EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART IX 



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OOMPARATIVE DATA FOR THE STATE— JUNE. 



JULY. 



Cool weather prevailed during the first two decades, after which It 

 was warm, with abnormally hot weather the last four days. Precipitation 

 was deficient, hut mostly well distributed till the last week of the month, 

 when the drought accompanied by high temperature and hot winds dam- 

 aged pastures, potatoes and garden truck. Corn which was 10 days to 

 two weeks late at the close of June, made phenomenal growth the last 

 half of July, but in the western part of the State the hot winds of the 

 closing days of the month rolled the leaves considerably in the daytime. 

 However, the abundant soil moisture caused a rapid recovery at night. 

 It was beginning to tassel in all sections on the 31st. The season was 

 generally favorable for small grain which, by the close of the month, 

 was mostly harvested and some threshed, showing large yields and good 

 quality. 



Destructive wind squalls attended thunderstorms over Dallas and Polk 

 counties between 7 and 10 p. m. of the 5th, unroofing many residences, 

 uprooting large oak, walnut and linden trees and demolishing farm 

 buildings. The destruction in the extreme western part of Des Moines 

 was unusually large. Excessive rain fell in Allamakee County and 

 adjacent territory in Wisconsin, on the 21st and 22d. At Lansing, the 



