The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-25
TEXAS BUREAU REPORT.

TEXAS BUREAU REPORT,
Following is the report OF the Texas
section Of the climate and crop service
weather bureau, for the weeb ending
June %:
Temperature. Abnormally high tempera.
tnres were general until Saturday, when a
cool wave spread southwark over the state
giving the lowest temperature In all sec
tions for the week. and ia mauy sections
Tor the past month The average Tor tie
week was 2.3 degrees, which Is l degttc
lclow the normal. The highest weekly
average was 81 degrees at Beeyilie hous-
ton aud Waco. and the lowest Is degrees at
Amarillo. The highest record was lub de-
glees ut Camp Eagle Pass on the Goth. and
luI NJ Ballngcr on the 10th and at Waxl-
hnchic on the 10Th and goth; the lowest
was ~ degrees at Amarillo and Paris on
the I'D
Rainfall. Within the week light scattered
showers fc.l in the northern ana north
western portion of the State and along the
eastern border and thn gulf; elsewhere the
week was without rain. The following are
Abilene q. l., Alvin OH, Amarillo trace.
Baliinger c.lc, Breaham TRACE Corpus
christi trace. Cnero O.05, Dallas p.O5, rs.
tcle OH, Fort Worth o l6, Galveston
! 81. Grcenville o.oi FL paso trace. llous
ton go. Ira GO, Longview trace. Luling
trace, Pnfa CT sherman G, 26. Wharton
OIL. The hot dry weather during the
week has intensified the drouth in prac
tlcallv all parts of the State and IN con
sequence the growth OF all vegetation has
been at standstill
Cotton, With tho exception of portions
OF the Red river and upper RrHzus river
valleys, where the plant Is making a due
growth cotton Is either M n stludyti.l or
has deterlorated during the week. The
need OF rain is now general, and from scat
tered sections reports are to the efecr that
damage OF serious nature has already
been done The plant generally Is small
is beginning 10 lose its healthy color. and
In some sections is shedding fruit Fruit
ing is not satisfactory generally, Many
correspondents report the plant small and
sCanti.y fruited. and In scattered sections
the plant Is blooming to the top. Reports
Of lice and boil weevils are fewer than at
any time since the LIST Of May. and the
sections, whence reports of these Insects
are received, nre rapidly recovering from
the damage done earler In the season
Full grown hollis are reported from the
southern portions Of the state and cotton
Is In bloom as far north as the upper Red
river valley
Conf Fodder saving Is rnder full head.
way IN al parts q the state. except IN The
extreme north portion whcro the prnsne IS
Tor moderate weld Of corn are somewhat
brighter than elsewhere Tho. continued
hot, dry winds have ruined hlc corn crop
over most Of the state and IN many sec
tions the Yield win he' little 81 nothing.
Rains would bc Of little benefit to this
crop; except IN the western and northern
portions Of the state. whore with rains
within, few DAYS partial crop would te
a light Yield
! Wheat ana Oats Harvesting has been
finished in NIL parts Of the State. and there
| Is yet . small portion n tho crop To lie
thrQshcd. Yields arc very light
Rice. Water is very scarce for irrigation
The pumping az water from the low
rivers has ceased in some sections owing
to tho water having become bracbish
Sugar tanq-Thls crop l. badly I'm need
Of additional moisture In practically ali
sections. Tho plant is small. and Is makirG
little or no growth. However. where cuti
walton Is frequent this crop holds mp fairly
well.
Miscellaneous Crops There Is general
complaint of scarcity of feed nnd wat Il for
/ stock Ranges are bare IN many parts OF
| the state, and In consequence stock ls helm Z
| fed. Gardens no longer give the necessary
| vegetables for domestic use the drouth
! having killed garden plants in nearly all
| harvested. The hay crop Il generally re-
! ported TO he light in the interior Of the
| state.