Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-24
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Continued Hot and Dry Weather
Crops and Ranges Suffering
Springer Favored with a
shower.

Weather Bureau, :
Santa Fe, N. NJ, June 23, 1896.
The week ending June % was yer,
warm and dry. The drowth remains un
broken except in one or two Localities
which we're visited by invigorating thun
der showers.
Springer reports fine shower on th'
2lst amounting to 0.55 of an inch, which
was of great benefit to the crops.
The conditions were more favorable
than during the preoe.ling weeks owing
to ths fact that the afternoons we're yer,
generally cloudy; this was of great bene
fit as it checked the evaporation consid
erably and enabled the crops to stant
the severe drouth much better. AS re
suit, although crops are in bad condition
from the drouth in many localities, ye
they are standing the dronth better tina,
was expected.
Crops that are being well irrigated
have made good growth and are now il
| good condition.
Cattle ranges are very dry and stock
generally In poor condition but are hold
ing up better than was anticipated. 1t is
now believed that if the Summer rains
come as early as usual there will be nc
serious loss in this important industry.
Water for irrigation is getting low il
many localities.
The following extracts from few OF
the reports received at this Office will be
found of interest.
Albuquerque-A. Montoya, jr.-This
has been an unusually warm week, some
cloudy days but no rain. There is very
little water in the river and if il does not
rain soon it may quit running altogether
in few days. Wheat, corn and beans
looking we'll and second crop of alfalfa
making rapid growth.
Alma-Wm. French Another dry week
but cloudy and indications for future
rain more favorable. Stock on range
holding their own fairly we'll. Some thun-
der showers around on the mountains but
none reached here as yet.
Aztec--Prof. H. H. Grihin-Extremely
hot and dry with hot winds during the
afternoons. Conditions can not be said
to be favorably for any crops except
corn. River very low for this season of
the year, but an abundance of water for
all requirements.
Bernalillo - Brother Gabriel Corn,
wheat and grape-yines doing we'll. Apples
quite large. Vegetable gardens some
what improved but with great labor and
frequent irrigation. bitches at present
!, l., .unp1,, ,v;kb l;A;orlkr ~ oooo,,oA
of rapid fall of water in river.
Espanola-L. A. Phillips-The weather
the past week has been extremely hot
and dry with poor prospects of rain 80
far. Alfalfa cutting in progress but very
light yield. Everything greatly in need
of moisture.
Farmington--J. G. Willett - Hottest
weather ever known in this part. No
rain, 40 grass, plenty of water for irriga-
tion. just commenced cutting alfalfa.
Beans look nice and all vegetables that
are we'll watered doing finely. Grapes
looking we'll, but other fruit nearly a
failure.
Las Cruces-Fabian Garcia--Weather
has been exceedingly warm; during the
first part of week it was clear and no
had some quite high winds, cloudy wealth
er and very light shower on the 18th.
The harvesting of wheat has begun; sec-
ond crop of alfalfa m aking rank growth.
Many crops are suffering from drouth,
such as early corn, this seasons alfalfa,
oats and garden truck.
Las Vegas-Dr. F. H. Atkins-Another
dry, hot week. Water still not increased
and irrigation about ended. Irrigated
crops developing very slowly. Fruit
trees that we're irrigated are developing
crop we'll. No grass yet. Bad outlook.
Los Alamos-Wm. Frank-The week
has been bright in the morning, very hot
during the day and sometimes cloudy,
but no rain, consequently no improve
ment over last weeks report. Some few
punches of sheep are being shorn 80 as to
enable them to be driven away from here
to the foothills. Commencing to rain
today, the 22nd, at 1900 p. M, with some
small hail and indications are fair for
more showers.
Lower Penasco-H. Won Bosse-The
week has been unusually hot and though
more or less cloudy every day it has not
rained. Corn is looking splendid, vege-
tables are not doing we'll, being covered
with insects. Stock looks better than
the dried up ranges would let 1t appear
possible, some cattle being in very good
shape. Water in the Penasco two miles
above this station is getting scarce,
plenty of it below though.
Gallinas Springs-J. E. Whitmore-
Dry-everything drying up.
Ill L.
still continues very dry, but the past week
has been more or less cloudy. Crops are
in very poor condition, 50 much 80 that
they are generally given up as lost. The
drouth is more severe than has been
known for years. Stock doing fairly
we'll, scarcity of water being the main
trouble.
Ocate-E. M. Cosner-The highest tenn
perature ever recorded at this place was
95 on the 18th. No water, no crops, no
grass, no fruit. The outlook is very dis
couraging.
Puerto de Luna-P. R. Page-Very hot
and dry weather, which is doing great
deal of damage to crops. Sheep and cat
tie are getting thin and in some parts OF
the country great many lambs are being
lost on account of dry weather. Trace OF
rain on 18th.
Rincon-C. H. Raitt-The afternoons
have been cloudy all week and indications
OF many rains near by, but there has been
only trace at this place. Wheat harvest
begins this week. Some barley and wheat
has been cut already.
Santa Fe-U. .. Weather Bureau-Hot
dry weather; cloudy in the afternoons
Irrigated crops are doing fairly we'll. The
cloudy afternoons alleviated the unfavor'
able conditions to great extent.
Springer-Dr. L. Hines-Past week
very dry and warm. Fine rain on the 21st
amounting to one-half an inch with
thun derstorm. 1t rain continues nearly
all crops will come out very we'll. Fruit
crop will be much better than was ex
peoted.
H. B. HEBsEY,
Section Director, Santa Fe, N. M