Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-05-11
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.

Inc Following report IL furnished by
the United states department OF agTi-
culture, climate and crop bulletin Of The
weather bureau. New Mexico section:
Another week OF dry, cool weather, with
high winds. Light, scattered showers
occurred IN some fortunate sections. but
IA u rule the drouth Is %unbroken, and
plant lite depending on rain for moisture
has made slight progress. The Landing
season for northern sheep men has be-
gun, but owing TO the absence OF rain
and the cool nights the prospects are for
hardly more than 90 per cent OF the aver
age yield.
BY Tar the worst feature OF the week
however, was the killing frost OF the
moning OF the 81 inst, when the temper
ature fell below freezing at all stations
excepting those OF the southern valleys.
Az Aztec. san Juan county, the lowest
e~Ihperslute was &c uegIees' "a uesrees
poio" i,eeAIns, anu q. ui,", uian'
county, Tue minimum Iepor'eu was -
in noIthtrn U III those Oh the
niehei aiti'uues III oentfai ahu soutneih
counIies' tne lIOsl maae hlihos' u cleah
sweep oi All Ilui's. a Few Oh Tue iatei
oioseoih,hs ,Iees MAJ nave escapeu 'o.ai
injury, U the uamase 10 seheiai, anu
Entails ~l,enehuous loss i u many IL.
oa,i.ies a,iaIie aisV sus'aineu inJhIy, anu
pola.oes, tohla'o plants anu eariy sarueh
'fuCh seiieIaiiy were hiiIeu'
"hea', oats' oariey' etc > aithoush uh'
INJURED are hnakiug SLOW CROWN ana rs
the ranges staIt 10 Slowly. s'ock Is SNOW
Jug out iittie Improvement Corr plant
!ns eene.aiiy ~ hnisneu' ~cepti IN
.ne must resions Vi Tue hoIth,
WINE III TUE SCUM tne uiss gro"lth Oh
n,,ai,a Is ,eauy W guy. RIVERS Increase
s,o"iy, put 'he'e Is pieh'y vi "a'er io'
'he ui.enes,
Az .hIs wil.ink W. ~.lioughou'
no'.heIh sections uu'ihs mohusy prom,
Use q ~eicouhe re'ease from 'he pro'racteu
"'gueh,
ine iolioWlne ,ennnlhs hle extracted
i'onh 'he iepo''s vi c~o'ieSpohueh'S'
Aztec - Prof. U. II. Mead - Excepting
the last three days the weather has been
cold and windy; some sleet on the 2i,
aud on the 81 the temperature Tell 10 Is,
killing all fruit In bloom and doing
great damage 10 tomatoes, potatoes,
strawberries etc, II lDJuring alfalfa
some. Wheat, oats, barley, etc, doing
nicely. some are planting early
corn and tsil potatoes. Ranges improv-
ing ana stock IN better condition. Plenty
vi irrigation water. highest tempera'
ture, ~; lowest, Is; precipitation. 90.
Bernaiiiio - Brother dabriel: The
hehVy frost the morning OF the lst lam
aged grapevines considerably; loss esti
mated 10 be u fourth OF the crop. On the
81 the temperature fell to 20, which de
strOyed all the vines. n formed fruit
and young. vegetables. lee u quarter
Inch timex In the morning. Close search
revealed scarcely an apple, psar or peach
untouched. Alfalfa also suffered, and
the lrst cutting will bs u low per cent
All tomato plants we're killed. except IN
some gardens that were best protected,
where possibly % per cent escaped. IL II
difficult to estimate the exact loss OF
iruit, u IL IL safe 10 say that a very
small per cent remains. Cherries and
plums turned black Immediately, Sew
ersl vineyard owners planted corn and
beans between the vines the following
morning. Wheat anu oats seem 10 have
escaped fairly we'll owing to the cold,
dry weather ranges Improve slowly, In
general, cattle are In poor condition
RIVERS snow but slight Increase, bn,
bitches have sufficient water. Highes,
temperature, ~; lowest, %; no rain.
Gsllinas spriDgs-Jas. II. Whitmore
The dry, cold weather OF the past week
has kept vegetation backward. Highest
temperature, so; lowest. %; rainfall
trace.
ella, Grant County,. ii. Lyons: The
killing frost on the third killed al
peaches. pears, plums, apples, vines snC
all new growth. A backward spring
blowing and planting proceeds slowly
Plenty OF water In The lila Tor irrigation
Highest temperature, 10; lowest, %; nc
rain.
Los Alamos-Niillam Frank: From
April ~ 10 May 3 extremely cold ant
windy; ice formed over night on stand
ing water. Crops OF all kinds make