Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-08
GOVERNMENT CROP BULLETIN.
Interesting Information Furnished b. IL
Wcsihes Bureau.


wAsHrsoroS. Mry The weathss
and crop bulletin fer the week srAs<
tosay, issued by the weather korsas
Of the department. OF aereaiSnss
says: The temperature OF the weed
wAs warmer than usaal thrsokbeM
the southern states, the Ofie sa.ieI
and the middle Atlantic ssates. the eH
cess in tenpsrasurs being greater owes
the Ohio valley and interior OF the
southern states, where il ranged f;e2
. t. degrees per day. Cesl wsst2se
CONTINUES In the northwest. And fiefa
the Rocky mountains westward 10 tie
Pacific coast, over she creates
porlson OF which region the ce~
flciency IN temperature amonnr.
TO from 6 to 3 degrees per day.
Over the greater portion OF the spr.na
wheat region 4 wss slightly colder than
t0e preceding week; IL Was alko slightly
colder IN Missouri and s0utbern ills-
nols, and warmer ever the greater scr-
ton of Kansas. In Cslilornss The
weather was unusually caol IA the sr<
terror, while in the Befthcrn fs.sEs
coast the deficiency IN ten8psrtlrfs
was less than that of the prsseGfxc
week. The temperature of the ssases
from March 10 May hst averaged
from to degrees per day seios the
nsrmal for that period. o~neraiit
throughout the eistes, the Mississip51
and Missouri valleys. aud over the great
er porten of the Gotten belt, while leo
marked Deficiencies Of Temperature ex.
st IN the Atlantic and tactic oeasis
add Ia the lake regions. In southern
Texas, nerthern Minnesota, esst&rn
New England apa rear Lake Hnron
the eeassbsble tsmpsfsture hss beea
eighty an ercess Of Normal prccipIts
tlon.
During the past week there hss bees
mere fsin than ususi. gensrsiIs
throughput tie uo,therR states, t..s
belt OF excessive falss sttsnsiaf from
New England westward TO the Pacific
ooss,. in the lake rerasn aud the npp
per Mssiwippi arc lever hissouf, vsi>
leys, the rainfall for the we<6
ragged from l 20 % inches gresteo
than the average Tor the week tsteres
The rainfall has been especially bsavE
from Lake trle westward &c Missouri
and lows, ever which region The
excessive precipitation must have
proved injurious 10 growing crops, -
peciaiiy in filiDsls ard western Iowa,
northern Missouri and the vicinity -
Lake Ere, where destructive hooos aro
reported. The actual rainfall m Cell.
iornls and Oregon generally sHcoo1
one incn Of regular sections Of tbo
weather bureau except ~ So
Francisco, where over half an inch O.
Cured.
In southern California ths saiufsu
was unusually heavy. There We =
total sbsencs OF rs1n ever isree portsoo
OF The southern states ard only eikhl
shovers occurred IN south tarelinas
Tennessee. Kentucky and Esnsxs, en1
along the Alleehenses There woas
however, sight ereess sf rsib n
s0nth ~sst ficrios, but ever the Eyse4ef
portion OF ftss state 10 rain has o.
currea- The heavy fssns 81 the pn8
-esk have largely increased the een-
sonai excess IN the stsfss Of the uppex
y isssss - valley. hsfs n rnsss placeg
TIE rainfall has been doriris the pe1ni
snaeunt Tor tks season sInos March J.
n ths statss 81 TIE Missouri vsiseY
lnciposBf tse Dakstss and western
hirtesets he seasonal rainfall smoono
- frsn - = lee pss rsns erestsr tte9
TIE nermsl In ths central portion ~
re cstten reflen extending frem ve<t
ers 5eefgas ~ eesssrn Tsfss sDout -
ususl rainfall hss occurred. f'fit =
seathers 1sxss spa tioBf tDs s9uth
ttsnftc co~st less ttfn nsf ~ 10
ssfssi rainfall kss sssn rsroEsed.