mnrc Of dry Wealher
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29

Growth ~ the remaining stand: makes "
Iaather gloomy Tor tho cotton planter.
nron recent rain has frightened the
hh."spccts some No insects of >Sy Kind
"1tc appeared yet to iniurc the Csop
,bewoyyille. Hitlc cotton plated IN
,hls section OF the county. hut what has
nsen planted bids fair for an average
s,eia. The principal mdus,ry is the man
NUEcEs COUNTY.
Corpus ChristI.--Thc cotton Grip 10 this
immediate vicinity this season VIII he q
spell Last year about a ,Spn '' acres we're
planted aud the Yield was good: 1t Is esti.
mated that 200 to 1900 acres are In this
year. but the cotton which was planted
SIN weeks ago Is still Invisible, although
last Mondays rain may make II appear
SHORTLY. In some parts OF the county no
ram has fallen in over three months. aud
none nce, o. the crop Is up None OF the usual
serves SO far this season.
PALo PINTO COUNTY.
Palo Pnto.--rhe farmers o. this county
Increased their cotton crop abolt ~ per
cent at the beginning OF tho crop year, and
thc late spring. dry weather and insects
nave ruined considerable wheat and oats,
which VIII add . per cent more 20 the cot
tvh crop, making Ii per cent OF increase IN
the cotton crop. About one-lalf that is
planted Is coming up now. No replanting
hAS been done. About 20 per cent of the
crop Is yet TO be planted. Seed plentiful.
As yet no boil wecyil has appeared, but
lac native srasshoppers are thick and
farmers are iearful Of losing the crop
lhey are buying arsenic and other poisons
ana scattering around their farms to XIII
them; otherwise the prospects are good
for large crop though about i've or ten
GAYS later than last year. The small grain
Is almost an entire failure, while the corn
and cotton has not been hurt by the d.
weather except in terminating, d,
Mineral Wells.--There is no increase "
the acreage Of cotton, owing To the ~
tnat dry weather prevented proper pref
alton of land and planting About 3''N,M,
cent OF the crop has been rcplantcd % "a,
count OF cold weather preventing gerthe \
tlon 81 the seed planted early. rhe oral
crop Is planted In this county, wtthut ii
possible exception Of very small perNn -
OF rcflautlng. An average stand has Tho q,
M from first planting. There are NJ "'rh
weeNil. lice. grasshuppers or deprcd Cord,
OF any other insects so far as cLthe
learned. or course there are more ID !.
fears and possibilities In the outloS vanc,
the cotton crop. General outlook for and
compared with the previous year is leugt
the same. dispe
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STARR cotrNry

Rio Grandc city ~This is the first yea,
cotton has heea planted. Rrpantng has
been caused hs the aronth. There WIS
loss cotton rcpiantcd than there was plant
cd. No portion OF the crop has been UP.
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MLENNAN CoU. TY.

Waco.-Thcre has been an increase Of
|abnut per cent in the cotton acreage III
This county. Some rcplanting has been
done caused by the lrouth and dry winds.
|Nost Of the cotton crop has been planted,
|ouI there is probably one tenth yet that
|'tmalns implanted. II will not all be
planted until about June /. A fair stand
Ied has not come mp yet. The boil wcevil
pas appeared In the southeastern section
~ the county, but has done little harm
PEI. The farmers are doing what they can
~ suppress the Insect and are receiving
En from the merchants, No other insect
pas appeared so far aud the damage done
~ me boil weevll is small so far Alto
Seaef the prospect for n cotton crop
~ better this year than last year and
Aeufeeor. The general outlook for the
kS,lOn crop in this section is not SO prom
Ehhg as II usually Is at this season, only
fpoit % per cent of the acreage having
eoed stand and fully II per cent yet
rldlhs 10 be put In. Owing to tho cold.
y! spIlng II was very slow in coming up
na qua not grow of as thrifty ny 1T
IaouN However, the recent rains nave
Nv new lie into 1t and tho last few days
y''en mas shown markca Improvement.
present there Is no fear OF boil weeyll,
fSsshoppers or lice.
n1L-ihe estimated increase in this
ny ny o %nngnons territory Is 10 per cent.
ny erop Is in eXcellen. condition, bcin.
y, rom grass and weeds the late rains
S's proven very beneficial. No appearance
srsv W.. Weevii grnsshoppers or lice. The
Anal IN. outlook Is very encouraging and
lass ,af pant Is not as tail as in pre-,
IA i, 4, st .s NJ this date 1t Is well rooted
n uu .ne whole could not be better than
IL.
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continued dronth has prevented lice from
doing auy damage There Is a great deal
Of anxiety concerning the boll weevil, hut
In the event dry weather. continues the
pests Will not do MS much damage ms Is
now anticipated The general outlook OF
the crop as compared with last season Is
better owing to the dry season. Rain Is
greatly needed In the bottom lands. only
Hight showers having fallen within the
pas few days, The uplands have been
blessed with nnc season.
Waller. Decrease in acreage 20 per cent.
There has been some rcplanting, bur of
little or no consequence, ground being toe
cold seed rotted In ground. | think plant
ing is quite over. Stands at this writing
arc fairly good. Boil wccyil have been
reported MS being plentiful The grass
hoppcrs and lice are OF little consequence
II win depend greatly on the season rs
10 the damage that may be done to grow
| Ing crnn. The outlook for crop at this
writing may he considered good. the
growers are divided as to opinions mud ~
we can only gain our Information througe
them the above '-<<A foregoing v about as
near correct as is possible for me to ar
| rive at IL.
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MONTAGUE COUNTY.

