Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-30
THE CROP OUTLOOK
DIRECTOR SAGE CLAIMS THE CON-
DlTloNs ARE MOST IA.
WORKABLE

rains are benef1clal-Early Haytna
Has Already Bean Begun by Farm.
ers-says Corn Crop VIII BE at Ave
rage Height by July I.
The report Of the crop service bureau
for the week ending June rs was is
sued this week by Director Sage. He
declares that the generous showers
throughout the state and the cool
nights have made conditions almost
ideal. His letter follows:
Complaints of dry weather were 81
fenced by the generous showers that
refreshed vegetation In all districts OF
the state in the early part of the past
week The amounts reported range
from light to heavy, but there was no
place left unwatered, and there We're
no destructive local downpours. Cool
night and partly cloudy weather pre-
vailed most of the week. Conditions
were favorable for eats. wheat. barley,
and grass, and We're not at all detri-
mental to the corn crop, which has
been thoroughly cleaned and has made
fairly good progress, giving promise
Of being fully up to the average height
and stand by July 1. The pastures ore
now in good condition, and the hay
crop has been improved, though the
yield will be below the average. Early
haying is in progress. Garden truck
and the late berry crops have received
much benefit. The general agricultur-
al outlook is quite satisfactory.
Northeast District.
Allamakee (Waukon, r. D. 3)-Fine
rain this week and ground we'll soaked;
Nf oil lit nd q ra
good hay crop assured pastures good;
corn about knee high and a good
stand.
winnishiek (Ridgeway)-Rain "a;
first half of the week very warm; lat
ter half cool; barley heading; flax
blooming.
Bremen (waverly)-Rain, .56; rain
was timely and did much good; corn
and sugar beets crop are generally
lokoing WE'LL hay crop short; oats
light; apples better than average.
Fayette West Union1-copious
rains on 10Th and 20th;e cool weather;
berry crop and grass and grain much
improved by rain.
Clayton-( Elka der)--Rain .53; the
rain was very beneficial to all growing
crops; nights rather cool for June;
hay crop short; all other crops prom
Using.
North Central District.
Worth (Northwood)- Rain al; too
cool for much advance of crops.
Winnebago (Forest)-Heavy rains
hindered cultivation. but corn was
well cleaned; oats look good; hay crop
light; rain 1926 inches.
Kossuth (Algona)-Rain 1.5S; cool
week; corn is doing well and is being
we'll worked. (Burt-Very heavy rain
Monday delayed work till Thursday;
rather cool for corn; small grain gen.
orally good.
(. Emmett (Estherville)-Rain 2:40;
this has put soil in excellent condition
for growing crops; stock doing well.
Hancock (Britt)-Rain 1:4S; this
was just about right to aid in germina-
ton of late planting; fair progress in
cultivation of corn; berry crop fair to
good.
Cerro Gordo (Mason city, Rain. SO;
mean temperature 65.4; all crops good
including hay. portland township
Good week for corn, but it is two
weeks behind time; hay crop light;
oats good on high ground.
Pocahontas (Pocahontas) Rain
s2s; small grain doing well; corn
fields are clean, but crop is not grow
ing fast.
Floyd (Clarksville)-A fine rain
first of week: corn is doing well; oats
improving since the rain.
Wright( Dows)-Rain 2o7: very
beneficial to crops; corn Is growing
rapidly.
Franklin (Geneva)-A heavy rain or
18th; good for small fruit, grass anc
potatoes; all crops looking well; there
(Hampton)-Rain 1.s7; the rain die
much good to grass and oats; too COS
for rapid growth of corn.
Humboldt (Humboldt)-Rain 2:22;
the rains put everything in prime con.
dition.
Northwest District.
Lyon Qnwood)-Rain 2.16; rain was
beneficial to all crops; temperature too
low for rapid growth Of corn; most d
the crop cultivated twice; oats and
barley heading out.
Scott Davenport)-Rain, .66;N aver.
age daily deficiency of temperature
degrees.
Sioux (Alton)-Rain 2.59; !hayins
begun and yield good; heavy rain die
no harm; warmer weather needed.
O'Brien (Sheldon)-Rain 2.2o; the
heavy rain was what we needed for al
crops; came just in time to save tn,
berry crop; corn has been plowet
twice; everything making goot
! growth.
Cherokee (Larrabee)-Rain 1872
very beneficial to all crops; corn some
what late but generally clean; earl!
oats beginning to head. (Washta)-
Rain 1928; crops doing well, excep
perhaps a little cool for corn; gras
much improved by the rain.
West Central District.
| Woodbury. (Sioux City)-Rain. 81
mean temperature 81 degrees-11.6 be
| low normal.
! Monona (Onawa)-Rain 2.e3; winte
wheat and rye heading out; too coo
| nights for corn.
Shelby (Harlan)-Rain 1.2s; wealth
er COOL following the rain.
Audubon (Audubon) Rain wa
beneficial to small grain and pastures
meadows are light except clover fields
corn very promising.
Harrison dogan)-Rain 1872; tn
rain was much needed; too cool 70
rapid growth Gittle Sioux)-Rain
| 2:05: copious showers beneficial t
small grain, potatoes and small fruits
Central District.
Hardin Gowa Falls)-Rain, 236; j
| uor blassed rain. corp x,-o ,,,t