Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-01

crop week, odlS louBlilS SOlie, iiis
crop a good average; pasturage album
dant
Scott (Davenport)--Rain 1923; tenn
perature l above normal.
| Cedar (West Branch)-Half Of week
| too wet for field work; corn doing well
except on low undrained land; clover
cutting in progress.
Muscatine (Fruitland)-Good grow
ing week; corn looks we'll; cabbage
being shipped to market; melons and
sweet potatoes doing we'll.
Southeast District.
Louisa (Oakville)--A good week for
farm work; on extremely low land
crops were ruined by back water OF
the Mississippi river.
Henry (Mt. pleasantly = Conditions
more favorable; damage by flood
| greater than reported two weeks ago;
some corn fields Abandoned; clover
harvest begun.
Lee (Keokuk) Drain AT; average
daily deficiency in temperature, 2 de-
grees; wheat harvest will be in pro-
gress next week, and crop reported
fair and good quality; timothy in
bloom and crop heavy; corn clean and
doing well; replanted corn on flooded
lands is now up.
South Central District.
Mahaska (Oskaloosa) Rain III:
corn crop now doing its best and MAX
ing rapid growth; small grain and
grass doing we'll.
Marion (Pella)-Corn making good
growth and generally clean; some clov
err cut
Warren Qndianola)-Cornc crop inn
proving; clover heavy and ready to
cut; cherries plentiful; early potato
crop heavy.
ranges from poor to good; small grain
and grass doing well. CWinterset)-
Corn will be laid by in June, and all
crops are coming to the front.
Wapeilo (Ottumwa)-Weather good
Corn making good progress; hay crop
and pastures in splendid condition.;
oats and winter wheat doing well.
Union (Afton)-Rain, 1858; rains
beneficial to all crops; corn is doing
cut; farmers estimate half crop of hay;
apple crop light. (Creston)-Season
nearly normal; heavy crops of clover.
| Monroe (Albia)-Weather fine, and
corn is making good growth; clover
| hay crop heavy; some rust in winter
wheat; pastures good: oats doing
WELL
Appanoose (centerville)-corn cult
walton retarded by rain, and crop is
1
grass making good growth.
Wayne (Allerton)-Rain. 80; most
of corn ployed second time; oats crop
| promising; worms are eating timothy
heads. (Seymour) Corn is doing
| well hay crop looks light. (Corydon)
Rain, 1.34; fields very wet.
| Decatur (Leon)--Rain, 1853; benefi-
cial to crops; corn making rapid
growth; hay, oats and wheat harvest
will be on about July I.
Ringgold (Mt. Ayr)-Rain, 200; corn
doing finely, and all crops are doing
! well.
Southwest District.
Pottawattamie Council Bluffs) =
Rain, rs; fine week for growth and
cultivation of corn; will be laid by the
coming week, and hay making will be-
gin.
Adams (Corning)-Rain. 221; corn
making good progress and is being
laid by in good condition; a better
promise of big corn crop than for
several years; a good stand secured
and no wet places to cut down the av
erage yield; oats promise well; win
| ter apple crop poor
Page Clarinda)-Rain, 2.2S; some
corn. laid by, all clean and growing
fast; haying begun, and crop light.
Fremont (Sidney)-Rain "a; condi-
tons favorable for good corn crop; a
good growing week.
Omaha, Neb.-Rainfall .38 of an
inch; average daily temperature, FOL
degrees, or 3.9 degrees below normal.
John r. Sage, Section Director.
Geo. M. Chapel. Asst. Director.