Weather, Crops, and Markets. Vol. 2, No. 6

Part 10

Chapter 102,175 wordsPublic domain

────────────┬──────────────────┬────────────────┬─────────────────────────── Districts │ │ │ and │ │ │ stations. │ Temperature. │ Precipitation. │ August normals. ────────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────┼────────────┬────────────── │ Week ending Aug. │Week ending Aug.│ │ │ 1. │ 1. │Temperature.│Precipitation. ────────────┼────────┬─────────┼──────┬─────────┼────────────┼────────────── │ │Departure│ │Departure│ │ │ │ from │ │ from │ │ │Average.│ normal. │Total.│ normal. │ │ ────────────┼────────┼─────────┼──────┼─────────┼────────────┼────────────── GULF STATES.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ ° │ ° │_Ins._│ _Ins._ │ ° │ _Ins._ Jacksonville│ 84│ +3│ 0.4│ ‒1.1│ 80│ 6.2 Miami │ 82│ 0│ 1.6│ ‒0.1│ 82│ 7.6 Key West │ 82│ ‒2│ 1.5│ +0.5│ 84│ 4.7 Tampa │ 84│ +2│ T.│ ‒2.2│ 81│ 8.6 Pensacola │ 82│ +1│ 0.1│ ‒1.8│ 81│ 7.2 Mobile │ 82│ +1│ 0.6│ ‒1.1│ 80│ 6.8 Montgomery │ 84│ +3│ 0.6│ ‒0.6│ 80│ 4.2 Anniston │ 80│ +2│ 0.7│ ‒0.7│ 76│ 4.5 Birmingham │ 82│ +1│ 1.5│ +0.1│ 79│ 4.5 Meridian │ 82│ +2│ 2.3│ +1.3│ 78│ 3.6 Vicksburg │ 82│ +1│ 0.7│ ‒0.3│ 81│ 3.5 New Orleans │ 84│ +2│ 0.1│ ‒1.0│ 82│ 5.6 Shreveport │ 84│ +1│ 0.2│ ‒0.7│ 81│ 2.2 Little Rock │ 84│ +3│ T. │ ‒1.2│ 79│ 3.6 Fort Smith │ 88│ +7│ T. │ ‒1.1│ 79│ 3.7 Bentonville │ 82│ +3│ 0.2│ ‒0.9│ 76│ 4.0 Oklahoma │ 88│ +8│ 0│ ‒0.7│ 78│ 3.2 Abilene │ 84│ +1│ 0│ ‒0.5│ 81│ 2.0 Fort Worth │ 88│ +4│ T. │ ‒0.6│ 83│ 1.9 Dallas │ 88│ │ T. │ │ │ Palestine │ 84│ +2│ T. │ ‒0.9│ 80│ 2.2 Taylor │ 86│ +3│ T. │ ‒0.7│ 82│ 2.5 Houston │ 84│ │ 0.1│ │ │ Galveston │ 82│ ‒1│ 0.1│ ‒0.8│ 83│ 5.0 Corpus │ │ │ │ │ │ Christi │ 84│ +1│ T. │ ‒0.4│ 82│ 2.3 San Antonio │ 84│ +1│ 0│ ‒0.5│ 82│ 2.7 Del Rio │ 84│ ‒2│ 0│ ‒0.5│ 84│ 2.6 OHIO VALLEY │ │ │ │ │ │ AND │ │ │ │ │ │ TENNESSEE. │ │ │ │ │ │ Memphis │ 84│ +3│ T. │ ‒0.9│ 79│ 3.2 Nashville │ 82│ +3│ 0.4│ ‒0.5│ 78│ 3.5 Chattanooga │ 82│ +4│ 1.0│ 0│ 76│ 3.8 Knoxville │ 80│ +4│ T. │ ‒1.0│ 75│ 4.0 Lexington │ 78│ +2│ 0.6│ ‒0.3│ 75│ 3.6 Louisville │ 80│ +1│ 1.7│ +0.9│ 76│ 3.5 Evansville │ 82│ +3│ 1.1│ +0.3│ 77│ 3.2 Indianapolis│ 76│ 0│ 0.2│ ‒0.7│ 74│ 3.3 Cincinnati │ 76│ 0│ 0.5│ ‒0.3│ 74│ 3.3 Dayton │ 76│ 0│ 0.6│ 0│ 73│ 3.0 Columbus │ 74│ ‒1│ 0.2│ ‒0.6│ 73│ 3.2 Parkersburg │ 76│ 0│ 0.5│ ‒0.3│ 73│ 3.5 Elkins │ 70│ ‒1│ 0.9│ 0│ 68│ 3.6 Pittsburgh │ 74│ ‒1│ 0.1│ ‒0.9│ 73│ 3.2 LAKE REGION.│ │ │ │ │ │ Canton │ 66│ ‒3│ 0.1│ ‒0.6│ 67│ 2.7 Syracuse │ 68│ ‒3│ T. │ ‒0.9│ 69│ 3.3 Oswego │ 68│ ‒2│ T. │ ‒0.7│ 69│ 2.7 Buffalo │ 70│ 0│ 0.2│ ‒0.5│ 69│ 3.0 Erie │ 70│ ‒1│ 1.3│ +0.5│ 70│ 3.3 Cleveland │ 72│ ‒1│ 0.6│ ‒0.2│ 70│ 3.2 Toledo │ 74│ +1│ 0.1│ ‒0.6│ 71│ 2.7 Detroit │ 74│ +2│ 0.2│ ‒0.6│ 70│ 2.8 Saginaw │ 72│ +1│ 0.8│ ‒0.1│ 69│ 2.9 Alpena │ 66│ 0│ 0.3│ ‒0.3│ 64│ 3.3 Grand Rapids│ 72│ ‒1│ 0.2│ ‒0.6│ 70│ 2.6 Chicago │ 74│ ‒1│ 0.1│ ‒0.8│ 73│ 2.9 Fort Wayne │ 74│ │ 0.9│ │ │ Milwaukee │ 72│ +2│ 0.1│ ‒0.5│ 69│ 2.8 Green Bay │ 70│ 0│ 0.8│ 0│ 67│ 3.1 Escanaba │ 66│ ‒1│ 2.2│ +1.4│ 64│ 3.6 Ludington │ 68│ │ 0.3│ │ │ Sault Ste. │ │ │ │ │ │ Marie │ 62│ 0│ 0.5│ ‒0.2│ 61│ 3.1 Marquette │ 66│ +1│ 0.2│ ‒0.4│ 64│ 2.9 Duluth │ 70│ +5│ 0.2│ ‒0.6│ 63│ 3.5 UPPER │ │ │ │ │ │ MISSISSIPPI │ │ │ │ │ │ VALLEY. │ │ │ │ │ │ St. Paul │ 72│ 0│ 0│ ‒0.8│ 69│ 3.5 La Crosse │ 72│ ‒1│ 0│ ‒0.8│ 70│ 3.4 Madison │ 72│ ‒1│ 0│ ‒0.6│ 70│ 3.2 Charles City│ 70│ ‒4│ 1.1│ +0.4│ 71│ 3.4 Dubuque │ 72│ ‒3│ 0.6│ ‒0.3│ 72│ 3.0 Davenport │ 74│ ‒1│ 0.8│ +0.1│ 73│ 3.6 Des Moines │ 78│ +2│ 1.2│ +0.4│ 73│ 3.6 Keokuk │ 78│ +1│ 0.7│ ‒0.3│ 75│ 3.2 Peoria │ 76│ +1│ 1.1│ +0.5│ 72│ 2.9 Terre Haute │ 78│ │ 0.8│ │ │ Springfield,│ │ │ │ │ │ Ill. │ 78│ +2│ 1.0│ +0.4│ 74│ 2.8 Hannibal │ 80│ +3│ 0.9│ +0.1│ 75│ 3.4 St. Louis │ 82│ +2│ 0.7│ ‒0.1│ 77│ 2.7 Cairo │ 84│ +5│ 0│ ‒0.9│ 77│ 2.9 PACIFIC │ │ │ │ │ │ COAST. │ │ │ │ │ │ Tatoosh │ │ │ │ │ │ Island │ 52│ ‒4│ 0│ ‒0.3│ 55│ 2.1 Seattle │ 62│ ‒2│ 0│ ‒0.1│ 63│ 0.5 North Head │ 54│ ‒4│ T. │ ‒0.1│ 58│ 0.6 Portland, │ │ │ │ │ │ Oreg. │ 66│ ‒2│ 0│ ‒0.1│ 67│ 0.6 Roseburg │ 68│ ‒1│ 0│ 0│ 68│ 0.3 Eureka │ 54│ ‒2│ 0│ 0│ 56│ 0.1 Red Bluff │ 86│ +4│ 0│ 0│ 80│ T. Sacramento │ 78│ +4│ 0│ 0│ 73│ T. San │ │ │ │ │ │ Francisco │ 58│ 0│ 0│ 0│ 58│ 0 Fresno │ 84│ +1│ 0│ 0│ 81│ 0 San Luis │ │ │ │ │ │ Obispo │ 66│ +2│ 0│ 0│ 64│ T. Los Angeles │ 70│ ‒1│ 0│ 0│ 71│ 0 San Diego │ 68│ 0│ T. │ +T. │ 69│ 0 ATLANTIC │ │ │ │ │ │ COAST. │ │ │ │ │ │ Eastport │ 58│ ‒4│ 0.6│ ‒0.1│ 61│ 3.3 Portland, │ │ │ │ │ │ Me. │ 66│ ‒3│ 0.1│ ‒0.8│ 66│ 3.6 Burlington │ 66│ ‒2│ T. │ ‒0.9│ 66│ 4.0 Northfield │ 64│ ‒2│ T. │ ‒1.1│ 63│ 3.9 Concord │ 66│ ‒4│ T. │ ‒1.0│ 67│ 3.7 Boston │ 70│ ‒2│ 0.1│ ‒0.9│ 70│ 4.0 Nantucket │ 66│ ‒3│ 0.3│ ‒0.4│ 68│ 3.0 New Haven │ 70│ ‒2│ 0.2│ ‒1.2│ 70│ 5.0 Albany │ 70│ ‒2│ 0.5│ ‒0.4│ 70│ 4.0 Ithaca │ 68│ ‒3│ T. │ ‒0.9│ 69│ 3.2 Binghamton │ 68│ ‒2│ 0│ ‒0.9│ 68│ 3.4 New York │ 70│ ‒5│ 0.1│ ‒1.2│ 73│ 4.5 Scranton │ 68│ ‒4│ 2.0│ +0.8│ 69│ 4.2 Harrisburg │ 72│ ‒3│ 1.0│ ‒0.3│ 72│ 4.2 Philadelphia│ 74│ ‒2│ T. │ ‒1.4│ 74│ 4.6 Trenton │ 72│ ‒3│ T. │ ‒1.2│ 73│ 5.4 Atlantic │ │ │ │ │ │ City │ 72│ ‒1│ 0.4│ ‒0.6│ 72│ 4.3 Baltimore │ 74│ ‒4│ 0.3│ ‒1.0│ 76│ 4.2 Washington │ 74│ ‒3│ 1.4│ 0│ 74│ 4.4 Norfolk │ 78│ 0│ 1.4│ ‒0.1│ 77│ 6.0 Richmond │ 76│ ‒3│ 0.2│ ‒0.9│ 78│ 4.4 Lynchburg │ 76│ ‒2│ 0.2│ ‒0.9│ 76│ 4.2 Wytheville │ 74│ +1│ 0.5│ ‒0.7│ 70│ 4.5 Asheville │ 74│ +2│ 0.2│ ‒1.0│ 70│ 4.8 Charlotte │ 80│ +1│ T. │ ‒1.5│ 77│ 5.6 Raleigh │ 78│ ‒1│ 0.5│ ‒1.2│ 77│ 5.9 Hatteras │ 80│ +2│ 0.9│ ‒0.5│ 78│ 5.8 Wilmington │ 80│ +1│ 2.4│ +0.7│ 78│ 6.5 Charleston │ 84│ +2│ 1.5│ ‒0.1│ 81│ 7.0 Greenville │ 80│ │ 0.1│ │ │ Columbia, S.│ │ │ │ │ │ C. │ 82│ +1│ 3.0│ +1.2│ 80│ 6.8 Augusta │ 84│ +3│ T. │ ‒1.3│ 80│ 5.6 Atlanta │ 82│ +4│ 1.2│ ‒0.2│ 77│ 4.5 Macon │ 84│ +4│ T. │ ‒1.4│ 78│ 4.2 Savannah │ 84│ +3│ 1.8│ +0.3│ 79│ 7.5 Thomasville │ 84│ +2│ 0.1│ ‒1.2│ 81│ 5.0 MOUNTAIN │ │ │ │ │ │ REGION. │ │ │ │ │ │ Havre │ 68│ ‒1│ 0.2│ ‒0.2│ 65│ 