Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-05-26
CROP CONDITIONS
OVER TEXAS
Report Of State Department Of Agri.
culture at Austin Covering
Many Counties.
Taylor and Surrounding Counties.


Up to the present time splendid
crops of all kinds are assured the
farmers of this section.
North Texas.
Throughout this section the wheat
is improving rapidly; 80 per cent Of
last years crop; oats, 80 per cent.
Weather for the week has been un'
favorable to cotton, all Of which has
not yet been planted; acreage Is 10
per cent short of last year The corn
crop is small but looks well, grow.
Ing slow, of good color, some In weeds
and about 10 per cent yet to be work
ed out. Gardens are fine. Irish pc.
tatoes not doing very well about 20
per cent Of last year. Sweet potatoes
good stand and doing well; 100 per
cent. Bad weather for poultry indus.
try; only about so per cent Matched
out. Stock on farms increased about
10 per cent. Much of the soil through.
out this section is still water.soaked
hot and dry weather badly needed.
Clay County.
Crop conditions in this county are
better than at this time last year ex.
cept grain which Is not likely to ma.
ture more than half crop. Corn Is
little later but In better condition
than last year. Splendid stands OF
cotton and OF maize and other feed
crops. More peanuts than ever. Fine
rain Wednesday night.
Galveston County.
A heavy rain OF four or five hours
duration fell over the Friendswood
section OF this county on the 18th.
which will be OF great benefit to the
farmers OF that locality.
Tarrant, Johnson, Hill and Limestone.
A good rain fell In Tarrant County
Monday OF this week but II did not
reach any Of the other counties OF this
group. A heavy rain fell In Lime.
stone County In the Coolidge section
Wednesday night. II was twelve
hour rain, at times downpour. Pre-
vailing winds from the north and TEN.
perature considerably below normal.
Rusk, Smith, Titus and Wood.
Il have Just returned from a trip
to Jacksonville. Tyler. Mount Pleas.
ant, Pittsburg. WinnsDoro. Ogburn
and Fort Worth. visited many peach
orchards in Rusk. Smith. Titus and
Wood counties. The crop Is short In
Rusk County. but better in Smith,
Titus and Wood. In these counties
II ranges from 25 per cent TO 20 per
cent OF a full crop. The growers OF
Wood County report the same crop as
that OF 1915. Much heavier In Smith
and Titus. Delegates to the Mount
Pleasant meeting from the surround
ing counties all reported so per cent
crop. This means that from $500 to |
5000 cars OF peaches will be shipped
from East Texas II no disaster over.
takes them. Mr.. Terrell was success
full In completing an organization OF
the growers OF Northeast Texas into
a district organization. Directors
we're elected who meet next week TO
employ sales agent and to put the
organization on a working basis"
Leon, Limestone, Hill, johnson ano
Tarrant.
Corn: Some Improvement In con
dition and growth. Oats: Still small
but slight improvement. Other forage |
crops and sorghum up to q good stand.
Peas. where up. are doing well. Pen
nuts. In large acreage now being
planted. and some are up and doine
we'll. Cotton planted soon after the
rains OF the first OF the month. and
the old planting Is doing well. All not
yet planted. Excessive rains on the
2ist will stop work for at least n
week.
Waller and Bastrop.
The recent rains came just In time
To save most OF the crops. Corn and
cotton are looking well. though some ,
what late: some corn that was not
affected too much by the frost Is Just
ready TO taSael and silk. In general
the fields are clean and farmers are
we'll up with work. Melons at Hemp
stead are perhaps u little late bu, are
In n good condition.
Cherokee County.
Heavy rains aud lands too wet to
pillow. Field crops In fairly good con
ditlon. but they are beginning to ge,
foul on account Of work being retard
cd by rain. Tomatoes are being dam
aged by too much rain. and some rus,
Is beginning to appear. Some few
crates will be shipped by express this
week. but carloads will not begin TO
move until June 1 TO :. The peach
crop In this county Ia very light, prob