Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-02
CROP CONDITIONS
IN Texas COUNTIES
The state Department Of Agriculture
~ssnds Out Valuable infofma-
ton on Prsssnt Crops.

tus Counties for the week closing
October Is were as follows: Corn
made. with an average yield Of 10
bushels per acre. and being rapidly
gathered. The estimated cotton yield
is one bale TO Ave acres. Hay crop
100 Der cent; sweet potatoes, 30 per
cent: fall gardens and truck. SO per
cent: ribbon cane. IS per cent; sor'
Khum. 30 per cent. Good rains and
weather ideal. The boil weevil has
destroyed the top eotton crop. and
farmers who intend to grow cotton
next year should begin now to fight
weevil conditions. Business condi-
tons good.
Conditions in Dallas. Tarrant.
Wise. Clay. Cooke. Grayson and Den
ton Counties: Cotton. IS per cent;
late corn. IS per cent; sorghum cane
for both syrup and hay. 100 per cent;
cane seed. Indifferent: gardens. 100
per cent: wheat coming up well. with
acreage increased 20 per cent over
! last year. Boil weevil active In Dali
las. Tarrant and Wise Counties. but
cotton stIll blooming In Cooke. Cray
SON and Denton Counties.
Crops In that region Of which Hoe
ard County Is the geographical cen
/ ter are. upon the whole. very good
cotton running about half bale "a
the acre and feed plentiful.
No change IN conditions In the Abb
lene and Ballinger sections Is noted
since last report A recent good rair
has assured the grass crops. Cotton
Is not being sold generally by these
sections: they are able to hold.
Lamar County. on q slightly re
duced acreage. viii make a cotton
crop about IS per cent Of what Il wal
last year. About threefourths hal
been gathered. Nearly all the corr
Of a fairly good yield has been gath
cred. A great part Of fine sorghum
hay crop Is yet to be saved. with
recent heavy rain interfering some
what Sweet potatoes are fine. III
yield heavy. the price good. Tn
prevailing price OF cotton range
from 12iz to 1sAc; corn. soc pc
hushel. Cottonseed brought si2.so
per ton last week at Greenville an
SAG at Paris.
In the section OF which Plainvie'
! (Hale County, is the center, the fee
crops equal those Of last year. wit
substantially increased acreage
With favorable weather to the con
pletion Of picking, the cotton yiel
will be about 80 per cent Of las
. years output.
; The onion growers OF the Jared
/ district are well along with thel
: seed beds. All are doing well an
there are but few acres Of seed bed
that show poor termination. The
lettuce acreage likewise Is shown
well.
Nearly all the crops In the So
Saba district have been gathered. b.
} some corn and feed crops are sti
In the field.
That section Of country Of whic
Electra wichita County, IL the Ger
ter will produce this year not NOR
than half the cotton crop Of last yea
The corn is short. but there Is.
heavy output Of oil other feed crop
Cotton sold on October 20 at 12h
! and cottonseed at sl2.So per toI
> Those who planted early have IN
stands Of winter wheat and thos
=. who planted the oat stubble In n
summer have fine stands.
Throughout the section Of vhic
J lPIainview HALE County, IL the ceI
ter. very little cotton was planted q
made. but feed crops Of all kinds 81
bountiful and Of good quality. thong
. the maize and kafhr grains hav
been damaged somewhat By exec
: sive rains. Price on local marke
IS to So per ton. In that sectio
cotton and cottonseed prices has
; not reached the high water mark
, other curbs. cotton selling for io.7i
/ and the seed for S24 per ton.
against i2.25c and s4i In other Mort
Texas markets.
Blanco County conditions: cotto
will yield about quarter Of a be-
3 to. the acre. and corn about tweh'
bushels TO the acre.
oil ok>-ix~~ss tAfIe