145 Years Ago (September 23, 1880)
Williamson County cotton farmers battle rain, boll worms, and caterpillars
The rain still continues and farmers are looking and feeling very blue. Cotton has been injured about one fourth of what would have been made by the boll worm, now by the rains, and finally the caterpillar has commenced its ravages, though so late that it will not hurt the cotton very much. …