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rents and 1 per bushel lias been the pre
vailing price for corn during the winter
IlollvlllcFarmers are progressing ueely
with their planting Most of the land Is
ready fur plautiug There has nut been
sufficient rain but tbn farmers began plow
ing early and but few have complained of
urd ground Tho corn acreage will be
at least onethird larger than last year
Moiit of the corn Is planted and abiilt one
hilf tbe eiop is up or Just toinlng up
iood Stands arc tin rule There is but
little old euiu In cribs and warehouses
our fanners th uuh hivo enough as a rule
to Inst until they enn crow sometblug to
food ot The price of corn has rnngcu
irtmt 75 to HO cents during the winter
Kenney The farmers have their spring
Wfrk Well In baud aud most all have their
trio wing done aud the majority have their
corn planted s nu leport corn coming up
nicely Tbe outs crop Is ery light us
tbe prlee of seed was too high for tnem
to be able to peiebaso seed An Increase
in the nereage of corn by 15 per rent will
lie pliuited and about thp same acreage of
cotton will be planted 1 litis year as last
Some boll weeill are reported on ground
ready for business The rain wiik lu very
good time but tho severe winds wero or
all unusual character and wero claimed to
be record breakers by the old settlers
Tbe supply of feed Is scarce and corn Is
now Hcllluz at 1 per bushel sold for To
cuius last fall
1IANDI5UV COUNTY
Handorn The condition of this county
up to Hie present writing Is dlstresslug It
k very dry no ralu to do any good The
farmers have riot plowed onefourth of tho
ground aud comparatively no corn planlml
If It rains lu time there will be at least
per cent mora eeni planted this year
than lost There Is no wheat planted ow
injf to the drouth and verv little spring
mi is has beeu put In for the same cinnfc
Vnless It rains In n few days tho people lu
this county will suffer
ASTUO > COUNTY
Smltbvlll Iaiiiiers aro up with their
work lu this section Nearly nil coin Is
planted but vury little of It will come up
until tt rains There will be more laud
put In corh this year than last Of last
veins crop there Is now very little on band
but enough to make the present crop on
Oats are up aud looking well considering
the dry Weather Fanners aud merchants
alike are nuonsy about the boll weevil but
are better prepared to fight lUem than last
year
KIgln Farmers aro generally wall up
with their plowing but the outlook Is
gloomy on account of tbe prolonged drouth
However there has been sufficient moist
mi In most plaios to iiermlt of plowing
mid considerable earn lias been planted
most of which will couio up on account of
tin shower that fell The acreage being
planted In eoru Is probably 5 per cent
greater than lust year There Is absolute
no corn In the country except as It Is being
shipped lu The prevailing pilce has beep
Nic io Wo per bushel No wheat crop ni
nil A small acreage lu oats but not much
Increase over last year
lnlge Com land and possibly twothirds
of tbe cotton land broken About one half
the corn crop tor tills year planted lint
verv little will come up until It rains very
little old coin cm baud prevailing price
during winter and spring 05 to Ml eeati per
bushel Merchants not ordcrillng any corn
to Hiipply farmers Linger in rouge In
eoru thht year ban last Owing to extreme
dry weather and high price of seed cry
llrtle oats being suvn Taking the ubotu
fuefs Into consideration together with Ibo
high price f fen tie seed riO per bushel
the outlook for a feed erop Is tery bad at
this line
KB COUNTY
Skldnore Corn is generally up with
good ftautl and reinlv for the Cultivation
Meins hne been nlaiit < d ami are coming
tip Farmers aie busy planting cotton
Ilenty of moisture In ground though high
winds are unfavorable
gloooiy Corn Is now tu tho
ralu does not come soon the i
com Is not promising
all he pantcd b tho ISfh The increas p
r xSt tt ivs
FARMERS ARE PROGRESSING
Are Well Under Way With Their Plowing and Corn
Planting in South and Central Texas
An Increased Acreage Being Planted to Corn
Well but the Recent Rain Benefited the Crop
Wheat Not Doing
Oats Expected
to Do Well Truck Farming Receiving Much Attention
Report from every secllon of tbe State
show th atthe farmers are nearly through
wtb the breaking of land This U es
pecially true of tlio Central nnd Southern
portions nftlic State though In the North
Northeast ana West there 1ih been delay
the ground being too drv for the work The
very lack of rnln has aided the farrows tn
most sections as the plowing has not been
interfered with The recent rain was a
gr it thing but It is to lie observed that
ranv correspondents specifically state that
enough has not vet fallen to Insure crop
nmt Boik waer tvhc ofir direct atten
tun to ho fact that tin high wind have
iliac tnmli of the moisture from tha
gr u id in u short time rendering condition
nuvrt as bad as they were befuro tho rain
> > iiKlitioli however U not general oyer
ho s ite
i rn planting Is progressing In severnl
Bfenljcjii It U stated that all or most of the
nm crop lias been nut Into the ground
nnniMberc t to be an Increased ucreugn In
obi mere Is no doubt though thin Increase
wtH not be olarge as expected There was
only about half a crop made last year In
nernial yearn Texas raise about ltiOCittoyon
hitUi cla dlshtly lee rather than more and
tbe scarcity of the home product baa cans
ed a large amount to bo Imported while tho
pr ceha ranged from 85 cents to 113 tier
bujihfl a hlgb pricp for corn In Texas The
reeent rain demonstrated the fact that
many farmer ware holding their prop
lte Jiaro within the past few days been
printed In The Post from various points
