The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
HE COTTON CROP OF TEXAS.
in Good Shape and There Has Been an IncreasA II,
the Acreage Crop Is Late and Planting Has
Not Been Completed

-. stste as an entirety. the cot
w II Texas is In good shape ana
III are, without some ea.am'ty
P'', s1,.sssn. that full crop VIII he
ua'V ..arly every section. There are
In sections. such as the ool
'1' ne grasshoppers and the fact mat
Y stIl some Planting 10 he don :,
.ldences the fact that the cr"p
IA that the farmers have been
~ make M any of the time 10 t
u he lateness of the spring rms
4 the crop. however, may be a
.s,ar taking into consideration c
ne s,.noss of the weather which
prevails. ;.,.oosa :, tho
:, n nearly every section 'speein "
r1r,rs aud the Noftheas ern ron
ns ne state, where large pc. ut
m crop is made; taking into con-
..,,on the fact that the only miteilai
~ reported is In the boil "eev'i
~. and the percentage OF the crop
has usually been raised th re rs
..,sd with that raised in the sect ons
q che heavy increase is reported 1t
.,.lIpyed that the increase in the acre
I, Il the ueighbolhood of S per cent Tor
.hols state. The reports disclose onl'
~ reasons for this Increase. ,h.tf
~ which is the fact that the gr In
4. ~ certain of the more thickly set
rornties have been put Into cotton 5
Lam Of the work of the aphis. Many
,ben also state that there has been
Il corn planted than last year.
b.utIue has not yet been completed
there are counties in all sections
I'M report some of the crop yet to lie
IN Remaining has been more general
II is usually the case. but there are
h few complaints that thcre has been
N shortage of seed that the full acre
has not or will not he put in. Some
Iris replantng was needless as cor e.
that the seed first planted
4 brought up te a better stand by the
len, rains than that which was planted
|er the rain. Probably pen cent of the
b Is not yet In ground. hut all of II
\ be PLANTED in the next few days, ex-
b IN 0 few scattered localities wEere
ery weather has caused a greater de-
Than In other sections moro hi ssed
The stand is reported 10 be fair ana good
rrla ,rith only. rort{ars 80 a.,,,,t. q.
Wing poor outlook There are f,w
mites and none of the large produ ng
ss which have not prospect for
~ % far as may he determined by the
swnt condition Of the plant. II Is small
l Is hourlshlng aud conditions are 81
be In favor of making it hardy Many
respondents report that the cop
% well worked. though there are 9TH +
|@fs that tS@fe is much grass In tne
Ids and shortage of labor to get 1t
Z Labor does not seem to hc 80 scarce
wss anticipated AT least, the CORE
cndents do not comment on the fact TO
Y extent. aud 1t is factor in the max.
! Of a crop.
lhe boil weeyil is the greatest menace
the crop. The territory IN Which, HIS
vcrk has been extended s,ncp last sea.
and the pest has appeared earlier aud
more active, having attacked the yuu &
Int before the hollis have appeared. The
'ners In the section affected are very
prehenslye Of the damage which may
done, but they have gone to work VITA
will 10 an effort minimize II by OK
nlnating, SO far as possible. the p 8,
loge the bolls are formed. In this w rk
merchants of many towns are asst IT.
BY all means in their power. The out
~ can not be foretold for the reason
y one farmer who will not work may
ppdy every farm in his neighborho d
% the pest and spoil the work done by
0se who have been lighting for the r
y. Inc merchants of several towns have
A'Nhced, as reported from time to Tina
me columns of The Post. that they wi /
ris credit to those who do not use every
'essof TO eStcrminate the weevil and
'sss are Offering cash rewards for thr
ees OF weevll, which are picked by
". his movement is extending ald
aate entomologlst Is travelling over
aheeted counties lecturlng to the
Mess on the best method for killing
DUES by spraying The farmers 4
e'sl counties had severe lesson during
season now closing and ii Is In the,
'lues that the hardest work is be.ug
= sFasshoppers are reported as nu-
~ IN certain counties where they did
!" pamage last year. and while they
! - lar not done any damage there is
~ INST they will when the second lot
'ssu come These hoppers are natives
ao' Of the migratory kind. hence tue
70 work.
!, i spot's from the correspondents ap-
u lun that each reader NAV make MY
!. summary aud draw his own conelu-
: y Tue outlook at this time.
SuAAARY BY DISTRICTS.
CENTRAL TEXAS.