The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-08
STATE WEATHER REPORT.
Texas State Weather Service
Weekly Crop Bulletin.

GALVESTON, November 3.-Weathsr croI
bulletin for the week ending Saturday
November 8, 1888:
TEMPERATURES.
The temperature in Texas during tn,
last seven days has been above the season
average, and its effect upon the late cot
ton plant was very favorable. The mean
temperature for the state was 6S degrees
which degrees is higher than the average
of last week. Frost has not been reported
from any part of the state, nor at this
writing is any likely to occur for few
days at least.
RAINFALL AND SUNSHINE.
Absence of storms and more than the
average amount of sunshine has affected
the cotton crop very fayorably. Bright
and sunshiny weather has been favorable
for all kinds of crops, and has assisted the
farmer in the gathering of cotton and
seeding of wheat. No rain except in some
of the lower counties. The following
places report rainfall in inches and hun
dredths, as follows: Brownsville, %
inches; Corpus Christi, .01 inches; Calves
EXTRACTS FROM REPORTS.
Oscar Samotz, Austin-No rain; warh
weather and sunshine favorable to crops.
Cotton abundant.
E. A. Sterling, Belton-Weather warm
and favorable to crops. No rain. Pick
ing progresses rapidly. There is still a
good deal of cotton to come in.
William M. Splitter, Burnet-We have
had very fine weather during the last seven
days, all of which has been favorable to
cotton and small grain. Cotton continues
to come in and increase in amount.
7. B. Elrod, Columbus-Very little on
bottom lands has been picked. The yield
will be greater than expected. 1t is still
picking, but hands are scarce.
j. P. Berry, Cedar Hill-The late cot
ton is beginning to open, and if the
weather continues favorable there will be
quite good crop. There has been no
frost to damage anything yet.
j. S. Rogers, Columbis-Weather clear,
farmers busy and picking favorable.
Some few runs of grinding cane and boil
ing have been made by sugar planters,
but they are not well under way yet.
F. G. Osborn, M. D., Johannesburg
wheat is progressing favorably with in
creased acreages. Young wheat looks
pale but the straw is good. Cotton field
still green except in low places. Farmers
availing themselves of good weather are
very busy picking cotton. The staple is
good.
H. d. Donald, Decatur-The weather
huS a
for the maturing and opening of late cot
ton, wherefore the farmers are happy.
Joseph Cottom-Rainfall, temperature,
sunshine, all favorable to the cotton crop.
j. W. Krech, Longview-Crops doing
very we'll. Cotton coming in lively. Days
and nights much warmer, fine weather for
picking: more rain is needed.
Rifles G. L lckey, Mesquite-The tenn
perature was below the average and
affected the cotton crop injuriously; frost
on the oath, killed cotton in the valleys
and up to certain height, while above this
limit it entirely escaped injury. There
WAS ice Is of an inch in the East Fork
bottom; heavy fog which blew up just
before sunrise saved the cotton on hills.
John McGlone, san Antonio-We Gather
warm for the season. Second crop matur.
Ing well.
1. G. MeyerHoefer, Waco Rainfall,
temperature and sunshine duriLg the last
seven days has been very favorable to the
cotton crop.
William Schmidt, Victoria-No rain.
Weather very favorable to cotton.
With this issue the weather crop bulle-
tin will be discontinued until the begin
ming of the next crop season.