that tru hud been tnUen from the erlb
atjfl marketed at soon us the ralu bad ghen
nSBfrapw that there wan u good prospect
for itcrop this year This has caused n
drop ill the price wherever It has been done
but the Jaet that corn la still commanding
a big figure generally has evidently stirred
the fatnicra Into planting enough
Wheat baa n t beau doing well according
to tho correspondent The drouth was too
tnnrh for It ana It was lu a bad way when
the rain came Some of the reporters be
lieve that tho rain Una done much good
while Outers am Inelllted to think that this
benefit Is onfy tirninorary awl or smalt uvail
uplewj tberu Is utoro rain aoop r < a t year
there wo aiuo l a total fullure of the
Wheat erop only about jr > per vent of a
o > belnt haventwl Tbr etaet aeroasje
a eojnpnred with that of lawl year an not
bo riuflnlt elv determined and would ba of
ioriipalatlvrlv litlln value Inasuiueb as tho
mrehse idnnted last year wua larue and
tho ytpld small and seattered that U annin
eommunltlei made it ood evop while others
only a fow lnllew away had practically twth
lni jri abnw for the work done Ouo Y ry
oneouraclnc ffuture l the faot that no
pHtn have so far been reported The
grtvif bus contributed largely to last
years failure and its wmappiarance Is a
creaurollnf to Uie wheat friruieix
Oftta ale oiuectell to do well now that
thorn baa been a Kood rain Jhero Is no
way at Retting at the aereago hh the erop
Is not etiltlvuted for sale but generally fur
use at home or hi ths neighborhood Tho
State does not raise what 11 consumes and
fanvwrs nut In small patehes at n title
Sowing Is now under way
it Is noticeable that many of the oor
rgjponduiitjj t t to thU eonalaerable atten
tion Is befug paid to tnftk fa rail lit Tha
roiumtiH of tho dally press of tho Sinto
well aH of the country weeklies hnvo iiKii
ehronifllng all winter tho organisation of
truck grower assoclttiloiiH and there Is
hardly a community In the south or east
that baa not an assoeialntn devoted to tho
cultivation of vegetables melons and fruit
Th > se crja pot Included In tho report be
low for < he vcanoti that the tlmo has not
fully arrived when their condition can be
Intelligently told of Itut tho plans msdo
by tho associations teferred to as printed
from time to tlms cuibraea a HrKe acreage
In tomatoe potatoes pea beans canta
loupes watermelons and other tilings of
that kind
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ANUQU ON COOXTV
1lkhart tnrniors aro prograsstng nicely
wltt their plowing They aiu leveral davs
aueud of this date last year Outlook Is
vi < y promising uptodate have bad plenty
riln but uoua In exreaa of what was need >
ed tburr Is mote eoru being planted this i
year than last aud plautiug Is well upto
d
grain crop should fall It will be put In
cotton but If same conditions bold as ox
1st now we may raise a good small grain
wop
Iendlclonvllle Fanners through plow
ing and ncnrlv done planting corn Tho
small rain yesterday evening Insures tueiu
u good stand There will be onethird morn
eoru planted this vear Old corn Is scarce
not more than IOjO bushels for sale and a
demand for It at home at S5 cents per
bushel Whcnt doing well no pests
ncieagc about same as lust year Fall oats
bad stand spring oats most all up to a
good stand acreage some greater this year
Salailo A lino rain has put heart Into
the farmers again and farm work will go
on with n vim as soon as It dries off a lit
tle The greater part of the corn Is plant
ed tho acreage Is about ir per cent more
than Inst year Oats about the same
while there Is a large Increase lu the
wheat crop Whero wheat has not been
iiverpastured It looks very well No com
plaint here of Insects The prospect now
Is for it less ncroago 111 cotton than last
year Fanners tiro well up with their
work
KOSQUI3 COUNTY
Morgan Tho farmers In this section are
well up with their plowing and arc half
through plautiug corn The acreage will
be about samo ns last year Tbe amount
of old corn In tho crlbr Is comparatively
email and Northern corn Is being shipped
In and sold at W cons The acieagc sown
In wheat Is fully lfi per cent Increase
over last season but the condition Is very
poor and If the ralu bud waited two weeks
longer would have been an entire failure
but with good seasons from now on mav
make half u crop The acreage In oats lias
been doubled oxer last year and the line
season In the ground will glvo that grain
a tlue start
Meridian Most all corn laud has been
biolten nud most of the corn crop planted
but ground In bail condition as there has
been no rain until March 11 and the plow
ed land Is very eloddy It Is estimated that
more land Is to be put lu corn this year
than last by Si per cent lu many places
the wheat died out and much of this land
will bo divided between cotton and com
There Is barely enough old corn In the
county to make n crop on In fact much
corn bus been shipped In that sold at from
i > i to 1 per bushel Oats hiive been
Planted to some extent but It has been too
dry to germinate the grain and the out
come Is yet to be determined No pests
have appeared this year
Kopperl The farmers are well up with
their plowing Corn about half plant
Tbe crop of corn nud cotton will be divided
about as last crop There Is great scarcity
of old coin here Tbcto have been three
ears of corn shipped In to supply this short
age The price ranged from 7 i to W cents
per bushel Tho wheat crop and oats look
badlv
1JOW115 COUNTV
Tcsnrknua Up to date plowing has been
bumpered throughout this section onethird
below the mark of last season Ibo cause
being due to drouth and high winds tun
nereuge used In corn this season Is about
at par with last year but planting Is much
