The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-12
THE COTTON CROP or TEXAS
There is Yet Much Uncertainty
As to the Outlook.

The following is a summary of the
Houston POSTS crop report for July
which was published yesterday:
With picking In progress through
out a large portion of the Texas cot
ton belt, there is yet much uncer-
tainty regarding the final outcome
of the crop now growing. 1t is an
assured fact that a crop fully equal
TO the one just marketed has been
made already and can hardly be lost
except through an unprecedented
| series of disaster. There is a pros
pect, and a good one that the crop
of l90l-g will be exceeded and there
| is even promise that bumper"
/ win be produced. The reports given
below evidence that the crop is do
| ing we'll and that there has been an
/ Improvement within tbepast month;
sir and ''but" are scattered
through them, however, In such
numbers that ii is evident that the
correspondents regard the present
situation. as somewhat critical SO
far as full yield is concerned, and
a number OF them. even carry this
doubt 20 the extent of being doubt
ful Of making even fair yield,
But taking the reports as "a whole
they show that the recent heavy
rains did some good: In some por-
tious OF the state damage is attri-
buted to them; in other sections the
precipitation was the making Of the
crop. There is a somewhat general
complaint that the weed has taken
on new growth and in consequence
has shed many of the forms and
squares which ii had put on before
the rains came. But there is plenty
Of time for the plant, much larger
and healthier, to put on fruit and to
produce heavily il there is late
frost. However, it is matter Of
history that the cotton crop has
looked every bit az well as II does
now and still produced lightly, such
being the case only two years ago.
What appears to he needed is hot,
dry weather to kill of the insects
aud force the plant To making fruit
instead of weed.
There has been a heavy loss i'm
several counties as result Of the
recent floods. These counties are
not confined TO those which border
| the BrazOs, but also embrace num-
ber Of counties along the tributaries
Of that stream. The exact loss can
not be determined, but certainly not
/ so great as was that caused by the
/ food Of 1899. While a few CORES
| pondents have reported that the
| cotton which was covered with
water still has chance To make
| something, a majority Of them coin
eide in the view that the inur dated
district can not be depended on for
| anything. The upland cotton In
most Of these counties is reported
as being better than before the rain,
/ tA]pbN3 hSNEE t@f AH AbtEh dbtN e.
complaint of some shedding.
| The boil weeyil and the boil worm
/ appear to be doing considerable
damage In parts of the infected
area, but there really seems 10 be
concentrated on a few counties, as
has heretofore been the ease. The
| weeyil is the most frequent ''if'' met
with In the reports and the fear Of it
is general
The crop is doing better in Cen
trail and Narth Texas than in the
| Southern section ofthd state. East
| ern Texas also seems 20 have met
with more disaster than usually
falls to its share. Bat the crop,
taking the state as whole, is doing
well and ''if" there is good, hot
weather with an absence OF weevils
and worms, the crop should be a
large one.
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