620 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VIII 



trerae northern counties and several localities report this work one-fourth 

 done. Yields of oats are generally better than expected and the quality- 

 would have been very good but for the rain damage. Winter wheat yields 

 are slightly above the average. Considerable is going from machine to 

 market at $1.00 per bushel. 



Abundant moisture and greater warmth pushed corn ahead at a normal 

 rate. Practically all is tasseled, much is silked and large ears are seen in 

 the earliest fields in all portions of the State. The outlook for this crop is 

 promising. 



Potatoes were greatly favored by the cool, moist July and the outlook for 

 this crop is better than for several years, at this time of the year. The acre- 

 age is, however, rather small, due to repeated failures in recent years. 

 Cabbage, onions, tomatoes, melons and other truck crops have made good 

 progress. Apples are unusually abundant and where sprayed the crop is of 

 excellent quality. Peaches, pears and plums are in excellent condition. 



Recent rains have started honey producing plants to blooming freely and 

 a very good late flow of honey is indicated. Buckwheat looks good. 



Pastures, second growth clover and third growth alfalfa are making un- 

 usual progress for the time of year. Some alsike and medium red clover 

 seed from first cutting has been thrashed and the yields are reported good. 

 Timothy seed thrashing, though delayed by wet weather, has made good 

 progress and the yields are satisfactory. 



Bulletin No. 18, August 8, 1922 — 



Little or no rain over most of the State, seasonable temperature and nor- 

 mal sunshine were favorable conditions for finishing the harvest in the 

 northern counties and for drying the shocked grain; and with ample soil 

 moisture from previous rains corn made very good progress. 



Thrashing was nearly suspended till after the middle of the week. The 

 wet bundles could scarcely be fed through the machines and the thrashed 

 grain heated in the bins. Strong northerly winds with low humidity set in 

 Sunday night, drying the grain rapidly so that shocked thrashing and 

 stacking are making rapid progress. For the State as a whole not more 

 than one-fourth of the thrashing has been done. Yields of oats, especially 

 late oats, are turning out better than expected and in general will prob- 

 ably be up to or slightly above the 10-year average and considerably 

 better than last year. 



Corn made good progress. Roasting ears are reported in the earliest 

 fields in the southern counties and the milk stage in the northwest. In 

 general the crop is about 10 days later than last year, but with normal 

 weather a good crop is indicated. 



Abundant soil moisture has made plowing easy and a good beginning has 

 been made in some localities. A large acreage of fall wheat will be seeded 

 in Taylor county. 



Truck crops, potatoes and pastures are in good to excellent condition. 

 Considerable commercial cabbage has been shipped from Mitchell county 

 and onions are maturing gradually and will be a good crop. Tomatoes have 

 set a good crop and are ripening rapidly. Late potatoes are more promis- 

 ing than for several years. The peach crop will be the largest for several 

 years. Apples are so abundant that there is no market for them and they 

 are rotting or being fed to hogs. Early grapes are beginning to turn, and 

 a heavy crop is indicated. 



Bulletin No. 19, August 15, 1922 — 



Rainfall of the week was normal or above in the south-central, central and 

 north-central districts and portions of the southwest and west-central dis- 

 tricts, but deficient elsewhere. Temperatures were abnormally low at the 

 beginning of the week but became higher toward the close and reached 90 

 degrees or higher at many stations on Monday, 13th. Sunshine was defi- 

 cient in the northeast and above normal in the southwest portion of the 



