46 THE TEXAS RICE BOOK. 



COLORADO COUNTY, TEXAS. 



INCREASE IN BOTH RICE AND CANE FOR THE COMING YEAR. 



Eagle Lake, Texas, December 8. There will be about 1,800 

 acres planted in cane in this vicinity this next season, of which 

 amount about 1,200 will be on the Wm. Dunovant plantation. 

 A slight increase over last year. 



There will be about 10,000 acres planted in rice in this vicin- 

 ity this next season, an increase in acreage of about 80 per cent 

 over last season. 



Lots of good cotton land will doubtless be idle for want of 

 tenants able to furnish themselves. Owing to the two succces- 

 sive failures in the cotton crop in this community and the fear of 

 boll weevil the landlords are weakening on cotton and will not 

 furnish so extensively, in advance, on cotton crops as heretofore. 

 They are turning their attention to the raising of rice. This will 

 have a tendency to lessen the acreage of cotton probably 25 per 

 cent, but it can not be reasonably estimated with any certainty 

 yet. Good bottom lands heretofore renting for $4 and $5 per 

 acre are now down to $2 and $2.50 per acre, and not finding 

 ready renters at that. 



Freisburg, Texas, December 8. The rice industry is the 

 talk of the day in this county. This community will not have 

 an acre in rice, as the land is not suited for rice culture, being 

 hilly and very uneven. However, a great deal of land is being- 

 prepared in the southern part of this county and after a thorough 

 investigation The Post's correspondent is not booming the enter- 

 prise to any extent in saying that 20,000 to 40,000 acres will be 

 planted in rice next year. The crop this year yielded enormous 

 profits, and it encouraged individuals to abandon cotton to a 

 great extent and plant rice ; besides there have been several stock 

 companies organized to cultivate several thousand acres each. 



Weimar, Texas, November 30. From the best information 

 to be had on the subject there will be about 10,000 acres planted 

 in rice and 4,000 in cane in Colorado County this season. That 

 will be done southeast and south of Columbus. No cane of con- 

 sequence and no rice will be grown in any other portions of the 

 county, though north of Weimar is as fine a section for rice cul- 

 ture as is in the county. The planting of rice and cane, however, 

 will make no change in the usual acreage for cotton, as just that 

 number of acres, in addition to the old cotton acreage, will be 

 taken in as new lands. 



It is thought that the acreage to be planted in cotton the 

 coming season will exceed that of last by 10 per cent. 



