Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-09-05
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Good Showers During Past Week
Condition Of Stock and Late
Crops Greatly lmproXed.

Santa Fe, N. NJ. Sept. Good
showers during the past week. and the
conditions of stock and late crops has
greatly improved. The drought has
been thoroughly broken in all sections
excepting, possibly, the extreme north
eastern part of the territory, where
rain is still needed to bring out the
grass and assure good fall and winter
feed for the stock. Elsewhere this is
about assured. In some localities the
rains have come in the nature of cloud
bursts. and caused some damage to
dams and bitches, and not a few fields
of grain and corn have been washed
out. however, the rains have been of
the greatest benefit and at the present
writing, ~pasturage is good, fall and
winter feed is generally assured. and
all kinds of stock are in very good con-
dition. Wheat and oats are being har-
vested in northern counties; where ir-
rigated the yield is very good consider
ing the early and protracted drought.
Second alfalfa now being harvested is
turning out very well, but that cut
earlier was quite generally a failure.
The latest corn has been much bene-
fitted by the recent rains, and that on
temporal lands shows considerable i'm
provement since the rains set in. Late
fruits, as pears, plums, apples and late
peaches, show a marked improvement.
Apples, pears and plums are not only
abundant, but of an unusually fine
quality. Late peaches are generally
Beans, late melons, and late garden
truck in general, are maturing under
the most favorable conditions.
The following remarks are extracted
from the reports of correspondents:
Albert-H. NJ. Hanson: Several local
showers in this vicinity during the
week; ranges are reported in fair on
dition and stock doing well. Neverthe-
less, there has been no real rainy
weather and the season must be con-
sidered unusually dry. Highest tenn
perature, 95; lowest, 60; rain, O.1O.
Eastview-John w. Corbett: Good
rains have started the grass, which is
already blooming. With frost at the
expected time we may yet have some
hay. Late planted crops may do well,
but most of the crops will not amount
to much. Highest temperature, "a;
lowest, A; rain, 3.17.
Folsom-Jackson Tabor, Cloudy
and cool. threatening rain every day,
but little falling. Heavy thunder
storms north of station the 2Sth.
Stock are doing very well and are fat.
First pears picked today (2Sth) and
the crop is unusually heavy. Last
weeks rains have freshened the grass
and has augmented the water supply.
Highest temperature, IS; lowest, 81;
rain, OH.
Gallinas Springs-James E. Whit
more: As most of the rains were in
the evening, grass and growing crops
have been greatly benefited. Heavy
showers have occurred in some dis
tricts. Stock is doing finely. More
rain is needed in parts. Highest tem-
perature, 95; lowest, so; rain, O.53.
Geronimo-W. NJ. Nelson: Dry and
hot weather during the week, but a
light rain on the cath. Corn will hard
ly amount to one-third of a crop.
Glencoe-A. E. Coe: Good, heavy
rains the last part of the week, and
crops are looking finely.
Hood-R. A. Hood: One-half inch
of rain on the 23d-24th, and heavier
rains on the mountains. Rains on the
hills flooded the arroyos and caused
considerable damage to crops and
bitches. River was higher than in four
years past.
Mesilla Park-R. II. Hart: Rains
continue and vegetation keeps a Wig
orous growth. Pears are ripening, ap-
pies are on the market, and late