732 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



tions was too far gone to recover. Late planted lowland corn also Suf- 

 fered, mainly due to the poor resistant conditions of the soil resulting from 

 saturation for a long period earlier in the season. 



Hundreds of reports from township crop reporters show the average con- 

 dition of corn on Augus't 1st to be 93 per cent or 5 per cent better than the 

 average of the last 10 years. The best corn is in the Mississippi river coun- 

 ties from Scott northward, where the condition ranges from 100 to 106 per 

 cent. Similar conditions prevail in Fayette, Bremer, Mitchell, Mahaska, 

 Sioux, Ida, Crawford, Shelby, Cass and Guthrie counties. In Blackhawk, 

 Monroe and Kossuth the condition is less than 80 per cent. 



Pastures averaged 95 per cent, or 11 per cent better than the 10-year aver- 

 age; potatoes 72, or 8 per cent poorer than the 10-year average. 



Winter wheat yields, from 435 reports, average 18.5 bushels per acre, or 

 2.4 bushels below the 10-year average and considerably under standard 

 weight; spring wheat, 445 reports, 10.2 bushels or 5.7 below the 10-year 

 average, and of such poor quality that much cannot be milled; early oatS, 

 523 reports, 33.3 bushels and 3.3 below the normal; late oats, 466 reports, 

 33 bushelsnbarley, 255 reports, 24.9 bushels; rye, 209 reports, 16 bushels: 

 tame hay, 582 reports, 1.8 tong; wild hay, 1.4 tons. 



The secretary of the State Horticultural Society reports the condition of 

 fruit on August 1st as follows: 



Summer apples, 55 per cent; fall apples, 44; winter apples, 27; pears, 17; 

 Americana plums, 15; Domestica plums, 13; Japanese plums, 9; grapes, 80 

 per cent of a full crop. The average of all fruits is 32.5 per cent. The 

 average of apples for the last 10 years is 46 per cent which is 4 per cent 

 higher than the crop this year. The failure of the Americana plums has re- 

 duced the general average of fruits thiS' year 25 per cent below the average 

 of the last ten years on this crop. Grapes are more promising, being 13 

 per cent above the 10-year average of this crop. Apples in commercial 

 orchards that have been sprayed, will be a fair crop of good quality, while 

 those from farm orchards that have not been cared for will be poor and 

 scarcely marketable on account of scab and worm injury. 



Bulletin No. 19, August 12, 1019 — 



Good rains in nearly all portions of the state improved the condition of 

 corn and pastures, but delayed thrashing and Slightly injured shocked grain 

 where the wind blew the caps off the shocks. In some of the southwest 

 counties corn has fired seriously and the rain came too late to fully re- 

 store it, but only a small per cent of the total area of the state was thus 

 affected. The crop is unusually variable in development, ranging from that 

 which is just beginning to shoot to that which is well past the roasting ear 

 stage and beginning to dent. Generally the ears have filled well, are 

 heavy and beginning to hang down. In many localities it is believed the soil 

 moisture is sufficient to insure the crop without further rain, but normal 

 rainfall during the remainder of August would no doubt be beneficial. In 

 ChickaSaw county it is reported that the crop will be safe from frost on 

 September 1st. 



Thrashing is about two-thirds done in the southern and one-third done in 

 the northern counties. The later thrashing returns are not reassuring. 



The rainS put the soil in good condition for plowing which was begun in 

 many sections preparatory to seeding winter wheat. 



The hot, dry summer seems to have injured potatoes beyond recovery, 

 though some remarkable recoveries late in the season are on record and 

 it is too soon to pronounce this crop a failure. 



Considerable damage from hail and wind iS reported in Clayton county. 

 Bulletin IVo. 20, Angrnst 19, 1919 — 



Good rains with moderate temperature and abundant sunshine were fa- 

 vorable for all growing crops. Corn made excellent progress. The ears 

 are filling well, much has reached the denting stage, and the husks are be- 



