The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1895-06-08
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRIC UL TURE.
Weather Bureau.
Weather Crop Bulletin No. s.
OF THE
LOUISIANKa-WEATHER SERVICE
For the Week Ending Mondag,
Observation-Disclosures SERVICE
For the Week Ending Mondag,
June 3, 1895.

June 3, 1895.
The increased heat with four rather
DRY days during week were the cundi- |
ticns that favored agriculture, and as
result all cops and classes of vege-
tatien show an improvement ever that
at date of last weeks re pert. Too much
rain fell In portions of the Red River
parishes on May Goth, reIarding field
work and making crops rather grassy,
but elsewhere the rainfall was lighter.
good growing week fully expresses
the conditions that prevailed. The
temperature averaged three degrees
hi cher than usual AL this season of the
year and the period was one of inter-
mingled showers and sunshine, but With
rather too small all amount OF the latter
condit on for the best results.
Tie showers of the week fell on May
| Goth, 3lst and 3rd, aud the several
amounts reported by telegraph for the
week ending at p. M, of June Bird,
| were as follows: Alexandria, .06 in
chcs; Anite, So; CheneyvIlle, l.s7;
Coushatta, II, Lafayette, 1859; Mindeu,
81; Natchitsches, 2,5;; New Orleans,
| .03. Shreveport, 40, Baton Rouge, l.24;
I rrnHnErHj III, 1zanU UErTTes- f.IUS Upe-
lousas, ~; Rayne, .43; Schriever, Is;
| anu o1OHToe, IA Oh an lnCn.
| All vegetation is showing the bene-
iicial effects from the change to warmer
weather, aub with continuation of
heat and sunshine the lateness of the
season be overcome and crops come ND
| 10 seas0nable stand.
! The rains of the week were beneficial
10 the irrigation of rice plantations,
where the fail was sufficiently heavy, but
the distribution Of rainfall appears to
have been decidedly uneven through :
ont the rice belt, thus giving some sec
tious TOO much to complete planting,
which, though practically completed is
not yet entirely so, while other localities
recelvec too little rain to aid materially
In the irrigation of the crop and to kill
off the grass and weeds. Taking the
oeit IN its entirety, the condition of rice
may DC said TO be very good aud prom
ising, but, as correspondent aptly
remarks '.As we depend almost entirely
on Providence for watering. the next
few weeks will decide the fate of thu
rice crop in this vicinity Pumping is
being continued throughout a yoodly
portion of the belt, all the principal
rivers and streams having maintained
a nearly stationary stage during the past
eek.
Cotton has commenced to grow again
but continues raIhe.' small, and while
slightly improved in condition over "A
week ago, will require favorable weather
for some tihe to entirely recover from
the stuutiug effects, dying out. and
iouisiness contracted by the preceding
cool weeks. Chopping out mas pro-
crossed during the week and is com :
pletcd in some localities; lice are ADAM
saning the plant to certain extent. and
the fields are fairly clean, though IA
number of correspondents report the
crop partly in grass, SO that although an
Improvement Is noticeable in the staple.
| yet the stands are not of the best.
| ROBERT E. KERKAM. Director.