Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-14
STAND BETTER
Light Showers Were General Over
Territory Last Week Combined
with Warmer Weather.
DITCH WATER GIVING OUT
Gardens Are Growing W Bll-Prospects for
Grapes Are Improving, Strawberries
Are Ripe, Good in Duality, But
Quantity Is Snail.

(santa Fe, N. NJ, June 10, 1897
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Climate and Crop Bulletin of the
Weather Bureau, New Mexico Sec
ton.
Light showers have been general over
the territory during the past week and,
combined with the warmer weather and
moderating winds, have brought about
decidedly more favorable conditions.
Still, there are many sections where
the drouth has not been broken, and
where growing crops and grass are dry
ing up and irrigation water becoming
scarce. Over the country extending
from Santa Fe south along the Rio
of rain, and the water in that river is
getting so low that from Bernalillo
south it is becoming difficult to fill some
of the bitches. ~ the vicinity of Las
Vegas, and to the east and northeast,
where the droutH was probably the Sc
verest, fair rains have occurred, but
not early enough to prevent a serious
setback to crops and much loss to
stockmen. The rains of the 10th over
this section we're accompanied by severe
hail, which greatly damaged crops ! n
the path of the storm, and proved de-
structive to many sheep and lambs.
Growing trops have been greatly re-
vived, and, with few exceptions, are re-
ported as doing fairly well. The first
cutting Of alfalfa is completed in the
south, and is begun as far north as Las
Vegas. Throughout the central part OF
the territory the crop is hardly half as
large as that of last years first cutting,
and in some localities is much less.
Farther north the crop is coming in
bloom, and is more promising. Corn
planting is about finished in the north;
spring and winter wheat, and barley
and oats, are growing fairly we'll, al
though in central sections wheat is
heading quite small. Transplanting to-
matoes and sowing beans Is still under
way in the north. Gardens are growing
/ well; Strawberries are ripe as far north
as Santa Fe. While strawberries are OF
good quality, the crop is not as large as
usual. Prospects for grapes have bet
tered somewhat, but they will be very
scarce in the vineyard districts of Albu-
querque and Bernalillo. Small fruits are
| abundant in the markets Of the Lower
and Rio Grande, and the pros
poets for peaches and apples are quite
( fair. Throughout all central sections
| while all fruits will be very scarce, II
| seems that the few trees bearing will
have a fine quality Of fruit. Range:
have hardly had time to show much i'm
provement from the rains, but no doub
the bulletin for next week will show
decided change for the better anon
stock interests.
The following remarks are extracted
from the reports Of correspondents:
Aztec-Prof. c. E. Mead: Warm day
and nice showers on the I'd and 9Th Wer'
unusually favorable conditions 70
crops. Ranges have greatly improved
Winter wheat heading nicely; alfalf'
short and still in the bud. Corn plant
ing about finished. Gardens are recov
ering from last weeks frost. PLANTING
beans and resetting tomatoes continues
bitches full. Highest temperature, 81
lowest, So; rainfall, 0.34.
Observation-Disclosures Gabriel: Wit
continual irrigation at least every eigh
days, gardens, especially caulifiower'
~cabbages, lettuce and carrots are show
ing much improvement. Beans and pea
doing fairly well. Tomatoes Of a goo
size, and some plants in bloom. Straw
berries Of a good quality, but not yer
abundant. Vineyards have greatly i'm
proved Of late; some vines carry frol
five to ten~bunches, and the punches al
larger than usual. From many vines
fresh growth is starting from the root
OF old ones that are withered at tn
tops. Several vineyards have been roo
ed up and planted to other crops. TT
mission" vines suffered most from tt
late frosts. Although fruit trees genel
ally look well, only some orchards ha,
81 fruit. Only from ten to twenty-h'
peaches on the best trees, much q
\ pending on the location Of the tire