The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-06-05

| the trees, and also blown down some rye
which is lying quite flat, making 1t diff
| cult to harvest. There is an aphis on the
| wheat heads gimilar to those on plum
trees and rose bushes. Highest and low
est temperatures, $50 and 400. Crows
Landing-Graiu ripening slow, and the
grain will be full and plump. Harvesting
will begin about the 10th. The yield will
be something like that of two years ago
Newman-Some damage to crops from
rust. but everything looks fine and a
good yield is assured. Harvesting of
barley has begun. High winds pre-
vailed all the week, but as the weather
was cool no damage was done.
MERGED County-Crops continue to i'm
prove; the prevailing cool weather Is
beneficial. by giving the grain chance
to I'LL out. Livingston-The heavy winds
are damaging slightly the rye crop by
shattering it out and blowing it down;
there are very few good wheat crops In
this section, as crops that looked good
two months ago are very poor now.
! MADEIRA County-The light rains In the
early part of the week did some slight
damage to hay and caused grain to rust,
which is quite bad in spots, but on the
whole there has been but small per-
centage hurt; fruit and grapes are back
ward on account of the cool weather.
| Fresno County-Very cool weather
would be injurious to grapes in bloom,
| but fortunately grapes were well set in
| this locality when the cool weather came:
farmers are about ready to begin harvest
| ing; highest and lowest temperatures, 81
and 54' and at Fresno, So and 49,.
Kings County-Clear but cool. with
strong northwest winds which have not
as yet done any injury to the summer
crops; highest and lowest temperatures.
$40 and $50. Lemoore-Ripe apricots are
in market this week; there is an immense
amount of wheat and barley being cut
| for hay. Heavy waves from the lake
! broke the levee on the Hammond IL Over
all tract, southwest of this place, on the
9th, and about 1900 acres Of wheat was
| flooded.
Tulare County-The cool weather helps
grain to fill out; grain harvest will be in
full blast the coming week and the pros
/ poets are good for q bounteous yield;
hay crop large; army worms gone; high
est and lowest temperatures, So and 4O0.
Traver-Our farmers are for the first time
planting broom corn. Orosl-Haying Is
| in full blast and crop good. The grain
crop will be above the average. but rust
has bothered the heaviest and it is not
filling WELL Dinuba-Whole fields of
grain in this vicinity have been Injured
| by rust; apparently the stock carries we'll
| filled heads, but on examination they are
| found to be entirely empty. Many acres
are total failure; this state of affairs are
all within the irrigated belt, but confined
| to those lands wherein hardpan lies near
| the surface. fifty acre vineyard east of
town has been completely destroyed by
the sphinx-moth they doing their work
! in six days; the worms also ate the apple
tree leaves, but did not modest the other
kinds. Porterville-Theo orange orchards
never looked so promising as they do
| this spring. The young trees grew well
and the bearing ones are blooming pro-
fusely.
Kern County-The weather has been
remarkably cool tor this section. There
has been some unpleasant winds which
did damage to the ramie crop, otherwise
harmless to the fruit CROP Hay about
all cut and harvesting of wheat and bar
ley is we'll begun. Highest and lowest
temperatures, $50 and Az.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Santa Barbara County = Unusually
heavy northwest winds, with showers in
| the mountains; weather very cool and
generally favorable to maturing grain,
some barley ready to cut, so says the re-
porter from Ballard. Los Alamos-In
some places rust has made its appearance
in the wheat fields, but is not likely to do
any damage.
Ventura County-Santa Paula-Farm-
ers busy baling hay; the apricot crop
looks more promising. 1t has been
very windy along the coast, but very lit
tie here. Highest and lowest tempera-
lures, 500 and $50. Saticoy-The high
north winds of last Monday and Tuesday
did great damage to corn and beans. In
some sandy fields the blades and leaves
are torn from the stock, and in some
places dirt and sand has completely COW
cred them, which. will necessitate re-
planting in several localities. Walnuts
and other fruits have suffered somewhat,
as the wind blew the fruit from the trees.
! Fremontville-On account of the high
winds of the first part of the week,
| beans planted on sandy soil have been
blown out, and a general re-planting will
have to be resorted TO. Barley harvest
| ing is we'll under way, and bean planting
was almost over. The prospects for
honey are very poor. Fruit trees hurt by
wind to some extent. Highest and low
est temperatures, So and 49,. Ventura
The high winds did considerable damage
| To apricots in some orchards, also beans
in exposed sandy soil. The worms have
in few localities been very destructive.
The bee keepers report thousands of
acres of sagebrush so completely stripped
of bloom as to ruin their prospects for
the season, an experience never before
reported. Highest and lowest temporal
lures, 74o and 460.
| Orange County Weather generally
clear; strong west winds on the 2Sth.
blowing down grain somewhat Barley
heading progressing rapidly.
Los Angeles County - Downey-The
nuts adjacent 10 Rivera promise to be
very large and fine, especially the soft
shells, but the yield will probably not
amount to half of last years output.
San Bernardino County-The last beet
planting of this season is just being fin
/ ished, and this week will see all the seed
in the ground with the exception posi-
bly, of few patches of replanting. The
wind injured but few small corners of
the younger fields. The crop in general
is doing well and looking fine. Redlands
Apricot picking has begun. The fruit
is of fine quality, but the crop is lighter
| than usual,
Riverside County-Winchester-
to foggy nights and cool weather just at
the right time of the season late grain is
filling out well. The grain will be
plumper than anticipated, and in some
sections farmers are reporting the heay-
lest and best crop they have had for
years. In the valley, south of this place,
| the crop is exceptionally good, and the
farmers are naturally feeling quite hi
liant over the prospects. TO be sure
every mans crop is not the best he ever
had, but on the whole the yield will be
large, and the present season may be
considered better than an average one.
San Diego County Pacific Beach
Royal apricots from two-year-old trees
raised on Pacific Beach, one and half
miles from the ocean. are now on the mar
ket. They are the first to ripen in this
county, and are said to be the earliest
by six days ever marketed from the bay
region.
COAST COUNTIES.
Humboldt County-The abnormally
heavy rains of the 25th, 10Th, 9th and
2Sth did considerable damage to straw
berries and cut hay. The previous dry
weather and northerly winds had dried
out nearly everything, and rain WAS