The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
Gather Bureau Says that 1t Is Making a
Healthy Growth and Is Doing Well.
:AvY RAINS OF MUCH BENEFIT TO THE CROP
ere Is Considerable Improvement Shown by the
Corn Crop Also, and Rice Is in Much Better
Shape-Weather and Crop Reports


much more Is needed before the effects of
the long drought In drying up the earth are
0 0irdS Cotton now is looking fine and
s soms ef p OF very satisfactory out;
weevils, the long spell OF hot weather Inv
ing tended largely to their destruction The
psln came too late TO benefit corn, much
OF It being past redemption It Is, though.
generally. tho fnct That almost every farm.
ef IN this section has more or less corn
pIan pan early, which has resulted in
good held, so that the corn situation Ia not
as bad as II looks
Warrenton, Fayette County. Texas. July
"a splendid rain fell AZ this place
lhursday night and extended from olden-
burg TO Cornine. Cotton is growing nicely
but rust is reported in some places The
plant Is small, hut weighted down with
Dolls Since the rain II has taken second
growth. Picking will commence In plac
in two or three weeks tins. Today was
quite threatening and several showers Il
rain fell. Several farmers have planted
Mexican June corn. More would be pIaut-
Cd but for the scarcity Of the se7d Grass
IS putting out nicely and some gardening
has been done.
IieaIne, Robertson County, Texas, Julv
o. some Of the farmers from the post
Yesterday ana in discussing their crops,
said the corn will be iank fnilure this
Year az tho not sun has burned It up.
One farmer said the trouble was that most
oI them plougbcd their corn too Quick
after the hard rain which fell In the lnttcr
part of MAY. One of thcin said he would
not make hltv bushels OF corn OH seventy
er burned his crop so fast that he did not
nave time to save any fodder.
Beeville, Bee County, Texas July SIT
ralned In Bee county Yesterday. From
early in the morning until late III the
evening some portions of the county was
receiving, good rainfall. The rain was not
trash-llftcrs for which the people Of this
section have been longing for manv months.
u came In showers at intervals throughout
tho day. The showers were of that KIM
that seem to uuench the thirst Of the
pnrched Garth, quicken and WITTY suffering
vegetation.
Bnndera, Bandera County. Tnxaz. July :.
No rain yet, notwithstanding 'le very dat
tcring prospects which aavc heen for sAr.
cral davs. and are still in evidence. Cot
ton BEGINNING to suffer and Will be serious.
y damaged unless rain comes SON.
half crop OF corn and there has already
been harvested perhaps twice as much hay
of various kinds as ever before In any one
ycar. II there Is rain within n few days
VIII make another full crop of hay and SO
go into the winter in far better condition
than we did last winter
Elliott, Robertson County Texas, July
G.-1'he co ton in this vicinity is very small
Tor the season Of year. but better formed
aud more matured fruit on stalk than
formally In some instances grown bolls
are near the top; hard land cotton has IL
crop Of maturcd bolls. but stopped growing.
and put Ing on fruit rapidly Prospects for
a good yield generally is very hatterlng
Cameron. Milan County Texas. July t.
fa mnrs report cotton crop as being very
promising; The plant is literally. loaded
down with bols. There is some fear felt
about getting 1t picked when the time
comes, as so many Of the negroes are leav-
ing for Beaumont and South Texas. The
watormelcns were never finer.
Calvert. Robertson County. Texas. July
8.-Mnny Of the farmers Of this vicinity
are planting crops of Mexican June corn
This corn was grown here with much sue
hceu cut short bv the recent drouth. will
he made good by this summer crop.
BreGknridge, steph ms County; Texas,
county and is turning out from t~o 10 ten
bushels per acre. Corn viii make about
one third Of crop IN this county; Cotton
Is generally looking well and fruitlng nice
~, with promise NJ Il good crop. 1t has
not commenced To open y,t
Denton, Denton County Texas, July l.
The cloudy and somewhat cooler weather
OF the pust week or ten DAYS has revived
taken as n whole, throughout the county Is
looking better now than It was two weeks
ago when the hot winds prevailed
Lcckhart Caldwell County. Texas, July
S.-A fine shower of rain visited his see
ton yesterday evening, and the indications
this morning are very favorable for more
today Farmers are planting June corn
and this rain Is just in the nick of time to
promote its termination and growth.
Oakville, Live Oak County, Texas, July
Light rains falling here this morning,
but so far not enough to be OF any benefit.
Cotton Is being damaged now for lack OF
rain, the old cotton becoming dwarfed and
none of It fruiting, as It should Picking
not yet begun.
Berclair Goliad County. Texas, July l.
Farmers who came in yesterday report a
n small
similar TO the boil weevi but without the
bill and much smaller, II does not work
on the squares, but stngs the small bolls,
and they drop off.
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas. July
The weather is warm and showery, and
while cotton Is doing well 1t is feared that
wet weather will increase boil weevils and
bring the cotton worm also. The plant is
small generally, but well fruited
Floresyille. Wilson County, Texas, July
IA very good rain mas fauen mere toIhy.
1t came slow and will be of great benclt
to grass and the cotton crop. The corn
crop Is very light ana rain is nov too late
10 do any good.
Aldne Harris. County, Texas. July -
Figs are beginning 20 ripen and the hrst
sale Of the 1902 crop of Aldlne's celebrated
preserved figs was made Jrly 3. This is
extra early, and probably the first On the
market in America.
College station, BraZos County, Texas.
July 7.-Tbere has been total of 10
inches of rain az this place this month, one
inch falling this evening. The heavy rain
| this evening seemed to have been very gen
| eral over This section. Cotton is looking
| well,
victoria. Victoria County, Texas, July s.
The weather has been cloudy and showery
for several days and continues so today.
Cotton is In splendid shape and does not
need rain. which is liable to make worms
bad.
San Antonio, Bexnr County, Texas, July
IA good rain fell here this morning ard
another one this afternoon. This, with
the rain last week, will greatly benefit
the grass, cotton and truck.
Falls City, Karnes County, Texas, July
s.-The drouth Is at last broken at THIS
place BY good rain today. Cotton, how
ever, has been greatly retarded by the
long drouth.
smithyille Bastrop County, Texas. July
IA fine rain fell here yesterday and to-
dar' A thorough season Is now IN the
ground and cotton prospects were never
better.
Bastrop. Bastrop County. Texas, July g.
snlendId rains are falling here and they
seem 10 extend over considerable territory
and great rejoicing is the result.
Lexington, Lee County. Texas, July T.