The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-19

henrietta. Farming operations have been |
DELAYED by dry Weather; pht n'9 mrcscnt
prospect Is iiaitering. There VIII ne ~ |
Increased arrcngr Of corn ON account ~
some wheat having TO be plpwed MP Ineret
is very little old corn on hond. A great
deal has hern shipped IN from Nortneln
markets during the winter aud retnllrd ,at
~ cents tc 80 cents hushel Pracucgrlhgs |
80 local product was offered for sale inc |
wheat crop looks rather poorly. hut u " |
expected 10 improve rapidly now, W
acreage is perhaps some less loah ' IbouId |
last year. No pests have appeared snuulu |
they appear aud again Kill the Mntni |
sorghum and other forage crops Nouiu |
largely take its place. The oats 'r3P 10 |
about tho same as last year. very NIUE
~ = COLEMAN COUNTY.
Coleman Up Ia this date the farmers Va
this county are we'll M with their plowln1SS' !
=, good rain renders tho outlook goou
Very little planting has been done yel N nn
It is not thought that the corn acreagee
viii be, much increased There y ,, hSs
| price has been about 81 cents during lne
| winter Condition Of wheat crop M, 10
this time IS bad. but the rain luII laIgn
| acreage will be about the same as lnst
| year. possibly little Increase. No pests
! have appeared. II wheat fails formers c are
| likely to ulow under aud plant land N cot
! ton With reference to oat crop suhStan
| TALLY the same statement may he made rs
| the above report relative to the wheat
COLLIN COUNTY.
| Mckinney. Farmers were well M Win
| their blowing when the big hve-inch ram
| Of the nth fell 1t was tho first gooI
| min for nearly ten months and terminated
| the longest and most distressing dronth
| this section has ever experienced. phly
| slight beginning has heen made IN corn
! planting The ncreuge will be large. PAM,
| ing will begin in earnest next week. Corn
In cribs is scarcer than for many wears
| Prevailing price has been all winter IN
I hp npiNrblprboO1 of 50 cents ONSlPl.
| Wheat prospect Is much improved since
rain. The acreage is not SO large as iaSt
wear The nests or apis Of last wear h-Ve
not reappeared. The onlnion prevails among
! farmers that they will make good small
| grain crops this year. Dat sowing Is done
the acreage is not more than half or the
| usual crop
CoLLINGSWORTH COUNTY.
Welington.-A fine rain fell here on
the 1lth instant thoroughly s9akhs Ine
ground. Farmers were going right aiTThhs
| Oat crop which is perhaps 20 per cent mo e
than last year is about all soWn ana 10
coming up. Wheat is looking well and has
| furnished n wonderful amount or paslur,
age this winter; the crop is . per cent ID
| excess Of last years crop. There Is no
pest far heard of we had none
last year. No corn planted yet; viii be
| good acreage planted this season. PlenR
of old corn In the cribs, Notwithstanding
corn has been in demand all the winter ut
- cents per bushel at the crib on account
Of the building of the railroad through TINS
country Farmers are in fine spirits ana
financial condition
COLORADO COUNTY.
! Columbus.-On this date all blowing TOT
corn is finished aud most OF Ene corn Is
planted Heretofore the proportion In
acreage Of cotton and corn planted has heen
corn. This year the acreage is reversed.
Sufficient rain has fallen to make easy
blowing and to Sprout the corn but more
rain is wanted now There is a shortage
. ,f In grfh an warehouses; Corn Is
now selling at from SOC to 81 per bushel
and good seed corn is worth much more.
No wheat is grown in this section and very
: little oats are raised. Oats do well when
planted and no pests OF any kind bother
, them
Rock Island. Most all Of the blowing
done except for rice Corn all planted
wy" " ~" Lih pi M Ss ,sitb cot
tan Snd oats Gofton nontino ,as inst
|, tum az" 80 IoI,i1, AM 1o bocn
iittin drv Mr. taiiip, IL oItagther il has
e hI W. d. snriTrs IN EN-" for,,ary and
M M ara u ooo,iprsd the nreynini, mice
d cf norn ,,ns ahn7't ~ aeNts. ir H. 57ow 81
e Mar hTsbrl 90 0''"' ~ "' "
@ Ivoinar otbird. ~ rho n1ouyipc IS
? m ,aG Mo-thlIuS Ga tht P,umtis -
w ~ tij 10 Ufs aTi
4 10 insnre GOOD stands of corn Ton ner
/ cent more acreage viii Lc planted In corn
r. INN vas MAMMA Inst vear and the mnsi
Of it has already S been planted nD Not much
! cid corn In the cribs or in warehouses; and
y lne preyalhnE average price during tue past
winugr , HnH nern 90 GEMS Per- D4snsh mo
WAeul mas heeh so"h III thls section Ihefe
has. been small acreage sown in oats,
probabF ten per cent more than last year,
Q ana rue condition OF l"e crop which Is up,
d Is gooa.
g 'r.tuugHi.-lhe ntheut OF the iate ram -
G lmNSumhhle 10 tho agricultural Interests
$ lhI i1Im9ah nearly nave compiettl
n ine" ploWlus ana nave gone to plant
It Ing cotton and corn 10 very
l, urNNF hcredGe' Expected 'u per cent
u any tb ,1I nnu vorn , rInn