The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-15
DAMAGE TO THE COTTON
coll WORM VERY DESTRUCTIVE IN
DENlSoN COUNTRY.
one-sour.h Of the. Crop Said 70 Have
Been Destroyed within the Past
Ten Days.

nsniton, Grayson County. Texas. August
~ Within the last ten days the cotton
ctop IN his section 81 Texas aud the near
~ ;SSton-0s the Indian Territory has been
damaged at lssst - pr cent BY the boil
wosms u Is thought thst the intense dry
weather viii eliminate the pests
College station. BratnS County, rexss,
August lB,--From great expectations 10
blasted hopes. THIS tells the taie OF the
cotton conditions m this county Retore
the recent heavy rains and disastrous HOOD
81 week or two agn the prospects we're
the finest for years hut the Awru hood
DESTROYED practically - per ceut Of tho cot
Ton IN the Bra1cs bottom, aud Of that Iett
uninlprtd by the food IS per cnnt "a likely
20 he destroyed ny tho boil wceviis ana
/ holl worms. which are In plentiful numbers
l In thiS county. Tho upland cotton has a
4 good stalk aud Is putting ON good crop
/ ~ squares, hut they are everywhere heing
4 puncturcd by tho wccNily no that there
/ can he no dependence put In tho crop YET
| Ia be made ana the farmers are only sure
| ~ TINT cotton which was madc prior to
! the Hood and reccm rains, However. u
] not dry weather continues the boil weeviis
! may ne iccced 10 abdlcntr \ cruc reign
! aS this kind VI weather Is injurious To
them, and sotnc " the staple may be made
| on THIS now unpromlsine cotton.
Tcrrrn, Kaufman County. Texas. August
/ IL Latest developments show that tho cnt.
/ ton crop IS not SO had as has been reported
I by previous statements, made more on sup
1 position than facts While there has heen
] considerable cotton totally DESTROYED IN the
! river ho,toms where the water nus no.
/ m0incO long time OIL the crop Vet even
/ some Of tbs drowned cotton Is putting III
/ now leaves aud budding. " was report q
/ that on the convict farm on Sablnr,
1 north of the city there would not hc u
/ bale made. The owner of the farm Stnt :
| Zee The post correspondent that w. wlil
raise 200 bales or mort some deny the
| abundance Of tho holt worms. but " the
worst reports are true n is confidently he
/ Hcved that there VIII lac au aVcragr OF
! more than hall hale ~ cottnn tp the acre
throughout tho county, there Is that much
now In the fields opening or 90 open. Sumt
claim more than oale to he acre WIN,
many claim an easy bale As long as the
bol worms monkey with tho plant ther'
Is much uncertainty hut not rnough e
sweep the whole prospects, from the fac
Of the earth Cotton picking Is going OF
J and the fruitagc is Increasing,
Caldwell Burcsou County. Texas, An
gust lathe weather Is very warm an
81 is getting dry sgaln, Cotton i comm
In rapidly aud hrnFing fair price. In
crop that was recently planted VIII sumo
for rain in u few days. The cotton soc'
buyers nre active In theft competition lp
seed. About 100 bales OF cotton have h""
received 80 far Corn Il turning oui hadl
| Henry Hodges manager nl tn smith
Carson furm, near clay. was iu nc rli
today. From his report thcro Nill be som
cotton raised In the lower bottom hut V'i
little on an average cotton M the mp
bottom viii be better hut not half crop
corpus christi Texas August a. IN
dry smell IS becoming serious fhluE Il
this section and stock and crops nrc tool
Ing hnd Grass 10 getting very srHTec an
all thc stnukmen have heen cohNohed .
resort 10 feeding, which is very cNp"hel'
. ON account Of tho cNorNtaut prices oi inc
, stuns The cotton crop Is very small ap
, viii be cut Short very 'hadl. RflN " nadl
I needed generally, Snr'lHlF lor iNo WV