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crops, especially gardens, pastures, grasses, com and 

 oats. But the large number of rainy days greatly inter- 

 fered witli harvesting wheat and hay, the cultivation of 

 corn and tobacco and all farm work. Much com was 

 planted late, besides, as there had been considerable 

 overflowing of lowlands, much replanting was neces- 

 sary. Also, owing to contiaued rains, lands became 

 packed and grass and weeds were exuberant. A period 

 of fair weather from the 22d to the 27th gave an excel- 

 lent opportunity for harvesting wheat, and by the end 

 of the month this work was practically completed and 

 some threshing done. Considerable damage was done 

 in various localities by rain, wind and hailstorms, and 

 there was a number of fatalities and some destruction 

 of property from lightning. 



July. 



The weather during the first two weeks of July was 

 remarkably rainy and cool, rains occurring more or less 

 generally nearly every day, with many heavy damaging 

 showers in various localities, but particularly in the 

 central and northern portions of the State. During 

 these two weeks excessive rains and wet weather caused 

 serious damage to crops by the flooding of low lands, 

 the washing of the soil, and hindering of cultivation. 

 Wheat was badly damaged over large areas immediately 

 before and during harvest; also continued wet weather 

 at threshing time caused much loss. Com and tobacco 

 became weedy, cultivation being practically impossible 

 in many localities. Day temperatures rarely reached 

 95° in any part of the State previous to the 13th. At 

 Louisville a temperature as high as 90° was reached 

 for the first time this year on the 14th, which is ten days 

 later than the record for any previous year since the 

 records were begun in 1871. 



During the last two weeks, however, the weather 

 conditions were highly favorable, being much warmer 

 and dry with only occasional showers, and one or two 

 rainy days. But it was again quite cool in the period 

 21st-24th. 



