FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 829 



Bulletin No. 21, for the week ending August 24. — High temperatures 

 continued until Thursday night, and this, with excessive humidity, made 

 the weather conditions oppressive during the first four days. The last 

 three days were clear, cool and pleasant. The rain fall was unevenly 

 distributed; the larger amounts being recorded in the northern and a 

 few of the southeastern counties; but it was generally ample for th.e 

 needs of all growing crops and for fall plowing and seeding, except in 

 the southwestern district where the amounts were small. Some of the 

 local showers, in the northern counties, on the night of the 17th were 

 accompanied by heavy rain, high winds and severe electrical storms 

 whicn. did considerable damage to buildings and blew down much of 

 the corn. The rains have been of great benefit to late corrf, late potatoes 

 and pastures, but were insufficient in the southern part of the state to 

 have any effect on the failing wells. Corn is making rapid advancement 

 toward maturity, and some of the early planting will be safe from harm 

 by frost by the end of the coming week. While corn has been materially 

 injured by the drought, and especially in tae southern districts, the 

 state as a whole will produce a full average crop. With normal weather 

 during the remainder of the season the average yield will not be less 

 than thirty-five bushels per acre. If this estimate is realized the state 

 will produce about 330,000,000 bushels. Rapid progress has been made 

 in threshing, and this work is nearly finished over the southern half 

 of the state. The average yields of grain, as given in the former bulletins, 

 are being maintained. Where the rainfall has been sufficient, fall plow- 

 ing and the preparation of the ground for fall seeding is being pushed. 

 Pastures have been greatly benefited. 



Bulletin No. 22, for the week ending August 31. — Although the nights 

 were cool the days were hot, making the average daily temperature about 

 five degrees above the normal. The sunshine was excessive; there being 

 scarcely any cloudiness until Saturday afternoon, and there was prac- 

 tically no rainfall in the state until Sunday morning, and then only a 

 few light showers in the northeastern counties. Corn is doing as well 

 as could be expected under the present conditions. In the southern part 

 of the state, where the drought has been most severe, much of the early 

 planted corn is dry enough to cut, and the binders are at work in some 

 fields. Under the effects of the rains of two weeks ago late corn is 

 filling out fairly well, and in the northern counties where the rainfall 

 has been the most plentiful the crop will be fully up to if not above the 

 average of past years, but elsewhere the present dry, hot weather in 

 forcing it toward maturity too rapidly for the best results. The dry 

 weather is also damaging apples, pastures and late potatoes, and delaying 

 plowing. In southern districts wells are again failing and pastures are 

 brown. In some sections stock is being given almost full winter rations. 



Bulletin No. 33, for the week ending September 7. — The past week 

 was the hottest ever before recorded in the state dcring September. The 

 daily maximum temperatures were above 90 degrees in practically all 



