Typed as spelled and written
Kay Cunningham

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Fifteenth Year - Number 23
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 4, 1904

REPORTS ON THE
COTTON CROP.
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     A large number of farmers were in the city Monday attending court and also third trades day. They bring varying reports as to the condition of the cotton crop.  In some localities the weevil and worm have been at work several days, while in other localities no bad effects have been experienced as yet. At the worst, as it now looks, Falls county, as a whole, is going to produce fully twice as much cotton as she did last year. With the large corn and other feed crops, the people of Falls county will be in good shape when all the grain is garnered and all the cotton gathered. Those who can look to a full "smoke house" will, indeed, have no cause to be "grouchy."

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