El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-26
IN TEXAS
LOOKING BETTER

ILUUAiNU DLIILII
Crop conditions and prospects in
! Texas have materially improved with
/ in the last three weeks. according to
reports received from correspondents
| Of the Texas industrial congress in
I 129 counties received in FL PasO
! Tuesday. All crops are said to be
from 80 TO 30 days late. but, with gem
Z orally favorable weather conditions
prevailing since June /, the farmers,
/ with limited help, but working during
/ every available hour OF daylight. have
I made wonderful progress in planting
/ replanting and cultivating- From 20
/ percent to Is percent OF the cotton
| crop remains TO be planted Wheat
and oats harvesting Is In progress
I and potato digging is under way Ex-
! cessive rainfall during May has stored
an ample supply OF moisture in the
soil A protracted drouth in portions
OF west Texas has been broken by
[ general rains and range conditions
are reported excellent. The total cul-
I tivated acreage Of the state this year,
Z than in 1919. Labor conditions on
the farms have not improved, but
show a further decrease Of II per-
cent since April / when the available
supply was estimated at 81 percent
This additional, and 10 some extent
alarming. decrease is attributable to
| the fact that many Mexicans In
/ southwest Texas have returned to
{ Mexico since the revolution there;
to extensive operations in the oil
fields; TO the demand OF the sawmills
and turpentine camps in east Texas.
and to renewed activity. with the
coming OF favorable weather, in work
Of a public nature, chiefly road con-
struction, in all parts OF the state.
The reports received by the congress
Z 1n a IA naH init In
making this years crops, are weather
conditions during the next so days
and the probability Of obtaining a
reasonable amount OF labor. Wages
on the farms range from a minimum
OF 81 day in southwest Texas. where
Mexican labor is most abundant, to
Sc in the Panhandle for harvest
hands The average daily wage Is
SZ-15- In many cases board is in
cluded.
Cotton Slightly Off.
OEe hundred fourteen counties re-
port probable acreage Of 1913, 900
acres, or IS percent OF last years
/ acreage. Condition. compared with
I 1913, IS 75,S percent; compared with
[ the ten year average. the condition is
60-64 percent A number of counties
report much rsplanting necessary be-
cause OF poor stand and Overflows-
From 20 to IS percent OF the crop re-
NAMED to be planted on June !. Some
damage from grasshoppers, boil wee
vii and web worms is noted. Goliad
county reports increased efforts 70
| produce longer staple. The crop Is
from three TO five weeks late West
Texas has a largely increased acreage
Many correspondents express the
opinion that with hot, dry weather a
decided change for the better may be
expected
one hundred fourteen counties re-
port corn acreage OF sS-5 percent
compared with 1913. This indicates
6,62S.180 acres The average stand in
III counties is S1-5 percent OF normal
and the condition is So percent. as
reported by 10 counties. The larger
corn producing counties generally
report favorable prospects for a good
crop
Wheat acreage reports from IS
counties estimate a total OF 925, 800
acres Sixty-one counties estimate
the yield at 12-5 bushels an acre This
forecasts crop Of 11,566.250 bushels.
Estimated acreage OF oats in IS
counties is I'll percent Of last years
crop. or 1,5S9,750 acres Condition.
compared with 1913, is 6S-3 percent.
Seventy-six counties place the prob
able yield at 25.3 bushels an acre, or a
crop OF 35,473,675 bushels. as com
pared with s4.500.0O0 bushels in 1913.
Grain SOrEhums short.
Eighty-three counties report a
= 3
10 be planted Of ST-3 compared with
1913. Ninety-five counties report an
average condition Of 81 percent Coun-
ties in west Texas report a decided
increase in the acreage planted in
Sudan grass, and practically all coun-
ties report fine prospects for a nor
mai hay crop
Planting OF peanuts IS IN progress
and "a counties state the acreage as
$50 percent Of last years This in
dicates 1914 acres
Rapid progress in rice planting IS
reported Orange county indicates a
50 percent increase in acreage. with
IS percent OF the crop planted and
prospects good for q normal crop.
Nine counties report a total acreage
Of 11-5 percent compared with 1918.
or z4S-0OO acres The condition is
86-4 percent compared with that OF
June / last year
Seventy-one counties report an
acreage OF Irish potatoes OF 7s-3 per-
cent OF last year, with poor crop
prospects Late planted potatoes.
however, are doing well
Planting OF sweet potatoes is now
IN progress and number Of counties
report an increased acreage. The
average acreage compared with 1918
il II counties is 94.7 percent, condi-
reports an increased acreage Of 50
percent
The late spring freeze and subse-
queut hail has reduced the states
fruit prospects to q probable yield OF
54-5 percent compared with last year
East Texas indicates that there viii
be no carload shipments of peaches. /
FL Paso county will produce a so per
cent pear crop Smith county reports a
good blackberry crop, but a limited
yield OF peaches.
One hundred fourteen counties re-
port 50 percent decrease in the num-
Der OF home gardens. The condition
Is reported as ISL percent Of that Of
1919.
Sixty-six counties indicate a total
acreage Of truck OF 92.1 percent COM
pared with last year. Sixty-seven l
counties report a condition OF 79.g I
percent An onion crop above normal |
Is reported from FL Paso, Eagle Pass |
and the. Rio Grande valley. Three !
thousand two hundred sixty-three !
cars OF vegetables have been shipped |
from the Rio Grande valley, Of which /
80 percent was cabbage. Tomato /
prospects in East Texas are reported |
excellent. with 4 possible estimated /
shipment OF 1000 cars The Rio /
Grande valley also reports a tomato !
crop equal to or better than IL has ]
ever before produced. The water !
melon crop in Parker and Cameron |
counties and around San Benito is /
reported large.