The San Francisco call., 1904-03-09
The Weather and Crops.
The weekly report OF A @ McAdie. section
director OF the climate and crop service OF the
Weather Bureau, is as follows:
l.r-N-rrIa Al Summary

The weekly renort OF A Q. Meade. section
director OF the climate and crop service OF the
Weather Bureau, IS as follows;
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The weather during the week continued warm
and partly cloudy. with frequent showers In
The central ana northern sections. Thunder
storms accompanied by heavy showers. oc-
CURED along the northern coast on the evening
~ the 6th From san Francisco Bay north
ward the seasonal precipitation is now cOnsid
erabiy above the normal. At Peachland the
observer reports 40.SG inches up TO March J.
The foods in the Sacramento and San Joaquin
valleys have mostly subsided and draining OF
the lowlauds is in progress In all sections
except the 0verhowed lands grain and grass
are IN excellent condition and have made rapid
er1Wth during the past week. The outlook Is
sod Tor large crops in nearly ali places that
s-ere not flooded and partial crops may be
ra sd on those lands. The extent Of the dam
age h- high water cannot be estimated until
.1e lands are drained Farm work Is progress
.r- slowly In the northern sections, but good
.rlgrees IT, being made in all other sections.
Green feed is plentiful in nearly al places. and
.artIe are improving. The planting Of summer
.r5ens is IN progress In Southern California
The rainfall ol the preceding week was very
beneficial and the som is in very good eondi-
Ilou-
Dcciduous fruit trees are rapidly coming into
bloom in nearly all sections. and the present
outlook is good Cor excellent crops. The acre
axe ln truit trees and grapes has been con-
sldlrably increased II is reported that citrus
fruits .n Southern California were never in
better condition than II present. but owing 10
marked shortage OF cars picking may be tenn
porarily discontinued.
SACRAMENTO NALLEG-Warm, cloudy
weather prevailed most OF the week, with fire.
glelI showers. Tne moods have suDslded eN-
.t..r Oh reclaimed lands along Ine Sacra-
Il-lto RIVER, vnere the damage 20 crops wall
probably - heavy Ia other sections gram
.luriIues ln eNce.-eat concltlon ana ls In@Ails sing
lapil growth Green Iced j. abundant anu
taUrle are doing vel ne breaking OF tHe
..Vees and lOodlLg u the lONlanos WIZ PRIV
sHIr material ly reduce the grain crop but the
luL extent ol The loss VAL nol be knoMA until
mo lands are drained. r arm Work II prosl 50
ans slowly owing the heavy condiuon OF the
5..,- - s,1-s Ieeio1ous fruits are in ex-
...Iftnf condition. Almonds are setting ana
e55ksT aNB BAY sECTIoNs-The weather
c,rrinued warm and very favorable for crops
during the week. Light rain fell al lnlerFAis
fn nearly all sections. The observer al Peacn-
land reports tle seasonal ralIliaL % 5 -aeISH 3,
san Francisco and vicinity sunday evening, ac-
companieo by a heaNy shoNsr. me - : ar @ Stos =
Dr. now II very Eooa coheitloh 49, 40 = - 80
rapidly in all districts, and the OUTLOOK lor
large yield is considered excellent Oreeh leeo
ts nreuffful Farm work has Deen sustelqe0
Ia most of the northern sections, but Is pro-
crossing IN the central ana southern districts
f,eci6-l6ls rrsit buds are swelling rapidly and
some varieties Of early fruits are In fuu bloom
saN ToAoF-TN VkII,EY-The weather dur
ing fhc fore part Of the week was cloudy with
gsod rains and the latter part clear and warm;
These conditions were most favorable Tor All
growing crops and green iced Grain ano grass
are making rapid growth and green feeo Is
plertiful ID most sections. Much Of the low
lands northeast Of stockton and some OF tne
Islands IL the san Joaquin were flooded by
breaking OF the levees and crops seriously
damaged The water is falling fast and
some of the OvcrfioWed land Will be planted
later in potatoes. In many places the ground
that was TOO dry for winter plowing IS now
heinp sllmuaer-f Ia lowed Apric0ts almonds and
plums are IN bloom. Irrigation water Is plen-
tif1l stock are thin. bat improving rapidly
Heavy snow is reported in the Sierras-
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-The weather
with light westerly WINDS. and conditions were
fav0ra BE FOR al crops The rain at the close
of the preceding week was very beneficial,
nearly an ~ il having been absorbed by the
soil Grain Is looking well ana making rapid
growth. with the customary spring rains II Is
probable that q fair crop VIII be raised Green
reed is becoming plentiful on the hills and in
the valleys and cattle are improving Garden
making Is progress Citrus fruits were
never IN better condition. ard all other fruit
trees are looking well.
LOS ANGELES SUMMARH-Crops generally
made good growth and viii not suffer for rain
TOR a week or ten days. Grain. with good
snring rains. will make fair hay crop Oranges
are orerrfpe IN some places and dropping.
ET-PFKk SIAIMARY-Owing 70 continuous
rsfnv weather AL farm work IL suspended. The
warm temperature caused grass and fall grain
70 make rapid growth.