The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-08-05
LETTER FROM w. b. GARRETT
WESTBROOK, TEXAS
Editor News:

Editor News:
After having seasonable rains
through May and June and up to July
10th bumper crop seemed to be a
surety-things are going to the bad
now as this country is in the clutches
of bhghting drouth, and the feed
crop especially, is deteriorating rapid
| ly.
Cotton has held up we'll so far but
without rains real soon it to will be
materially damaged.
All maize planted not later than
May LIST, especially the new variety
called Feterita, is already safe but
as much was planted late in May and
some in June, rain is necessary for
it to make anything at all.
Nothing but partial showers have
fallen here since June 18th and not
enough at any time over much terri
tory to make the moisture meet.
We have had some hot weather at
last. The last or 4 days of July
were scorchers, and August is bring
ing in the same kind of weather.
Thermometers in Colorado last Friday
31st., registered 10S degrees and in
Westbrook went to 112 same day.
All through June and up to the last
of July we had good breezes all the
time that held down the temperature
somewhat but for about week now
the breezes have practically ceased,
and old SOILS scorching rays have
about cooked everything and render
ed life very unpleasant.
Watermelons in this country are
too late to suit me. | have always
been used to an abundance of fine
melons in Arkansas by July 10th to
18th and out here now Aug. LIST, we
have but few melons and no real
good ones. The vines grew very
luxuriantly but melons show up slow
ly and they are not so good and
sweet as Arkansas melons.
Having received letters the past
week from Reece Adams of Big
Springs and Jas. B. Bright of San
Angelo, Texas, will give some news
from them which will doubtless be
read with some interest by their many
friends and relatives among the News
readers in Nevada County and else
where.
Reece Adams under date July 26.
writes that while his crop is not alto
gether as promising as he might wish
and not as good as it was this time
last year, the fact that fine boy has
taken up his abode in his home re-
Gently has tendency to keep back
the blues somewhat, and also, he feels
that with rain soon his crop will pan
out all O. X. anyhow.
Mr.. Bright of San Angelo to which
place he moved with his family last
March, writes under date July 31st,
that he and his family are enjoying
the finest health and are well pleased
WIFI lnelT new HOlilc anu SulIOullu-
ings. He is engaged in farming and
reports his crop though late planted,
fairly promising and is needing rain.
He says they have had the finest
garden this year he ever saw. They
irrigate their gardens, orchards and
truck patches with water from wells.
Says the country about San Angelo is
very fine and health seems to be al
most perfect.
Before closing | will give some
more rabbit figures. While in Colo
RADIO City the other day, | interviewed
the county clerk on the rabbit scalp
question of Mitchell county and he in
| formed me that over $4,000 had been
paid for 100000 scalps in the past
10 months.
| With all these thousands there are
plenty left to destroy thousands of
dollars worth of crops this year. We
can hardly miss them. Good luck to
all.
w. B. GARRETT