Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-28

to relieve conditions. Rain is badly
needed although range stock is doing
well. First alfalfa is all cut. Fruits very
fine so far; cherries getting ripe and a
good crop. Highest temperature. 81:
lowest. 46.
Frisco: Clement Hightower: Hot.
windy days and cold nights: unfavora-
bic weather generally for the growth
OF vegetation. Light frost at places on
the night Of the 18th. Water is very
low in all the streams. Stock holding
their W in the mountains but suffer
ing on the plains.
Gallinas Springs: Jas. f. Whitmore:
Very dry, with hot. dry winds. In
this vicinity it has been too dry to
plant on temporal lands. Corn planted
the first of this month is up but needs
rain badly. Highest temperature. 81;
lowest, Sc; rain, trace.
Geronimo: n. NJ. Nelson: Unusually
dry; creeks and springs drying up;
crops making little or no progress.
Hobart: W. II. Hough: High. drying
winds. Water is getting scarce. but
crops as yet are looking well.
Hood tSan Juan Coz h. 4. Hood:
Very light rains have done little good.
Grass on the hills is very short and
dry. Haying has begun and seems to
be above the average.
Laguna: Gus Weiss: No rain, and
hot, drying weather. Wheat is suffer
ing for rain and springs are drying up.
However. sheep are still in fair condi-
ton. Thermometer up to sc in the
shade.
Los Alamos: VIM. Frank: First al
falfa being harvested; a light crop.
Shearing in progress; wool light. The
average of the lamb crop was 80 per
cent. Range very dry and there is lit
tie water; outlook bad.
Lower Penasco: II. w. Creswell. Jr.'
Several good showers in the vicinity
and grass is some better. Fruit doing
well; cherries are ripe. Corn growing
nicely; the first blowing is finished.
First alfalfa all in. Cattle improving
somewhat.
Mesilla Park: X. NJ. Hart: Continued
drought, and there is no irrigation va
ter. Apricots are yielding well. Early
corn beginning to tassel and early
peaches to color. Highest temperature.
1902; lowest. 40; no rain.
Miera: Francisco Mlera: Grass and
corn, beans, sorghum and alfalfa grow
ing nicely. Shearing well under way:
stock of all kinds doing nicely.
Ojo Caliente: Antonio Joseph: The
terrible drought remains unbroken and
streams are quite low, consequently
irrigation water is getting scarce.
However, crops are promising. First
alfalfa was excellent in quality and
yield. Stock is in very fair condition.
Highest temperature, 80; lowest, VI;
no rain.
Roswell: w. NJ. Reed: Hot and dry,
but as irrigation water is sufficient all
crops are doing well. More wind than
usual this season. Highest tempera-
ture. 100; lowest, SO; no rain.
Santa Fe: U. S. Weather Bureau:
Warm and dry, with considerable
wind. Irrigation water continues suffi-
cient. however, and crops are growing
rapidly. especially corn. First alfalfa
is about all cut, and a very good yield.
Cherries are ripe; a fair yield. High.
est temperature, 50; lowest, so; nc
rain.
Weber: L. II. %Biernbaum: Hot and
dry until the 20th, when it turned very
cold. PTalries are very airy and suffer
ing for rain, and water holes are dry
ing up fast. All irrigated crops are
good but seem to grow very slowly.
Temporal lands planted with corn af
ter the rains are suffering terribly.
Garden and orchards are fine. River
is very low, and bitches carry a small
amount of water. First alfalfa being
harvested.
Woodbury.: A. j. Woodbury.: Highest
temperature, "a: lowest, so; no rain.
r. NJ. HARDINGE,
Section Director.