The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-25
This YEARS. CROPS.
Last Weeks Weather Was Gener-
ally Favorable.
Grain is Doing Well in Most Counties,
and the Fruit Crops Promise
to be Large.

James A. Barwick, Director of the
State Weather Service, has received the
following crop reports from volunteer
observers throughout the State for the
past week:
Stanislaus (Turlock)-The continued
dry weather is not beneficial to the grain
crop. Volunteer rye is in bloom, and
winter-sown is heading OUT all grain is
growing rapidly.
Alameda Livermore)-Prospec for
crops continue good. The light rain of
Friday night did much good good to all
kinds of fruits, grains and grasses.
Yuba (Wheatland) - The rain has
greatly assisted blowing, as the surface of
the ground was becoming crusted. The
weather has been favorable, and every
thing making rapid growth. (Marys-
ville)-From present appearances, the
straw berry crop will be large and of an
exceptionally good quality.
Sutter-All crops were benefited by the
temperature and sunshine.
Solano Nacaville)-The prospect at this
time is for light crop of apricots, fair
crop of peaches and very full crop of
all other fruits. Cherries will move in
about ten days.
Santa Clara (Mountain View)-Iittle
if any damage was done to the fruit bios
SONS by the last storms and light frosts
showing remarkably we'll, and the peach
and apricot crops promise to be large.
San Bernardino (Chino)-The weather
is clear and pleasant and getting warmer.
The beet crop on the Chino ranch is i'm
proving in appearance each day. (Red-
landS)-Hay-cuttin has commenced in
Moreno Valley.
Siskiyou CYreka)-The present season
promises to be very good for large yield
of apples and pears, as the continued cold
weather has kept fruit back to escape the
early spring frosts.
Mariposa-Prospects are good for fair
crop of peaches and apricots. The fruit
already shows quite large and is safe
from frosts. Apple trees are coming into
bloom.
San Luis Obispo (Simmler)-Grains are
looking fine and good yield is expected.
Grass is abundant and cattle getting fat.
Shandon)-More rain is needed for late
grain, but we fear the effects on the
earlier that now has begun to head out.
thunderstorm with hail and rain ON
Saturday lasted twenty minutes. April
cots are going to be scarce; other fruit
seems doing we'll, as are all crops except
those on low adobe soil.
Colusa (Williams)-The weather has
been beneficial to growing crops.
Ventura Observation-Disclosures point
to a crop of $4,000 centals of barley, COM
pared with 295, 900 last season.
Amador-The trees are loaded with
fruit blossoms in the valley, and now
that the danger of frost has nearly passed,
q plentiful crop of all kinds of fruit is
almost a sure thing.
Yolo-The shower of Friday night will
benefit the young grain and materially
improve the crop prospects.
Colusa-The fruit so far shows good,
except in few places where sipage water
is killing the trees. Grain on the fiat
lands looks pinched and yellow and is
stripping up without stooling.
Tulare Lemoore)-Whe not irrigated
was damaged by the winds of this week.
Calaveras-Early fruit trees are heavily
loaded, and an abundant crop is antici-
pated. Continued wet weather has been
the cause of many bare fields which
heretofore at this season of the year were
robed in green, later on to bear golden
harvest.
Orange-A good deal of land is being
devoted to peanuts this spring, despite
the encouragement of the past year, al
though average prices bring good returns
to the growers.
Kern-The first crop of alfalfa is ready
for cutting.
Ell Dorado-The peach crop the upper
foothill belt will be light. Plums and
prunes are in full blossom with good
promise. Cherries are not yet in full
DlOOLl, Dub iaiSoS iop ID eApeCteu.
Butte-On the high ground around
Chico there will be fair average crop of
grain. Fruit, with the exception of april
cots and almonds, will be fine yield.
Sonoma-The weather the past week
has been beneficial to all crops.
Monterey-Crop prospects never better,
and farmers predict bountiful harvest.
Lake-Things look very well, but
would be greatly helped by rain.
San Diego-Beyond Box Spring Mount
ans the hay and grain yield will be an
enormous one.
Santa Clara-Prunes have set well.