The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-27
ideal Weather
On The FARM
Past Week Has Been Good one In
the State and Much Has Been
Accomplished in the
Fields
THE CROP BULLETIN
The Iowa Weather Crop Bulletin for
the Week Ending July IS for
State and This
Section.
THE CROP BULLETIN

SO
The weather has been ideal for
farm work during the past few days
and much progress has been made by
the farmers, The fruit crop prospects
are not favorable for apples and plums
are making bad showing just now
according to the Iowa weather crop
bulletin for the week ending July Is
which has just been issued from Des
Moines as follows:
Ideal weather conditions continued
during the past week. The tempera-
ture was 4 to 5 degrees below the nor
NAL, but there was large excess OF
sunshine and decided deficiency OF
rainfall The fore part of the week
was moderately warm, but the latter
part was unusually cool. especially at
night. There was no rain from the
eighteenth to the twenty-flfth except
generally light showers in the south
Tern and western district on the night
of the twenty-flrst and the twenty
second. Light showers occurred on
the twenty-fifth over the larger part
OF the state Exceptionally rapid prog
ress was made in haying and harvest
ing. The bulk OF the tame hay has
been secured In the very best of con-
dition and the small grain harvest is
nearly finished in southern and we'll
advanced In northern districts. Tim
othy seed harvest will begin in the
southern counties during the coming
week. Threshing OF winter wheat has
begun and the early reports indicate
good quality and yield. Corn has
made rapid growth and the early
planted fields are mostly in tassel and
are beginning to shoot. Flowing has
continued in the late planted fields and
large acreage was laid by in good
condition. The showers on the TWEEN
ty-fifth will be very beneficial to corn
in all parts of the state and especially
over the eastern and southern coun-
ties where the surface OF the ground
was getting hard and dry. Pasture,
potatoes and gardens will also be
benefited by the showers. Apples, in
many localities are falling badly and
plums are reported to be wormy.
Southeastern District.
Washington Washington Rain
LOS on twenty-first; there was never
better week for work; nearly all the
grains and hay cut and both Of good
quality; threshing begun; a shower
is needed for corn.
Henry (Mt. pleasantly Rain OF;
conditions good all week; a good show
err is needed; hay all secured in the
best of condition; threshing next
week.
Lee (Keokuk) Rain .02 on %;
total deficiency Of rainfall for week,
SO inch; average daily deficiency of
temperature, degrees; only one light
shower at night during the week; fine
harvest weather; wheat and oats in
the shock and threshing started; hay
crop over half cut; all SHOWS excellent
quality and yield; corn looking well,
and plenty of moisture in the ground
Van Buren, (Milton) An ideal week
for harvest; all grain cut; some wheat
threshold; good percentage of haying
done; harvesting timothy seed next
week; corn needs rain; ground is very
hard. (Stockport) Rain 10 on %;
harvesting pushed rapidly; hay most
ly all In at close of week; threshing
will become quite general next week,
weather permitting; rain needed for
corn in near future. (Bonaparte)-
Rain .04 on %; good week for hay
irg: some corn blowing; reaction has
set in and corn needs rain badly.