The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-11
WEATHER.CROP REPORTS.
Weekly Bulletin of the Government
Weather Bureau, Texas Section.
THE CONDITION OF CROPS UNIMPROVED
Some Correspondence Has Been Com
Notwithstanding Continues Cen
orally All Over the State.
he CONDITION OF CROPS UNIMPROvED

Climate and crop bulletin for the weather
bureau. Texas section, for the week end
ing Monday September .. 1901
The mean temperature Tor the week taken
from the records Of a large number of sta
lions well distributed throughout the state
was ~. which is about , degrees below the
normal Relatively cool weather has pro
vailed throughout the greater portion of the
week and temperatures as low as 80 were
recorded over many portions Of the state.
only a few maximum temperatures as hlSh
as leo occurred.
Preclpltatlon.-R was reported from
some portion OF the State every day dur
ing the week. Rain was general and, In
many cases, heavy along tue Rult coast
from orange county southeastwHrd 10
Arkansas and precipitation, In generous
amounts Is also reported from large
area In the southeastern portion Of The
! state. Showers with an occasional henVy
rain fen over widely scattered sections over
the North and East. and light To heavy
rains are reported from many counties
along the lower Rio Grande. The long con-
tinued drouth has either been partially or
| completely broken In great many local
| tides, especially In the West-cCntral, and
| southwestern portions and along the lover
/ Rio Grande. The drouth Is yet unbroken
/ over Q large area In the central portions Of
the State where conditions continue So
| rlous. II Is also becoming very dry over
/ the north and northeast. Considerably
more rain fell over the State than az any
! Nilnf NullnE llt ihNA liHA " ~
hut II was quite unequally distributed ana,
] considering the State rs a whole, was less
! than the normal amount.
slight Improvement In the general
weather conditions during the past week
| Is noted and few interests have been re-
/ yived. In many parts Of the state aSht
] long drOuth and stock water has become
! plentiful, ranges green and wells and rls.
| terms fun Gardens and truck farms have
| showed marked Improvement aud rapid
progress has been made In seeding fnl
/ grain.
Cotton has continued to open and picking
! has progressed throughout the week, some
interruptions occurred In picking over the
sections where rain fell Some local dam
age was done to carly cotton by heavy
| rains. hut The general condition OF the
| crop remains practically the same as last
reported 4 few correspondents report
picking completed and the general reports
earlier than usual In the dry districts
late cotton has continued to fail ana where
rain fell little or no improvement Is nol'd'
Rain, except in few Instances. was a
! disadvantage rather than otherwise 10 the
late cotton crop. which Is too far advanced
to he materially benefited. Cotton mas
mostly stopped growing and has ceased Ia
bloom, and correspondents are almost unnn'
inlous in reporting the crop us shedding
badly and being seriously damaged by rust
and boil Waevii The general condition OF
cotton throughout the state is extremely
moor aud almost the universal verdict OF
crop correspondents Is that the yield VIII
| u
has been gathered md the late planted is
rapldly maturing, The rice crop Is IN
fairly good condition aud VIII soon he
ready TO gather sugar S cum M a,e bans
| 10 mature. Millet ana sorghum are oulht
harvested.
GOVERNMENT MONTHLY REPORT.
washington. September 10.-The monthly
report Of the statsticlRn Of the department
of agriculture shows the average condi
] l.a IN
bi7 There was a decline during August
amounting to 2.8 points and the condition
, ON the first Of the present month wa'
, 2Sg points lower than on september /
1900, 1915 points lower tn9a a, {he ioI Sof ib,
2 mean Of the September averages Tor w
I inst ten years and S.3 points below tn'
; lowest September average that oil 1871
: The average condition at harvest Of win
: ter and spring wheat combined was ~
1 against 600 last year 'OD IN loDo' anu
: tcn-year average Of SD. -,
! The average condition Of oats when mar
= vested was a. against Nh inht year
: So In 1899 and tenyear average I"
i OF OF the 1--WE principal sugar cane states
Mississippi alone reports an linpton 'i ,I,.,
In the condition during August ihe pres
ont condition being 81 against ~ a mont
ago The condition In Georgia remalhe
al staudsti during the month month 9na Ais
% M q and points respectively ~
Z Three ~ the principal SUGAR cane, nt nv,
% louisiana Georgia and Mississippi, sboN
conditions slightly above their ten-yea
: averages, and In Alabama and iexas cohu
IS lions are respectively s ana n points be
Y low such averages.
\ An Improvement In the condition o. riG
= during the month OF august rs ,feposteoql, y
and ;fcxas. In Louisiana and North care
Ina there has been no appreeiaoie chang
In conditlon and South yarolipa Geprgl
~ nd Kiahama reported declines. In Loui
X inna. me chief seat Of the rice grown
n industrV. the condition Is points aboy
n The mean OF the averages OF the last seVe
p years.
v GENERAL SUMMARY.
washington, september l0.-Foliowing
!, fhe weather bureau weekly summary
: crop conditions;
rne weather conditions o. me week sn'
Ing septambeE q. ieola hAyh pesn kehs