more In arrears Corn has marketed lo
cally at 0V per bushels Hie year around
There has been no exporting There Is m <
old com now on hand among the fanners
Tho wheat crop s behind that of last sea
son but no pests have appeared The
acreage Is unchanged Oats have suffered
correspondingly from dry weather lie sew
llig being mailo lu amplo time but the
seed refuses to sprout
IlItAZOKIA COUNTY
Qulntiina Nearly nil fanning land has
been hiokeu up Com acreage Is about
double that of last year Fanners hav
about finished planting corn and the outlook
K tery favorable to farmers lrctalilng
price for corn during winter was Too per
bushel HI cribs Nearly ll fanners have
euoiiiigh coin to run them until tho now
Ikevltle A Stroug dry norther stnick d l <
litis Mvcttuu It has boon setirnl years iolumbla Corn nereage present > ear
since tblB county experienced so manv nboiit same as last year more iittcndoii
blab dry north and northwest winds It being given to cane and rlci than evoi
will take several lung wet spells to replace before Farming Is very backward for this
tho moisture in h < ground that these section There was but little fall and win
winds bave dlsslnnUil
IlKUli COUNTY
lor plowing with scarcely any rain during
winter months and the longprevailing higb
winds have stopped spring plowing pie
the lr worTllThero m AlT tH vcnl01 Un Vf n
m un rnyiu Therobss l HtlnSk ff i MV S > > euen that what Is In the
JnroMl inM r KlOllllll Will not COIUP lip unless winds Stop
nrovneet for n i lul 1ln romos Utile or no corn for sale
IVriners livo lllrB l111 ll fl < l0
i aimcis UUO i ni rleo u I > A
crop
Uiturbcd
planted at least 5t uor cent more corn I nr 1Uiturbcd ordinary
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X or than last year They bnve all finished Kin J undeil estie cultivation
planting Uteri Is sufficient corn tn run V mute taken the place of cotton
tnti crop by Mug economical Corn lias I Alvluy splendid rain foil throughout
old from 15 cents to Si now selling at his section Fanners are a little back
JF1 The wheat that was drlllsd In and wn < n getting Ibelr lands ready for corn
pustnred Is looking much better thin broad J > account of the dry weather but since a
cast sowing All the wheat thus treated good season la now lu the ground by last
Is looking ery well considering the drouth nights ralu the wnfk of getting tho ground
Wellborn Uaud nearly all broken
of acreiiBP over last year Is about 15 par about all planted nnd coming up Tho out
eoru held by ihe look was mgl
lining to be serious null last
Is broken it last Ground Is thoroughly
wet Tijls Is a grunt relief to cattlemen
ns well as farmers fin stock water was get
ting extremely scarce
AUSTIN COUNTY
San Felipe The farmers aru busy plant
ing torn this week nnd If tbe weather con
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HOTJOTON HATTY POSTr WEDNESDAY MOTINING MAROH 101002
Ion half planted acreage of both com Jiid
cotton about tbe same in last yeat
Mllllesu l iiiirrx are up with Hirir
Work but ralu Is bnillv n eilod The tno i
of tno com Is planted there Is about i
per cent more planted than Hst Jenr Corn
sold from IC > e to 7 e per busliH all winter
bill It wont up to JOii add tllere Is very llll
tic In this part or the winty1 Wry Utile
oats pianlet dliutst > pm esitt ln < than
ls l year what Is up tohks sorry for the
want of rain but tin showers will bcttcilt
them nnd bring up the corn
JlUltIFSOX COUNTY
lyon To present date about > per rent
of farming lands have been plowed The
rain over the coitnly lias been In ulTbloiii
for the progress of cereal crops Tin acre
age of com on uplands has been Increiise I
11 per cent over Inst year Tbe imijnilty
of farmers have ilnldted pluming corn
Thero nn no farmers earcel > who hate
enough com lo do them some llraxo lm
torn plaiteis havn a surplus from whom
upland farmers ure purchasing n w n
per bushel The acreage or corn in the
lira tun but turn Is about the same with lust
year Oat nereage largely Increased Muen
attentlou being given to tmck farming
Oats ftro looking well Mexican weevil In
abundance but energy and push are promi
nent characteristics everywhere neverthe
less
11UHNUT COUNTY
llerlram Crop prospects lme been very
gloomy op account ot tho long and con
tinned drouth but Mm drouth Is now ua
pnrcntly broken by what might be calle I
n general rain Fall oatsainl wheat have
til out oied until few fiuncrs have a good
stsed It has been so dry that grain
sown this spring has not come up to n
stand It Is considered too late to sow
row Con shipped from the North Is the
deptntlunce for feed and It Is selling for
rtc per bushel It Is impossible to estimate
tip niliage of com mil cotton as some
linvo planted corn < n dry furrows others
lnvo waited for rain which bus been full
ing today
Ilurnet After the rain of tho 11 th
a light norther stinted up which will
dry the earth quickly Home cum planted
nud all tho crop will bo planted In n lew
ilajs Wheat oats itnl iye will be a failure
and wos or It will be plowed under and
cotton planted Instead
Murbic Falls A splendid rain has fallen
here the first for many months Thedroith
was gettlug distressing nnu even now tut
lesf we have plenty of lain during the sea
ion irops will be short Firmers are well
up with their plowing and sonic bave plant
ed com but most of thou will yet have to
plant About the game acreage of o ra
and cotton will bo llanied this year as
last Vny little small grain will be plant
ed In tbts seettou Foodstuffs of all kinds
bare been very scarce and high all during
the winter and there 1 practically no borne
grown feed of any klud to bo bud The
fiverfige price of corn has been about Sj
cents
