The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-06
LUBBOCK TRADE TERRITORY HIT
by HEAVY Rain and HAIL THURS.
MANY ACRES OF GROWING CROPS DESTRoYED-PLANT-
INC WILL RE RESUMED BY INDUSTRIOUS FARMERS
FALL BUSINESS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED
Cotton and Feed Crops Have Plenty Time In Which Make Ab
dant Yields and Plenty Energy All That Necessary Put
the 1922 Crop Into Condition That Existed Before Storms

The entire section Of the Lub-
book trade territory, together with
other big crop producing sections Of
West Texas, was visited by heavy
rain and hail last week, Thursday
and Sunday nights being the time
in which most damage was done
The Thursdays hail and rain
storm swept away thousa nds Of
acres Of growing crops in sections,
while farms only few hundred yds.
from the hail zone were oniy par
italy harmed by the flooding down
pour Of rain.
Beginning in the Muleshoe coun-
try and drifting in about a ten
mile trip to the Post sections,
crops were swept out in its wake,
but thanks to the unmatchable soil
and climate of this great country,
It is not too late to plant cotton
that will yield from one-half to
bale Of cotton per acre, and two
feed crops can be made on the
same land before the fateful visit
of Jack Frost to the Plains, a
Characteristic that is one Of the
great ingredients that makes the
great South Plains depended upon
as a winner in every circumstance.
Through the courtesy Of Tel
Phillips, manager Of the Lubbock
office Of the Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company, we were given
reports from Post, Slaton, Brown
field, Littefield, and Tahoka, the
same conditions prevailing in those
sections that are in Lubbock coun-
q A,,. L.~ .t4
hail or rain. and other literally
beaten into the ground OF washed
away.
The Tahoka country, as we un-
derstand, was not hurt By the
Thursday night storm, as only
heavy rain with little wind, visited
that section. while the Sunday night
storm was very destructive, beating
down growing crops, and washing
the land that was planted, but on
which no crops were growing.
Brownfield was an exception. as
no hail fell in that territory, con-
siderable damage was done by the
heavy rain Sunday night
The Slaton community was miss
cd by the hail, and crops are in
good shape in spite Of the heavy
rains.
The Grassland community. near
Post City, where it is reported the
crops were practically all laid by
and growing, was the scene Of
the heaviest storm OF the season,
downpours Of hail and rain literally
destroyed every foot Of field in
that section, according 20 reports.
Lubbock county was hit in spots.
The Lindsey ranch, ten miles west,
where large crop was planted.
was washed BY the heavy rains,
and nothing that was not well
along in growth or up, is left TO
show for the work that had been
done by the energetic farmers on
the ranch.
Four hundred acres Of cotton,
corn, sudan and other crops that
had been planted early, the cotton
having as many as six leaves, and
the corn and sudan at a height Of
about twelve inches, on the John
p Lewis farm in the Woodrow
community, was hailed and washed
ont, Mr.. Lewis having been wired
Of the conditions, has instructed
that the place be replantcd 10
about the same crops, and seed
was rushed TO the place, the work
Of replanting to begin as soon as
the ground is dry enough to be
worked.
While many thousands Of acres
were destroyed by these storms,
the Plains section will suffer very
little on account Of the loss 50 far
as fal business is concerned, as all
the farmers are able 90 replant in
short time, and they as individ-
uals are losing only the time re-
quired for replanting and the in
itial cost Of the seed
Lubbock county Is coming TO the
front, and we would not want any
one 70 think that our people can
be set back By as small a thing as
the loss OF few hundred acres Of
planted crops, as there are no cal
amity howlers here, and these men
are going back 20 their fields as
soon as the ground is dry enough
and plant what bids fair 20 be the
biggest crop in the history Of farm
ing on the Plains.