The record-union., 1896-05-19
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
The Last Weeks Weather a Little More
Favorable.
Everything is Backward. However,
Owing to the Lack Of Warmth
and Sunshine.

conditions during the week. eHulnS
Monday. May 18th, is issued by the
State Agricultural Society, in co-opera-
ton with the United States Climate and
Crop Service, James A. BarW1ck, Sec
tion Director:
The average temporal lures for the
week ending Monday, May IL, 1886,
were as follows for the Weather Blu
reau stations named: Eureka 80, Fresno
60, Los Angeles "a, Red Bluff 5S, Sac
ramento 50, San Francisco "a, and San
Diego 90 degrees.
AS compared with the normal tenn
peratures, there were heat deficiencies
at all points named, as follows: Eureka
q. Fresno s, Los Angeles normal, Red
Bluff 10, Sacramento 6, San Francisco
4, and San Diego degrees.
The total precipitation was: For Eu-
reka so of an inch, Red Bluff 10 of an
1nch, Sacramento trace, while no pre-
cipitation was reported from Fresno,
Los Angeles, San Francisco or San
Diego.
The climatic conditions of the week
have been favorable for grain and pas
lures, and extremity unfavorable for
haying and for fruits, berries and veg
etableS.
favorable for all crops than was the
week previous, still that is not saying
much in favor of the past weeks
weather. In fact, this has been the
most unprecedented weather for the
month of May that there are any rec
ords of.
Fruits and small berries are really in
need of warmer weather to bring them
to perfect maturement.
TEHAMA
Constant sunshine and slightly
warmer weather has improved the
crops greatly during the week. Grain
is doing well, but fruit is very back
ward owing to the seasonal heat def
ciences. Some hay has been cut and
early grain is heading out
BUTTE.
The week has been much more favor
able for farm work than the preceding
one, but it has not been as warm as
would be desired; haying has begun.
Highest and lowest temperatures, rs
and A degrees.
GLENN
The north winds of the week have
been more beneficial than otherwise; a
few have commenced haying, and with
continued dry weather it will be in full
blast the coming week. Wheat and
barley are looking fine and the pros
poets are very good.
COLUSA
The north wind has been beneficial to
grain by preventing any probability of
rust. The season is very backward,
and haymaking has not yet COM
menced; everything is favorable for a
good grain crop.
SUFFER-
The grapevines are coming out fine,
and those nipped by the frost are recov-
ering rapidly. Thinning has COM
Inenced in the orchards, and the reports
Of short peach crop in this vicinity
are rather knocked out
YUBA
Grain is doing fairly well in spite of
continued cold weather; the north
winds have done but little if any dam
age, the weather being too cool. Hops
are backward and uneven, but with
warmer weather they will soon catch
up. Highest and lowest temperatures,
"A and 81 degrees, with half an inch of
rain.
PLACER.
The north winds have done some
damage to orchards in blowing off
fruit and drying the ground some fears
are expressed that the wind may have
a damaging effect on the orange bios
SONS. The cherry crop turns out to be
an extremely light one, some orch
ards having almost none. while others
have as high as half a crop.
SACRAMENTO.
It is reported that quite a frost oc-
CURED yesterday Sunday morning, the
18th, in the vicinity of Routier's a few
miles to the northeast of this city. The
thermometer was reported down to 81
degrees, but as the instruments used in
that portion Of the county are of the
cheapest and commonest kind, there
can be put no reliability in any such
low temperature so late in the month of
May. The lowest in this city at the
Weather Bureau office was Al degrees,
both on Saturday and Sunday mornings,
while this (Monday) morning the low
est was 43 degrees. Monday, therefore,
was colder than either Saturday or
Sunday morning, and as all three of
these mornings were clear, with winds
ranging in velocity at > a. m. of from
four to eight and twelve miles per hour,
there should have been heavy or kill
ing frost reported on each of the three
mornings, but as none was reported as
far as heard from. except Sunday morn
ing, there must be considerable allow
ance made in the reported low tempera-
lures. Crops never looked better for
grain and hay, but for small fruits
such as berries, the outlook has been
very discouraging indeed; fruit, what
there is lefl from the frosts of April is
looking quite we'll under the very I'M
favorable weather of the week. High
est and lowest temperatures Of the week
Were ~ and AZ degrees, with no pre-
cipitation-
YOLO
One of our fruit-growers says he will
have heavy apricot crop, as it has not
been hurt either by frosts or wind 1t
is reported that the high north winds
have knocked off a great deal of fruit,
and the weather is not altogether favor
able for haying.
SOLANO.
The heavy winds of the Sth, 18th.
14th and 18th have about cleaned out
the apricots and peaches in this section.
Pears are the only fruit that will be
good crop; grapevines are on the i'm
prove. and the grain crop is looking ex-
ceedingly well. Highest and lowest
temperatures. SO and Al degrees, with
IA of an inch of rain.
NAPA.
The season has been unlike any
\ BROAD ASSERTIONS
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