618 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 



Potatoes, both early and late, have been seriously injured by the heat and 

 drouth. Unless general soaking rains come soon the crop will be nearly a 

 failure. Gardens and pastures have also suffered. 



The main honey flow is past and an excellent crop has been secured. 

 The flow from sweet clover continues. 



Bulletin No. 14, July 11; 1922 — 



Rainfall the past week exceeded one inch except in some west-central 

 counties. In large areas the rainfall was between three and four inches, 

 and in a few localities exceeded four inches. The drouth was effectually 

 broken, yet more rain will soon be needed in the west-central counties 

 where soil moisture is greatly deficient. For the State as a whole, June, 

 1922, was the driest June on record. 



Some local damage resulted from excessive rains, windsqualls and hail- 

 storms. In portions of Boone and Story counties hail, July 5, caused total 

 destruction of crops over considerable areas, amounting to hundreds of 

 thousands of dollars. Small grains were beaten down by the rain over 

 large areas. Temperatures and sunshine were noticeably deficient. 



Corn was greatly benefited by the rains and made good progress. The 

 earliest fields are beginning to show tassels in nearly all portions of the 

 State. About 85 per cent of the crop has been laid by. Reports from hun- 

 dreds of correspondents on July 1st showed the condition of the crop to be 

 about the 10-year average, and considerable improvement has occurred 

 since that time. 



Oats. July 1, showed the lowest percentage condition since 1911. The 

 cool, rainy weather of the past week will materially aid the filling of late 

 oats but came too late for early oats which are already being harvested. 

 Though the straw is short the grains are of good quality. 



Winter wheat harvest made rapid progress. More than half of the crop 

 is in shock. Good to excellent yield and quality are indicated. Spring 

 wheat has been seriously damaged in the large producing west-central 

 counties. The condition July 1 was the lowest since 1894. Poor results in 

 recent years have diminished the acreage so that this crop is now of rela- 

 tively little importance. Barley harvest is in progress. The condition of 

 this crop is the poorest since 1911. 



Late potatoes were greatly improved by the recent cool, cloudy and rainy 

 weather, but early potatoes were too far along to be helped. Cabbage, 

 onions and garden truck were also benefited. 



Hay making was greatly impeded by the rain. Considerable hay was 

 damaged in the making. The second cutting of alfalfa is in progress in 

 the west-central, alfalfa section, where the frequency and intensity of 

 rainfall has not greatly interfered. 



Bulletin No. 15, July 18, 1922 — 



Copious to excessive rains occurred this week in all but the extreme 

 northern and western counties. The rain was attended by strong wind and 

 hail in many localities. The principal damage so far reported is in Black 

 Hawk, Boone, Cerro Gordo, Fayette, Greene, Polk, Story and Wright 

 counties. Temperature and sunshine were again deficient. 



Harvesting and thrashing were delayed in the storm area. Unharvested 

 small grain, mostly oats, were beaten down by wind and rain over large 

 areas. Thrashing of winter wheat, barley and early oats, which was well 

 under way in the southern third of the State, was interrupted by the rains. 

 Shocked grain was saturated and in some cases had started to heat, germi- 

 nate and rot. The dry, sunny weather that is following will help to dry 

 the grain much of which will have to be spread out for this purpose. 

 Early thrashing returns show a yield of winter wheat slightly above the 

 average and quality excellent. The recent cool, moist weather has bene- 

 ficially prolonged the ripening of late oats. Early oats that have been 

 thrashed yielded a little better than was expected, though considerably 