CAUDWIUiU COUNTY
UulInfc Tlio farmers in this section are
well up with their work Their laud Is all
broken up mid ready for planting About
00 per cent of the corn crop has bean
rlnitcd The Increase In corn over last
year wll be about lo per cent There Is
ml n great deal ot old corn left In the
country though many farmers bave enough
to do them Then has been no oats or
wheat planted In this section Com has
been selling for from ve to 1 per nushel
This si el Ion Is still dry and ralu will have
to come before the crops can come up well
Iockbart At this dale plowing Is well
advanced but the outlook Is very unfavora
ble on account of the drouth which In
this stction Is the worst since lSJi The
Increase In acreage oi corn will be abvit
M per cent over last year Considerable
In but
progrcsb bus been made planting
terv little will come up until It rains 1 he
Siipplv of old corn lu store Is verv llmltet
nnd the prevailing pbe throughout the
winter ha been faOc per bushel now U
No wheat Is raised In this county Um
acreage In oats Is slightly Increased oyer
last veal but tbe prospect for a crop Is
verv sony on account of dry weather and
much of the oat crop will be plowed up
and tho land put lu coin or sorghum
CAIJA1IAN COUNTY
Iialrd Tbe continued drouth has proven
n gtvnt setback to thU county Hut few
of the fanners have brokn their land the
high pi ices of com and feed stuff has al
most ruined the country There was little
feed made In this country last year and
our banks have paid out for the enttlem n
Mimpthlns over S oirOO and then some
ranches have lost heavily The average
lc s u the county will be about 10 per
cent The farmers are planting more corn
last as their was no feed curried
than year
over and the price of com has been H
per bushel The wheat crop Is In fair con
dition The drouth bus occn a groat draw
1nek thciiirh to orervtbltig There has
been a gmft deal of oats already pbilitH
have jud received w
nud now as we
bertfilial rain etrytbfng Is very encotut
tug
CAMP COUNTY
1ltlKburg Fanners In this section hnvo
bad ecellpnt weather for plowing and
much piogress has been made and the
outlook Is exceedingly good Though tho
11 there lias
crops arc not suffering s
not been a suftlelent rainfall I ho coin
acreage has been Increased some and at
least onethird of tbn corn Is In the ground
There Is practically tery little com In
tbe cribs aud large onautltlcs buve boon
shipped hero the prevailing price being
from 7 cents to si cents per bushel As
is alwnvs the case scarcely any wheal
has been planted Oats arc UPild good
stands reported almost luvniiably Willi
about 1 > per coat increase In acreage All
truck products uro flourishing and the out
look as u whole Is very encouraging
CASS COUNTY
llndenThe farmers of this section are
very much behind la their work up to dud
No corn has been planted and there Is
tery little In the cribs The prevailing
pike of corn during tho winter has been
about Si n bushel but lhero bus not been
much sold as tt was not tnudo In this
enmity There were very few farmers
who had any at all t sell A heavy riilii
nn to thai lime it had
> ll i > n ll rtrti
in the corn acreage with about 50 per ei nt I farmers huvo enough old corn on hand to
of the crop now planted Home few farm Mulsh this crop No wheat planted In this
f r i 1 ivp l coni f 11 J0 whUe > ier I county The oat crop Is 10 per cent larger
Will bave
to buy so that there be
can not thau last year nnd be fall crop Is up
said to bo 11 lilirnuifl Onn > I > m Jb
a surplus now on band The
price baj ranged from 70 cents to SI per
bushel Wheat Is small but healthy but
lias suffered some from drouth there have
been uo pests acrengo slight Increase no
Intention tn plow unier Most oats were
unwed tn the fall and haw suffered con
siderably from drouth Spring oats hav
largely Winter sowed oata ure fine Thow been planted Acreage about samo us last
sotyn lately ore up lo gnod stands and are
doing well
New Um Coru has been nearly all
planted and up More corn planted this
year than ever before nud Is scarce nud
selllns at 00 cents per bushel Tho strong
dry winds bave taken nearly all moisture
out of the ground nnd com that la nor u
nill hardly coma indeed it rain Cotton
will bo planted by March 13 and acreage
will ba decreased Uoll weevil are pjentt
fqltihaerthe bnrt < t old rotten trees
fi lyiTTbe armors nrn well up with
their plowing nnd tbe outlook very favor
able There bs been sufficient rnln to
Jate Increased ac ogc t 2B P < r
nt over previous year most of the tnfn
b In the ground pome ° t tht older farm
er bnldles of on necpunt of cold weather
XaoW wn la cribs cr tvarshonsos Ninety
year ltatn ot tho 1Kb very opportune und
much needed
Troy Up to tho 11th Instnnt there Imt
not been enough rain for crop but on the
ltth there was 11 good steady rain for
about four hours which has for the pres
ent given sufficient moisture to last som
two weeks but little stock water Some
complaint of wheat bugs but they are gen
orally only In places There U aitout 10
per cent mote corn planted this than last
year and planting Is tiearly through with
condition of which Is not as good Oats
is about 15 per cent less than last year
condition same ns wheat und oil tbe crop Is
sown nnd tip to a stand If the small
i t Is not doing well on account of the
dry weather
College Station Plowing Is rcmarkabJ
tvell advanced up to this date nud the coni
crop has been geneially plmted aud Is
coining up slowly A rainfall of 4 Inch
yesterday Insures u good stand of eoru und
will prepare land for early cotton planting
which will bovery favorable lo a large cot
ton acreage The ont erop has b en se
verely Injured In tbe stand by tbe winter
