The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-23
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.


There IL 10 longer any complaint Of lack
OF rain From all reports there appears
20 nave been great abundance. ana still L
sontHueS. Moderately cooi weather with
IlsqGent showers. has characterized the
past week II Western Washington, while
n Ihs eastern section ths rains have also
avHt 9af.e frequent. and usually aaits
navy During the week preceding last
laere had been grave fears entertained thar
sne conunuef croeth would prove very in
the wAea, section ~ Eastern Washington:
sacn Tears have entirely disappeared from
TIE minds Of all
The soil has been thoroughly soaked
WITH moisture. which should last Though
iae MING season, and until fall and win
lsr soNn wheat Is ripeaed. unless anusu-
any CRYING winds should occur: in regard
70 spring sown wheat IL Is reasonable 20
trust that this Is not the last rain IL Will
receive this summer. That which had re-
flaiaea ungcrgnlnatea because of dry soil
ably be rottea
Other crops have been benefited. except
ing corn and beans. and other plants which
require much warmth and sunshine. Hay
mas grown fast. and considerable has been
.o1eei- Berries have been slow in ripen-
Strawberries will soon be gone; rasn5erries
are now in season Potatoes and garden
truck are growing iaxuriantly. In regard
% the week OF heavy rainfall In Eastern
Washington. II may be said that no such
rains nave occurred in June during the
PAST eighteen or twenty years.
Eastern Section.
Spokane commissioners and Spokane
counties: Kettle Falls-tieavy rains dur
Ing the entire week have filled the soil
win moisture 10 last for some time and
saved the crop. No grasshoppers i'm this
SECTION OF the country; all crops daing well.
harvess-Negetation Is simply travelling ap
from the ground. and the farmer once
more greess his neighbor with n glad
smile. Hunters-Rains have wet the
ground Thoroughly. Rainfall from 18th 10
18TH. BY standard gauge. L. 5. ". b. 50
inches; all that is desired now IS warm
sunshine. Hillyard-Ground thoroughly
eoaked; grain looking fine; most rainfall
here In June for eighteen years past Fair
tield-Drouth IL broken; 81, inches OF rain
fan since Monday: more than at any time
Even the chronic grumtler wears a smile
No frost, and the moderate temperature
with partial eloudiness. will be beneficial
Big Bend country--Lincoln. Douglas and
oKanosan: Davenport-A splendid rain
on the 18th and 18th assures US of the best
crop We have ever raised. Fruit. pota-
toes. gardens. all are IN best condition.
erasshoppers doing no harm. Fairly wheat
Is heading; Weather cool and cloudy hav-
barring heavy crop OF seed Esrl-r-n-
usually heavy rains for this time OF year.
Two and quarter inches of precipitation
during the week. Nothing has been hurt
by the dry weather. Entiat-Gsth,-Dry
and warm. Rain needed badly. Irrigated
crops doing splendidiy. but unirrigated
PaIouse country-whitman and Adams:
Rosalia lathe desired rain has come ana
has frightened the prospects wonderfully.
FIRST sown spring wheat is beginning to
head Fletcher-Best week OF the season
A heavy rain. amounting to III inches
which Is the making OF all crops: two
weeks. now. OF cool weather and We will
have the best crop ever raised here: but
corn and gardens are not doing well.
1.N Waila ,Walla &C., soqntryrAsotsns. Garfield
crops seem 10 be In fine condition and no
damage reported. The recent rains have
been OF vast benefit. Rain has wet the soil
up late sown grain II IL Is not rotted in the
ground. Raspberries IN the market in
great abundance. Haying Is well under
Yakima country-AIfalfa nearly all cut
and generally in the stack, Strawberries
Unusually windy. Weather favorable to
wheat crop, which will be good provided
there are no hot winds. Harvesting OF
barley commenced on the nth.
klickitat ccuntry-Cool. and high west
winds; favorable for grain. though very
little rain. Grain looks better than last
week. Corn is three feet high
Western Section.
Straits and Lower Sound-I.ight rains
were very beneficial to meadow and pas
lures. and To ali vegetation. although
temperature ranged too low at night for
very rapid growth. Vegetables need
II Is earlier than last year. The lack OF
sunshine delays ripening of fruit. cherries
and raspberres becoming abundant; cher
ries are improving.
Upper Sound counties-Past week has
been very abie for small grain but
has been too cool and showery for best
growth OF vegetables. There has been too
much rain for haying, which has gener-
ally stopped. Grass has been badly lodged
and tangled by rain and the wind of the
18th. Currants and cherries are ripening.
and a fairly good crop. Not many straw
berries left now. Apples are doing well,
though many are falling of. Some clover
spoiled by the rain.
Southwest couDties--In Lewis Cowlitz.
Clarke and Skamania. the showers of the
past week have peen very beneficial. and
there has not been too much rain. Cher
RIGS rasnberries aud biackherries are rip
snfng. Prunes and apples appear 20 be do
Ing we'll In Clarke county having has
been interfeFed with by The rains; clover
Is somewhat light. Potatoes are fair. Re-
piantiuw has commenced on the oyerf0wed
bottoms In Pacific and Chehaiis counties
the reports are generally satisfactory. The
combination al rain and higher teInpera-
iure has improved the crops Way on low
lands IS cousidera hly lodged. but on the
upiandz was greatly benefited by rain
which was however. too late 10 make the
crop heavy Grain and garden truck are
growing finely. Potatoes are In bloom
The rain has been great for ruts bagas.
-. " SALISBURY