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during the last two days of the previous week, were more general and 

 the rainfall heavier than was indicated in the last bulletin. Corn has 

 made rapid progress and is now up to the normal stage of growth for July 

 4th. Much of it has been laid by with the fields clean and the soil in 

 good condition. Hay making is in progress and the crop, although lighter 

 than for the past few years, is being secured in good condition. Small 

 grain is holding its own against the drouthy conditions and with the ex- 

 ception of a few localities where showers have not occurred, is in very 

 good condition and gives promise of good yields. Winter wheat harvest 

 has begun in some of the southern counties and many fields of barley 

 and early oats will be ready for the binder during the coming week. Pas- 

 tures and early potatoes have been seriously injured by the dry weather 

 and late potatoes would be improved by rain. 



Bulletin No. 14. — July Uf. The weather during the past seven days 

 has been ideal for haying, harvesting, and laying by the remainder of the 

 corn crop; the general conditions being somewhat more favorable than 

 during the previous week. The excessive temperature was not as great 

 and showers were more general although the rainfall was very light 

 over the larger part of the state, and practically nil over the eastern 

 counties until Saturday evening. Copious to heavy and well distributed 

 showers occurred over the northwestern and north central districts on 

 the 6th and again on the 9th, and reports indicate much improvement in 

 crop conditions in those sections. While the drouth has continued over 

 the larger part of the state, corn and small grain have made considerable 

 advancement. Small grain is filling and ripening nicely except in a few 

 localities where the drouth has been of long duration. Corn has made 

 rapid growth and shows little or no effect of dry weather. It has, how- 

 ever, reached that stage of development where it will require more moist- 

 ure to keep up its normal growth than it has had in the past few weeks. 

 Good progress has been made in haying and the conditions have been 

 favorable for securing an excellent quality of hay, although the yield is 

 below the average. The bulk of the winter wheat is in shock and many 

 fields of barley and early oats have been cut, with prospects of fair to good 

 yields and excellent quality of all small grain. Potatoes and pastures 

 need rain badly. 



Bulletin No. 15. — July 17. Though the maximum temperatures on the 

 16th were up to or near the century mark, the mean temperature of the 

 past week was about 2 degrees below the seasonable average. The rainfall 

 was decidedly below the normal although heavy showers occurred in the 

 northwestern, the extreme east central and southeastern counties, and 

 light to moderate showers were reported from all other sections except 

 the northeastern counties where the drouth has been the most severe. 

 With the exception of the northeastern counties the rainfall has been suf- 

 ficient to keep up the rapid growth of corn but not enough to interfere 

 with the hay and small grain harvest nor for pastures and potatoes except 

 in the localities where heavy showers occurred. Early corn is beginning 

 to tassel and practically all of the late corn has been laid by with the 

 fields clean and the soil in fine tilth. Haying and small grain harvest are 