freed and the spring has been unfavorable
for securing u stand of spring seeded oats
so Unit llltl or no spilue oats luve been
planted In this section Corn ban sold for
as much as Kk pr hnslic from the faun
during the tMst thirty days A fpw largp
llrszos valley planters have portion o
their surplus corn erop on band but genet
ally speaking tho eoru of this section has
already reached the market Thern Is a
e Wh < t i ijj tt m 5 ° cw u v 0 senrat dlspoaltlou to feed alfalfa
Pi < lntin C0 ni UiSnl t le < rel8 f beat Is throughout this seel Inn where alfalfa 1
about 10 cent less
per than last year srown so sueerisrillly No wheal Is
grown lu this region
Allenfarm Farming Interests are furthrr
advaucnl than rtr brfore at this time of
tha year Cora mo t all up to 9 stand cot
Com now than is usual at this time ot year
Last years 00111 mop was a failure and
many good farmers are note out of corn
There aie but fev who will not have to
bay some coin and none of them have any
for sale Corn Is woith about 60 i ents
There will be no wheat aud bin small
Acreage of oats Most oats aro up and
looking wellCUAMI1I111S
CUAMI1I111S COUNTY
fHrt lTCilf
reuse of oats plan led oats nro up and
looking well no pests ns yet but last year
the pests destroyed the oats
CfAY COUNT
Henrietta Funning operations have been
delated by dry weather but bounleOiH
rains have now fallen nuil the present
prospect Is Halt cling There will bo nn
Inoreii od arrcage of corn on account or
mine wheat having lo be plowed lip J Here
Is verv little old corn on hand A great
dotl has been shipped In front Northern
markets during the winter and relnlled in
mi cents lo m cents n bushel Practical
u < > local product was offered for sab Too
wheal nop looks rather iiootiy bit II H
oxpocled tu Improve rapidly now The
acreage Is perhaps some less I ban that or
la l year No pests have appcansl should
they appear ami again kill the wheat
sorehnni and olhcr forage crops would
largely take Us place The oats top
about 1I10 same as last year > ery Hie
of It Is up
COUUMAN COUNTY
Coleman Up lo this dale the farmers In
this county arc well up with heir plowing
a good rnln renders the outlook goon
Verv little planting has been lone yet ami
It Is not thought hat the com ncfraRa
will be much Increased There Is not
much old corn on baud The pret ailing
price has been about 85 cents during tho
winter Condition of wheat crop up to
this time Is bad but tho rain Just fallen
will be of great advantage to II tno
acreage will be about the same as last
vear possibly n little Increase No pests
have appeared If wheat falls farniers are
likely to idow under and plant land In cot
ton Willi reference to oat crop substan
lbilly the same statement may be made us
the above report relative to the wheat
crop
COUMN COUNTY
McKlunev Farmers wero well up with
their plowing when the big fiveInch rnln
of the 11th fell It was tho first good
rnln for ncativ ten months and terminated
tho longest and most distressing drouth
this section has ever experienced Only a
slight beginning has been made In corn
planting The acreage will be large Plant
lug will begin In earnest next week oru
lit crlbi Is scarcer than for manv years
Prevailing price has been all winter In
tbe neighborhood of SO cents per bushel
AVIicat prospect Is much Improved since
rain The acreage Is not so large as last
vear The posts or apis of last vpar lisvo
iir reappeared The minion prevails among
armors that tlieV will make good small
grain crops this year Oat sowing Is done
the acreage is not more than half of tho
usual crop
COiiUlNGSWOIlTH COUNTY
WelllngtoiiA fine rain fell here on
the 11th Instant thoroughly soaking the
ground Farmers were going right ulonR
with heir plowing before the rain The
oat crop which Is perhaps 25 per cent mo e
than last year Is about all sown and Is
coming up Wheat Is looking well and has
furnished a wonderful amount of pastur
age this winter the crop Is J3 per cent in
excess of last years crop There Is no
pest so far heard of wn had none
last year No com planted yet will be a
good acreage planted this season ricnty
ot old corn lu the cribs notwithstanding
eoru has been In demand all tho winter ut
7 > cents per bushel at the crib on account
of the building of the railroad through this
country Farmers are lu flue spirits and
financial condition
C0101tVDO COUNTY
Columbus On this date all plowing for
com Is finished aud most ot < iie corn H
planted Heretofore the proportion In
acreage of coton aud com planted has been
100 acres of cotton to seveutytlve acres of
corn This year tbe acreage Is reversed
Sufficient rain has fallen to make easy
plowing and to sprout the corn but more
rain Is wauted now There Is n shortage
ot corn lu cribs and warehouses Corn Is
now selling nt from 00c to 1 per bushel
and good seed corn Is worth much more
No wheat Is grown in this section and very
little oats arc raised Oats do wull when
planted and no pests of any kind bother
them
Hock Island Most all ot the plowing
done except for rice Corn all planted
with a few exceptions acreage larger than
last year which Is also the case with cot
ton and oats Cotton plantlug Vas Just
begun Oats looklug fine It lias been a
little dry but taking It nltugtber It has
been a tine spring for the farmers and
they aro encouraged The prevailing price
of corn was about 7 i cents It is now 1
per bushel
Weimar Twothirds of the plowing Is
completed and the outlook la promising
Not enough vain has fallen but sufficient
to Insure good stands of com Ten per
cent more acreage will lip planted In com
than was planted lust year and the mosl
of ll has already been planted Not much
old corn In the cribs or In warehouses and
