Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-09

day (2Sth), and reached Is degrees
above on the morning of the Goth, XIII.
ing all the fruit. and on the upper
Cimarron river it froze the alfalfa to
the ground. Highest temperature, 70;
lowest, Is; rainfall, OILS.
Fort Stanton: e. w. Halstead: The
melting of the heavy snow in the
mountains furnishes plenty of water
for irrigation, and farm work Is well
along: seeding Is we'll advanced and
alfalfa is ten to fourteen inches high.
The late frosts injured the peach crop,
but the prospect for other fruit is
good; the freeze of the 30th injured
early garden stuff somewhat. Highest
temperature, 70; lowest, %; rainfall,
O.20.
Fruitland; Cyril James Collyer: Not
favorable week for crops partly cloudy
during the earlier part, followed later
by wind and cold nights. Many fruit
blossoms were killed on the night of
the 30th, but how much damage was
done cannot yet be told. Early gardens
were nipped and alfalfa turned. Past
ure coming on well Inc range good,
but wind is drying things up badly.
Water plentiful. Highest temperature,
81; lowest, "a; no rain.
Gallinas Springs: Jas. e. Whitmore:
Grass starting fine and cattle improv.
ing. Sheep are lambing fine and there
will be a large lamb crop unless some
thing unforeseen happens. The cold
weather is retarding growing crops.
Everybody Is putting in all crops pos.
sible on temporal lands. The hail of
the 26th, although small, injured fruit
crop; will know better to what extent
next week. Highest temperature, 81;
lowest. 80; rainfall, 0.94.
Glencoe (Lincoln County,: Miss An
ME e. Coe: Cloudy, and light showers
all through the week. Planting getting
along nicely and farmers planting a
great deal of alfalfa and millet. Wilbur
f. Coe: The grass has started up very
fast and the range stock show i'm
provement. Hay and grain are coming
up.
Hobart: w. II. Hough: Cold and
backward this week. The frost during
the night of 29th and Both did no in.
jury to fruit OF vegetables here.
Laguna: Gus Weiss: We had several
hard winds during the week which had
a tendency to dry up the ground and
several cold mornings with ice. Early
peaches are about all frozen and de-
stroyed, and also ~apricots, which were
as large as a walnut. Late fruits will
be alright If we have no more freezing
weather. Landing is very heavy and
the only shortage so far this spring is
Inat of grass.
Los Alamos: VIM. Frank: Landing
has begun; conditions generally poor;
no water in holes and consequently
sheep will suffer for water, but not for
grass as 1t is coming nicely. Corn is
being planted, also oats and alfalfa.
and all We now need is some good
soaking rains.
Golden: X. M. Carley: High Winds
without any rain during the week.
Wednesday and Thursday nights we
a heavy frosts. In this vicinity all
crops have been planted and the grass
is green and growing nicely.
Mesilla Park: r. NJ. Hart: Peach
trees are heavily laden with young
fruit and the prospects are for a large
yield. The first crop of alfalfa prom.
Uses to be good, also the wheat crop.
Landing is about over. Highest tenn.
perature. Sc; lowest, SO; no rain.
Mountainair: J.. w. Corbett: The
ground had dried out on the surface