The herald., 1897-09-09
and wheat threshed; going to Hueneme at
the rate of 1000 to 5000 sacks daily. Highest
temperature, 80 degrees; lowest 40 degrees.

and wheat threshed; going to Hueneme at
| the rate of 1000 to 5000 sacks daily. Highest
temperature, 80 degrees; lowest 40 degrees.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
| Los Angeles City-Cloudy mornings the
past week, with frequent dews and occa-
sional fog; clear afternoons. Weather
slightly cooler than previous week, favor
able for crops. Fruits and vegetables
plentiful. Highest temperature. IS degrees;
| lowest. "a degrees.
| South Los Angeles-Weather very uni
| form the past week; temperature ranged
| from 81 degrees In the morning to 50 de-
grees in the middle of the day. Crops do
| ing well.
| Fairmont-Cool clear weather the entire
week. Grape picking begun. Peach crop
nearly all gathered. Almond crop about
| gathered and of superior quality.
| West Palmdale-Fair, pleasant weather
during the week, with some fog in the
mountains, but none in the valley: windy
| I'd and Sd. Highest temperature, "a de-
grees; lowest 5S degrees.
La Canada-Weather clear and moderate:
warm except morning of the 80, when there
was a light fog. Fruit drying in full opera
tion; prune crop will be fair. Highest
temperature. 81 degrees; lowest, 81 degrees.
| Palms-Weather moderate; temperature
at noon averaged 81 degrees. Grain nearly
all threshed.
Pomona-Temperature for week past
ranged from So degrees at g. m. to 30 de-
grees at p. m. Most mornings were clear
and weather very good for drying peaches,
pears and prunes. which are being har-
vested.
| Covina-Weather fine the past week.
Highest temperature, IS degrees lowest, g.
degrees.
| Azusa-Highest temperature during the
week, IS degrees; lowest. A degrees.
| Whittier-Weather fine: light fog three
| mornings. Temperature about go degrees
! at a. m. and so degrees at noon. The large
peach crop is mostly taken care of. Barley
| a good crop. Hay all baled and much of it
| going to market.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
North Ontario-Weather has been favor
able for all crops. Highest temperature,
Sc degrees; lowest, IS degrees.
Etiwanda-Raisin grapes have ripened
slowly the past week; one crop has been
picked, grown without irrigation. Pick
| ing Will begin In about ten days on irri-
gated land. Peaches are about all dried.
Prunes very light crop. Highest tempera-
ture. 90 degrees; lowest, So degrees.
Colton-Early peach crop dried or canned;
later varieties, orange and lemon clings in
their prime. Pears are almost failure as
to crop. Oranges are well advanced as to
size and trees are making rapid growth;
the crop will be large. Highest temperature,
80 degrees; lowest. 50 degrees.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Elsinore-Cool nights and moderately
warm days have been the order the past
week. Highest temperature, 81 degrees;
lowest, 81 degrees.
| SAN DIEGO COUNTY
San Diego City-The weather was all that
could be desired and enabled farmers to
| safely house grain and hay. Apples are
| beginning to come in from orchards in this
county Highest temperature, IS degrees;
| lowest, 81 degrees. No rain fell, which was
| the normal condition.
| El Cajon-The weather has been perfect:
every day was one of sunshine, with pre-
vailing sea breezes from a. m. There were
| two or three light fogs early in the morn
ing. Highest temperature, 81 degrees; low
| est, 81 degrees.
ORANGE COUNTY
Orange-The weather was quite cool and
cloudy the first part of the week; Friday
and Saturday were quite warm. Peaches
of the late Crawford and Globe variety are
nearly all picked. There are no prunes this
season around here. Raisin making has be.
| gun In some vineyards.
Captistrano-Highest temperature during
the week, IS degrees; lowest, &C degrees
THE COUNTRY AT LARGE
WASHINGTON, Sept. THE weather
bureau in It's crop report of condition for
the week ended at a. m, September 9Th
| says:
| In the central valleys and southern statea
the week has not been favorable, owing te
the general absence of rain and prevalence
of high temperatures. Hot, drying winds
have proved injurious In the states Of ths
lower Missouri and Central Mississippi val.
| leys, and rains, unusually heavy for the
season in Oregon and Washington, inter.
fered with harvesting and threshinR n
those states. but caused no serious injury
| to grain.
Corn has been very unfavorably affected
by the weather conditions of the past week
| in the principal corn-producing states.
High temperature and absence Of much,
needed rains have checked the growth OF
| the late crop and caused premature ripen.
ing, while the prevalence Of hot winds also
caused injury, particularly In the states OF
the Missouri valley. In Iowa the corn viii
be cut for fodder. The conditions, however
have been more favorable to corn in the lake
region, upper Ohio valley and New England
and the middle Atlantic states the crop 4
generally doing well.