Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-07-10
FRUIT IS RIPENING.
Reports From all Parts of the
State.
CROPS ARE IN A GOOD CONDITION.
Excessive and Abnormal Heat, How
ever, Prevailed In the Grain-Growing
Belts-The North Winds.
CROPS ARE in A GOOD CONDITION.

The report of Director Barwick of
the California Weather and Crop
Service shows that there was this ex-
cessive and abnormal heat in the fruit
and grain growing belts of this State
which rapidly ripened the fruit, as
we'll as maturing quickly the late sown
grain.
Harvesting is general and the output
is very unsatisfactory indeed, owing to
the continuous high and drying north
erly winds, the former shelling out the
grain in the heads of the ripper wheat
and the later shrivelling the kernels
of the late sown grain. Fruits of all
kinds will only be fair crop. The
grape yield promises to be light one,
excepting the white varieties, which
will give nearly full crop; especially
is this so with the Muscats. The
weeks weather has been very favorable
to all crops, for continuous hot weather
is now required to ripen quickly the
foothill fruit, giving it both better
color and flavor, making better ap-
pearanoe on the markets of the East.
Hops are doing fairly well, the high
winds injuring them slightly, but not
enough to effect their producing quail
ties.
The average temperature for the
week ending Monday, June oath, was:
For Eureka So; Independence, rs; Los
Angeles, 70; Red Bluff. SO; Sacra-
mento, 10; San Francisco, SO; San
Luis Obispo, 70. and San Diego, "a.
AS compared with the normal tenn
peratures, there is an excess of heat
reported at Fresno of degrees; Los
Angeles, 1; Red Bluff, 10: Sacra-
mento, 8, and San Francisco, 2 de-
grees; while heat deficiency is reported
at Eureka of degrees and San Diego,
degrees.
In Tehama county the characteristic
features of the week are the abnormal
ly high temperatures with northerly
drying winds; under such conditions
they are detrimental to summer crops;
fruit is stunted in growth and ripen-
ing ahead of time. The wheat harvest
is now in full blast and is not at all
satisfactory, as regards both quantity
and quality; the most of the kernel are
somewhat shrunken. which with the
amount shelled out by the winds of
two weeks ago, reduces crop expecta-
tions by over one third. Grasshoppers
are reported in the southwestern por-
tions of this county and are doing con-
siderable damage to the grape vines.
Corning-The north winds have been
very trying on all vegetation; grain
now ripe and harvesting is in PROCESS;
the strong north winds Of the 22d both
shrunk the grain and shelled it out
also, thereby reducing the yield more
than thought two weeks ago.
In Sacramento county crops are not
turning out as we'll as expected, as the
north wind has shelled out much of
the grain, wheat running from four to
ten sacks, barley seven to fifteen sacks
per acre; haying over. except the
second crop of alfalfa. The continued
high temperature and warm winds
have ripened all grain; harvesting is
going ON on all sides; the wheat and
late sown barley have suffered some-
what by the north winds.
Elk Grove-Weather warm and grain
turning out poorly, averaging from three
to four sacks per acre, it having been
damaged by rust and smut and badly
dried up by the north winds. Fruit crop
is exceedingly short; berries are dried
up blythe heat. acramento-Harvest is
in full blast. There will be no wheat
hay, as it will all be cut for grain. Bar
ley will be heavy crop. Fruit is
coming along quite fast. Bartlett
pears will not be more than one-third
of crop. Hops are doing we'll, but
need more warm weather. Highest
and lowest temperatures 102 and 80.
Reports from various points in
Sonoma county are as follows:
Forestville-The hot wave reached
the highest notch on the 10th. Garden
truck suffered the most from the ex,
cessive heat. 1t is feared that the
second crop of blackberries now in
bloom have been scalded. Corn is
growing rapidly and grain is ripening
on the uplands. Highest and lowest
temperatures, 90 and AZ.
Healdsburg - There has been toe
much north wind during the past
week for the crops. 1t has beer
largely productive of "dry feed" in the
pastures, and has unduly hastened the
ripening of much grain. 1t has beer
rather rough on fruits in some locali
ties. The grape crop will be ligh
one this season.
Occidental - The prevalent nortf
winds have dried the ground out worse
than usual at this time Of the year
Hay is nearly all cut. with crol
much above the average, both in acre
age and yield.
Santa Rosa-Oat harvest going Oh
and soon barley and wheat will b