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the central and southern counties there was much complaint of fly in the 

 early sown, and in some of the southeastern counties considerable dam- 

 age was done by grasshoppers. In some of the southern counties wheat 

 was needing- rain at the close of the month. Good stands of rye were 

 also reported. Apples were practically all gathered during the month 

 and were generally of fine quality, but there was complaint that they 

 were not keeping well, owing to the warm weather. Pastures became 

 short in a few of the eastern and southern counties, but elsewhere they 

 continued in good condition. 



November. — Tlie mean temperature of November, for the State, was 

 50.1 degrees, 6.8 degrees above the normal. Except in the northwest sec- 

 tion it was the warmest November of which there is any record in this 

 State. At St. Louis, where the record (including that at Jefferson Bar- 

 racks) extends to 1826, the highest November mean previously recorded 

 was 51. 4 degrees in 1830, while that of November, 1902, was 53.3 de- 

 grees. The highest local monthly mean, 55.3 degrees, occurred at Ca- 

 ruthersville, and the lowest, 41.6 degrees, at Maryville. The highest tem- 

 perature recorded was 85 degrees, at Zeitonia on the 13th, and the low- 

 est, 18 degrees, at Maryville and Oregon on the 27th. The average num- 

 ber of days with minimum temperature below 32 degrees was 6. The 

 precipitation of the month exceeded the normal amount over nearly the 

 entire State, and was heaviest in portions of the southern sections, where 

 the total fall ranged from 4 to over 6 inches. Over the remainder of 

 the State there was generally from 2 to 4 inches. The average precipita- 

 tion for the State was 3.52 inches, 1.05 inches in excess of the normal. 

 The greatest local monthly fall was 6.21 inches, at Olden, and the least, 

 1. 5 1 inches, at Conception. The snowfall of the month amounted to less 

 than I inch, except in portions of the northern sections, where it ranged 

 from I to 4 inches. The warm, showery weather caused wheat to make 

 n vigorous growth, but in some counties there was complaint that the 

 plants were being injured by rust. Much of the early sown, particularly 

 in the central and southern sections, was also injured liy fly. The bulk 

 of the crop, however, was sown late and was generally reported in excel- 

 lent condition. In some counties wheat became too rank and was past- 

 ured. In portions of the central and eastern sections the weather was 

 favorable for corn gathering, and in many locahties that work was com- 

 pleted, but in a majority of the northern and western counties it was 

 greatly retarded by the frequent rains and a large part of the crop still 

 remained in the fields at the close of the month. In some counties where 

 corn was down badly much of it was spoiled, and that in shock was also 

 damaged by the rains in some districts. Cotton picking was about 

 completed by the close of the month. Fall pastures were reported short 



