Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-11
i, THIS YEARS CROPS.
GENERALLY FAvoRABlY AFFECTED BY
LAST WEEKS WEATHER.
Berries, Cut Hay and Early Cherries
Injured, But Other Fruits and
Cereals Doing Well.


j Berries, Cut Hay and Early Cherrie
Injured. But Other Fruits and
Cereals Doing Well.
! The weekly crop bulletin, as issued BY
! the Signal Service Office in this city from
reports received from the various volun
tary observers throughout the State, anG
whose reports reach this city by P. NJ
Saturday, is as follows:
Yreka-A. G. Murdoch reports wheat
! barley and fruit as very good at this time
Redding-C. c. Bush reports all crops as
affected tavorably by the weather of the
| past week.
Tehama-John Lea reports more rainfall
during the present week than was needed
| consequently early grain, cherries, straw.
berries and some other fruits will be slightly
damaged.
Willows-A. w. Seahorn reports peaches
and apricots as doing finely. What hav
was cut will be damaged, but wheat and
barley are looking well.
Woodland-J. B. Elston reports that yerv
little hay was down. Late-sown grain is
greatly benefited by the rain. The fruit
prospect is generally good.
West Butte-A. s. Moves reports all crops
as greatly benfited by the past weeks
weather.
Marysville-G. W. Peacock reports all
grain and fruit as fayorably affected, ex-
cept early strawberries and cherries, which
are damaged to some extent. If the
weather turns exceedingly warm there will
be some danger of early summer fallow
wheat suffering from rust.
Observation-Disclosures Lumbard reports
that heavy winds have somewhat injured
the fruit crop. Grain has been very much
benefited by the weather of the past seven
days.
Nlcolaus-Alvah Pendleton reports that
heavy rains came just at haying time, and
will damage that which is cut, as well as
that ready to cut, in slight degree. Grain
has been affected favorably.
Newcastle-C. II. Kellogg reports the
fruit crop as having been favorably affected
by the weeks weather. Early straw berries
have not been injured by the rain.
Georgetown-C. M. Fitzgerald reports
that late-sown grain will be particularly
benefited by the copious rains of the past
week.
Folsom. H. Sturgis reports that the
rain has injured the early cherry crop, and
has also injured what little hay that was
cut. Grapes have been favorably af-
fected.
Orangevale--J. w. Anderson reports that
the rain did not injure the strawberries, as
the first crop was all marketed. Early
cherries have been damaged. The lack of
sunshine during the week will have ten
dency to cause mildew upon the growing
vines.
Suffer Creek-E. C.. VOORHEES, reports a
great deal of grass and clover hay injured
by the rain. On the whole, much more
good was. done than harm by the rain, for
all fruits were favorably affected.
Lodl-Ezra Fisk reports that the condi-
ton of the grain crop is below the average
at this time of the year. Peaches and april
cots are doing poorly. Grapes are above
the average. Very little hay has been cut.
The crop will below the average The
season is two or three weeks later than the
average. All crops have been favorably
affected by the weeks weather.
Gait. J.. Campbell reports that the
rainfall of the past week will help the late
sown grain wonderfully, and will make
feed more plentiful on pasture land. The
rain, however, has been detrimental to hor-
ticultural and viticultural interests.
Denverton-S. K. Nurse reports that all
crops have been favorably affected, but
there was only about half the usual acreage
sown to grain. The crop will not be more
than a half crop for the acreage planted.
Santa Rosa-C. G. Farmer reports crops
of all kinds as favorably affected by the
weather during the past week.
Sonoma-Robert Hall reports that all
crops will be benefited by the past week g
weather. There was scarcely any hay cut
in this valley. Crops will be late. The
late rains will help the grain and insure the
tonnage of grapes
Napa-W. II. Martin reports that the
peach and apricot croD is small, and all
other fruit crops large. The hay and grain
crops are small. The weather for the past
| week was favorable to all crops. Young
| olive orchards are doing we'll.
Centreville-H. Overacker, Jr, reports
that ChevalieI barley is badly affected by
| lice, and it is hoped the rain will help il
| outgrow them. Other grains look well
Fruit, though light crop, looks favorable.
Goleta-Frank Kellogg reports that sew.
| eral heavy fogs of the past week Ihave
| greatly benefited the hay crop.
Livermore-A. ]. Palmer reports all
| crops as benefited by the past weeks
weather. Volunteer hay is being cut, and
is but slightly damaged by the rain.
Visalia-L. V. Nanscawen says the
| showery weather during the past week has
| injured the hay that was cut, but there are
thousand of acres of wheat and barley that
| will be benefited by it. There will be at
least two-thirds of a CROP and as the acre
age is about Is per cent. greater than ever
before, the yield of the county will be
something enormous.
San Bernaidino-L. NJ. Holt says: The
grain crop in many LOCALITIES will be
| light on account of the lack of rain in
April. The fruit crop gives prospect OF
good returns, larger than ever before.
Chino-John WATSON says: The wheat
| barley and hay crops on upland, not irri-
gated, will be below the average. On
moist, semi moist and irrigated land, there
| will be from two-thirds to full crop The
| fruit crops, without exception, promise to
| be very large and of good quality. AL
crops were favorably affected by the past
| weeks weather.
National City-Arthur II. Wood says
The grain crop is below the average, bu
the indications for a bountlful fruit crop arr
very favorable. Berries are excellent anG
plentiful.
| THE WEEKS RAINFALL.
| The total rainfall for the past week wa!
as follows:
! Yreka, inch; Redding, 80 of an inch
Tehama. 2 so; Willows. 81; Woodland, "a
West Butte, As; Marysville, 80; Wheat
land, 20; Nicolsus, 147; Georgetown, I'll
Folsom, .16; Orangevale, LEO; Suttel
Creek, LIS; Lodi, .S5; Gait, 1.20; beaverton
"a; Santa Rosa, 81; Sonoma, 10; Maps
City, IA; Visalia, .46; Chino, none; Nationa
City, II.
The rainfall in Sacramento for the weel
was l "a inches, making for this season
80 "a inches, as against 1918 inches durinl
last season.
CROP REPORT SUMMARY.
The weekly crop telegram sent to Wash
ington, d. c., yesterday was as follows:
Grain and fruits of all kinds were favor
ably affected in all parts of the State. Early
cherries and strawberries and hay that wa
cut will be slightly damaged The outlool
is good for the largest fruit crop that Cali
fornia ever had.
BASEBALL AT THE BAY.
Oakland Wins, and Stockton Takes tn,
Target From Sacramento.
SAN Francisco, May 10th.-Stocktol
was not in the game at all with Oaklan.
to-day. PARROT was hit all over the lot b,
the Colonels, but either a wild pitch O
passed ball spoiled runs from being earned