The herald., 1898-04-20
WEATHER AND CROPS
Conditions Prevailing Throughout
Southern California

Following Is the United States depart
ment of agriculture climate and crop SER
vice weather bureau weekly crop buile-
tin for Southern California:
Unusually hot weather prevailed the ear
lier part of the week, accompanied by high,
dessiccating northerly winds. The latter
part of the week was cool ana mostly
cloudy, with an occasional morning fog in
the coast sections. The intense heat and
drying winds were decidedly injurious to
fields of barley and vegetation not under
irrigation. The faint hope heretofore en-
tertaned of making at least a small crop
of hay was eXtinguished by the abnormal
conditions which prevailed the earlier part
of the week. though in few localities
some fields of very short barley are being
harvested. with aprons attached to the
reapers. Pasture has gwen out in the
northern sections, and cattle are being
sent to other localities to obtain feed. Some
damage is reported to apricotS and walnuts
from the hot driving winds. but no material
injury resulted to deciduous fruits, which
give indications of fair yield Peach,
plum. prune, pear and cherry trees are in
full bloom: loquats are market; alfalfa
fields are doing well.
Extracts from correspondents reports
by counties:
San Luis Obispo
| Apples and peaches are doing much bet
ter than expected there is no more grain
and grass, and cattle are being sent out of
| the county, except poor ones, which are
turned out to die.
! Ventura County
| West Saticoy-The intensely hot wind on
| the 11th and 18th about ended the prospect
| for barley, and dried up vegetation gener-
ally.
| Bardsdale-very hot. windy weather pre-
vailed. Prune orchards seem to be heavily
loaded with bloom.
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles City-Extremely warm
weather. accompanied by dessiccating
northerly winds, prevailed the earlier part
of the week; the remainder was cooler.
with moist breeZes and high fog in the
mornings. The relative humidity recorded
on the morning of the 18th was IL per cent
and in the evening u per cent. The hot
weather and drying winds about extin-
guished any hope that may have been en-
tertained for the hay and grain crops.
Artesia-Hot. drying winds prevailed the
earlier part of the week and had an inju-
rious effect upon crops and pasture. A
little corn has been planted. The sugar
beet crop is uncertain.
La Canyada-The prospect is good for
decduous fruits. Grain and hay will be
exceedingly light crops. and in some local
tiles they will be a total failure.
Verdugo-Two days of unseasonably hot
weather were exceedingly injurious to bar,
ley, and destroyed all hope of harvesting
crop of hay.
Riverside County
Elsinore--The weather during the past
week was very unfavorable for vegetation.
Grain is looking badly. There will be a
part of a crop of French prunes If there
be no further disaster.
Orange County
Santa Ana-,The prospects are good for
fair crops of apricots and peaches, and the
present indications are favorable for a
large crop of walnuts. Alfalfa is doing
well.
San Diego County
San Diego City-Navel oranges are about
all picked seedlings of fine color. size and
flavor are coming into market. Strawber-
res are ripenng slowly. The prospect for
a good yield of peaches is excellent.
Escondido-Continued dry weather and
dessiccating winds have been very damag-
| ing to crops and about put an end to all
hope of making hay and grain. Very little
hay will be long enough for raking and If
cut at all must be saved in aprons.
Santee-El Cajon-Farmers are cutting
hay, in some cases using aprons on reapers
on account of the grain being too short tc
rake. Fruit prospects are excellent
Peaches, prunes and Royal apricots are
setting nicely.
GEORGE L. FRANKLIN,
Local Forecast Official. Weather Bureau.
THE STATE AT LARGE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19-The fol.
lowing is summary of the weather bu-
reau's bulletin of the crop and climatic
conditions throughout the state for the
week ending April 49,
The -drouth continues in California, the
only rainfall reported for the week from
the various weather bureau stations
amounting to only .02 of an inch, from Eu-
reka. The deficiency in rainfall Is nearly
one inch in the northern coast sections, and
half an inch in the great valleys, decreas-
ling southwark and about quarter of an
inch south of Tehachapi. The weather has
been warm as we'll as dry.
The temperature for the week exceeds
the normal by about ten degrees in the In
terror and Ave degrees or more along the
central coast The continued absence OF
the late spring rains gives little hope of re-