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Kay Cunningham
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Fifteenth Year - Number 23
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 4, 1904
THE CROP IS SPOTTED.
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IN SOME LOCATIONS GOOD; OTHERS
BAD OR INDIFFENENT.
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SOME INTERVIEWS WITH FARMERS ON
CONDITIONS.
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The crisis of the cotton crop in
Falls county is right now at hand. A few weeks may show that the county is
producing a good crop or it may show that the crop will be shorter than is now
expected. Until the critical time has passed the all absorbing question will be,
"How is your cotton ?"
Believing that an exchange of views at this time on the
conditions as they appear, would be of interest to the public, the DEMOCRAT has
secured information from nearly every section of, the county and the same
appears below:
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT CROP.
J. L. Sylvester, Chilton: - Weevil doing considerable
damage, boll worm at work some. Farmers around Chilton will not average over a
fourth bale to the acre.
W. H. Woodland, Blue Ridge: - Worm and weevil ruining
cotton. Outside appearances indicate good crop, but close inspection explodes
the idea. I cut open 30 bolls on my farm and found one good one.
J. W. Mallard, Highbank: - The best cotton crop in
years. Will make one half to, three-fourths bale to the acre. Damage by weevil
and worm very slight.
L. E. Oltorf, Marlin: - Cotton is good. Plenty grown
bolls to insure a good crop. Weevils at work some, but they don't hurt the
bolls. Worms not doing much.
G. W. Barnes, Blue Ridge: - A few weevils, no worms.
Everything around me indicates a fair crop - say one fourth to one third bale
per acre. The weevils are doing most damage on the sandy land.
Geo. H. Gassaway, two miles east of Lott: - Crop is no
good. Large fine looking but nothing on it. All cotton in timber appears about
same as mine.
S. H. Tucker, Lott: - Good round Lott: as a general
thing. Some fields bad, some mighty good. Worm and weevil will have to work fast
to beat us out of a pretty fair crop.
J. C. Criswell, Odds: - The pests have left us one
fourth bale to the acre, which is satisfactory.
Arch Coleman, Otto: - Some weevils but cotton doing
very well in my immediate section. I hear they are ravaging about J. A. Gill's
farm and that he estimates that on his 3000 acres he is now losing about 40
bales a day.
D. R. Emerson, Marlin: -- "Looks good to me."
J. W. Williams, Blue Ridge: - On hard land where worked
well, cotton is doing nicely. I estimate from one fourth to one third per acre.
Some weevils. No worms.
D. L. Wardlaw; Reagan:--The prospect looks fine. Could
not expect it better, especially on Brazos bottom plantations.
J. H. Miller. Travis: - Cotton looks splendid. Think we
have from one fourth to one half bale per acre assured.
Will Ward, Marlin: -- Weevils playing havoc on some
farms in upper bottom. On Ward and some other farms looks like one fourth to one
third bale per acre, barring future possible depredations.
J. W. Waters, Rosebud: -- Crop good. Everybody in fine
humor over the prospect, Time to change yet, however.
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