The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-25
RAINS OF PAST WEEK WERE
BENEFICIAL TO THE GROW
ING GRAIN
Cool Weather Greatly Retarded the
Growth of Garden Truck, Berries
and Big Fruit

Seattle by Director Salisbury, the past
err, with frequent and copious rains,
except in the middle counties, where
they were lighter and less frequent.
The temperature each day was about
five degrees below normal, and there
were heavy frosts on the 17tn and 18th
in several districts.
The rains will probably be very ben
eficial to grains of all kinds later on,
as it will make an abundant store of
moisture in the soil when the weather
becomes warm and dry. But the cool
weather with lack of sunshine, has
greatly retarded the growth Of all crops
except, perhaps, wheat and oats. Gar
dens are particularly backward. The
pies, cherries, ETC., nipped field and
garden vegetables and cut down wheat
and barley on low lands. On the high
lands there was no injury to wheat.
The spring wheat will recover, but the
frosted winter wheat was too far ad-
vanced to recover so as to make grain.
However, the proportion of winter
wheat in the district where tie injury
occurred was relatively small.
For the most part both winter and
spring wheat, as we'll as oats and bar.
ley, while not growing fast at present
are in a very promising condition, an3
will make rapid progress with the first
warm weather. Hops are doing well.
There were some high winds in the
eastern counties, doing some damage
to orchards. In the southern counties
haying and strawberry picking have
begun. The following reports of COR
respondents will show conditions:
Spokane County.
Chattaroy-Hay, grain and range in
fine condition. Gardens are very back
ward and nearly all fruit damaged.
Hazard-Grain is growing rapidly. La
tah-Grain making rapid growth. Po-
tato planting in progress. Mead-Crops
doing we'll. Heavy frosts did much
damage to fruit and berries. Pleasant
Prairie-Crops and gardens making a
rapid growth since recent rains. Winter
Fall and spring wheat doing nicely. No
damage from frosts: Fruit trees BIOS
soming poorly.
Stevens County.
Daisy-The heavy frost of the 18th
damaged gardens. Fruit crop will be
light.
Big Bend Country.
Egypt-Upland orchards were in
jured some by frosts. Apple crop will
be light Crops looking better every
day. Wilson Creek-Alfalfa is making
fine growth. Wheat and oats are
making a slow Roadway owing to the
cold, windy and dry weather.
PaIouse Country.
AlUlOIl-AIl CIopS uOlIiS we'll. SOl-
fax-Fruit badly injured by frosts.
Grain crops in good condition. Gardens
are slow. Pullman-The frost dam
aged fruit and gardens. Fall wheat
growing nicely. Spring grain low.
Rosalia-Crops progressing very slow
ly. Sunset-The hard freeze on the
night of the 18th cut all the grain on
bottom lands to the ground. Fall
grain that was caught will not recover
to cut for grain, but so small a part of
crop in this region is fall grain that
the damage is slight. Spring grain
will revive and make grain, but is per-
manently damaged. The upland grain
was not hurt. Tekoa-Ideal growing
weather Gardens doing we'll. Hat
ton-Frost injured potatoes and small
stuff Grain doing very well. Lind
Condition and prospect for crops are
very good.
WaIla WaIIa Country
Clarkston-Some frost occurred dur
ing the week. but not much damage
was done. Beans and potatoes are
hurt some. Dayton-Severa1 sharp
frosts killed some of the tender gar
den truck Wheat and barley look well.
Corn is coming up. Some has rotted
in the ground.
kIickitat County.
Bingen-Crops are advancing salts
factorily. Everyone is busy haying or