The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-03
WEA1HER.CROP BULLETIN.
Regular Weekly Report Of the Texas
Agricultural Department.
PRECIPITATION BELOW THE NORMAL.
weather Excessively Warm-A General
Ha'" Needed by All Cr"rs--Cut,om
Making SOU ,res- Corn st,kimg.


| crop service CT the weather bureau Texas
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| iuG uf May ~ and liyhi show,,.a N,,. r.
| parted from lienrict,a and Cucro ON the
Isl instant ifie precipitation on an aver
| and the deficiency ranged from 70 to an
| lrch over the wo+tcrn portion ul the state
| ~ nearly Lon inca over the eastern por-
| tloi
| Suhsnine; scattered cnmUlus aud cumu-
| ln-s,ratus clouds during the wei, r,r;t,rtl
! the amount OF sunshine tn some cxt,n,
| hut on an average there, Wps moro Ibs,u
thn average amount II sunshine
Tempe nature. The wick opened, with the
| 'omrcrn'nre Ranging from = to i degrees
| above tn" daily normal with the rr,ntrs,
| eNerss ever the northern ana .antral por-
| tons Of TN. State The tcmpcrlturn fell
| sllsh'iv over tho northwestern portion OF
| the state msi at the ciosr of Nh, wrtk nm.
| al It WAS about the normal, hut II con
| tinted above over The ether portions OF the
| stat me temperature en- an average FOR
! tht week WAS ahnN. thu, normal uyar mi
sections Tho hiehrst tcmp,rature nj The
| several stations during Inc week has
| ranged from 70 degrees over the cas-, cons
| district t" lo5 degrees IN the vcni,y Of
has RANGED from u degrees over the PAN
,,,if "oa., '' 'oh''ts a'ehS 'he immediate
't> ~ '''N VIZ 'h'fS
me weather has been generally dry
- w '"' S''7
son ~ some loch'l'ies which has not b
h0u"iic'rl 10 growing crops II tx r.porinl
,Nin Hll sections that general rain is
'httS heyn.n.
NafN cotton is forming squares AMI
M T. IN bloom over tho southern pcr-
an ',,'o',, ,,,',,r ny. ,p''9n Is SnI"rlng
cntfnn Xxx ma, ..,,,,,.ren Mn. 'nty n,nn'e'
IN, ,,t,, ,,,,i, ,n w "','f' Wen wn.k"d,
plant generally. AS IL s ur",i,r wnry u hi"
cotton posts are mo-, Ms tiirns,,,,,s S ,,,.,.
WIRE before The dry weather. but ,bsy mr.,
.stll r.rori,p f,tm !, f,'w l,,,at,,,s ~
general ,ain needed
Corn Is beginning to s,k and tasscI or
'ioom aud carly planting Is suffering CON.
s'1,,inily on account of dry Weather
vorahlc tor harvesting and thls work is
w'u advanced Some wheat and oats
tnrnne ont very well conaidcrur the dry
N WMa,N'r. nnt snrlnf aals have been Jam
rh 1,nw,h KY ",.,, err tenntn,N ilsh'
n urou'n mas uain"seo Garicus and
ne' i,ns an" ai' o'h"' crops are needing
rh,,a Ma .,o, ,,.o, ,,,, mt, a., .,,,,,
., u'' ,, i'H ~ ~, NY '"'n w hnn""n'
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tDRliESFoNpENTS' REMARKS,
Grapovino w J. crowley: Wcn.hcr
warm aud dry. crups are SUFFERING b,'lly |
for raIn. Corn tassolug aud ONLY about !
ihreCto four feet high. Whoa, and ont
harvesting nearly completed oats very
heht stnin'd. Cotton suffering badly, es |
l"u,"'N NV" plan,nih' as ~ y 'Eing on, ",- |
Aurora, n "a w,,I.,d., ,,h..,,
all harvested and in good condition. oats
w." '',,, Wy 'mi ,n'i'h'- Torn. COTTON ana
'N'' '"'ns WIZ"
'o'uniia j :. Rogers: Cotton ~ a
stanlsiill. owing 10 dry weather. corn SUI
ierins far rain
nahinger- H. H. Poarc.: Wheat and oats
whore worth cutting have hon harvested
md most of I'M, want tI,,..h,I nT,i .io,,,
ed from $ Ia Ii bushels good grain weigh
Ing over 60 pounds to III. hushe,.
han..vane L., llenn!nesen Farmers weIi
M With then WORK. i'lll onts helng har-
vested and tho crop good Spring oats are
short owing to dry weather WHEAT dam
..l.