FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 827 



benefit to corn, pastures, late potatoes and garden truck, but more rain 

 is needed for corn, which is beginning to tassel and will require plenty 

 of moisture to produce heavy earing. Apples continue to drop badly. 



Bulletin No. 16, for the week ending July 20. — The first four days of the 

 week were excessively hot, the daily maximum temperatures ranged 

 from 100 to 104 degrees, over the southern counties on one or more 

 days, and as the rainfall was inappreciable over the large part of the 

 state, late crops are beginning to feel the effect of the dry, hot weather. 

 Late oats, potatoes, garden truck and pastures have already been dam- 

 aged to some extent by the intense heat and lack of moisture. In some 

 localities, corn on light sandy soil is beginning to curl during the day, 

 but corn on good soil and in well cultivated fields is holding up re- 

 markably well and making rapid growth. All of the early planted 

 corn is in tassel and is earing nicely. The dry, hot weather has been 

 favorable for haying and harvesting and the time has been well im- 

 proved. Most of tn.e haying is finished and the crop has been secured 

 in excellent condition. Nearly all of the winter wheat and rye has been 

 cut and much of the early oats, barley and spring wheat and some 

 late oats is in shock. Threshing is progressing in southern counties, and 

 the early reports indicate more than an average crop of winter wheat 

 of extra good quality. Some fields yield from forty to fifty bushels 

 per acre, but the average will be about thirty bushels. Rain is needed 

 for all growing crops. 



Bulletin No. 17, for the week ending July 27. — Tfie past week has been 

 moderately cool and pleasant, with a marked deficiency of rainfall over 

 the southern half of the state, where the average amount of precipita- 

 tion was only .04 inch. Frequent and well distributed showers prevailed 

 over the northern half of the state, with an average of .81 inch for 

 the week. 



Haying is practically finished and the bulk of the small grain is in the 

 shock. Threshing is being rushed, and early reports indicate fair to 

 extra good yields. Late oats were damaged some by the hot weather 

 that prevailed during the third week of the month, but are turning out 

 better than ahticipated two weeks ■ ago. All growing crops are in a 

 flourishing condition in the northern counties, but corn, potatoes, pas- 

 tures and garden truck need rain badly in the southern half of the 

 state. In some localities in the southeastern counties, where there has 

 been only .0'5 inch of rain during the last thirty days, corn is firing 

 and is at a standstill, pastures are brown, late potatoes are dried 

 up and water for stock is getting scarce. The dry weather has, how- 

 ever, enabled farmers to secure the hay and small grain crops in good 

 condition. 



Bulletin No. 18, for tlie week ending August 3, 1M13. — The week was 

 hot and dry; the temperature being up to or about 100 degrees on two 

 days, and the rainfall was almost inappreciable, there being only a few 



