The record-union., 1897-05-11
LIGHT CROPS ALL AROUND,
Dry Winds Have Damaged the Various
Cereals.
The Fruit Crops VIII Not be Full,
Taking the State as
Whole.

The following crop SUMMARY II Is
sued by the State Agricultural Society
in cooperation with the climate and
crop service of the United States
Weather Bureau, J. A. Barwick, Sec
tion Director:
The average temperatures for the
week ending Monday, May III, 1891,
We're as follows: Eureka % degrees,
Fresno and Red Bluff Is degrees, Los
Angeles g. degrees, Sacramento 64 de-
grees, San Francisco IS degrees, San
Luis Obispo 81 degrees and San Diego
90 degrees.
AS compared with the normal temper
allure, a slight excess of heat was re-
ported from Fresno, Red Bluff and
Sacramento, while small heat deficien-
cies We're shown at Eureka, Los Ange-
les and San Diego. Normal conditions
prevailed at San Francisco.
There were rainfall deficiencies re-
ported from all points, ranging from
-0S of an inch to .43 of an inch.
The continued dry northerly winds,
although cooler than usual for the time
of year, have had most disastrous eff
fects upon the wheat, barley and oat
crops. Some of that which was sown
for grain will be cut for hay, and some
K1faI was SOWU lOI nay Will nOl NC Cut
at all.
Prunes will be an exceedingly light
crop. on account of excessive dropping.
Peaches and pears have also dropped
badly during the week, while pears are
suffering from blight.
The cherry crop will not be a full one
In fact. the crop correspondents notes
lead one to believe that there will not
Cot Of elf eafs
fruits, berries grain or hay.
Hops are making an exceedingly sat
isfactory growth.
1t is too late now for rain to do good,
but it would soften the ground so or
chards and vineyards could be Guilt
waited. but as haying is in full blast,
rain would result in much damage to
that crop.
Highest temperature-90 degrees at
Lime Kiln, Tulare County; lowest, SO
degrees at Cedarville, Modoc County.
SHASTA
Anderson-The hay and grain crop
Will be short in this vicinity if rain
does not come soon; in reference to
fruit in this vicinity, we have to say
as follows: AT the Aloha orchard there
viii be a good crop of prunes, peaches
ana Almonds anu a 1d1F crop u pears,
at the Ludwig Fruit Company's or
chard there will be plenty of prunes
and peaches also a fair crop of pears;
IA, 200 trees come into bearing at this
orchard for the first time this year;
the Alhara orchard will have good
crop of prunes, peaches and pears;
while there will not be a full crop this
season there certainly will not be fail
i ~ a~tia
from this section, but on the contrary
there viii be shipped from Anderson
this season more fruit than has ever
before been shipped, with the excep-
ton Of pears which have been dropping
badly the last two or three days; we
shall make reports from time to time
in regard to the fruit outlook in this
vicinity and will give them as they are
given us by the owners of orchards,
which can be relied upon as being cor
rect.
TEHAMA
Red Bluff-Absence of rain coupled
with prevailing northerly winds is
causing uneasiness among wheat and
barley growers; there will be con-
siderable acreage which was sown to
winter and spring wheat which viii not
falls within the next ten days; haying
Will begin in earnest the coming week;
the crop viii be short; fruit, especially
pears, are dropping to an alarming ex-
tent; prunes and peaches have been
dropping for some time.
Corning-Summer fallow wheat on
adobe hills is holding its own; some of
the winter sown wheat will make moth
ing: barley doing fairly well but rain
is needed badly; some fruit has been
blown but not so bad as in other local
tiles: highest and lowest temperatures
50 degrees and % degrees; haying be-
gun and crop is light in most places.
Vina-The north wind has done much
damage to fruit and everything needs
rain badly: redlands too dry to plough;
on bottom lands wheat and hay is
looking well, but hay on the redland is
very poor; apricots are falling very
fast.
BUTTE.
Durham-Crops of all kind needs
rain badly, and even if it should rain
soon the hay and wheat crops will be
pretty short in this county. Fruit and
trees have been injured some by the
high north winds. Highest and lowest
temperatures. 70 and 30 degrees.
Palermo-The north winds have
made pears and prunes drop in great
quantities. Early cherries are about
harvested. and late cherries are ri
pening quite fast Irrigation has be-
gun where the ground has not been
we'll cultivated. Orange trees still con-
4inue to bloom and a good crop is an
1icipated. Hay is about ready to cut:
the crop viii not be heavy one. High
est and lowest temperatures. Sc and
A degrees.
COLUSA.
Grand Island-The wheat and bar
ley crop is very discouraging. as the
continued dry weather, with norther-
~ winds, has hurt the crop badly
Highest and lowest temperatures, 81
and - degrees.
Maxwell-Dry weather with north
winds have prevailed. Summer-fallow
grain on high and well-drained lands
are holding out remarkably well. but
winter sown on all kinds Of land as
we'll as the early seeding on thin and
poorly drained lands are nearly a
failure. Cheat and other foreign veg
citation has taken the nlace of wheat
and barley. The crop in this vicinity
will not be more than half an average
crop. Highest and lowest tempera-
lures, 81 and 30 degrees.
SUFFER-.
Yuba City-The fruit crop will be a
good one. although fruit is dropping to
a considerable extent.