1.3 Kalispell │ 66│ +1│ T. │ ‒0.1│ 63│ 0.9 Helena │ 68│ 0│ 0.1│ ‒0.1│ 66│ 0.7 Sheridan │ 70│ +3│ 0.1│ │ 65│ Lander │ 72│ +3│ T. │ ‒0.1│ 66│ 0.5 Cheyenne │ 68│ 0│ 0.6│ +0.2│ 66│ 1.5 Grand │ │ │ │ │ │ Junction │ 76│ ‒3│ 0.3│ +0.1│ 76│ 1.0 Denver │ 74│ +1│ 0.9│ +0.5│ 71│ 1.3 Pueblo │ 74│ ‒1│ 0.2│ ‒0.3│ 72│ 1.6 Amarillo │ 80│ +4│ 0│ ‒0.5│ 75│ 2.8 El Paso │ 80│ 0│ T. │ ‒0.4│ 79│ 1.7 Roswell │ 80│ +1│ T. │ ‒0.6│ 77│ 1.5 Santa Fe │ 68│ 0│ 0.6│ 0│ 67│ 2.4 Flagstaff │ 64│ ‒1│ 0.9│ +0.4│ 63│ 3.3 Phoenix │ 88│ ‒3│ 0.1│ ‒0.2│ 89│ 1.0 Yuma │ 90│ ‒2│ T. │ 0│ 90│ 0.4 Independence│ 76│ ‒3│ T. │ 0│ 76│ 0.1 Tonopah │ 72│ ‒2│ 0│ ‒0.1│ 72│ 0.4 Modena │ 70│ 0│ 0.7│ +0.3│ 69│ 1.8 Salt Lake │ │ │ │ │ │ City │ 78│ +1│ 0│ ‒0.1│ 74│ 0.8 Reno │ 72│ +3│ T. │ 0│ 67│ 0.2 Winnemucca │ 70│ ‒3│ T. │ +T. │ 71│ 0.2 Pocatello │ 74│ +2│ T. │ ‒0.1│ 70│ 0.6 Boise │ 76│ +2│ T. │ 0│ 72│ 0.2 Lewiston │ 78│ +3│ 0│ ‒0.1│ 74│ 0.4 Baker │ 68│ +2│ T. │ ‒0.1│ 65│ 0.4 Walla Walla │ 76│ +1│ 0│ ‒T. │ 74│ 0.4 Spokane │ 72│ +2│ T. │ ‒0.1│ 68│ 0.5 MISSOURI │ │ │ │ │ │ VALLEY. │ │ │ │ │ │ Springfield,│ │ │ │ │ │ Mo. │ 80│ +3│ 2.4│ +1.4│ 75│ 4.3 Columbia, │ │ │ │ │ │ Mo. │ 82│ +5│ 1.2│ +0.6│ 75│ 3.0 Kansas City │ 80│ +2│ T. │ ‒1.1│ 76│ 4.8 St. Joseph │ 80│ │ 0.1│ │ │ Topeka │ 82│ +4│ 0.6│ ‒0.5│ 76│ 4.3 Iola │ 82│ +3│ 0.1│ ‒0.7│ 76│ 3.5 Wichita │ 82│ +2│ T. │ ‒0.8│ 78│ 3.1 Dodge City │ 82│ +4│ 0│ ‒0.7│ 76│ 2.6 Concordia │ 78│ ‒1│ 0.2│ ‒0.6│ 76│ 2.8 North Platte│ 76│ +3│ 0.7│ 0│ 71│ 2.5 Lincoln │ 76│ ‒1│ 1.5│ +0.7│ 74│ 3.7 Omaha │ 76│ ‒1│ 2.1│ +1.2│ 74│ 3.6 Sioux City │ 74│ ‒1│ 4.7│ +3.9│ 73│ 3.0 Valentine │ 74│ 0│ 1.6│ +0.8│ 71│ 2.8 Rapid City │ 70│ ‒1│ 1.2│ +0.6│ 69│ 2.1 Pierre │ 74│ ‒2│ 1.0│ +0.5│ 73│ 2.0 Huron │ 72│ 0│ 0.4│ ‒0.2│ 69│ 2.6 Moorhead │ 74│ +6│ T. │ ‒0.6│ 66│ 3.1 Devils Lake │ 70│ +2│ 0.2│ ‒0.5│ 65│ 2.8 Bismarck │ 70│ 0│ 2.0│ +1.6│ 67│ 2.0 Williston │ 70│ 0│ 0.9│ +0.5│ 68│ 1.3 ────────────┴────────┴─────────┴──────┴─────────┴────────────┴──────────────

