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no com planting and only about 40 per cent of the spring plowing had 

 been done. Farm work was about 2 weeks later than normal. 



IOWA CROP REPORT. JUNE 1, 1919. 



Following is a summary showing the percentage condition of crops on 

 June 1. 



Corn, 95 per cent; oats, 98; spring wheat, 99; winter wheat, 107; barley, 

 98; rye, 101; flax, 98; potatoes, 97; tame hay, 102; wild hay, 100; pastures, 

 105; alfalfa, 102; sweet com, 97; pop com, 96 per cent. 



On May 15 only 40 per cent of the corn planting was done for the State 

 as a whole. In the drier counties, Shelby, Calhoun and Pocahontas, 70 

 per cent, or more had been completed, while from Jackson southwest to 

 Washington, thence westward to Union Counties only 5 to 20 per cent was 

 plantqd. Heavy rains on the 19th further retarded field work in the 

 southern division so that only 80 per cent of the corn planting had been 

 done up to the close of the month in Lucas county, but in Black Hawk, 

 Calhoun, Humboldt, Fremont and Page counties planting was finished, and 

 for the State as a whole 95 per cent was done on June 1. 



The secretary of the State Horticultural Society reports the condition of 

 fruit on June 1 as follows: "Apples, 66 per cent; pears, 45; Americana 

 plums, 49; Domestica plums, 44; Japanese plums, 34; cherries, 54; peaches, 

 3; grapes, 82; red raspberries, 84; black raspberries, 85; blackberries, 82; 

 currants, 72; gooseberries, 78; strawberries, 90 per cent of a full crop. 

 The average for all fruits is 62, a decline of 10 points since May 1." 



IOWA CROP REPORT, JULY 1, 1919. 



Reports from township correspondents showed the following average 

 condition of crops on July 1: Corn, 94 per cent; oats, 92; spring wheat, 

 90; winter wheat, 91; barley, 93; rye, 95; flax, 90; potatoes, 94; tame hay, 

 103; wild hay, 100; pastures, 106; alfalfa, 101; sweet corn, 96; pop corn, 

 96 per cent. The decline in winter wheat since June 1 is 16 per cent, yet 

 it is about the 10-year average. Spring wheat is 4 per cent below the 10- 

 year average. Corn is 2 per cent above the 10-year average. The condi- 

 tion of tame hay is 3 per cent higher than before reported in the last 

 10 years. 



Delay on the part of the township assessors in making their returns of 

 the acreage of the various crops in 1918, makes it impossible to complete 

 the acreage estimates of the Iowa Weather and Crop Service for the crops 

 of 1919, in time for publication in this issue, but they will appear in the 

 July report. 



The secretary of the state horticultural society reports the condition of 

 fruit on July 1 as follows: "Summer apples, 54 per cent; fall apples, 50; 

 winter apples, 40; pears, 16; Americana plums, 24; Domestica plums, 18; 

 Japanese plums, 17; cherries, 58; grapes, 85; red raspberries, 90; black 

 raspberries, 91; blackberries, 83; currants, 73; gooseberries, 80 per cen*^ 

 of a full crop. The average for all fruit is 47 per cent or one point below 

 the ten-year average for July, but is 15 points below that of last month, 

 the decline being caused by the heavy drop of apples, pears and plums. 

 The condition of the berry crop has improved slightly during the month 

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