The record-union., 1897-05-11
WeinStOCk, Lubin 6 Co., .

heavy loss will be experienced in both
the amount and quality of wheat and
barley crops this year.
Rucker-North winds have been
blowing nearly all the week although
the mornings have been foggy, winch
has helped wheat and barley and also
the hay crop; grain vets looks well eX-
cept that soWn late, but there IS no
assurance that the grain will fill Well;
fruit and trees could not be doing bet
ter; however some fruit is dropping,
yet peaches will need thinning.
San Jose-There is no question but
what prunes will be light crop and
also will cherries, except the white; APP
ricots and peaches will be large crop
Near San Jose-Our fears in regard
to the prune crop are fully verified as
that crop will be a light one in this
valley, excess of bloom mainly the
cause; black cherries will also be
light crop; everything else will be a
good crop; soil is getting dry and hard;
highest and lowest temperatures So de-
grees and 81 degrees.
Comprehensive growing prunes have
dropped badly and the big crop has
wholly vanished; it now looks like there
will not be an average crop; apricots
promise an average crop and cherries
do not promise full crop; rain would
do some good; highest and lowest tenn
peratures 10 degrees and 80 degrees
with 02 of an inch of rain.
E,vergreen-There are very few
prunes left on the trees, hence that crop
will be a short one; apricots and grapes
will be plentiful; the hay and grain
crop will be light on account of not get
ting rain in time; some of the early
sown grain looks well but late soWn
grain needs lots of rain to bring it out;
highest and lowest temperatures IS de-
grees and u degrees.
SAN BENITO.
Hollister-The cool weather has been
of great benefit to crops: rain is much
needed for grain; haying has begun;
French prunes are dropping from the
trees from some cause unknown, and
the crop will be a short one; highest
and lowest temperatures 20 degrees and
SO degrees with .04 of an inch of rain.
SAN JOAQUIN.
Lodi-Cool weather favorable to
wheat and barley which in the absence
of rain the crop will be a light one;
rain now would do more harm than
good; haying begun and crop both light
and short; alfalfa good but badly tan
gled and difficult to cut; potatoes doing
well and acreage larger than usual; all
fruit progressing favorably; melons
and corn are growing slowly but have a
healthy color: highest and lowest tenn
peratures SO degrees and Al degrees.
New Hope-Weather favorable to
wheat, barley and oats: on the uplands
grain is quite spotted, some fields good
and others poor; early soWn grain IS
heading out: on the tule lands grain
is generally looking we'll; potatoes ripe
and looking we'll; the fruit crop will be
an abundant one; pasturage good;
highest and lowest temperatures 81 de-
grees and Az degrees.
Stockton-Summer fallowed grain
(wheaD is doing well; winter sown is
not doing as well as it should, but with
the cooler weather a good deal of the
damage done by the hot weather of
April has been repaired.
CALAVERAS.
San Andreas-Hay is we'll under way
throughout the county and the crop
will be light one; the absence of rains
and the dry winds during April were
disastrous to the grass and late sown
grain.
North Hill Vineyard-Lack of rain
is bad for barley and wheat, especially
on hill lands; the grass is drying out
and rain now would spoil the dry food !;
cultivated crops and fruits are looking