The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-08-26
WESTERN OREGON WEATHER


Weathcr--Thc weather for the past
week has been warm, rplnlcss and
somewhat smoky, The week opened
cool but by Wednesday Il began to
he warm and On Saturday and sunday
temperatures during the heat of the
day ranged from 10 to 96 degrees The
night temperatures ranged frhm 90 TO
q degrees. these being about us high
night temperatures as prevail In this
section, Since the middle Of June the
night temperatures have averaged
| nom So to 60 degrees, The mean tenn
! peraturc Tor the week was Il degrees
which is two degrees higher than it was
the preceding week, During the heat ~
| saturday and sunday, when the max
| imum temperature was frOm 10 20 96
| the air was dry and the sensible tenn
pcrature was from 6S to 70 degrees,
Thts drypess " the air Is the main
reason that suustrokos and heat pros.
trations are unknown In Oregon In
fact on the entire Pacific coast Dew
has been heavy az night, which has
done much toward keeping vegetation
growing, Smoke In the air from for
est fires. is becoming moro dense, The
Winds have hecn northcrly and light
IN force
Crops Harvesting ~ tan.sown wheat
is about over and thrrshing is In prog
rcsS, The yields reported are slightly
more than expected, but yet not up to
the average, rs our correspondents re
port, This is the poorest wheel season
In torty-tour years The hot dry pc
riod In July caused the grain to shrink.
There are yields ot from 20 to 50 bush
els an acre reports. some spring grain
has been cut but general spring grain
harvesting will not begin until this
week oats harvest viii begin this week
and the general opinion VI the CORES
pondents Is that the yield will be bet
ter than was expected. Some farmers
have commenced to work their sum
mer tallow. Hops are growing finely.
Those yards which have been given
proper attention are generally better
than usual There Is not 50 much
complaint about the hop louise as yet.
| Corn is doing unusually well. and will
make better crop than usual There
is never a very large corn production
In oregon, seldom more than enough
for home consumption. The warm
weather has been very beneficial to
corn.
Fasturage continues good, The rain
the fore part OF August revived II, and
the result is that II Is better than usual
The pasturaEe In the coast counties Is
reported TO be very fine Stock Is cy-
erywhere reported 10 Doe in hne condi-
ton. Vegetables continue to make
good growth. Potatoes viii be about
an average crop, the rain OF August
saved all the late planted potatoes
Garden stun of all kinds Is very pl,n-
tiful
The late peaches are ripening and
being shipped to market There will
he the greatest shortage in peaches
and all kinds OF fruit on record. For
the first time in the history of the coun-
try there is a failure in the fruit crop,
II must not be understood that there is
no fruit, but rather that the shipment
will not be SO large There Is, on the
whole, more than enough for local de-
mands.
The weather conditions today indi-
cate that cooler weather viii prevail
this week, but no rain is expected TO
occur. II frequently occurs that there
is rain the fore part " September, so
that rain from the LIST To the 18th OF
September may occur