New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-08-06
CROP CONDITIONS FOR
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 3RD

The week was warm, partly
cloudy and favirable. Local thun-
derstorms occurred in north and
northwest counties, but rain is gem
orally needed in southern, where
ranges are browning up and deter
iorating. Elsewhere range con-
tinues good and stock generally Is
in good condition. The harvest Of
winter wheat and barley is beng
finished in northern and spring
wheat and oats is beginning, while
threshing continues in southern and
central counties. The third cut
ting of alfalfa is beginning in SOU
thern valleys, with good yield.
Cultivated crops-corn, beans, Ma
frs, sorghums, are dong we'll,
much corr ir roasting ear. Pota-
toes in the lorth are also goo. and
elton in sou-i. where it is fruit;ng
well. Shipments of cantaloupes,
pears and cabbage continue from
southern valleys, the cantaloupc
crop promising to be unusrall
large and fine
Vance jus. enough rain to keep
grass fairly green crops doing well.
Mountain Park: Moderate tenn
peraturc and light showers. Corn
vegetables md range fair; good
CaulIfiower, Fruit good apples =
little better than hall crop: spray
ms has kept worms TO a mir mum.
Lakewood High temperatures,
light scattered showers, and II
try needing rain. Some hail and
damaged to cotton, but crop gen
orally looking good. Third cutting
OF alfalfa in progress, range is
needing rain, but stock doing well,
Gardens doing nicely.
Pearl Range short but greenjng
up: good corn, also gardens.
Nirsylyia Moderate temperature
and light showers. Barley promiS-
Is excellent crop: oats good spring
wheat good, although short straw
almost ready to cut. Rye in
stack and winter wheat ripe. Pota-
toes very good: range short.
Bland Crops looking rather bad
ly from lack of sufficient rain in
sect damage and hot days. Range
fair. Vegetables and corn fair.
Greeks low.
Albuquerque: Favorable weather
for all crops, which are doing nice
ly. Range rather dry. Tomatoes
doing well and a good crop.
Pueblo: Cutting barley and win
ter wheat continues, with excellent
yields. Oats almost ready. Sec
ond cutting alfalfa heavier than
first. Pastures and range improved
by rains. Cabbages mostly de-
stroyed by insects.
Roswell Excess OF sunshine and
practically no rain. Cultivated
crop receiving heavy irrigation and
doing well: much corn in silk.
Third cutting alfalfa beginning.
Range only fair. except on the east
plains, good and much now deter
iorating and browning up.
Texico: Dryness beginning to at
feet range and crops but fine for
harvest and threshing. Range
fair: corn good. but unfavorable
weather for both.
Tres Piedras: Moderate tempera-
lures, with light showers. Corn
growing rapidly barley well head
ed: first cutting of rye in stack
Potatoes good and ready for home
use: field peas filling out nicely;
range good.
Chacon: Streams are nearly dry,
although some nearby showers.
E. Las Vegas: Outlook for corr
good rye turning out well. Rains
mostly in form OF local showers
and SINE fieide Of early sum uraiu
failing as rain missed them. falling
mostly in low valleys. Fall wheat
and rye coming through finely,
but spring grain not doing well.
Taos: Crops very good and winter
wheat about ready to cut. Some
patches OF young grasshoppers as
Arroyo Seco and Talpa but little
damage so far. Warm. showery,
favorable weather.
Weather Bureau Office, Santa Fe,
n. M.-Charles f. Linney. Metcoro-
logist.