The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-02


gust. The present condition Is 93 per cent oil
normal. This indicates n yield Of 37.2 bushels
70 the aero. With total rice acreage OF ZZi'-
$50 Texas has prospective production Oh o.
$4,000 bushels.
The high price Of feeds has affected the hog
Gtuation in the State. The hog survey for
this year records only 81 per cent OF last year
total of 1911 900 hogs are on Texas farms at
present.
The production Of oats is placed at II 954,ooo
bushels for the State. condition OF 100 per
cent exists, which is equivalent to AZ busneis
to the acre. Dat acreage in the State totals
1887, 900.
Yield of Texas wool for this year is estimated
at about 100000 pounds or an increase OF ~
per cent over last year.
Texas farmers planted $4,000 acres OF broom
corn and over ten million tons is the estimateu
production of this season.
The tropical hurricane which swept the coast
country and inflicted great property loss ana
loss of lives to the towns of Corpus Christl,
Aransas Pass Port Arkansas and Rockport also
ruined miles of field crops in belt running
halfway from Corpus Christi to San Antonio
and very heavy damage to crops along the
entire coast which was ravaged by the hurn-
cane. About one-haf the cotton crop in the
storms area had been gathered and the remain
ing half is lost.
Mr.. Walton Peteet, representing the A. & M.
College and the United States Bureau OF Mar
kets, has suggested to farmers who intend 10
purchase and plant pure seed OF good staple
varieties of cotton next season that tney 40
not delay placing their orders with reliable SEED
dealers. He says it costs no more to raise good
staple cotton than it does to raise cotton OF
short and inferior staple. and it is becoming IN
creasingly difficult to sell very short cotton ex-
cept at bargain prices, while staples above an
inch continue to command good price.
Three thousand cattle on st. Joseph Island,
property of Will Woods of Rockport and I: b.
Lucas of Berclair, were washed ashore wnen
the island was flooded during the tropical hurrl-
cane. Nearly all the cattle drowned and they
were mostly Herefords belonging to herd
which has been exhibited yearly at the Dallas
Fair.
Three persons have been infected by Charlton
at Bay City which was caused by man SKIN
ming a COW that had died with this disease.
The men have been quarantined and all pre-
cautions taken to prevent the spreading OF this
disease among human beings.
Bollworm are damaging cotton considerably
around Snyder.
Ellis county. the prize cotton county of Texas,
reports the shortest cotton crop IN several
years. most of it requiring several acres TO make
a bale. and some of it will not be worth picking.
The rayages of the army worm and bollweevll
is the cause of IT, : short crop. Army worms are
also reported TO be stripping the cotton In some
parts of Lamar county.
The rice CROP which was ripe and ready for
the thresher, was damaged TO some extent Oy
the high winds and rains which prevailed DUR
ing the Gulf Coast storm around Eagle Lake.
Considerable grain will be left in the fields
in Coryell county unthreshed on account OF tne
farmers being unable to obtain help To finlsh
the work of harvesting.
The Panhandle country had fine three-inch
rain last week. Farmers are very enthusiastic
and are looking forward to another great wheat
crop next year Range conditions in this sec
ton are good.
A Dallas farmer, who was about to lose his
cotton crop on account of army worms, saved
Z his crop by tying tow sacks to his cultlvator
and driving them through his cotton field Inc
sacks knocked most OF the WOiihs III vi '''S
ground and the wild birds ate up the worms
He feels that he will now make three-tourths
of bale to the acre.
Maize and feterita has been coming into Abb
lene in such quantities that all warehouses are
full and the feed is being stacked on vacant lots
until cars are available to ship it out.
The Bay Stock Farm of Bay City made an
Experiment with Rhodes grass and is now gath
e,inr a big crop. The manager OF the farm