NOTE.—T indicates amount too small for measurement.

Footnote 1:

5‒year average.

Footnote 2:

Cars of 500 bus. each in intermediate States and 530 bus. each in early States.

Footnote 3:

California (southern district), Louisiana, and Texas (southern district).

Footnote 4:

Week ending Friday, July 28.

Footnote 5:

Denver not included.

Footnote 6:

The quantities in this column include fish frozen when imported which do not appear in the fourth column.

Footnote 7:

Catfish, flounders, pike perches, and pike or pickerel scup, shellfish, sturgeon or spoonbill cat, and suckers were included with miscellaneous frozen fish prior to July 15, 1922.

Footnote 8:

Ciscoes were combined under one heading prior to Jan. 15, 1922.

Footnote 9:

Steelhead trout were included with salmon (all other) prior to Jan. 15, 1922.

Footnote 10:

Flats.

Footnote 11:

Revised figures, including late reports.

Footnote 12:

Total stocks include all stocks held by manufacturers reporting.

Footnote 13:

Unsold stocks include that portion of total stocks not covered by current sales or future delivery contracts.

Footnote 14:

Prices reported per pound for case goods apply to milk powder packed in 1‒lb cans.

Footnote 15:

Includes the highest and lowest prices reported.

Footnote 16:

Includes the highest and lowest “Bulk of Sales” prices reported by different firms.

Footnote 17:

Ky. Cobblers, 100 lbs.

Footnote 18:

Car-lot sales.

Footnote 19:

Kans. Early Ohios, sacked per 100 lbs.

Footnote 20:

Unit basis.

Footnote 21:

Per 100 melons.

Footnote 22:

Mo. Tom Watsons.

Footnote 23:

Tex., per 100 lbs.

Footnote 24:

Ark. Salmon Tints.

Footnote 25:

Ark. Elbertas.

Footnote 26:

Ill. early varieties.

Footnote 27:

Bulk per 100 lbs.

Footnote 28:

Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland, Me., and Newport News.

Footnote 29:

New Orleans, Galveston, Texas City, and Port Arthur, Texas.

Footnote 30:

Seattle, Portland, Oreg., Tacoma, Astoria, and San Francisco.

Footnote 31:

Hay quotations represent average of cash sales at these markets.

Footnote 32:

Nominal.

Footnote 33:

The differences are stated in terms of hundredths of a cent per pound. By “On” is meant that the stated number of points is to be added to the price of Middling and by “Off” is meant that the stated number of points is to be subtracted from the price of Middling.

Footnote 34:

These grades are not tenderable on future contracts made subject to section 5 of the United States cotton futures act as amended, on the future exchanges at New York and New Orleans.

Footnote 35:

On.

Footnote 36:

Total sales.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 3. Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter. 4. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 5. Enclosed bold font in =equals=. 6. Superscripts are denoted by a caret before a single superscript character or a series of superscripted characters enclosed in curly braces, e.g. M^r. or M^{ister}.