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the iiay crop will not be quite up to the average, it will be much better 

 than last year. Potatoes are fine, and in many localities there has been 

 sufficient rainfall to mature the early crop. Homegrown strawberries 

 of excellent quality are on the market. Cherries are ripening, and are 

 larger and of better quality than last season. Plums give promise of 

 good yield. 



Bulletin No. 11. — For the w-eek ending June 23. — The first four days 

 of the week were abnormally cool and generally cloudy with frequent, 

 but very light scattered showers. The last three days were moderately 

 warm, clear and pleasant, but the average temperature was about 8 de- 

 grees below the weekly normal. The rainfall was also much below the 

 average, but the rains of the previous week were sufficient to keep the 

 ground in fine condition. It has been too cool for the rapid growth of 

 corn, but the crop is doing as well as could be expected. It is, however, 

 small for the season, and very uneven in height. Some of it is just com- 

 ing up, while some is nearly knee high, and is being cultivated the third 

 time. The fields are generally very clean. Small grain is doing excep- 

 tionally well, though in a few localities some rust is reported in winter 

 wheat and smut in oats. Rye is beginning to ripen in the southern 

 counties, biit for the state as a whole the small grain harvest will be 

 about a week later than usual. Blue grass is much better than for the 

 past several years, but timothy and clover is variable; some sections 

 reporting very good crops, while in many localities they are light, and ■ 

 the average yield of hay will be a little below the average. Potatoes 

 continue very promising. Berries and cherries are of extra fine quality, 

 but the yields are below normal. Plums will be much above, and apples 

 below the average. 



Bulletin No. 12. — ^For the week ending June 30. — The past week was 

 very warm and unusually dry; the only rainfall reported being a few 

 local and generally light showers in the southwestern and southeastern 

 counties on one day. The high temperatures and bright sunshine have 

 been favorable for the rapid advancement of corn and curing clover hay. 

 Corn has made very rapid growth, but it is still uneven in height. Some 

 of it has been laid by, and all of the fields are clean. Some of the 

 late planted corn is beginning to show the effect of the dry weather, but 

 if rain comes within the next week or ten days it will continue to make 

 good progress. Early corn is in fine condition; the root system being 

 sufficiently developed to reach moist soil. The dry weather has also been 

 generally favorable for small grain in checking the development of rust 

 and smut, and stiffening the straw, thereby lessening the possibility of 

 lodging, Oats and other small grains have headed in all parts of the 

 state, and are filling well. Rye, fall wheat and early oats are beginning to 

 ripen in the southern counties and with favorable conditions the harvest 

 will begin during the coming w^eek. Considerable clover and some timothy 

 hay were put up in fine condition, and haying will be general in a few 

 days. While all crops are still in good condition, late potatoes, late planted 

 corn, pastures, garden truck and fruit would be benefited by rain. 