the prevailing avcrago price during the past
winter has been 7 cents per bushel No
wheat has been sown In this section There
bus been a small acreage sown lu oats
probably ten per cent more than last year
and the condition of too crop which Is up
Is good
HlddeiiTlie benefit of the late rain It
Inestimable o the agricultural Interests
Tho
their
In
hi
more
any previous year there is no corn in cribs
The prices paid during the winter ranged
from M to 8T cents per bushel Oats are
looking very nice a good stand acreage
compares with lust year Fanners report
no pests perceptible ns yet The gardeus
are looking well Very flattering pros
pects for n big yield
COMANCllU COUNTY
Comanche About 00 per cent of plowing
done The outlook gloomy enough no
looking well
mved as usual fbofe nn if
Vrmlieets ou a whole are encouraging
ilnce tiie spleiidld season Just bad
UKNTON COUNTY
LewlsvlIlP Farmcrj are well up with
with ho
unusually so and
spWri rain which fell on 11 li favor
i
C I favorable outlook drn
acreage l about as ost far but
wn
Si Py01 1H
it
yet Is
nlanled Corn Is scarce prevailing price
Is well
ir to Ph cents Wheat looking
cousblerng dry weather nd wll now come
fait Small acieagc No l
Would bo planted If destroyed lu other
cn ni WITT COUNTY
hoinasto Ki rmers ore hrou h rea
NSak Farmers through this spcllon
af a r le are well up with their plow ng
andlanting corn Ualr rains have fallen
ding the winter but the high wiuds of
the nasi two weeks have dried the ground
very rapidly and the stnnd of corn nin >
be affected The corn acreage wi I great y
exceed that ot last year probnb y fro u
oiiptlflh to oiiethlid Hut little corn s
left lu Hip country what can be had is
selling nt from Hi tnWI cents per bushel
Yorktown About 7o per cent of Plotting
isiloue Not sufficient rain though some
corn will come up Corn acreage Js about
the same as last year ami 00 per cent of It
Is lu tbe ground No old com here Corn
has been selling during tho winter at 00
and P cents per bushel No wheat or oas
In this county Corn that Is up Is looking
fine though more moisture Is needed
DICKUNS COUNTY
blckcnsOwiiig lo I he drouth which bss
prevailed slnco last September mere has
been verv Httlo progress made toward an
other crop The fanners have about half
of their plowing done and at present there
has been no corn planted but should t
rain soon the acreage will be Increased o
per cent over that of last year there is
plenty of old corn In crib to meet the next
noii Corn has sold for 1 per bushel
ilunus the winter but Is now selling at
Jlti There has been no wheat or oats
planted In this county as there la no ma
chinery here to handle same
DUVAL COUNTY
San Dlcgo Tbo farmers In this locality
are all through plowing for a much larger
acreage of corn than has ever been planted
here before Corn Is also all lu and most
of It up to a fair stand and if wo could
get n fair rain In the iext ten ijaytjor two
weeks a broad smile would adorn the faces
of the fanners There Is no old corn In
thlji locality and such as has beeu shipped
In sells ut 5121 per bushel
UASTLAND COUNTY
Hanger Farmers have done all the plow
ing possible to be doti without rain Not
had a real good season since the flood
Some of the farmer have planted some
present outlook not as much wheat sowed
off thp blocks but no n
dene Wheat is looking ° nii
Ing Most e U
up ot the corn I
ltlPssomFarmers r1nte4
are we t
Ing but little p
corti p nnu tUW
ruin Corn acreage CreatS 1
ji
over last year
It comes
bv 2 pir ceut as was sowc 1 last year o
pests have appeared yet Should the wheat
fnll most of the farmers would plant
millet and sorghum on the same land
Oats aro all sowed nnd oO per cent are up
and look well The acreage will lack 2
per cent of being as much as last year
caused by scarcity of seed aud dry weath
UMIS COUNTY
Waxnhachle Farm wnk In general Is
progressing nicely In Kills county Cotton
bind bus been broken but on account of the
long drouth corn planting has been back
ward The farmers have been holding baeg
for a rain which happily camo yesterday
afternoon lu great nbundance it was the
first gooil nuaklug rnln that has fallen lit
this county lu more than eighteen months
The acreage this year will be some greater
than last perhaps abuul 10 per cent Farm
ers as n rule In this coitntv are short on
corn the erop last year being practically a
failure Kausas com Is being shipped In
hre and during tho winter months the
done had been very light The acreage of
oats Is not s large is last Vear and the
growth has been greatly retarded by the
dry weather
tennis Farmers In his section are gen
erally well up wilh their work The aorp
ugp of com will b about as last year most
of which is In thp gruid Corn s ypry
scarce and is soling readily at Id cents per
hushel The wheat and oit rron Is about
tho same as last year with it probable light
Inciessp The pesK hate not appeared ns
rain Tho corn acreage will more than yet and the condition of the small grain
lust year About onehalf of the crop crop is very flattering The recent vain has
planted No old corn lu lid couaty ibo been a great blesslne to tho country In
price of corn during winter is So cents per general and farmers now report everything
bushel
The wheat crop Is sorry unlois favorable Tho
wc hate luts of rain none will be made
Acreage larger than last year No insects
so far If wheat falls land will be put In
cotton sorghum nud millet The ont crop
all planted acreage larger than Inst your
Most of crop up and looks well but will
soon need rain
CONCHO COUNTY
Ialnt lloekTho farmers are farther
ahead with their plowing this year than
usual but the outlook Is tery gloomv nu
account of the continued dry weather
1rppnrntlon for planting more corn than
