Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-22
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ture, Climate anu tfop Dulietih
the weather Bureau, New Mexico
Section.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Aug. is, l903.-Ths
weather continues hot and generally
dry. some good showers have oc-
Cured during the week but they have
been of a local character. and while
some fields and some portions OF the
prairies are fairly well watered other
portions are very dry and suffering
severely from lack of moisture. All
kinds OF stock remain In very good
| condition as yet, and almost daily
showers in the mountains furnish
fair supply OF irrigation water for the
streams, but good, general rains are
needed to supply stock water on the
prairies, and to bring out the grass on
the ranges for fall and winter feed for
stock. Unirrigated fields as rule are
needing rains badly, especially corn,
but where irrigated the crop is very
promising. Second alfalfa Is gener-
ally secured in northern counties in
very good condition, in southern
parts the third growth Is not turning
out well on account OF the drought.
In some localities the rains have been
torrential in character, causing much
damage to fields and property. The
food at Silver City on the 18th and
18th is conservatively estimated to
have caused damage to the extent OF
800 600, and that OF the 10th In So
zorro county washed out portion OF
the Magdalena branch Of the railway
and flooded the town of Socorro. APP.
pies, plums, pears and late peaches
are coming into local northern mar
kets; the quality OF the fruit is very
fair but the yield very irregular.
The following remarks are extract
ed from the reports OF correspond
ents:
Aibert-H. w. Hanson. Getting ex-
tremely dry; grass is bleaching, and
even trees and shrubs are whiting.
Cloudy with thunder and lightning al.
most every afternoon but only trace
of rain. Drought 3. really becoming
severe. Highest temperature. 9S; low
est, 81; rain, Ola.
|
dry; all vegetation is burning up
Springs and wells failing. Consider.
ing the drought stock looks we'll
Arabela-A. M. Richardson: A good
rain on the 9Th. but more needed
Highest temperature, 80; lowest. SIS;
rain. 0.93.
Bell Rancho. NJ. O'Donel: Daily
thunder showers but very light, and
covering but a united area Some
portions of the range have had nc
4 rainfall. and good. general ram IL
much needed. Third cutting OF alfal
]. ia is giving an average yield. Rain
I 1.04.
Fruitland yriI James Collyer:
!. Fine weather for I'll crops. Secon,
e alfalfa is IN the stac.., and a good
I crop. Corn is well started in the eai
r and Is growing fast. The range II
i still good. The river carries a goo,
= supply OF water Highest tempera
!. ture, 100; lowest, 81; rain, trace.
k Gallinas Springs Jas. Il. Whit
/. more: Fine grass in rne pasture AM
g stock getting very fat. Unirrigate'
s crops are looking wei in places
|. heavy dews every night keep vegeta
s ton from drying up. Wild hay will
/. b. scarce in ,nese parts. Fruits ar
= not more than fifth of a crop. High
est temperature. sc; lowest, SO: rain
|. 0.36.
e Las Vegas Mora Road)-Leon
r Taornhill: Heavy rain and hail on tn
J. 9Th. storm doing much damage I
e standing crops. Second crop Of alta
It ia is being secured; the third growt
{. ls coming on fin ly. The hail has 81,
s en- corn and other growing crops
setback.
r. Mesilia Park-R. II. Hart: Days he
e and partly cloudy. Third alfalfa wi
d be failure on account of the drough
T. and the lack OF irrigation water, bu
h some water has now been turned int
o the canass. The rains have not bee
4. enough to be of mucn benefit. Peache
r. (late) and pears are on the marke
d Highest temperature, "a; lowest, SO
rain, 0,5S.
" Mimbres-Charles Dennis: Drougf
It npally broken; storm accompanied b
X hail which did little or no damag
Local showers have occurred almoi
every day recently grass Is no
growing finely. Third crop Of alfali
is growing nicely. Early summer fru
a Is nov on the market, and the qualit
is good.
n Ojo Caliente-Antonio Joseph: r.
r. cent rains in the mountains have r
"a plenished the streams, and irrigatio
n water is ample. Wheat and the So
"a ond crop of alfalfa just harvested a,
excellent. Livestock in good cond
n. ton, but the ranges need ram badl
,e Fruits are better than was expecte
rs last spring.
NJ Santa Fe-U. $, Weather Bureau
!" Light showers almost daily In vicinii
n. but very little at station. Irrigatic
s. water insufficient. and some your
L. orchards may suffer greatly from lac
10 OF irrigation. Second alfalfa general