The record-union., 1892-05-07
WEATHER AND CROPS.
What the Voluntary Observers Say
Concerning Them.
a General Complaint of Cold Weather
from Siskiyou to San Diego-The
Crops All Backward.

Following are the crop conditions for
the week ending last night, as issued by
the State Agricultural Society in co-opera-
ton with the United States Weather
Bureau and formulated from the reports
from numerous crop correspondents.
This report will be telegraphed East this
morning by Director Barwick:
The past week has been an unusually
cold one for this season of the year, with
light frosts, but apparently no damage of
any consequence has been done to fruits,
grains or grasses, while the rains of the
latter part of the week have been God
send to the San Joaquin Valley, Monterey
and San Luis Obispo Counties. The rain
will add immensely to the value of the
grain crop.
In the Sacramento Valley everything
promises well; in fact. the reported dam
age by frost last week now seems TO have
been over-estimated and nearly an aver
age crop OF fruits will be the result. The
crop Will not, of course, be nearly as
large as that OF last year, because That was
an exceptionally heavy one.
certain classes OF fruit near SuSanville,
in Lassen County, will be almost a total
failure, but not SO at GAINESVILLE and Mil
ford, where no damage has resulted from
the cold and backward spring.
The cry goes up from Siskiyou to San
Diego for warmth and sunshine, the results
from which viii make eyerthingy grow
rapidly. Extremely warm weather is
not needed, for then it would cause grain
to rust.
The reports from Southern California
are telegraphed by Observer Franklin at
Los Angeles, who gathers all reports in
the southern portion of the State and tel
egraphs them to Director Barwick each
Friday night. In his telegram last
evening he says: Corn, nursery
stock, orchards, small fruits and
vegetables derived great benefit
from the ram, but hay has been some-
what injured. Bean-planting continues,
and the soil is in fine condition"
The general outlook is extremely good,
except for small fruits, such as straw
berries, etc, which are kept backwa on
account of the cold. Hops are looking
well, but their growth is retarded by the
colo weather. The season will be at least
two weeks later than usual.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The Weather Bureau reports show
quite heavy rain on Thursday night,
there having been one-half inch, making
80 of an inch for this month, while the
average precipitation for the entire
month OF May during the past forty
years was but .68 Of an inch. The first
six days have therefore given n of an
inch more than the average of many
years for the entire month.
The greatest precipitation in Nav since
1890 was 3.25 inches, in 1889, and g. IA
inches of this fell in the first six days of
the month; l.94 inches fell on the 5th and
~ OF an inch on the 9th. In fact. after
the llth of May very little rain need be
looked Tor, II we can judge by past rec
ords. AS a general thing, from the 7th
day Of the month but very little rain can
be eNpected-say ranging from a trace to
.O2 or .O4 of an inch, which would not be
enough to lay the dust of May.
The clouds that have been so prevalent
Tor several days past show us the grand
work they perform in collecting moisture
from the crystal vaults of the sky.
sprinkHng it over the fields and making
the hills glad with showers of rain. In
winter, spring and summer ''the clouds
drop tatnesS upon the earth" All our
agrlculturists have to do to bring forth
bounteous harvests is to tickle the earth
with hoe, water the ground with melted
snow, and 10 two blades of grass grow
Where never one grew before
The following tabulated data gives the
rainfall for last season and for this season
up to and including the 9th day of May of
each season. The comparison is easily
two seasons were distributed, and though
there has not been as much moisture pre-
cipitated this season as last the benefit to
crops and the outlook for good results
are just as good as at this time last year.