usual but tery little of It has been planted
yoi About oO per cent more than last
year There Is uo old corn on band Tno
prevailing price has been SI per bushel
during the winter Tbe wheat crop Is a
complete failure there net hating been a
good season In the ground slinl last spring
The wheat ground will be planted lu other
recent rains In this section
have greatly cneouragpd I ho farmers and
thev are much more liberal with thor
spring purchases both In farming Imple
ments and merchandise and the retailors In
overv Hue are reaping thp reward for be
lli tvell slicked
CHAT COUNTY
DublinCorn acreage about equal lo last
year mosily planted Very little old corn
storage price of com 8 to So cents Wheat
crop was beginning to look sick bill the
rain revived It an I now bits fair to be
a good crop No ppsts If crop falls most
r ground will h rot u cotton Jas sow
lug done nereage small owing to exirner
illnitry price of seed That ran im lotki
t ell and with good sea sin will have tine
FALLS COUNTY
Htngnn Farming operations In this sec
ion are well advanced
crops About the same amount ot land has planted and much of It is coining 11 ii r
ia Vmu
been sown lu oats bis last <
year as was
err i iu AUl ouihi > nun nui uuu mi 1111111 until tno crops
111 tie od eoru on hand
cents > > e enough rain the ground Is still dry to buy pay 1 per hilhhel
cnths of the land to bo tilled U ready for
planting There bus been barely enough
ralu An exceptionally large amount of
corn is being planted This In connection
wtb ootSi sorghum etc jvlll rcucJi to or
0 per cent of land cultivated something
betetffsre nnheard of the ratio being itsa
nlly onefputth corn tq threefourths cot
ton Nearly nil corn Is plantod very it
tle ctrii r tho bands of farmers or others
Price bat been from hoc to 11 ner bushel
The acreage In oats has boon Increased
weather Is favorable throughout this week
most of this erop will be planted before
next Saturday ulght A few farmers re
port through plantlug but the number Is
small Tbe tomato crop will be Increased
fully 100 per cent over last year and many
other vegetable are also being planted lit
this section Tbe condition of the peneb
crop is quite favontble for n large yield
and fruit growers are feeling lit line spir
its
Husk Had a good rain bore lately
out not too lunch There will he nboul
iW > per cent Increase of orn planted us
compared to last year about 0 per ceut
Iibs already been planted and the ground
Is prepared for the balance some corn Is
up and looks tery well about all the
corn will be planted by rnd of next wpek
There Is vpry little old rout In the conn
try per ppiu of the farmprs have old
com piiouglt in do thpm wr cent parti
nough and so per cent tvill have all to
huy from Ibbf time on Corn has been
selling for from fo crnts p M per bnshet
ill what bete Tiero la 30 pci cant la
COrtYULL COUNTY
< 5atesvHloOwlng t0 continued drouth
farmers arc up with the plowing and wit
creviiiiI J Xtr WC UUUfled Willi
M HKU < orn ls Iready halt plnnt
ro sThe a will bo about 10 per cent
Increase
over last yeara The feel hill Is
ihl J roiosll 0 with the majority as
oi rl7 ot forn haB need from mi cents
n
amomV Ae if 1l 0 an very u all
amount of last years crop on baud Wheat
rL 14 ab0lt tle I Kwage si
Psts have ii jpt appeared but If fbo
H l Wis It will bo plotted under a
fine wlihd TnJ pnp ° t artt lon B
Planted aercage and morn to be
DALLAS COUNTY
Dallas The recent rains h Tp nut the
ginuiid In spkndld condition und fanners
ras neon Inn delaypd by the drouth It
x rly to llsf be effects f nfl rj
ot the wheat AH that was left staudii g
emnt wictlcaJly eve Absut m auci
Pr hushel in
u The acr aiu
wheat Is nu increase over last
year 0 d tliP
crop looks promising This4 cauntv huS
never been bothered
with the green bug
The oat crop lias also been lnerenJnii
acreage and s looking we l VAtmSnJu
orally are surprised that croDs loo o S H
after such a drouth tZ hwSi
ami
0 WP1 hvlns
J n Planted In dry ground
Lottlbo farmers arc well nn wm
year About W per CeP t r i7n Ll
per cent above UstVrer r ett v i 5
Ists rorc1
farniPrs arc wpV tm whh i sT
Ing nd awVuh i tJi J
FANNIN COUNTY
mo tVeJis a il VV dfouLH
Very nttm
Per t
and tbe price has Wn tnSFkll
for some time Very ltJ vt t t
n this secllon Wht hiW K
be doing well Few oat i W °
acreage is some larger than iJi D 1
thought Heavy ra1nrffi nf Jen r
dry weather ibo farmer WfiXl H
soon la Cc
UAYETTH COUNTY
Iu OraugeTbo farmers V
with their plowing and nlsafn V
season of the Uf
year moi l 0 kt
through or nearly h0Wh hfffl b
plnnllng A good rain is needM T t
tor tvbllo there is enough taStc
gtotind to came the corn loElT M
surface of the soil Is so drv fn1
the birds will pu lp ih7 d Ht
til
tho i5creag0 M BLr1
lip
no doubt execed cotton in Lco r1
locl
though bow much can not i
Quite a number of t u L 1
tho high price of feedTtufr
te
of corn arc planting Northern SSL
corn ns It matures murh MrlfSV
cllmalo than tho native corn W lliu
Carmine Farmers nVii
are
with their plowing In this mi1 dnn <
nil their corn planted l
coming
up Have not bad UfflKJJ
to put season In ground Tha K
tho corn crop hi acreage li H
cent over last year uud teStt9
com left In cribs and Is scilisl f
bushel Average price since ntSri1
lu
on about 7rc per bushel oSS
planted nnd up and doing f rtr win
raised In this section iWlirlidMi
lr >
api
ore com aud cotton cr
Klllnger The farmers here ir
wltu their plowing and the outlook li
yet although
we have uot had mJ
rain for stock there Is cno ioK
the ground for seeds to come ffi
crease lu Hie corn acreage nlaniJi il
year Is about 25 per cent over ttoufL
yea
r about IK per cent of tklt lB
planted ami about oO per cent oftfc
