The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-28
WEATHER.CROP BULLETIN.
Regular Weekly Report Of the Texas
Weather Bureau.
THE WEATHER HAS BEEN FAVORABLE.
Wheat and Oats Arc Doing We'll Good
Progress in Working Up the
Crop ~ Sugar.


Galveston, Texas, December T.-united
States Department of Agriculture, Weatn-
or Bureau--Weekly weather crop bulletin.
Texas weather service, for the week end
ing December 70, 1895:
Precipitation: Tho week opened with
showery and threatening weather.
snow storm prevailed over the northern
portion of the state on thu 2oth OF the
month, when two TO five inches OF snow
were reported In many localities. Snow
cry weather has prevailed during the
greater part of the week over the coast
r.sion. The greatest rains oceurrea 90, ever y.r
occurred on the Gath. The preclpithuoh
Tor he week has been bo.ow the normal
trail and North Texas. where in some paris
there has been an excess. The gr.atest
doucit has been over Southwest I MS.
where no rain has fallen dur ng the week.
Sunshinc-There has been more than the
average amount OF Cloudin SIS during tne
We in all parts r the State except he
southwestern portion. where the sunshine
has been above the average am ,nnt. Ov
tina eastern portions OF the State there
has hardly been a day with the average
amount Of sunshine.
1emperature-Jhe week opened with a
wel-detlned norther with freezing almost
to he coast line There was u rapid rise
IN temperature on the 2lst. which carried
II t. considerably above the normal, and
it remained so until about the close Of The
week, when low pressure area d developed
over the west gulf S.aieS and NOV d of
70 the northeast, giving a norther wi, h
brisk to nigh winds al ng the east coast.
accomranied with temperatures about
freezing to within a hundred miles of the
coast and to within 10 degrees of zero over
the northern portion Of he Panhandle. A
well defined low pressure area had made
its appearance oyer the northwest on the
morning of the 2dth, and on the afternoon
of that date higher temperatures We're
moving In over Texas Notwithstanding
tn week opened ana CLOSED with "A north
er, i: has been, when TAX as a whole, an
unusually warm week for the season Of
the year and the temperature has aver
aged above the normal in nearly all parts
Of the State.
CONDITION OF CROPS.
a few counties report some cotton nm
picked most prominent among which are
Brown and Callahan In this part of the
STATE the weather has been favorable for
picking, but 10 report has been made to
ress. i7
The weather has been favorable for tho
wheat crop and for winter oats, which arc
reported as doing we'll. The snow over
northern portions of the State has been
particularly favorable for small grain
Tie weather has been favorable for
work.ug mp the sugar crop ana good prog
res mas heen made. The weather has been
IN. aSr,ni MIL th1f aYS''ru I9r lruSk ia,ii
over No rcst cos@t ''' ,i .osit ~ ,'e',e,cii
o ond ,. gr9p Is blooming and forming fruit
CORRESPONDENTS REMARKS.
staGord--C. f. Mercer: Farmers break
lns land and preparing for next CROP Tom
lerature, maximum Il, minimum e; rain
fan, 1870 inches
Columba--J. S. Rogers: Temperature
maximum 70. minimum 81, rainfall, io5
INCHES;
maNimum Il, minimum g. 4 - =
Nuero-Dr. J. NJ, Reuss; Temperature
maximum %, minimum 30, rainfall, sc OF
an inch; ~
Laanpasas-W y. Weber; Rather warm
49,, minimum Is; rainfall, l.ls inches,
san Alltohlq. james ~ Barry: Winter
pyT inc oats NJ geo condition also truck
mum 81 rainfall 81 Of an inch.
~, 20 a. EiS,eniohr Iemperature.
Hl"N mum - minimum W. ralnlall SO
| lhSnes' r,..s.,.
=, NV brauhi CTS aptaln j Giesecke
~ maximum - minimum -;
rAlh5bau .oi OF an ihch.
,,i'S, ,,hss'ndont care haihs nave
neen aoulu"ht. -Not fluch nus been done
toWaru neNt year crops. Temperature;
MAXIMUM ,ei - minimum "a rainfall 2'95
inches. :,
c2lehi a., H. a, lindsay; C9hsiderahle
voue s3 IN ne si req eri rot plcked, w neal
>, i..t,.,,, g5 -. r. - 20, a., 49, "i''
'tii nllli.l'uih 50 .alniall. LIZ ,hches,
brHiIndn'---1' -. sloan: temperature.
tnaNanuin 49, minimum 80 rainfall Las
lhGhes. ~, $3.50,
| liVustoh-Joth a. McNauo; FROST on
the morning OF the Nth' nut ana not dam
| age market gardens, whlch are doing
Wen. .Ienneratnre, MAXIMUM y, mini
NacomW j; Foss; Tenlperature, max
imqm ~ minimum "a; rainfall rs of an
/ inch.
Corsicana-t. l.. Gibson: Temperature,
maximum 49, minimum Is; rainfall In
| Inches.
| Henrietta'-W n King: Two inches OF
snow on the Goth. Temperature. maxi
MIN 20 minimum p; rainfall, 20 inches
| III Paso-N. ID. Lane: Temperature,
| maximum So minimum 20: rainfall 30 OF
an inch.
| Dodd-W II. Cobb: There was n nor
| Their with decided fail in temperature
| on the opening of the week. warmer af.
ter the 2ist.
RInge-Reiffert & Tins: Temperaturc
| maxim um 10. minimum 81
! Hcwitt--L II. Earle: No farm work OF
the first four days OF the week, but the
last of the week has been very favorable
Rainfall. lao inches.
| Frederick shurE-Arthur Streigler: Tenn
perature maximum 70. minimum 80.
| RrIor ton--H MoWilliams; Weather Is