Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-24
CROP BULLETIN
SHOWS PROGRESS
WARM WEATHER LAST OF WEEK
MADE IDEAL CONDITIONS
FOR FARM WORK.
The weather crop bulletin isued by

The weather crop bulletin isued by
the Iowa crop service follows:
Des Mofnes, Iowa. June 22-The
daily temperature for the last week
ranged from degrees to degrees be-
low the normal, but the latter part OF
the week was seasonably warm There
was an abundance of sunshine ana
only few light showers, making ideal
conditions for farm work. The cultiva-
ton of corn has progressed rapidly, the
fields on high and well drained land
have been plowed once and the second
cultivation is well advanced. Many OF
the fields on low ground are still weedy
and a few are too wet to be worked,
but the conditions are improving rap
idly. Some planting was done in fields
heretofore too wet and there was con-
siderable replanting done in fields that
had been flooded. Corn is reported to
be making fine growth and over the
larger part of the state to be In good
| condition. Grass and small grain have
| continued 80 make rapid growth and
ere in fine condition except in few
| low places in the southern districts
where oats are reported to be turning
yellow. Wheat, oats. barley and timo-
| thy are in the leading stage of growth
and the clover and alfalfa harvest has
i begun in a few localities. The hay
crop, In all districts, will be about as
| large as it was last year. Fruits are
generally in fair condition, and cool
crop of Strawberries is being gathered
Potatoes and garden truck are doing
remarkably we'll
Southeast District.
WASHINGTON (Washington)-Rai
81 much of the corn plowed twice
and some of it three times; wheat
heading anG looks good
WAPELLO C3lakesburg)-No rain
for a week, but corn fields are very
weedy on account of previous rains;
some fields that were mostly taken by
the worms are being replanted; clover
is turning and meadows are in fine
condition.
HENRY CMt. Pleasant -Rain IL;
conditions all good except the nights
are too cool; all crops doing well.
| VAN buren, (Bonaparte)-No rain;
work began the middle of week;
ground obdurate; corn prospect lower
ed from rs to 40 per cent. (Milton)--A
gooI week for field work and the corn
Is looking very much better; some OF
it worked the third time; light show
ers, but did not delay field work;
cherry crop good and ready to pick.
South Central District.
MAHASKA (Oskaloosa) Rain Al;
a good week for work and fields begir
to look clean: corn making rapiC
growth and small grain is doing well
MARION Pella)-Rain 49, week
favorable for cultivating corn; but
NIGHTS quite cool.
WARREN Indianola)-A fine weel
for cliltiyGtng corn and condition:
greatly improved over last week; bot
tom land being replanted; small grain
on rich land getting rank; hay crol
will be heavy Strawberries almost
y failure.
MADISON (Earlham) Rain .16
{ good week for farming: corn doinl
WELL timothy in head. (Winterset)-t
whole week of dry weather md corr
has been cleaned except on the rive
bottoms; early oats heading.
) UNION (Wayne)-Four day. o
field work; farmers trying to saw
what corn thew have left (Afton) =
and some corn planted; some grount
intended for corn has been sown tt
millet
CLARK Woodbury. Rain As;
good week for farm work; some corr
, yet to plant; wheat, oats, meadow
and pastures look we'll
LUCAS (Charitom Rain, trace
, three days of field work this week
ground still very wet, but farmers ar
: busy planting and cultivating corn
some land to be plowed for corn an,
| will be planted next week
3 WAYNE (Humeston) The week ha
been favorable Cor drying up the waite
soaked soil and quite a portion of tn
corn has been worked, Lut some field
are still TOO wet. (Seymour)
: weather, but the nights are so coo
that the worms are damaging tn
: corn; prospects favorable for goo
crop of hay, oats and potatoes; cher
= ries getting ripe and the yield will b