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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



morning:, have greatly benefited pastures, put the soil in good condition 

 for fall plowing and permitted winter wheat seeding which is being pushed 

 rapidly, though late. The acreage will probably be reduced to a pre-war 

 basis. 



Corn matured and dried rapidly during the dry weather that prevailed up 

 to Saturday. Husking of the early varieties has already begun in the 

 northern half of the state. Cribbing will become general by October 10th- 

 15th, which is considerably earlier than usual. Light frost occurred in 

 several northwest counties from the 22d to 25th, and heavy frost on the 

 25th nipped the corn leaves and killed tender garden truck in the ex- 

 treme northwest. 



Canning factories are drawing their operations to a close. The corn ear 

 worm became so serious toward the close of the season that the cost of pro- 

 duction was greatly increased. 



Commercial apples of the earlier varieties are being harvested in the 

 southwest counties. The vineyards of Pottawattamie county have pro- 

 duced well and a crop of excellent quality haS been gathered. 



The honey crop is good and the demand strong. 



As a whole the crop season has been very favorable. Temperatures were 

 generally above normal, but without extremes of heat. Rainfall, though 

 not ideally distributed as to time and place has evidently been generally 

 satisfactory to King Corn, who has prospered greatly, but as u^ual his 

 prosperity has been somewhat at the expense of the small grains and pota- 

 toes. Spring wheat and potatoes are poor crops. The hay crop i^ excellent. 

 Fruit, where well cared for, has given good returns. 



Total rainfall, 



CROP SEASON WEATHER. 1919. BY WEEKS, 

 mean temperature and mean sunshine with departures from the normal. 



Rainfall 

 (Inches) 



Temperaturel 



(Deg. Fahr.~)| Sunshine 



Week ending 



o 



S3 



a 

 a 



c?5 



i:^ 



<a 



April 29 



May 6 



May 13 



May 20 



May 27 



June 3 



June 10 



June 17 



June 24 



July 1.. 



July 8„ 



July 15 



July 22 



July 29 



August 5 



August 12 



August 19 



August 26 



September 2.. 

 September 9.. 

 September 16.. 

 September 23.. 

 September 30. 



0.8 

 1.7 

 0.4 

 0.6 

 0.2 

 2.1 

 2.1 

 0.9 

 0.7 

 0.2 

 0.7 

 1.6 

 0.0 

 0.1 

 1.1 

 0.8 

 0.8 

 0.2 

 0.1 

 0.2 

 0.4 

 3.1 

 1.6 



+ , excess: — , deficiency. 



IOWA CROP REPORT, MAY 1, 1919. 

 Reports to the Iowa "Weather and Crop Service from township corre- 

 spondents shows the condition of winter wheat to be 109 per cent, and 

 less than 1 per cent of the acreage seeded last fall will be plowed up or 

 abandoned for any cause; spring wheat, 98; tame hay, 101. Practically 



