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yields of oats and poor to good yields of wheat and flax. The third 

 crop of alfalfa was cut in some counties and was growing well in 

 others ; a good crop. Plowing for fall seeding progressed in some 

 counties, but was stopped in some by too much rain and in some 

 others by hard ground. 



The second week began cool, but soon changed to hot ; good rains 

 fell in the eastern half of the state, with fair rains in many counties 

 of the western half. The early corn was practically matured this week, 

 and cutting began in several of the central and southern counties ; 

 late corn was damaged some by the dry, hot weather of the central 

 and western counties. Prairie haying progressed rapidly, and a fine 

 crop was being put up. Thrashing continued and new wheat was 

 freely marketed. Apples a fine crop in some counties, poor in others ; 

 forage crops were in good condition. A fine crop of millet hay was 

 put up in the central northern counties. 



The first part of the third week was quite warm, cool the latter 

 part. Fine rains fell over the entire state, except the extreme south- 

 western counties and the north portion of the central northern coun- 

 ties, greatly imj^roving the late corn, but injuring wheat, oats and 

 flax in the shock, and stopping thrashing and plowing. Pastures, 

 alfalfa, range grass, forage crops and apples were greatly improved 

 by the rains and cooler weather. 



The fourth week was much cooler than the third, with heavy rains 

 over the northern and eastern counties, good rains through the central 

 and lighter showers in the southern counties. Corn, with few excep- 

 tions, was doing well, the cool, wet weather being decidedly beneficial 

 to the late corn, which was green and growing ; cutting early corn 

 continued ; new corn was being fed in some counties. Apples were 

 improved. The wet weather caused much wheat in stack to sprout, 

 and retarded haying, both alfalfa and prairie ; it improved forage 

 crops and pastures, but ruined many potatoes in the ground. 



SEPTEMBER. 



The month was cool ; the first week was very wet in the eastern 

 division'; with little or no rain in the middle and western divisions ; 

 the second and third weeks were dry, except in the extreme south- 

 eastern counties ; the last week was very wet, except in the extreme 

 southwestern counties. Wheat and rye sowing began the first week 

 and had become general by the third week. Corn cutting continued 

 in the central and northern counties, and husking in the central and 

 southern. Prairie haying was pushed in all parts, and a large crop 

 was put up. Plowing progressed. Much alfalfa seed was sown, but 

 all field-work was stopped by the heavy rains of the fourth Week. 

 Early-sown wheat and rye began coming up the second week, and by 



