The herald., 1898-10-05
WEATHER AND CROPS
Conditions Prevailing Throughout
Southern California

Following is The United States depart
ment of agriculture, climate and crop ser
vice. wea; her bureaus weekly crop bulle-
ending October Sd:
The weather during the past week was
cool, with considerable cloudiness, and
close OF September, which is the first Of th:
season. The rain was quite heavy in :he
northern portions, but light further south.
while in the interior no rain, fell, though
mls,s or fogs occurred in places. Trees
and vegetation were benefited by. the rain
where It was heavy, bu; in The localities
.nas. where il was light little good resulted
moisture was. retarded. No damage ocr
Cured TO drying fruit from the rain. ex
cspi T. grapes. which in one er locality were
reiardsd fruit drying. High nor;herly
some damage by blowing fruit from trees
Rals!n making continues. being. well ad-
vanced in some vineyards, and packers
are preparing to send the crop to market.
San Luis obispo County
San Luis Obispo City-Rain fell on Sep
.ember 18th and 26th, amcun ting to two
tenths of an inch. The weather was IA
vorable for fruit picking and drying, the
Musick,Rain feii at intervals on Sep
tember 25th and 2Gth, amounting to sew
enty-six hundredths of an inch, but did
north wirh Tuesday and Wedne sday
which caused dust storms; on Friday nigh
the wind became brisk TO high. and cor,t
tinued till noon Sa turday, when 1t began
to moderate. Wine making viii commence
soon.
Ventura County
Bardsdae-A warm rain fell on, septem-
ber 26th. amounting 20 eighty-five hun
dredths of an inch, which was beneficial
TO ver1 afn : nsgs and s d
cloudy days. with slime fog, followed the
rain; a cold northeast wind prevailed
Thursday and Friday.
Los Angeles County
Fairmont.-A light sprinkling of rain fell
ON sunday afternoon o and @ a mist ar fog
cold, windy weather followed the rain and
mist.
La Canada.-Cool weather, fogs, and
and the fruit crop being nearly all harvest
ed. little damage was done. The olive crop
Is total failure and the orange crop will
be light.
Verdugo.-Merely trace. of rain fell dur
ing past week: cool. cloudy weather was
unfavorable for peach drying and for
fripening RI fruit a good deal De. !, Of which was
Friday. and Saturday.
Los Angeles City.-Lght showers of rain.
fel September 9Th and 9oth. amounting to
fair, cool weather. The rain: was too light
to do either good or harm, except in con-
rection with the cool weather and consid-
cradle Icloudiness to retrd fruit drying. A
light frost occurred Sunday morning in
the low grounds between the southern
portion of the city and the ocean, which
nlpped pumpkin vines.
Orange County
Capistrano.-No rain fell during the past
week.
San Diego County
San Diego City;-seyen hundredths Of
2sth in this city; little or no rain fell beyond
tho coast line, although a mist, not suffl-
cient to wet raisins, was reported further
inland The weather was very favorable
for raisin drying during the first part OF
the week. and although cloudy weather the
latter portion was not specially beneficial,
no harm was done. All farming operations,
awaiting the beginning of the wet season.
Fallbrook.-Ltght rain fell Friday; the
walnut harvest has begun, with indica tions
Of good crop of good quality; raisin maxi
Santee-El Cajon.-The weather was cool
and cloudy most of the week. with good in
dications Of rain the early part of the week;
did occur. but not heavy enough to cause
any damage to raisins, which are curing
quite nicely. Packers are getting ready to
rtously affecting fruit trees. and unless rain
comes soon oranges will suffer.
GEORGE r. FRANKLIN,
Local Forecast OFFICIAL, weather Bureau.
The State at Large
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.-The climate
and crop bulletin of the United States
weather bureau was issued today by w. H.
Harmon, section director, 1or the week
ending last night, and includes full report
of the effect of the rain last week in all
parts of the state. Mr.. Harmon, in his
summary, says:
1.-THE recent rains caused but little in-
jury. to the fruit crop, as ample warning
had been given and large yield of raisins
is expected. Slight damage was done to
hay, but, grain and ,pp,asturage have been
have commenced, and an unusually large
acreage of grain in the Sam Joaquin valley
lis probable. Light frost occurred in Yuba
county, causing slight injury to tender
vegetables. There was slight fall of snow
on the mountains. Oranges are making
satisfactory growth in Southern California
and in the Sacramento valley The wal
nu: crop was considerably injured by the
hot, dry summer"
Detailed reports of the effect OF the rain
show that no injury was dome in, Gase