The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-11
RAINS IN TEXAS
HELP ALL CROPS
Temperature Since Heavy Show
ers Has Been Just Right, and
Hot Winds Are Absent.
COTTON IS OPENING EARLIER.
Movement Far in Advance of Last
Years Figures at Same Date
Fall Flowing Begins
FavOrably.
COTTON IS OPENING EARLIER.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Dallas. Tex. Sept. io-The early Septera-
| Der rains have not injured cotton or any
thing else in Northern Texas. excepting
perhaps a few Isolated cotton fields. where
| hail did mo.t OF the harm.
The temperature since the rains have
fallen ha. been beneficial 10 cotton. a.
there has been a total absence Of hot. dry
| winds. which always do much harm NJ
| this season. after a long rainfall
Reports from the Panhandle section and
Northern Texas generally are that there
is still much unopened cotton In these Sec
tions. The rain has been OF more benefit
In the Panhandle cotton section than In any
other. The crop IS later than in other
portions Of TIL. State nn5 larger peg
cent OF the crop is sill 10 open.
Aside from the boil worm operations,
there has been practically no insect dam
ages TO the crop in the Northern half OF
the State. Picking has been retarded In
the territory tributary TO Daila. and other
Northern Texas towns because OF the
rains This 1. the only :Infsvo-abie feature
so far; IT, indeed. this can bs called un-
favorable
Cotton was coming into the Northern
Texas markets rapidly. starting the cotton
movement beyond what is usually expert
enced this early in the season. and was
having a tendency to influence the price
70 the disadvantage OF the cotton grower.
Wagon movement has been checked until
dryer weather shall permit n resumption
of picking. ginning and hauling There
are nearly eighty cotton gins IN Dallas
County and all Of them have been in full
operation since the first OF September.
whereas, one year ago. less than half
dozen gins were working In the county.
This fairly illustrates how much earlier
the crop in this section Is than was the
crop OF last year.
Farmer. report that the rains have been
just right as 10 time and extent OF rain
fail for the planting Of fall crops. Plow-
ing for wheat and oats Sill begin not later
than next week: the opinion IS general
that the areas in fall wheat and oats
will b. largely in excess of the sowinEs
OF last year. The conditions are ideal
for sowing and advantage Will be taken
of them
Ofic!al Cotton weigher Thompson esti-
mates that not TO exceed one-tenih Of the
Dallas County wagon cotton thus far mar
keted this season has come to the city.
TIE larger part OF the crop Is being mar
keted At the interior towns OF Garland.
Lancaster. Mesquite and Arlington Ghe
latter place being just over the line in
Tarrant County,. Between 500 and f0ce
bales have been marketed from wagons IN
the county thus far this season. II Is
estimated that the county crop will ap-
proximate 6o.9o bales
The managers ~ plow houkes in the
Dallas implemAnf jobbing district are
jubilant over the fall piowing prospect.
They all agree that the rains have made
\ magnificent season for fall planting. not
only for wheat and oats. but for late
potatoes. turnlps and general fall veze-
tabIes Reports from Western Texas in
cicate that large areas or new land will
be broken up this fall.