The record-union., 1895-04-16
CONCERNING WEATHER. AND CROPS.
Summary Of the Bulletins Received
Last Week.
Weather Service Director Barwick
Reports Deficiency of Rain
Crops Doing WeII.

Director Barwick of the State Weather
! Service reports as follows for the week
ending yesterday:
The average temperature for the week
ending Monday, April 18th, was: For
Eureka 500, Fresno so, Independence 56o, +,
| Los Angeles $50, Red Bluff, Sacramento
San Francisco and San Diego 540, re-
spectively, and San Luis Obispo So.
AS compared with the normal tempera-
lures, deficiency of heat is reported at
Fresno OF 81, Los Angeles p, Red Bluff
i 60, Sacramento 50, San Francisco %, san
| Diego 80, while Eureka reports the tenn
! perature conditions as normal.
| The total precipitation for the week
was At Eureka l.I0 inches, Fresno Los
| Angeles, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo
| and san Diego each 10 of an inch, Sacra-
mento IA of an inch, and independence a
! trace.
! AS compared with the normal precipi-
tation, there is a deficiency reported at
! all points except Eureka, where an ex-
cess - Of an inch has occurred. The
weekly deficiency is: For Fresno "a of
an inch, Los Angeles .33. Red Bluff SO,
| Sacramento SO, San Francisco 40 and
! san Diego IL.
! The deficiency in temperature over the
great agricultural, horticultural and viii
cultural districts of the State have had
retarding effect upon the ripeniug of
early fruits and berries.
! The deficiency in the rainfall has been
felt over the great portions OF the State,
! tor without copious and frequent show
! ers in April and May the grain and hay
! crops Will receive somewhat of a setback;
! however, the cool weather, in coniunc-
| ton with the lack of rain, prevents any
/ injurious effects from being noticed SO
| early IN the season, especially after such
/ as hnU haH 4 ha OF
! winter months.
The trosts of April injured the fruit
! crop in the lower end of the San Joaquin
! Valley, as well as in the Santa Clara Val
! ley, the upper end of the Sonoma Valley
and in the Anderson Valley fruit belt of
MendOcino County.
The following Is briet summary of
the crop conditions in the various sec
! tions of this State:
SACRAMENTO VALLEY.
| Yuba County-W Gather favorable to
growing grain, which looks promising.
Apricots injured by frost and will be
| poor crop. Cherries, prunes and pears
! slightly above the average. Hop prun-
/ ing practically overland some yards are
already strong.
/ Tehama-Nightly dews and daily sun
/ shine favorable 10 all crops. Grain look
/ ing well, and with a few more showers
there will be heavy crop. Apricots,
/ pears and cherries are not up to the aver
/ age; peaches and almonds larger than
! last year. 1t is thought the prune crop
will not be an average one. Feed plenti-
full and stock in fine condition; sheep
shearing now going on; failow plowing
progressing and seeding all completed.
/ Nevada-Crops generally looking WELL
/ the frost did some damage to plums and
! peaches; grain growing finely.
Shasta-Peach and prune trees heavily
J lr,E1y b T,rv,
crop.
Butte-No harm from frosts and all
! crops looking well; the season is several
weeks in advance of last year.
! PIacer-Prospects for all crops very
/ promising excepting apricots and cherry
I plums.
Colusa-Grain on high ground looking
well, and fruit of all kinds give promise
/ Of good yield, there having been no
! damage from frOsts.
HOIo-Grain crop looks well, and fruit
growers say while certain varieties NAV
/ be light, the loss will be more than com
pensated for by heavy crop of other va
rieties.
Solano-Late fosts did considerable
damage in some portions of the county,
while other portions escaped with very
! slight effect from the frost; grain looking
exceeding well, and fruit prospects, ex-
! cepting aprIcots, were never better.
Sacramento-Grain is advancing rapidly
and promises well. Apricot crop small.
and Bartlett pears are not blooming as
satisfactory as could be desired. Small
vines aud berries are advancing rapidly;
! strawberries are being shipped.
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
! San Joaquin County-W Gather fsvora-
| bic to all crops; early sown barley head
/ ing out; haying will be late. Apricots
poor and almonds are dropping to some
| extent. Watermelon planting rapidly
progressing and a larger acreage being
| planted over last season.
| FresnU-W Gather favorable for all crops
and with few showers an immense croD
| will be looked for. Vines putting out
/ but the worms are appearing in some
! few OF the vineyards. The apricot pros
! poets are bad in some orchards. while
| good in others. Grain fields are some
/ what foul with weeds. Much alfalfa
sown on irrigated lands, and is looking
| quite well.
enthusiastically sOwn grain is look
| ing well and will require but a few more
| showers to insure a good crop, but late
sown will need several inches to insure a
fair yield. Rye crop not as good as earlier
/ in the season indicated.
Merced-CroDs doing well, and farm
| ers feel very much encouraged over the
outlook. Frost did some damage to rye
and also to fruit, but not to any consid-
! erable extent.
| Madera-W Gather continues favorable
to crops OF all kinds; grain is looking
! fine and large crop OF fruit of all yarie-
ties is expected; grapes beginning to bud:
some OF the earliest varieties were slightly
! burnt by the frost.
Tuiare-Grain, hay and feed in good
condition, but several copious showers
| would be beneficial. Citrus fruit trees
are putting on healthy growth and were
/ {,r-t he, l.to
ing rapidly hidden from view by being
turned dnder by the plow and to enrich
the soil as well. Fruit has been damaged
/ by frOsts III some orchards in the vicinity
| OF Goshen quite seriously, while in
some other orchards there will be
/ portion of crop. In the vicinity OF
| Tulare crops on unirrigated ground are
suffering for want OF rain. Apricots are
a very poor crop on account of frost,
which also damaged peaches and prunes,
and unless good rains come soon in this
vicinity there will be very material re-
duction in the grain and fruit prospects
kern-Hay and grain doing finely;
alfalfa first crop has been cut. Grain
not irrigated begins TO need rain; gardens
and orchard crops are doing as we'll as
| could be expected, since the untimely
trosts of the first week in April.
Mariposa-Hay and grain looking we'll:
peaches, apricots, almonds and pears
are damaged by frost, but to w hat ex-
tent is as yet unknown, it being too early
| to fully determine the damage.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Santa Barbara - Splendid growing
weather and the cereal crops are coming
forward splendidly, although few
showers would be beneficial light frosts
have caused no damage; early apricots
are a failure and prunes will be light
crop; early corn and potatoes doing well