ELEVENTH ANNUM. YEAK HOOK PAKT I :',l 



ports indicate some winter killing, especially in western and southern 

 counties. The indications are favorable for an increased acreage of oats. 

 Many potatoes have been planted. Good seed corn is scarce. 



Bulletin No. 2. — April 11. The first half of the week was warm with 

 occasional light to moderate, but well distributed showers. The latter 

 part was much colder, ending with the temperature 8 to 15 degrees below 

 the freezing point and general snow flurries. The precipitation was 

 timely and very beneficial especially in western sections where drouthy 

 conditions had prevailed for seven weeks, but there was not enough of it 

 to materially interfere with field work until Saturday. As yet it is not 

 possible to ascertain the extent of damage caused by freezing weather to 

 fruits, garden truck and early seeded cereals, but fruits and garden truck 

 are undoubtedly seriously injured. The soil is in fine working condition, 

 and rapid progress was made in plowing and preparing for corn plant- 

 ing. Considerable corn was planted in nearly all sections of the state 

 and some of it is up. Grass and all small grains were doing well until 

 Saturday, but the snow and freezing temperature will check the growth 

 of grass, and has to some extent injured the grain crops. 



Bulletin No. 3. — April 2-'/. The week opened and closed with abnor- 

 mally cold weather; the minimum temperatures on four clays were 3 to 

 12 degrees below the freezing point. The precipitation was decidedly be- 

 low the normal and nearly all of it was in the form of snow. High 

 winds and northwest gales prevailed on several days and there was a 

 great deficiency of sunshine. In fact it was one of the most unfavorable 

 weeks, from an agricultural standpoint, we have had in many years. 

 Fruits and garden truck were practically all killed, except possibly some 

 of the latest varieties. Reports vary as to whether or not small grain 

 has been injured by the freezing weather, but there is no doubt but 

 what the vitality of the plants has been seriously taxed, and their growth 

 has been given a setback. The high winds certainly caused a great deal 

 of damage to small grains, especially in the northwestern counties. Corn 

 planting has been discontinued but fair progress has been made in pre-< 

 paring corn ground and 75 to SO per cent of the plowing has been done. 

 While pastures and meadows are in good condition, the grass is growing 

 very slowly and warm soaking rains are needed at once to insure a normal 

 hay crop. 



Bulletin No. 4. — May J. The fore part of the week was unseasonably 

 '•old, with freezing temperature and snow flurries over the larger part 

 of the state, but Thursday and Friday were excessively hot with high 

 winds. The maximum temperature of those days ranged from 90 to 

 98 degrees, which caused an excess of temperature for the week. The 

 precipitation was very light and at many stations, especially in the 

 western portion of the state, it was nil. Reports indicate that the hot, 

 dry winds and general drouthy condition, following so closely after the 

 severe freezing weather, are affecting the grass and small grain crops 

 in the western districts where the drouth has been the most severe. But 

 for the state at large, those crops are in good condition generally. Rain 

 is, however, needed in all districts to soften the surface soil and to start 