Nocona.--lt is estimated that the cotton
acreage mere VIII be Increased about no per
cent, OWING to the failure in tho oat cron
Mhlch acreage was largely plauted IN coz.
ton Heavy rains have caused some re-.
plHhting Perhaps . per cent OF tae cr9n
Is yer TO lie planted. The present stand
Is very good aud some neighburhoods excel
tent. No Insects have yet damaged me.
crop 10 amy noticeable extent. The n.
eral outlook for the crop Is fair NJ Ih a
Time, aud is growing very rapidly since the
recent rains.
Montague. There is q slight increase in
rue acreage OF the cotton crop over that
OF last year This is owing largely to thc
Ihct mat the wheat ana oat crdps were
ehtireiy destroyed by ain insect known in
thls section MS the green hug" Most ~,
tue land, however. on which grain r rs
W M sqwed has been planted in feed crolis
Notwithstanding the recent heavy M MS
me condition OF all kinds OF crops is nm.
usually good. Very little cotton has II, a
10 he roplanted, and 1t has all bten
painted. Nest of the crop has been nlowp1
over once. The stand is counted IN ri :,
good. Neither the boil weevil, glnsshon.
pers nor llce have appeared yet Wnlie
crops OF all kinds are rather late yet they
nte not as late as these of last sea son
were with the exception of tae l. cont
cool weather general crop conditions arc
more favorable this season than last. Thc
lt,s.t crop Will produce a line lleiu exrcnc
plums.
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WALLER COUNTY.

Uempstead. - The county has In cultiya-
lion ahout ~ 0O0 acres IN cotton and about
20 600 acres In corn The acreage Is about
10 per cent less than last year. The crops
arc mostly pIauted The corn crop IL I'M
usually good aud prospects are inner and
brighter than for years. The cotton erop
Is I'D a. but grave apprehension y feit
an aceonnt ~ the presence 90 boll weevil.
Taken rs whole. the crop outlook Is
haftPrlng.
Ernot shire.-Th decrease tn acreage
hinder last yeart- nhnnt fwothirds ~ the
nrescnt trop has been rcpanted the see
md time owing to cool spring ANA tauliy
Sced A6oni ali OF the crop Is planted.
! mi stands arc bad except on light soil
/ fully one.tenth bad stands. Boil weeri
! arc very numerous In many places aver
| young 30 damage has yet been done, The
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,nevsr put In Its appearance to anr e.,cn,
"a tnis county. few grasshoppcrs hnre
put IN their appearance on tho farms ~" w,
tne colorado river and Pecan haven ~,
nor "a numbers sufficient 10 do arv hnrn,.
nee nave done little damage this sessr,,
me river farmers fear that The serond
SroP OF grasshoppers which they lc"s rnr
~ June. VIII come In greater numbers ana
elcun up their crops, as they did m snn,a
sections last year. The general outloos
~ .ne crop Is about the same as LAST vear.
!. may be few days later. This renort
rf , radius Of twenty-five miles. rcach,
ing INTO San Saba, Hamilton and Comanche
:, Authorization planted and 10 he plontea
10 auout 10 per cent more than last year
aoout - per cent had TO be planfed over
owing 10 dry weather through the wln,er
anu early spring. Including stubblc Land
npout 20 per cent of cotton Is yet ~ To-
pElhteu. Cotton that Is nm Il gooa
stn .,u. owing to the cold dry gpriur
cotton Is about fifteen or twenty GAYS
later than last year. No boll wesvii re-
PORTED, nut grasshoppers are now doing
ssy.ue damage and threatening much rnnr.,
nere are countless thousands OF tne,n'
pui are yet two young to fiy aud we can I
yen wnat they may do The general ont
,, TOOK Tor cotton, except for the honpers. Is
petter thnn last year. About 100 bales ~
COTTON on hand In the cotton yard.
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Mills COUNTY.

HshIs co, ihe Increase In the cotton
ked hvunly VIII be about Il per
Ions new iand put ia, and Ia
n m sn.At and oats were plowe,l
enly 'Io'on. Replantlng has been
NJ r.,am a lew localities. cansgd
il sl ns The list OF this month.
ant,ns all planted. Their 10
hssvis sVlng on this week. caus ~
iha,' rein thar has fallen mere
hnt len on the night ~ tnc
efywhsr'F good stands are re-
"ese' The boil weeyli has
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mIsn cnnNrY.

Alyord. The cotton crop in this section,
is all planted and most all M 20 gooh
stand Farmers are now very busy chop
ming cotton 10 stand. The rains OF lnst
week were very beneficial and crop Is Tree
from insect pests aud Is very promising.
The acreage will be fully % per cent
greater than last year.