The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-11
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BRENNAN, -Ihe conaibhh OF the cotton
crop In Washington county VS. lar from
good AT one stage of the crop the pros
pect WAS mos nattcriug. Then came the
juno drOuth and stopped Its growth The
holl wceVils punctured most Of the squares.
hut the hot weather retarded their rayag
and the little stalks took on some fruit.
The July rains set In aud The young cot.
ION commenced growing and shows n good
weed, but there Is NO fruit on 1t, and II
Is not believed that half crop will be
raised In this cOouty ON the uplands 10
say nothing Of the entire loss Of the Braaos
bottom and loNland crops, for not only
is the crop ruined and a Total loss on the
river front from one erd of Washington
county 70 the other but along the Eegua
and In the valleys " the other creeks the
crop has been washed away.
Burton.-The cotton crop in this section
is at present being considerably damaged
by boil worms boi weevil and oher In
sGcts, which have made thelr appearances
since the recent Wet weather Previous tu
this cotton, though small, was heavily
fruiied ana good yield was generally eS-
pecied. but with the hob wotm dcsunyinE
the grown bolls aud the boil weeyil de
stroylng the blooms almost as fast as they
make their appearance. very conservauv,
estimate places this years crop at about
% per cent OF last years crop.
WHARTON COUNTY
INSTRUMENTATION started off this year
with about 1900 acres Ia cotton, 1000 of
which has been turned out or abandoned
one party plowing under above loo acres
ana plNniinE corn luAl0uu. inc plant SUI
Tered from wet weather from the first; boil
weeVils appeared IN Junc on the young
plant. The outlook IN July gave the nut
put of the crop Mt 60-lO0 Of a full Group
Since then this has been lessened 10 Pr
cent. Compared with last year the ont
put will be the same, say, euo-hNlf crop
Since 1899 there has heen gradual shrink
nge In cotton acreage In the county. TIL,
acreage Will he more than couuterhalHpceC
by corn, rice and other cereals
Hungerford;- prospects for cotton Il
hattering. The rains have been 10 an cN
cess, but have not done the damage Whlcl
was suspected, The weather Is dry auC
hot and favorable for the growth Of tht
plant. and the healthy development Of IA,
fruit The ravages Of the boil weovl mr.
limited 10 sections; and while the nold
look like Verltable flower gardens and ar
full of squares and blooms and AZ a dis
lance but few hollis are seen ON closer tx
animation, there is enough open cotton t
justify picking and 70 Indicate that thj
only requisite for comparatively faultles
season for cotton and an excellent crop (
continued dry. hot weather
I,ouise.--Cotton Is thriving and frultlui
very nicely OIL the prairie land. though We
wepther and weeyils are causing some frut
two weeks later than last year The yiel,
win be some better than last year Witi
fair, warm weather the crop win be im
proved.
WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
Bartlett.--From what The correspondent
has seen, ana heard IRON Farmers, the cfOI
is exceedingly hne, and Il conditions eon
tinue as they now are ] believe receipt,
Will be 10000 bales. against 10000 las
year.
Grhnger.--During the past ten days ther,
has been snch a change IN the cotton pros
poets that an estimate of It's Yield woult
Be mere guess work, The heavy rains dur
Ing this time have caused the plant I,
throw on all the squares and take on
new growth From present indications ,
conservative estimate would bale 20 tire,
from now on until November one-half
bale per acre could be made: and insects