The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-11
HOTTEST WEEK
IN September
iowa Weather Crop Bulletin for the
Week Ending September 7, Re
veals Heat Record
Broken.
UNDER A CLOUDLEss SKY
Corn Is Dry and Dead in Many Sec
tions as Result Of the
Drought In tho
State.

The Iowa weather crop bulletin for
the week ending September Z, to-
|gether with conditions in the south
east district of the state, has just
been issued as follows:
The past week was the hottest ever
before recorded in the state during
September. The daily maximum tenn
peratures were above 80 degrees in
practically all sections, and in the
southern counties the average maxi
mum temperatures ranged from 100
to 103 degrees. The sky was nearly
cloudless and the sunshine intense.
There was no rainfall except a few
light showers over the northern dis
tricts on Tuesday night. The intense
heat, bright sunshine and brisk winds
have dried the ground and all vege-
tation rapidly. Corn is being rushed
toward maturity, and much of 1T in
the southern part of the state Is dry
and dead. Corn binders have, how
ever, been at work during the entire
week. The drought and hot weather
has also been very damaging to late
potatoes, grass and fruit, and If rain
does not come soon the acreage of
fall sown grain will be materially re-
duced. Potatoes are practically ruin
ed in many sections, pastures are dry
and brown, wells are falling and water
for stock is scarce in the southern
counties.
Following is a summary Of Septem-
Iber first, crop reports, as compared
with the average Of past years: Corn,
lis per cent. BY sections the condi-
tion was as follows: Northern three
tiers of counties, IS per cent; cen.
trail, 3d. southern, 5S. With normal
weather, more than so per cent OF
the corn will be beyond danger OF
Injury by frost on September Is, and
more than 80 per cent by the end Of
the month. If the hot, dry weather
continues frost could do no harm after
the twentieth. The average condition
of potatoes was placed at Al per cent
Three-fourths of the threshing has
been done. The average yield Of win
ter wheat is "a bushels; spring wheat
IL; oats, 35; barley, %; rye, 10; tim
othy seed, Al bushels per acre. The
acreage of timothy cut for seed is 81
per cent of the area cut last year
The reports show that the state
will produce this year 70 per cent Of
the 1909 apple crop. These estimates
indicate total yield for this year o.
4,739,2S0 bushels. This is a decrease
from the estimates Of August / o,
100000 bushels. Estimates also show
that only $50 per cent Of this years
yield will be marketable or total Of
i2,793,795 bushels of marketable apples
: for the state This estimate is prob
ably too high. The six leading apple
producing counties of the state. Ere
mont, Mills, Pottawattamie, Harrison
Page and Taylor report an estimated
production of 932,S35 bushels for 1913
These same counties produced 1903,
469 bushels in 1909 OF this year!
crop only So per cent or $4,000 oush
els is estimated as marketable.
Unless rains come soon these es
! Inmates will be greatly reduced in tn,
next two weeks. Jonathan is stand
; ing the drought we'll, but Grimes Gold
en-, Ben Davis and other leading com
mercial varieties are suffering TO
moisture.
Lee (Keokuk) Rain, trace; averag'
daily excess of temperature, al de
grees; this has be<l the hottest Sep
TENDER week ever recorded at this sta
ton; previous maximum record ex
ceeded twice during the week; on up
!. lands corn is dried up, but on bottom
/, lands it looks well for the condition
prevailing; pastures brown and leaves
: falling.
Van Buren, (Bonaparte) Rain. O.6
I average maximum temperature for tn,