Arizona republican., 1905-06-08
EXTRACTS FROM REPORTS OF
 CROP CORRESPONDENTS.
APACHE COUNTY.

l Alpine.-Week somewhat windy and frosty; planting nearly completed, and crops are making good growth; stock of all kinds are improving: water in streams lowering quite perceptibly-H. R. Burk
 | Pinto.-Very dry high winds all week; days warm. but nights too cool for garden growth; alfalfa in full bloom.-Mrs. c. F. Henning.
 COCHISE COUNTY. Pool.-The weather for the last two weeks has been quite warm. with cool nights and mornings, and considerable wind; hay crop is being gathered with only fair yield; barley crop, good yield; stock in fine condition; consid- erable movement of cattle, both as feed CTS and beef.-J. J. Pool.
 cocoNINO COUNTY.
 Flagstaff.-The weather continues cool with occasional light frosts, great ly retarding the growth of early gar dens; oat-sowing delayed on account of the scarcity of seed; just being com pleted. Early sown oats coming on finely; potato planting not finished; ranges excellent; warmer weather greatly needed.-A. E. Hackett.
 CHA COUNTY.
 Myrtle.-The week has been one of warm and delightful growing weather; cattle, sheep and horses are fat; corn and vegetables out of ground and look ing well; there will be about one-half of a fruit crop.-S. B. Henderson.
 Oxbow.-AH crops are doing well: grain harvest we'll under way; weather delightfully."- fine; stock and ranges in very good condition.-E. H. St. John
 Young.-Warm, and all vegetation ! with good stands; garden truck grow ing slowly; peach crop damaged some by blight; "black scale" damaging cher ries.-O. Leisure.
 GRAHAM COUNTY.
 Blue.-Planting about all done, ex- cept beans; cut worms doing consld- erable dameage to young corn; ranges are in fairly good condition, but light rains would prove highly beneficial to same; all stock in good condition; fruit prospects good.-C. B. Martin
 Fort Grant.-Potatoes in full bloom; corn growing nicely; days warm, nights cooi fruit prospects good; ranges. stock and cattle in good condition; water plentiful-J. s. Kennedy, M. D.
 Thatcher.-Tempera about de- grees higher this week; nights warm; crops doing fair, generally; worms bugs and other insects doing some damage.-J H. Larson
 MARIcoPA COUNTY.
 Buckeye.-Range feed becoming dry and short: stock looking we'll; corn all planted; second crop of alfalfa growing well; apricots and figs are ripe and plentiful; grain heading out nicely, some harvesting now on; large crop of grain-hay and alfalfa; plenty of water in river; work on canal and dam pro- gressing slowly.-C. G. Coy.
 Experiment Station Farm.-Moder- ately warm weather past week; good deal of irrigation required for all growing crops; ground drying out rapidly; early melons are of good size and will soon be ripening; corn and other forage crops considerably damaged by insects; second crop of al falfa rather nght.-A. J. Shamblin.
 Orme.-Weat warm with cool nights; grain-cutting in full operation; barley yielding well. both as to quan- tity and quality; wheat poor and very badly shrunk from rust; pastures good; stock fat.-J. P. Orme.
 Wickenburg-All kinds of crops are doing well; fruit promising: weather warm during day, but nights exceed ingly cool; vegetables, corn and sor- ghum much improved by heavy dew each morning; no mesquite beans have appeared yeti. J. Bachtiger.
 MOHAVE COUNTY.
 Littlefield.-Weather very changea- ble; crops growing nicely; early small grain is being harvested; second growth of alfalfa is commencing to bloom.-A.