tire ueieage Is up There Is very llttfi J
held from last year ThoprcvUK
during the winter was 75c r LWf
There aro very little oats planted n
uwul
there are are not doing well
Warrenton The very IioIMmcji
stormy weather which has vtoted S
country slnco the beginning of tbfrncw
tvus terminated by a rain GardeniZ
much benefited and
very corn tilll un i
up every where This rnln altbnulii
groat benefit was still Insuffldent
MlildoonTho farmers are well a
their plowing The outlook for ami
promising A good rain fell today ihw
while not sufficient for all purposec W
considerably About 10 or 13 per teat
acreage Is planted In corn this yejf u
Inst Nearly all of It Is planted tUm
litis section ot Texas Is lu a bad fix no
ficd no grass no water and no money
Nlneteeiitweiitleihs ot tho people are poor
and depend upon crops for support making
110 crop last year thev have small hope for
a crop this vear Hauling water for stock
and to drink from muddy tauks ln tlta
pastures from which cattle bave been re
moved for want of range
llhltig Star A fine ralu In this part of
ed but was Insufficient for any ntrposis
cepf to lay the dust A good rain Is h
needed here for all purposes as It It tc
dry All farm work Is well adTinftJt
this dnto In fact with a good nnt
outlook was never better bat as It lst
out rain soon It was never worse Wi
com planting Is well advanced the p
peets for good stnuds are very gloomyt
there Is not sufficient moisture togenita
the coiintiy which gives a good season and 1 the seed lu many Instances while la tte
brightens prospects for tt good crop Farm even nfter sprouting the recent hlgb vb
ers are about through breaking laud lien caused the corn to dry out and die ns
tv of rain for the present The farmers I is probably sufficient old corn lo ItUx
are planting about 20 per cent more corn I tlon to supply home demand but it
this year than last about r > 0 per cent al imip for sale There was considerableti
ready planted There is scarcely any corn shipped from this place to other mui
In the erbs but plenty In tho wareboi sci amlng last fall which brousbt from <
The prevailing price per bushel has iieen t fcoe Pr Juishel No wheat It front
about Si Wheat looks well and thu 1 tlil ncctlon at 1I On account of tMVf
wheat growers are In high spirljs over t10 plri nt SCpfi 01tSi vctT mtlo ati v
sowed In this section and what werent
the drv weather Is Injuring Mdly
FOltT llUND COUNTY
Missouri City Corn plantlns ll l
over nnd nil the farmers except than
contemplate planting rice are t
vnnced with their plowing Ttejont
age this season will be raotOKa JwJ
mitt
that of last year During the
prevailing price for corn was M tJ
per bushel Tbe oat crop Is imiH
looks well Prospects for good cropiw
never better ut this time
FRANKLIN COUNT
Mt Vernon Fanners have malt of
progress with their plowing In tWiWJ
up to date and the outlook l ftlrlfl
There lias been sufficient taw
rain having fallen yesterday TMIW
In corn will be about the same11W
There has been very Utile planted W
datu on account of backwardness <
ami scarcity of corn TUcro Ij
iinv old corn In the couulrv at pw
The prevailing prion for corn tju
bushel IiMi
bus lieon S cents per
planted In tbits Wl
been no wheat
oat crop Is all In lb ground TM <
Is about the same as last yf >
which Is up Is looking vny treii
OOUlAl COUSTY
Itnrelalr Farmers have JhMK
breaking lend nud much of the JJj
and growing nicely 1 iicWJJi
last A f
tho salue ns year
was In tho ground when Uf W
planted and Hip stand Is cxeoIIWt
Is hut little old corn lu srannrlej m
tt >
vailing prion has been from U i
JONZAIUS COUNTY <
llnrwood Farmprs are well a
I There will ne l Vi
In coni this
more acreage
very little in cribs pricehas WfoM
to K ceuls now W cents to n JM
lie oats planted and that ool > wi f
and curly feed
GRAYSON COUNTY
Sherman Owing lo the JOTfi
t
dnrln
able weather conditions
< ir wa
tor months farmers In irafsoa ar
their
with
pracllpully through
The only drawback to this work
excessive drouth during
iths The corn crop >
ell Is ill the ground will I j r
the
mout
which
increased acreage over
Com In cribs will easily 1
ers unt I grass comes in bM Li
In warehouses The prevulllnf f i
November has boon 7S cents It j
lots to thp ooiisiimrr rhrh ifWjl
crop is well advanced J h JrtM
1
somowbnl Increasod over
nal planting and many Hraw
seasons harvest To date ncr M f p
has not made Its nnpp ri ms
npilpp has rnusi
Should the crop h
some
s <
a failure
the tesult wnid M
nn
the nereage being too nornio
replant in olton Oat fo ln j
over with nn IniTMSPil J C
gicntest Increase In >
county Is In tho potato M j
poliDly treble or miaflrnpo P i rJ
uw
teason Much of the potato
lined for n soeond
mdnIgnt ftf
PenlsonUp to
rop outlook was J03Vn M t 5
round beles too div ° 2g ff
uate aud ut cnon a A tht W f
i hi life of the yjan 1 J5 J
p itnt Monday a w l r Jus
tho Kontrcn st P Wi
lu tint nick of nje l
el h wlndH prevailed oat u cf0P
and
days longer the w at cy
Unvo born completely falnea
calltles farmcra bad U
n J
of the
account
im on
mnunil About the same1
planted to corn ths A
onehalf already P V b
then n few acres up ° rI I < j w
or on band nd to WffRft
shelled corn I being ahIpt Inj
Ing P rf
Xorl It west The prcval
bushel Theie li i
1 per tj
lu wheat nereage J0Ut t J
excellent condition siiffer J V
ago when It began to
This tYfni pVrWJ
moisture
making or Ibo wheat aortwULV
about all sown arrvage tw M
last year There is JSf
penranee of the green hue Q wf
wheat and oat crops jisijajf
miieb of tbe land will be > err J
and late summer < v esPrA
r
and nl
voted lo fruit hst
hppn greatly Inefpased
fully no per nnt
Andemon Tbo isrtnen
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