Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-04-11
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.

United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Climate and Crop Bulletin OF
the Weather Bureau. New Mexico
Section.
Santa Fe, N. NJ. April 9. 1901.-Un.
I'll the second week in March the win.
ter of I900.l901 was unusually mild
and pleasant, with precipitation con
siderably below normal. excepting for
February. February brought rain n
snow nearly a half more than the
normal and the weather being warm
and pleasant farmers were able TO
make considerable progress in early
spring work, such as ditching, blowing
and. in the more southern districts,
sowing wheat and oats. by the close
of February the season was deemed
very much In advance. In the Me
silla valley early peach trees were be.
ginning to blossom. and plum trees
we're in bloom. Owing to the late and
abundant rains Of last September. and
To the fact that the first general kill.
ing frost OF the fall came as late rs
October 20. grass on the stock ranges
vas well cured, and stock OF all kinds
passed through the winter season In
unusually good condition. Although
the precipitation was below the nor
maj until the month Of February there
was no scarcity OF water excepting In
some localities to the extreme north.
east.
The month Of March opened auspic.
iously, and there being an abundance
OF water all conditions indicated an
unusually early and favorable season,
but the succeeding low temperatures
and high. cold winds brought farm
work almost TO a standstill, anu check
ed the rapid development Of vegeta.
ton. At this writing II 10 estimated
that while blowing and seeding are as
far advanced as usual the develop
ment OF vegetation is from one to
three weeks later than customary. In
addition to the recent u~nfavorable
conditions for the progress OF farm
work the accompanying low tempera-
lures have proved decidedly Injurious
to early fruit trees in the more ad.
vanced district of central and south.
ern counties. Apricots, peaches,
plums. cherries and early apples,
which were budding or in blossom In
the earlier localities. have been gen.
orally killed, and from the best avail.
able information the present outlook
is bad for early fruit Of southern sec.
tons. In northern counties, and on
the higher lands, the injury seems to
be much less, although in the vicinity
OF Espanola II has been claimed that
many OF the peach trees were winter
killed by the severe cold of the first OF
January.
The past week. with its high. cold
winds. has continued the u~nfavorable
conditions. The now storm Of March
81. with the accompanying low tenn
perature. and the terrific wind storm
OF the 4th instant, have undoubtedly
caused much loss In stock and prop
erty throughout the territory. In ad
dition to the Injurious effects on early
blooming fruits. In central and south.
ern sections, especially. the storm OF
the 4th is reported to have been the
worst aver experienced. Many trees
were uprooted. buildings damaged,
and the distress and loss of stock
must be considerable. The present
conditions are anything but favorable
for the approaching Landing season,
and unless the weather m~oderates
considerably. with warm rain and less
| wind. there will be a marked differ
ence between the yields of this season
and that of last year, when many fiocks
gave more than 100 per ZEN increase.
II. NJ. HARDlNGE,
| Section Director.