The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-09-01
WEEKLY wEATHER-CRoP BULLETIN
OF the Louisiana Weather Service for
the Week Ending August 25. 1888.

The weather for the past week has
been decidedly unfavOrable for the
| growing crops ia all except the north
western parishes, Which, being On the
| western border of the great storm of
the 19.2Oth, escaped the extensive
! rainfall and high winds that prevailed
In the southern and eastern parishes.
The damage to the sugar, cotton and
| rice interests from this storm cannot be
| estimated, but was very great. The
record of tho storm is unparalleled in
the history OF southern Louisiana.
| The section of the heaviest rainfall APP
pears to have been confined to the
southeastern parishes, as the following
totals for the week will show:
Farmervilie l 80, Like Providence
3.49, Vicksburg 81. Point Pleasant
2 GO, Calhoun O.S5, Monroe OF, Ver-
non O.25, Minden OH, Shreveport O.22
Liberty HUI O.43, Keachi III, Cnu-
shatia 0.l3, Natct,itoches O.I5, Trinity
| $40, Vidalia GA, Alexandria 3.G6,
Msrksville 3.O5, Cheneyville LOG,
Melville 4.ss, New Hope $50, Clinton
4.sO, Amite SIS, Frauklin,on Is II,
Hammond 8 80, Baton Rouge 5, Mau.
repas 1l.4S, Vaudeville 3.19, Sugar
Experiment Station AIS, New Orleans
14.14, Thibodaux 4.24, Des Lisnes 4.75,
Lafayette 3.SS, Grand Coteau 4.4O, Alb
bevilte 3.05, Port Etds l.27.
There was an average temperature
and an average amount Of sunshine in
the northwestern section alone, else
were greatly below the seasonal aVer-
age.
oBsERvERs' REMARKS.
FarmervilIe-Fine prospects for crops
Of cotton, peas, potatoes.
Lake Providence-Injury to crops
from heavy rain and high wind.
North Louisiana Experiment Sta
tion-Average cotton crop very short.
Monroe-Worms eating cotton badly
in places rains general.
Vernon-Rainfall beneficial to late
cotton only.
Liberty Hill-Some cotton ruined
by drought; estimated yield, $50
pounds seed cotton to the acre.
Keachi-Weather conditions favor~
able to crops during the week.
Vicksburg-ConditiO decidedly un-
favorable; % pr cent injury to cotton.
Point Pleasant-Excessive rains and
high winds damaged cotton.
Trinity-Considerab cotton blown
down by storm OF Goth.
Vidalia-Estimated injury to cotton
by storm 20 TO 80 per cent.
MarksviIIe-COnside damage to
corn, cotton, sugar and rice.
Alexaudria-Worms damaging cot
ton crop. Too much rain.
New Hope-Corn and cotton com
pletely Frustrated by storm of Goth.
Clinton-Iucaiculabl damage to all
crops by storm.
Franklinion-Grcat damage to cot
ton aud corn crops by the storm.
Mandeville-Corn and cane all
down; country all under water.
Maurepas-Violent wind and rain
damaged corn, cotton and fruit.
Hammond-Cane all down; corn
down, but ripe enough TO cut and
husk.
Baton Rouge-Serious damage; ex-
pect only half a cotton crop.
Grand Coteau-Great loss of fruit !;
other crops less affected.
Jeanerette-Cane, rice and cotton
badly damaged corn badly injured,
but under favorable weather most of
ii can be saved.
Des Lignes- All crops seriously af-
fec:ed by the storm.
AbbbevillC-All crops damaged to a
great extent.
Thibodaux-Cane materially injured;
rice very badly; tho early rice has
been almost destroyed.
Sugar Experiment Station-Ali crops
greatly damaged by the storm.
Il. Il. kERKAM,
Signal Corps Director.