Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-18
CROP PROSPECTS
 UNUSUALLY GOOD
 IN LONE STAR STATE
Larger Acreage of Cotton is to be Planted This
 This Year

Austin, Texas, April 17.-Notwith- standing the unseasonably cold wea- thcr that prevailed during the first week of April, causing corn and early crops in the Southern and Central parts of Texas, general prospects for another good crop year in the state are regarded as unusually favorable. Much corn has to be rcplantcd, but there is plenty of time to make a tables and other products that are grown extensively for market. The corn acreage this year will largely exceed that of last year
 The recent killing frost did not cX- tend below san Antonio and the enor- nous shipments of spring garden truck, such as cabbage, onions, let Guce, tomatoes and otner vegetables, are going forward to market as rap Idly as cars for transporting them can be obtained. The movement oi abbage from the lower Rio Grandc valley was so heavy the latter part oI March and the first week of April rnat there was big shortage ot re- trlgerator cars. The shortage was
 overcome, however. About l2,000 cars ot vegetables will be shipped this spring from South Texas. Ihls in uusvry mas Snown an enormous growtn during the last rev years.
 Wheat Prospects Improved.
 Favorable spring weather has greatly enhanced -lne prospects of tne wheat crop m North Texas and Cne Panhadie region. 1t is now es- CIlnated that the total wheat yield of ,ne staCe tnis year will be approXi- mateiy 2o,UO0,0U0 bushels. A snort age Ol laDor m the wheat growing region prevented many or the tarm- CTS from planting the grain and the acreage thlS year IS not as large as that of 1913.
 Notwithstanding the hue and cry over the danger of the pink cotton p'.I worm, farmers are gong ahead ! With thelr preparation to pant as large or larger acreage than usual co the staple. In the older cotton growing districts or the state little aptrehenslon IS expressed that the i l.ported new pest IS q serious men aer to the crop. In West Texas the cotton acreage this year will proba- ply be three or four times larger than ever before, due to the 1act that last seasons crop was the big geSt money maker for the farmers eVc1 known to that region. The av- craze yield in the South Plains coun- Jly was easily q bale to the acre. 1t Was produced at a mlnimum cost ow- lng tc the fact that the land is easily worked. In many localities of that part ot the state much of the staple liS still unplcked. lnsome of the courties cotton gins are still running full blast with picking going on al around them.
 Influx of Mexican Laborers. Another feature of the situation that is regarded as encouraging tt che agricultural and ranch interests of the state is the big influx of Mex ican laborers which began several weeks ago and still continues. These laborcrs are now we'll scattered ovel the state and are said to be sufficient in lumber to supply the needs of tho agricultural and stock raising inter estS.
 Eu'ldlng activities, particularly II the larger cities, show large in crease over those of last year. A : this time the demand for all kinds O
 building material exceeds the supply that is now in the hands of many dealers. Building projects that hat been deferred for some time are nov being fulfilled. This is especiall! trae as to office and store buildings In the oil producing regions of thu state all of the older towns hay, grown rapidly. In some instances
 their size has been bultiplied severa
 times within the past 12 or Il
 mont la. New towns are springin, . ur Tn the different oil fields an,
 building material men are finding i dilficllt 70 supply the needs o these thriving municipalities.