The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-10-28
NEVADA CROPS.
Review of the Crop Conditions from
March TO September 1898.

Review of the Crop Conditions from
March TO September 1898.
From the September number of the
Nevada Weather Bureau we condense
the follow review of the crop condi-
tions for the present year:
In looking over the reports from the
different parts of Nevada, one cannot
but be impressed with the general
prosperity of the State from an agri
cultural standpoint. Grains of all
kinds are about an average crop, in
in several counties more than usual
was harvested. Potatoes were ex-
ceedingly good, in some counties the
yield was far above the normal, especi-
ally was this the case in the northwest
ern part of Nye, where 10 tons to the
acre was harvested. Fruit, not in
Guiding apples, was only partially sue
cessful, owing to the very late frosts.
These frosts, occurring as late as
the latter part of June, did great
deal of damage, not only the to fruit
but to other staples as well. With the
exception of the southern portion of
Lincoln county near the Colorado riv
er, peaches and apricots were an en-
tire failure. The cold and backward
Spring greatly retarded blowing and
seeding, and the almost universal
drought during July dried up the
grass and caused suffering among
stock. Rain during this month also
injured the hay crop; but this is an
average yield with the exception of
the second crop of alfalfa, which was
all but failure. Stock is in fair con-
dition, and while the increase has not
been what was expected, the loss was
less than last year. Stockmen are
slowly recovering from the terrible
winter of three years ago, when the
loss of stock was estimated to have
been fifty per cent.
WHITE PINE COUNTY.
Monitor Ranch. Crops this year
are very good, some even better than
last year. This is especially true of
the potatoe crop, which is large and
very fine. The last killing frost in
Spring was on June 4th, when we had
ice; the first killing frost in the fall
occurred on September 21st. The pre-
cipitation was too abundant during the
first week of haying from the goth to
the 9th of July; about 100 tons of
hay was damaged by rainy weather.
The backward Spring interfered with
farming operations considerably. We
had snow as late as May Oath. Stock
did we'll through the early Spring
months, the losses being light, though
not so many head of calves were brand
ed as usual. Fall branding has not
commenced. Two thousand tons of
hay were cut on one ranch this sea-
son, the hay harvest lasting from
July 10Th to September 10th. Wheat
SO bushels to the acre; oats,
which yielded much better than usual
81; barley, a.. Commenced cutting
grain September 10th, finished Sep
TENDER 3Oth; finished thresing October
Sd. All garden vegetables did unusu-
ally we'll, especially celery, cabbage
and caulihower- heads of the
latter weighed 8 pounds. There is
not much fruit raised in this valley,
as the trees are too young to bear.
Small fruits were not SO good as last
year.
Ely.-This has been good season
for stock of all kinds, although the
hay crop, together with most others,
has been short. Owing to the late
frosts Qast, June 13th,) Spring plow-
ing did not begin until about the mid
die of May; seeding followed shortly
after. There was good crop of vege-
tables which were of fine quality.
The fruit crop is not important except
in the easterly valleys next to the
Utah line, where it is good.