The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-22
WEATHER AND CROP REPORT
Regular Weekly Bulletin of the
TcSas Bureau.
A GENERAL DEFICIENCY OF RAIN.
The Cloudy Weather Has Generally Boon
Hcrehciai 10 Crpps-Coi,on riant-
ing Finished In Suuth Texas.
GENERAL DEFICIENCY OF RAIN.

Galveston. Texas, Arrll 2l.-rnlted
States Department of Agriculture, chi
mate ana Crop Service OF ;he W,uthur
Burtuu. Texas Secuon--Crop bulletin for
Tho week cndi9e Monday, April 20, 1885.
Precipitation; Cloudy und thrcatenine
wep. n prevailed lhroughou, the week.
with scattered showers in some localities
most every day. IN, the amount OF rain
fail was Hight ana on an aycrag, for the
wool. there was Al general deficiency which
ranged from 70 oi an inch over The west
rin portion OF the Sin'e to 10 OF an inch
over the eastern portion
Sunshine Broken stratus, cum do
stratus aud cumDious clouds prevailed
which rc,lucrd tho amount of Sunshine
considerably and on 'lu nvcrRg" Tor tau
W.nk II vas now The normal nmpuuI
Temperatures Tho week opened with
the tcmpur1turo ranging IRON the normal
over the southern portion of the stat"
portion. nnd these conditions cuniiuu ed
until tho 18Th. wlcn temperature fen g'n-
orally TO uhpnt the normal Tho Wcrk
closed with tho iemprrOture rnrrilE from
to d pro.e above the normal, with the
Frentrst eNoeeH over North ToNrs Tho
tomporl' urc on an HVcrae" for ia" wtrh
ranged about the normal over The south
ciu portion Of the State 20 an rNc"ss OF
degrees oVor the northeastern portion
Tho hifhsst tenpornturc az the several
stations during the week ranged from
degrees in the vicinity of Temple and
the lowest has ranged from 30 over the
Panhandle 10 q degrees nlong ,he const,
CONDlTIoN or CROPS
The weather during tho rnst week was
generally favorable for farming oporn-
tons except over tho western portion of
central Texas. whore rain II needed 10
insurc Il better stand OF crops whore
planted. 1t IA reported thnt the CLOUDY
weather was generally brneiicinl FOR
farming inicrosta, as If had II tendency 10
thereby insure n better stand.
Cotton planting has progressed rapidly
durlne tho wcok nnd painting IS com
plctcd OVER the soutnorn portion Of Tho
State. ana farmers have about half their
crop planted oyer The northern portion
Fairly planted cation is coming NJ fairly
well. hut some VIII hiV" TO h." rcplauied
In n frw localities. a Light shOwcr wound
insure - b-ltor stand generally.
corn painting t. completed I'm most lo-
entities Early corn * growing nicely aud
farmers have worked ont The crop IN most
scctiOn8.
Whent and oats are doing very wen and
as n rule nrr growlnE nicely but hro
needing rain IN som" localities.
Vegetation r. growing rlpihly, but lon
dor yOEr'uhlcs iuivc hron damaged slight
Nv by mph winds which prevailed over Inc
western portions Of the Stnte. The fruit
crop continue promising IN most SECTIONS.
Re- rrirs aud VrgrinblrT are being shppcl
to iIe northern markets very rnpidly,
and ~ n rule they are of good quality,
CORRESPONDENTS REMARKS.
Fstolic- <. Lnokey; Early corn " being
worked, but the stand Is very poor ana
muuy have rep.huted. Wheat and oats
doing fairly well nnd The rain WAS bcne-
ncial TO these crops, Fruit roniinncs 10
hN promising. The inin on the I'm put
Tie ground in fine condition for cotton
planting aud farmers have been busy n,
Dnilns-G a. Elsenlohr; Wheat ana oats
are doing well Corn " up ana In rome
being worked out. Cotton plant |
ing is nearly completed.
Forcsiburg j. n. Morris; good rain |
Oh the 18th and oil crop prospects I'M |
panied the sin did but niue damage, as |
Inc velocity ems only about NIFTY miles per |
hour. The fruit on low lana was Killed, |
vet we will have q good crop Nhtnt |
ami onts fine. Cotton planting In fuil |
pro gress. -
Grapevine-W. j. Crowley: The corn !
rrop Is coming up very wei; good stand /
and some ulowa1 over Cotton planting |
nearly completed. Wheat n going 20 be
a poor crop this year. except IN some 10.
caiitles. where the crop Is premising oar
rroy, not ovorly promising. Wind between
ihe hours Of 10 Il. m 10 10 p. m. from the
Nth TO the i7th blew at the r'itc OF from
fifteen TO slxiy-hvc mines per hour, with
glondy weather.
palesiine-M Wright; Al crops pro-
Farmers busy planting cotton. but rain
. needed 10 germlnatc seed
Corpus Christl-4fieorge Reeder: The
voatiioT during the past week was gen
rally favorable TO corn and cotton; tho
nigh winds damaged vegeinhlcs 10 some
iaily to the iiorthern markete. Stick wa
er and grass are generally plentiful. and
stock looks very fine. though reports from.
! law localities state that more water