The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-01
Weekly weather-Crop Bulletin
Of the Louisiana Weather
Service.
New ORLEANS, Sat-, Aug, 25, 1888.

New ORLEANS, Sat-, Aug. 25, 1888
The weather for the past week has
been decidedly unfavorable for the
growing crops in oil except the north
western parishes, which, being on the
western border of the great storm o.
the 19-2Oth, escaped the excessive ain
fall 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 es
timated, but was very great. The re,
cord of the storm is unparalleled IL
| the history pSsathern Louisiana. The
section of the heaviest rainfall appears
to have been confined to the southeast.
ern parishes, as the following totals fol-
the week will show: Farmerville $50
Lake Providence $40, Vicksburg 2.s2
Point Pleasant .6O, Calhoun 0.S5, Mon
roe 1.08, Vernon 0.25, Minden Ol7
Shreveport 0.22, Liberty Hill O.43
Keachi III, Coushatta O.13, Natchito.
ches O.45, Trinity $40, Vidalia 3.74
Alexandria 3.66, Marksville sos, Che
neville LOG, Melville 4.88, New Hope
$50, Clinton 40, Amite 5.78, Frank.
linton $40, Hammond 3.32, Maurepas
11.48, Vaudeville 4.19, Sugar Expt
Station AVS, New Orleans l4.14, Thi
bodaux 4.24, Des Lignes AIS, Lafay
cite 3.s8, Grand Coteau 4.40, Able
vile sos, Port Eads ~.
There was an average temperature
and an average amount of sunshine in
the northwestern section alone, else.
where in the state these conditions
were greatly below the seasonal aver
age.
OBSERVERS REMARKS.
Farmerville Fine prospect for crops
cotton, peas, potatoes.
Lake Providence : Injury to crops
from heavy rain and high wind.
North La. Expt. Station /: average
cotton crop very short.
Monroe +: Worms eating cotton badly
in places; rains general.
Vernon I: Rainfall beneficial to lats
cotton only.
Liberty Hill Some cotton ruined by
drought; estimated yield, $50 lbs. seet
cotton to the acre.
Keachi Weather conditions favora
BILE to crops during the week.
Vicksburg Conditions decidedly un
favorable Is oTo injury to cotton.
Point Pleasant: Excessive rains and
high winds damaged cotton.
Trinity Considerable cotton blown
down by storm of Goth.
Vidalia Estimated injury to cotton
by storm, 90 to 30ofo.
Marksville Considerable damage te
corn, cotton, sugar and rice.
Alexandria : Worms damaging cot
ton crop. Too much rain.
New Hope: Corn and cotton com
pletely Frustrated by storm of Goth.
Clinton : Incalculable damage to all
crops by storm.
Franklinton Great damage to cot.
ton and corn crops by the storm.
Vaudeville : Corn and cane all down;
country all under water.
Maurepas: Violent wind and rain
damaged corn, cotton aud fruit.
Hammond Cane all down /; corr
down but ripe enough to cut and husk
Baton Rouge Serious damage /; ex
pect only half a cotton crop.
Grand Coteau : Great loss to fruit
other crops less affected.
Jeanerette : Cane, rife and cotton
badly danfRged ; corn Nadly injured,
but under favorable weather. most of il
can be saved.
Des Lignes : All crops seriously af-
fected by the sfprm.
Abbeville All crops damaged to a
great extent.
Thibodaux Cane materially injured;
rice very badly; the early rice has been
almost destroyed.
Sugar Exp't. Station All Gecps
greatly damaged by the storm.
r. e. KERKAM,
Signal Corps. Director.