The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-07-31
THE o IN JULY.

climate and crop bulletin of the
Weather Bureau, Missouri section,
for the week ending July 81, 1908.
The mean temperature of the
week just closed differed but little
from the normal. There was a
high percentage of sunshine and
the days were quite warm, but the
nights have been moderately cool.
Showers were quite general over
the State on the Dist, 22nd, 23rd,
but the rainfall was very unevenly
distributed, downpours of 3 to 5
inches occurring in some localities
in the southern and west-central
counties, while in many counties
there was less than half an inch.
Very severe wind and hail storms
occurred in a number of the west
central and northwestern counties,
and also in Laclede, Wright, Texas,
Douglas and Howell counties, de-
stroying considerable corn and
fruit and greatly damaging hay
and grain stacks. In a few of the
southern counties the rains have
interfered seriously with haying
and threshing and made the ground
too wet for cultivation, but over a
large portion of the state the soil
is becoming very dry and more
rain is greatly needed.
Where good showers have fallen
corr is making excellent progress,
but in many counties it is greatly
in need of rain and in a few of the
southwestern counties is being
seriously injured by the drouth, q
few correspondents reporting il
damaged one-fourth to one-half.
The crop is very uneven, some OF
the earliest in the southern coun.
ties being now in the roasting-ear
stage while there are many fields
that have not yet been laid by.
Replanted corn on overlooked
lands is generally doing finely
though in some Of the eastern
counties it is being injured by
chinch bugs and in others it is
suffering from lack of cultivation.
Much corr is tassellng low and the
outlook for the crop, as a whole,
is somewhat less promising than
at the close of the preceding week,
owing to the continued dry wealth.
err, but good rains within a few
days would u a marked i'm
provement. Cotton, in the south
eastern counties, is generally max
ing good progress and is fruiting
we'll. Millet, cow-peas and sorghum
are also doing we'll in most Sec
tions. Melons + reported as
doing we'll in Dunklin county, but
in portions of Scott county the
crop will be light. Cantaloupes
look well in Oregon county. Gar
dens are drying up badly in some
localities and potatoes have also
suffered considerably from the
drouth in some districts. Tobacco
is generally doing nicely. Pastures
continue in good condition in most
sections, but in some counties are
becoming dry and short. Haying
is practically completed in many
counties and an excellent crop has
been secured. A good seed croI
of clover is promised in most
sections. The threshing of wheat
and oats continues with disappoint
ing yields in most counties. Plow.
ing for fall seeding has begun II
the southern sections, but in some
localities the ground is too dry
AS a result of damage by wind il
some localities and persistent drop
ping in others apples have suffered
a further decline. Grapes are rot
ting badly in a few localities but
are generally doing we'll. The
blackberry crop has been consider
ably shortened by dry weather il
some districts but in most section Ms
thew are very abundant.